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Altera_Forum
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21 years ago

System Generation fails...

Hello,

I have Quartus 4.0, Nios 3.2, Microtronix Embedded Linux Developer 1.2 and Microtronix Cyclone development board. My problem issues when I try to generate Nios core with uClinux 2.4.17. I tried to use the example project "Kitchen_Sink" and in SOPC builder I enabled uClinux software component and also "Build Shortcut" and "Re-create" checkboxes were enabled. While generating the system it stops and show the following message:

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"Can't open perl script "HASH(0x3b5ab9c)/generate.pl": No such file or directory

Error: Generator program

for module 'microtronix_nios_uclinux' did NOT run successfully.

generator cmd was 'c:/quartus//bin/perl561/bin/perl -IC:/quartus/sopc_builder/bin -IC:/quartus/sopc_builder/bin/europa -IC:/quartus/sopc_builder/bin/perl_lib HASH(0x3b5ab9c)/generate.pl --system_name=Kitchen_Sink --system_directory=C:/microtronix/kits/nios/examples/Cyclone/sopc_4_0/Mtx_Kitchen_Sink --sopc_directory=C:/quartus/sopc_builder --target_module_name=microtronix_nios_uclinux --custom_sdk_directory=C:/microtronix/kits/nios/examples/Cyclone/sopc_4_0/Mtx_Kitchen_Sink/cpu_sdk/ --generate=1 --cpu_name=cpu --module_lib_dir=HASH(0x3b5ab9c)'"

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I found the missing file "generate.pl" from my computer in location "C:\microtronix\kits\nios\components\microtronix_nios_uclinux". The question is, what should I do to make this uClinux work in my Nios.

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    Hi CoolMan,

    I would suggest you contact Microtronix for an upgrade -- V1.3 was issued to support Quartus 4.0/Nios 3.2. Also, the Linux Developer CD contains a "Linux-ready" Quartus Project for the Microtronix Cyclone Dev Board -- that might be an easier starting point than the Kitchen Sink project.

    mike
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    Thanks mike! I sent e-mail to microtronix. Now I just have to wait answer...