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8 years ago

a10gx board installation on Linux system - errors

An a10gx board previously used on a Windows machine with a 16.1_pro package w/o any problems (installed, initialized (flash was programmed with 'acl0 boardtest.aocx', loaded and ran 'hello-world' and...
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8 years ago

Could it be because Altera is incompetent ?

My experience so far is the following:

1.) The A10 GX board does not fit inside my machine. It appears to not conform to PCIe standards, the cooling fans overlap the next PCI slot, the card is too high, and possibly also too long. (I had to completely deconstruct my workstation to get the card to fit into the PCIe slot.

2.) The installation instructions are completely unclear, and there appear to be multiple versions of the instructions for the same Dev kit.

3.) The installation instructions contain incorrect characters in Text fields meant to be copied. Clearly nobody has tested that copying and pasting of the commands works.

4.) The installation instructions don't actually work. I had to find a file named board_env.xml and copy it into the AOCL_BOARD_PACKAGE_ROOT directory. It should have been there already.

4.) Installation instructions fail: aocl flash command produces "No flash routine supplied."

Who does the quality control for this stuff ?