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Joakim
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7 years ago

How to add a qip file to project using Makefile

I like to have the project file untouched unless I make an active decision to add something, so I create the project file using make.

The first instance of the project file is created by quartus_map and I can later add pin declarations etc using quartus_sh.

But I have not found a good way to add an IP block, qip-file, to the project in time since quartus_map need all files to be available.

How can I solve this?

I'm currently using:

quartus_map project_name --analysis_and_elaboration --family=... -f sourcefiles.args

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  • Joakim's avatar
    Joakim
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    7 years ago

    I found out that I can create a qsf/project file by first creating an empty file followed by quartus_sh -t settings.tcl.

    I use settings.tcl for pin assignments, but normally specified the source code to quartus_map.

    The problem is that quartus_map will not read the qsf file before it has processed all the source files listed as argument to quartus_map, which will make it fail since it misses the qip file.

    I'm running out of ideas...

  • KhaiChein_Y_Intel's avatar
    KhaiChein_Y_Intel
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    7 years ago

    Hi Joakim,

    You may add the following in the .qsf file

    set_global_assignment -name file.qip

    Thanks

    • Joakim's avatar
      Joakim
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      6 years ago

      Thanks, but I do not have any .qsf file when running quartus_map.

      The whole purpose of using a makefile is that it will create dependencies, adding source files etc, so it should create the qsf file from scratch.

  • KhaiChein_Y_Intel's avatar
    KhaiChein_Y_Intel
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    6 years ago

    Hi Joakim,

    The .qsf file has to be created first and then add the source file in the .qsf file.

    Thanks.

    • Joakim's avatar
      Joakim
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      6 years ago

      Thanks KYeoh,

      Yes, that is my question. How can I do that using the quartus tools?

      Or do I have to create the qsf file manually?

      quartus_map project_name --analysis_and_elaboration --family=... -f sourcefiles.args

      Will create a qsf file with the source files I want, together with some settings like the chip family. But the command will fail when the source files are using components from the qip file and I have not found any good way to add the qip file when calling quartus_map or before it is called.

      The Quartus GUI is calling Info:

      quartus_map --read_settings_files=on --write_settings_files=off ...

      So I have tried to create an empty qsf file with just the qip reference, with variants of the read/write_settings_files, but it seems like the settings file is not read until it has processed the source files in the argument.

      BR / Joakim

  • KhaiChein_Y_Intel's avatar
    KhaiChein_Y_Intel
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    6 years ago

    Hi Joakim,

    The .qsf file is generated by the software automatically when the project is created.

    1. First, you may create the project file using project_new [-family ] [-overwrite] [-part ] [-revision ]. This creates a .qpf file and .qsf file.
    2. Modify the .qsf file to add the .qip file and all source files using set_global_assignment
    3. Run Analysis and Synthesis using quartus_map (Standard) or quartus_syn(Pro)

    Thanks