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APaga1
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5 years ago

"Description Resource Path Location Type fatal error: altera_msgdma.h: No such file or directory". This is the error I'm getting if I run Nios II Simple Socket Server (16.0) in the Intel Quartus version 17.1

I have downloaded the .par file from the link (https://fpgacloud.intel.com/devstore/platform/16.0.0/Standard/nios-ii-simple-socket-server-ethernet-example-for-cvgt/) and followed the steps to create software project as given in the pdf https://www.altera.com/en_US/pdfs/literature/tt/tt_nios2_tcpip.pdf .

The quartus version that I've used is 17.1.

If I use Quartus version 16.0, I am getting the different errors related to "DESCRIPTOR_MEMORY_BASE" undeclared here (not in a function).

I am attaching the screenshots of the errors related to both versions i.e. 16.0 and 17.1.

I have even tried the fixes that are mentioned in https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/solutions/rd08112014_745.html

wherein I have used eth_std_main_system.qsys as the QSYS_TOP mentioned in that link. But it couldn't reslove.

Kindly help me out

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    • AKb's avatar
      AKb
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      5 years ago

      Hi,

      I am trying to implement triple speed ethernet in nios processor using modular scatter gather dma (msgdma) controller. I have build the qsys. For memory i have used ram. I have called 2 msgdma one for receiving in streaming to memory mode and one for transmitting in memory to streaming mode. I have done the interconnections in qsys platform and generated the HDL successfully. The sopcinfo file is also generated. Using this sopcinfo file i tried to generate the bsp. The bsp generates but when i try to build the bsp project in eclipse the build fails. It says that " fatal error. altera_msgdma.h. No such file exists."

      I am using Quartus 18.1. I cannot downgrade to lower version as i have progressed a lot in 18.1 and now cannot migrate to a lower version because of dependency issues.

      Actually this file is missing in alt_avalon_tse.h. The altera_msgdma.h exists in the installation folder of quartus 18.1 in c drive. But some how when i try to build the bsp it doesn't pick that file and throws the above mentioned error. I have tried to manually move altera_msgdma.h and altera_msgdma.c file into the incude and source file of the driver folder of the project file. After doing this the bsp builds, but the actual project build fails.

      I am not using linux

      Kindly guide

      Regards

      Av