Have the Arria® 10 PCI Express* Testbench required simulation files changed in version 24.2 of the Quartus® Prime Design Software?

Description

Yes, as part of the ongoing improvements and streamlining of the Quartus® Prime Design Software core device family models (altera_mf etc.) the PCI Express* link-partner root-port BFMs that shipped as part of the altera_pcie_a10_tbed (IP version 19.1) were updated starting in version 24.2 to use Arria® 10 FPGA based primitives rather than the previously used Stratix® II FPGA primitives without a corresponding IP version increase.

Attempting to use device libraries compiled from newer versions of Quartus® Prime Design Software with a testbench generated from an older version of the Quartus® Prime Pro software may lead to runtime errors from simulators about invalid module parameters of the form:

Error! Unknown INTENDED_DEVICE_FAMILY=Stratix II.

Resolution

To resolve this problem, it is recommended to always re-generate Altera IP with the same version of the Quartus® Prime Pro software being used.