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Altera_Forum
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8 years ago

OpenCL directly in DE1-SOC with Linux Ubuntu

Hello, i am very thankful for everyone who can help me!

I have to run OpenCL programs on the DE-SOC1-Board, but every documentation write, that I will need the OpenCL Linux Distribution Image.

I have already Ubuntu configured on the DE1-SOC-Board with some software running on it. Is it possible to run OpenCL FPGA programs on the board with ubuntu?

If its possible i would also do the programming/building/compiling and running on the board with the INTEL FPGA RTE Linux ARM32 Software. Is that working?

My time for the project is running away ):

Thank you !

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    Altera_Forum
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    8 years ago

    Thanks for the tutorial link, but I think you missed the question being asked. As far as I am aware the out-of-box procedure only provides a basic Linux version with BusyBox v1.20.2 for the basic commands, but has no other development tools.

    Q "Is it possible to run OpenCL FPGA programs on the board with ubuntu?"

    I think that Altera should supply a well known Linux image that can be setup in minimum time. The lack of a usable image is as a major impediment to newbies wanting to start using OpenCL on Altera FPGA boards.

    I am currently trying to set up a Debian Linux distro for running on a DE0-nano-SoC. It is taking some time.

    It would be good if Altera could supply a Ubuntu or Debian image with OpenCL setup ready to use.