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8 years ago

Cannot find specific errors of kernel compilation

I'm trying to compile a specific kernel I've written myself. The compilation fails while it tries to generate the hardware implementation. It also fails after one hour processing, with no reason. It'...
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8 years ago

Do you have either of the "quartus_sh_compile.log" or the "*kernel_name*.log" files? Do you get the resource estimation if you add --report to your command line? If you don't get the latter and your compilation is failing during LLVM compilation/optimization, you should consider changing your design strategy.

Why don't you use a for loop instead of your current unrolled design? Your design will most likely not fit on any FPGA, even if it compiles.