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8 years ago

HelloWorld - compiler error, not able to generate hardware

Hello,

Recently I bought the DE1-SoC Board for trying OpenCL with it.

- I set up the environment variables like suggested in the "DE1SOC_OPENCL.pdf"

- I have a valid licence.

- I have downloaded the BSP for the Board

After trying to compile a .cl -File (the vector_add example from the intel site) with the command:

aoc device/vector_add.cl -o bin/vector_add.aocx --report --board de1soc_sharedonly

I get the error: Compiler Error, not able to generate hardware.

The .log file gave me following error-text:

...

info (21057): implemented 12069 device resources after synthesis - the final resource count might be different

info (21058): implemented 13 input pins

info (21059): implemented 45 output pins

info (21060): implemented 57 bidirectional pins

info (21061): implemented 10410 logic cells

info (21064): implemented 1528 ram segments

info (21065): implemented 1 plls

info (21071): implemented 1 partitions

info: quartus prime analysis & synthesis was successful. 0 errors, 65 warnings

info: peak virtual memory: 1136 megabytes

info: processing ended: mon may 15 07:23:33 2017

info: elapsed time: 00:00:32

info: total cpu time (on all processors): 00:00:31

error (281039): finished parallel synthesis of 1 partition(s). 1 partitions did not finish parallel synthesis because there were errors

error (281040): partition "system_acl_iface_hps_hps_io_border:border" did not complete synthesis due to errors

info (144001): generated suppressed messages file /home/developer/workspace/opencl_intel_tutorial/opencl_example_vector_soc/vector_add/bin/vector_add/top.map.smsg

error: quartus prime analysis & synthesis was unsuccessful. 2 errors, 581 warnings

error: peak virtual memory: 1575 megabytes

error: processing ended: mon may 15 07:26:48 2017

error: elapsed time: 00:04:42

error: total cpu time (on all processors): 00:04:56

error (293001): quartus prime full compilation was unsuccessful. 4 errors, 581 warnings

error: flow compile (for project /home/developer/workspace/opencl_intel_tutorial/opencl_example_vector_soc/vector_add/bin/vector_add/top) was not successful

error: error: error(s) found while running an executable. see report file(s) for error message(s). message log indicates which executable was run last.

error (23031): evaluation of tcl script /home/developer/intelfpga_lite/16.1/quartus/common/tcl/internal/qsh_flow.tcl unsuccessful

error: quartus prime shell was unsuccessful. 11 errors, 581 warnings

error: peak virtual memory: 806 megabytes

error: processing ended: mon may 15 07:26:49 2017

error: elapsed time: 00:04:50

error: total cpu time (on all processors): 00:05:04

Google said that that "Error: Peak virtual memory: 806 megabytes" means that i´m using to much logic elements, but its just the vector-add example so I´m quite confused.

I hope someone can point out whats the problem.

Thanks :)

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
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    8 years ago

    Your compilation is failing during synthesis which is very strange. Please post the output of the following commands:

    aoc --version

    quartus_map --version

    Also Terasic has two BSPs for this board. One is for Quartus v14.0, one is for v16.0. Which one are you using?

    P.S. OpenCL in Quartus v16.1.0 is broken. Make sure you are using v16.1.1 or v16.1.2.
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    8 years ago

    Tanks for repliying

    aoc --version:

    Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM), 64-Bit Offline Compiler

    Version 16.1.2 Build 203

    Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation

    quartus_map --version:

    Quartus Prime Analysis & Synthesis

    Version 16.1.2 Build 203 01/18/2017 SJ Lite Edition

    Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

    I have installed the V16 BSP.

    I had Quartus v16.1.0 installed and updated it to Version 16.1.2.203 today. But i got "compiler error, not able to generate hardware" again.

    I have the Quartus Prime Lite edition. Could this be a problem?

    Since updating Quartus i´m not able to find the "quartus_sh_compile.log" do you know why this is the case?

    Thanks for your help :)
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    8 years ago

    That is strange. Have you tried removing the folder that is created by the OpenCL compiler? Do you get the "vector_add.log" file?

    I have not used the Quartus Prime Lite edition myself, but if you have a valid Quartus license, it is probably best to use the Standard version.
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    8 years ago

    Yes, I have removed the folder before compilation. I have added the complete log-file because i couldn´t figure out where the error message is.

    Thanks for your help
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    8 years ago

    I do not see any error messages in the log. Can you compress and post all of the OpenCL folder? You can remove non-log files if they are too big.

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    8 years ago

    The "quartus_sh_compile.log" is actually inside the folder you uploaded. The final error message is the same as the one you posted earlier, but I found this in the log: 

    Critical Warning (138067): Current license file does not support incremental compilation. The Quartus Prime software removes all the user-specified design partitions in the design automatically.

    I am not sure if this problem is actually from your license or Quartus Prime Lite. the feature comparison table on altera's website (https://www.altera.com/products/design-software/fpga-design/quartus-prime/download.html) claims that only Quartus Prime Pro supports "Incremental Optimization", but you certainly shouldn't need the pro version for your board. My recommendation is installing Quartus Prime Standard v16.0.2 (not v16.1.2) for maximum compatibility with your BSP and trying again. If you still faced the same error, contact Altera or Terasic directly.
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    8 years ago

    Installing Quartus Prime Standard edition (Version 16.1.2) and using OpenCL SDK Version 16.1.0 solved the problem.

    Thanks for your help HRZ :)
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    8 years ago

    That is good to hear, though I would strongly advise against using different versions of Quartus and AOC. For best experience, you should also install the 16.1.2 update for AOC.

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    8 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    Installing Quartus Prime Standard edition (Version 16.1.2) and using OpenCL SDK Version 16.1.0 solved the problem.

    Thanks for your help HRZ :)

    --- Quote End ---

    I have the same problem. I have following versions of openCL and Quartus. Should I update the version of OpenCL? Is there any command to update the OpenCL version?

    Intel(R) FPGA SDK for OpenCL(TM), 64-Bit Offline Compiler

    Version 16.1.0 Build 196

    Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation

    [krunal.patel@AOCLDev hello_world]$ quartus_map --version

    Quartus Prime Analysis & Synthesis

    Version 16.1.2 Build 203 01/18/2017 SJ Standard Edition

    Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.