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gwatcha
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5 years ago

How to install older version of GCC compiler for HLS?

I'm following the intel® high level synthesis compiler getting started guide for the Linux version it states that GCC compiler must be version 4.4.7 and newer ones are not supported. I'm running M...
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    gwatcha
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    5 years ago

    Hey Kenny, thanks for your help. I think I set the option, but it dosen't seem to do anything.

    I tried setting

    `HLS_CXX_FLAGS := -gcc-name=gcc-4.4.7 -gcc-toolchain=/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.7`

    in the Makefile for the counter example, and it accepted the option (it does not accept the option with --gcc-toolchain syntax), but I still get the same error message when I build it. The option also isn't listed under --help, so I think this may be a bug.