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MF28
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4 years ago

Using SoCEDS Error with "my_first_hps"

I want to use HPS on my FPGA Board. For this I started with the tutorial and examples like "my_first_hps". The goal would have been, just like in the example, use my laptop (running on Windows 11) t...
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Yoshiaki_Altera
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4 years ago

Hello MF28,

Could you please provide the following information?

1) Target FPGA SoC Device/Board

2) Quartus/SoC EDS Version

3) Host OS (Windows or Linux)

4) Boot device(SD-CARD or QSPI)

5) Are Preloader(SPL) and U-Boot up and running?

6) Target OS (Linux, Bare Metal or the other)

7) ARM DS Version

Best regards,

Yoshiaki Saito

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MF28
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4 years ago

Hello YoshiakiS!

1) I am using the Intel Cyclone V DE10-Standard Board for the University Program
2) I am using Quartus Prime Lite Edition 21.1 and the SoC EDS Version 20.1
3) My Host OS is Windows 11
4) I am booting on the FPGA from a SD-Card
5) I am not able to come this far anyway so I have not tried it
6) The FPGA would run on LXDE and everything works fine
7) I tried the discontinued DS-5 Version and also installed the ARM DS 2021.1 Version

When for example going step by step by the provided PDFs for the FPGA (or provided online) like this one
https://rocketboards.org/foswiki/pub/Projects/DE1SOCMyFirstHPS/My_First_HPS.pdf?t=1471001068
then the error happens in Chapter 2.4 where they would compile their makefile. If I compile it with just "gcc main.c" it works fine and also works on the FPGA. But for using the HPS libraries (for my own project as well as the provided example projects) I would want to do it the intended way with the makefiles, which is not working due to the error like said before (make(e = 2): ...)

The whole error message (in german) is:

arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -g -Wall -D soc_cv_av -I C:/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/soc_cv_av -I C:/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/ -c main.c -o main.o
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -g -Wall -D soc_cv_av -I C:/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/soc_cv_av -I C:/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/ -c main.c -o main.o, ...) failed.
make (e=2): Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
make: *** [main.o] Error 2




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    Yoshiaki_Altera
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    4 years ago

    Hi MF28,

    Thank you for providing the information with us.

    I have duplicated the issue at our site as below.

    yoshiaki@yoshiaki-mobl1 /cygdrive/c/workspace/hps/my_first_hps

    $ make

    arm-linux-gnueabihfgcc -g -Wall -Dsoc_cv_av -IC:/intelFPGA/20.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/soc_cv_av -IC:/intelFPGA/20.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/ -c main.c -o main.o

    process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, arm-linux-gnueabihfgcc -g -Wall -Dsoc_cv_av -IC:/intelFPGA/20.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/soc_cv_av -IC:/intelFPGA/20.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/ -c main.c -o main.o, ...) failed.

    make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.

    make: *** [main.o] Error 2

    So, I'm investigating the issue.

    Best regards,

    Yoshiaki Saito

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      MF28
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      4 years ago

      Hi Yoshiaki!
      Thank you very much in advance, I hope a solution can be found.
      Looking forward to hearing from you again.
      BR

      MF28

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        Yoshiaki_Altera
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        4 years ago

        Hello MF28,

        I’d like to confirm your target application just in case.

        Do you want to compile a Linux Application on Windows?

        If so, please see the steps below.

        1) Download gcc-arm-10.3-2021.07-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz

        2) Extract the tool to your specific folder.

        3) Add the bin path to Path variable in “Edit the system environment variables”.

        In my case, I installed the tools into C:\tools so actual path is:

        C:\tools\gcc-arm-10.3-2021.07-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin

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        4) Update CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile as below.

        CROSS_COMPILE = arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-

        Here is actual log.

        yoshiaki@yoshiaki-mobl1 /cygdrive/c/workspace/hps/my_first_hps
$ make
arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -g -Wall -Dsoc_cv_av -IC:/intelFPGA/20.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/soc_cv_av -IC:/intelFPGA/20.1/embedded/ip/altera/hps/altera_hps/hwlib/include/ -c main.c -o main.o
arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -g -Wall main.o -o my_first_hps

        Lastly, the hwlibs is for bare metal application, not Linux. See a link below for more details.

        Hardware Library (HWLibs)

        https://rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/HWLib

        Best regards,

        Yoshiaki Saito