Problem when programming bitstream onto A10-F100

[VE000]

I am trying to program a bitstream onto Mustang A10-F100 device (IEI)

Have followed the steps given in https://docs.openvinotoolkit.org/2019_R3/_docs_install_guides_VisionAcceleratorFPGA_Configure_2019R1.html=

On trying to program the device with a particular bitstream,am getting the following error-

command -

aocl program acl0 /opt/intel/openvino/bitstreams/a10_vision_design_sg1_bitstreams/2019R3_PV_PL1_FP16_SqueezeNet_VGG.aocx

Error -

How should I debug this error?

[JohnT_Intel]

Hi,

Could you provide the error message you observed? Could you confirm if you are using SG1 or SG2 board?

[VE000]

Hi

Am using SG1 board

Error message -

aocl program: Running program from /opt/altera/aocl-pro-rte/aclrte-linux64/board/a10_1150_sg1/linux64/libexec

FAILED to read auto-discovery string at byte 56: Expected version is 17, found 19

Error: The currently programmed/flashed design is no longer supported in this release. Please recompile the design with the present version of the SDK and re-program/flash the board.

acl_hal_mmd.c:1461:assert failure: Failed to initialize kernel interfaceprogram: acl_hal_mmd.c:1461: l_try_device: Assertion `0' failed.

aocl program: Program failed.

[JohnT_Intel]

Hi,

It looks like you are board flash is having older version of bitstream. You will need to reconfigure your FPGA to the latest version. Please follow the guide in https://docs.openvinotoolkit.org/latest/_docs_install_guides_VisionAcceleratorFPGA_Configure.html to program the flash with the latest bitstream so that after it will work on the latest OpenVINO.

[VE000]

Hi

As per your suggestion I have downloaded the 2020.1 version of openvino and tried the steps as per the document provided above.

However the problem persists

Error message -

aocl program: Running program from /opt/intel/openvino/bitstreams/a10_vision_design_sg1_bitstreams/BSP/a10_1150_sg1/linux64/libexec

Programming device: a10gx_2ddr : Intel Vision Accelerator Design with Intel Arria 10 FPGA (acla10_1150_sg10)

 OpenCL Notification Callback: Malformed program interface definition found in binary:

 OpenCL Notification Callback: FAILED to read auto-discovery string at byte 56: Expected version is 17, found 19

Error: The currently programmed/flashed design is no longer supported in this release. Please recompile the design with the present version of the SDK and re-program/flash the board.

 OpenCL Notification Callback: Invalid binary

Failed clCreateProgramWithBinary.

Error code: -42

aocl program: Program failed.

[JohnT_Intel]

Hi,

The issue is that you are not updating the FPGA flash content. Please performed the step below.

1. Connect USB-Blaster to the board.
2. Run "jtagconfig" to ensure that your Intel FPGA Download Cable driver is ready to use:
3. Go to "/opt/intel/openvino/bitstreams/a10_vision_design_sg1_bitstreams/BSP/a10_1150_sg1/bringup"
4. Program the new sof file to the board: "quartus_pgm -c 1 -m JTAG -o "p;sg1_boardtest_2ddr_base.sof""
5. Soft reboot:
6. Source the environment variable script you made.
7. source /home/<user>/init_openvino.sh
8. Run "aocl diagnose"
9. Go to "/opt/intel/openvino/bitstreams/a10_vision_design_sg1_bitstreams/BSP/a10_1150_sg1/bringup"
10. Run "aocl flash acl0 sg1_boardtest_2ddr_top.aocx"
11. Hard reboot the host system including powering off.

[VE000]

Hi

Thank you for the reply.

I had updated the FPGA flash content also before trying to program the bitstream. Still the problem persists.

[JohnT_Intel]

Hi,

Do you have issue on JTAG programming? Could you provide me the step you performed before and after the CPU reboot?