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New MemberUnable to generate Agilex 5 bitstream with Quartus Prime Pro 25.1.0.129
I am running Quartus Prime Pro version 25.1.0.129 on a fresh Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS install; I installed Quartus using the "individual files" method (see download page for reference) where I only downloaded device support for Agilex 5 and Agilex common.
I was able to successfully run synth+PnR on a trivial design (`assign LED = ~BTN`) for the Terasic DE25-Standard devkit . I used the device code "A5ED013BB32AE4SR1" which I copied verbatim from the `golden_top.qsf` file distributed as part of the DE25-standard resources CD on Terasic's website.
However, when running `quartus_asm` I get this error:
Critical Warning(18636): Compilation Report contains advance information. Specifications for device A5ED013BB32AE4SR1 are subject to change. Contact Intel for information on availability. No programming file will be generated.
I came across this KB article that proposes a fix for this exact problem and supplies a patch that seems to modify the file `$QUARTUS_ROOT/quartus/linux64/quartus.ini` to include some "dev_password" fields; a comment in that file confirms that there is a password for the "A5ED013BB32A_R1 OPN". However, even with this patch applied (I can confirm Quartus is using the correct ini file from the logs which say "Using INI file ..."), I still get the same error.
For reasons that are highly specific to my setup it is not easy to upgrade (please just believe me on this one); the KB article mentions 25.1.1 and not 25.1, but the docs also say the same issue is present in 25.1.1. Is the only way to fix this upgrading to 25.1.1 or is there something else that might be wrong?
Thanks in advance!
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sstrellSuper Contributor
Device support is added progressively in newer versions of Quartus starting with advanced models for simulation and design and progressing later to being able to generate a bitstream. You probably are going to need to upgrade your Quartus version to at least 25.1.1 to get a bitstream. Note that there is also now 25.3 and 26.1 versions as well.
shordenI see, I was under the impression that a 25.1 install would work because Terasic's "Getting Started Guide" explicitly mentions "25.1", not "25.1.1". That having been said I suppose there can be errors in documentation.
I tried upgrading to 25.3 earlier and ran into some library issues (in my case it is not a matter of "just apt install this library") but I will try downloading 25.1.1 and seeing if I can get that to work.
- sstrell
Without looking at the Terasic documentation, they may simply be saying you can start designing with 25.1, not specifically that you can generate a bitstream with 25.1.
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