recommended Quartus Prime version for Stratix IV

The DDR3 core gives me these errors. I tried several different DDR3 presets. They all gave me this error:

Error: s0: Error during execution of "{C:/intelfpga/21.1/quartus/../nios2eds/Nios II Command Shell.bat} make all 2>> stderr.txt": child process exited abnormally
Error: s0: Execution of command "{C:/intelfpga/21.1/quartus/../nios2eds/Nios II Command Shell.bat} make all 2>> stderr.txt" failed
Error: s0: /mnt/c/intelfpga/21.1/quartus/bin64/uniphy_mcc.exe -ac_code sequencer_mc/ac_rom.s -inst_code sequencer_mc/inst_rom.s -ac_rom ../hDVS_top_mem_if_ddr3_emif_0_s0_AC_ROM.hex -inst_rom ../hDVS_top_mem_if_ddr3_emif_0_s0_inst_ROM.hex -header sequencer/sequencer_auto.h -vheader ../sequencer_auto_h.sv -ac_rom_init sequencer/sequencer_auto_ac_init.c -inst_rom_init sequencer/sequencer_auto_inst_init.c -DAC_ROM_USER_ADD_0=0_0000_0000_0000 -DAC_ROM_USER_ADD_1=0_0000_0000_1000 -DAC_ROM_MR0=0001000110001 -DAC_ROM_MR0_CALIB= -DAC_ROM_MR0_DLL_RESET=0001100110000 -DAC_ROM_MR1=0000000000000 -DAC_ROM_MR1_OCD_ENABLE= -DAC_ROM_MR2=0000000001000 -DAC_ROM_MR3=0000000000000 -DAC_ROM_MR0_MIRR=0001001001001 -DAC_ROM_MR0_DLL_RESET_MIRR=0001011001000 -DAC_ROM_MR1_MIRR=0000000000000 -DAC_ROM_MR2_MIRR=0000000010000 -DAC_ROM_MR3_MIRR=0000000000000 -DQUARTER_RATE=0 -DHALF_RATE=1 -DFULL_RATE=0 -DNON_DES_CAL=0 -DAP_MODE=0 -DGUARANTEED_READ_BRINGUP_TEST=0 -DMEM_ADDR_WIDTH=13 -DHARD_PHY=0
Error: s0: UniPHY Sequencer Microcode Compiler
Error: s0: Copyright (C) 2021 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Error: s0: Info: Reading sequencer_mc/ac_rom.s ...
Error: s0: Info: Reading sequencer_mc/inst_rom.s ...
Error: s0: Info: Writing ../hDVS_top_mem_if_ddr3_emif_0_s0_AC_ROM.hex ...
Error: s0: Info: Writing ../hDVS_top_mem_if_ddr3_emif_0_s0_inst_ROM.hex ...
Error: s0: Info: Writing sequencer/sequencer_auto_ac_init.c ...
Error: s0: Makefile:27: recipe for target 'mc' failed
Error: s0: child process exited abnormally
Error: s0: Cannot find sequencer/sequencer.elf
Error: s0: An error occurred
while executing
"error "An error occurred""
(procedure "_error" line
invoked from within
"_error "Cannot find $seq_file""
("if" then script line 2)
invoked from within
"if {[file exists $seq_file] == 0} {
_error "Cannot find $seq_file"
}"
(procedure "alt_mem_if::util::seq_mem_size::get_max_memory_usage" line 14)
invoked from within
"alt_mem_if::util::seq_mem_size::get_max_memory_usage [file join "sequencer" "sequencer.elf""
invoked from within
"set calc_mem_size [alt_mem_if::util::seq_mem_size::get_max_memory_usage [file join "sequencer" "sequencer.elf"]]"
("if" then script line 2)
invoked from within
"if { !$do_only_rw_mgr_mc && !($bfm_mode || $hps_mode)} {
set calc_mem_size [alt_mem_if::util::seq_mem_size::get_max_memory_usage [file join "sequenc..."
(procedure "generate_qsys_sequencer_sw" line 943)
invoked from within
"generate_qsys_sequencer_sw $prepend_str $protocol $pre_compile_dir $fileset $inhdl_dir $rdimm $lrdimm 0 0 $nios_hex_file_name $ac_rom_init_file_name ..."
invoked from within
"set seq_mem_size_list [generate_qsys_sequencer_sw $prepend_str $protocol $pre_compile_dir $fileset $inhdl_dir $rdimm $lrdimm 0 0 $nios_hex_file_name ..."
("if" else script line 2)
invoked from within
"if {[::alt_mem_if::util::qini::qini_value alt_mem_if_seq_size_request 0] > 0} {
set seq_mem_size [::alt_mem_if::util::qini::qini_value alt_mem_if_se..."
(procedure "alt_mem_if::gen::uniphy_gen::generate_qsys_sequencer" line 238)
invoked from within
"alt_mem_if::gen::uniphy_gen::generate_qsys_sequencer "${name}" $protocol $tmpdir $fileset {}"
invoked from within
"set qsys_sequencer_files_list [alt_mem_if::gen::uniphy_gen::generate_qsys_sequencer "${name}" $protocol $tmpdir $fileset {}]"
(procedure "alt_mem_if::gen::uniphy_gen::generate_sequencer_files" line 3)
invoked from within
"alt_mem_if::gen::uniphy_gen::generate_sequencer_files $name "DDR3" $tmpdir QUARTUS_SYNTH"
invoked from within
"foreach generated_file [alt_mem_if::gen::uniphy_gen::generate_sequencer_files $name "DDR3" $tmpdir QUARTUS_SYNTH] {
set file_name [file tail $genera..."
(procedure "generate_synth" line
invoked from within
"generate_synth hDVS_top_mem_if_ddr3_emif_0_s0"
Error: Generation stopped, 97 or more modules remaining
Error: qsys-generate failed with exit code 1: 15 Errors, 27 Warnings

The PCIe core creates these error messages:

Error: altgx_internal: error copying "C:/intelfpga/21.1/quartus/../ip/altera/ip_compiler_for_pci_express/lib/altpcie_serdes_4sgx_x8d_gen1_08p.v": no such file or directory
while executing
"file copy -force $source_file $outdir/$output_file"
(procedure "my_generation_callback" line 73)
invoked from within
"my_generation_callback"
Error: altgx_internal: Generation callback did not provide a top level file (expected `add_file $output_dir/hDVS_top_pcie_altgx_internal.v|vhd|sv {SIMULATION SYNTHESIS}`)
Error: Generation stopped, 47 or more modules remaining
Error: qsys-generate failed with exit code 1: 3 Errors, 22 Warnings

The second error I resolved by copying over the old IP_COMPILER libraries from an older version of Quartus.

regards

Hermann

Hello

I'm sorry for the late answer. I followed your advice and some others I found and succeeded to route the FPGA now. Main trick was to install the Linux version on an Ubuntu box. In addition I needed to follow this advice to get the tool chain set up:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/articles/000086438.html?

Thank you for your help

Best regards

Hermann