Automating POF generation

[shaiko]

Hello,

I'm using a .pfg script file to convert .sof files into .pof

How can I automate the process such that a .pof file will be generated at the end of every compilation ?

[Farabi]

Hello,

Basically, Quartus is built from TCL script. All the instructions are actually running on TCL scripts. You can built an automation script using TCL language. example : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/support-resources/design-examples/quartus/tcl.html

regards,

Farabi

[shaiko]

Thanks for the link but this doesn't answer my question.

I couldn't find something about generating a .POF from a .SOF using the .PFG.

This is how my .PFG file looks like:

<pfg version="1">
<settings custom_db_dir="./" mode="AVSTX16"/>
<output_files>
<output_file name="my_project" directory="output_files/" type="POF">
<file_options/>
<flash_device_id>Flash_Device_1</flash_device_id>
<secondary_file type="MAP" name="my_project_pof">
<file_options/>
</secondary_file>
</output_file>
</output_files>
<bitstreams>
<bitstream id="Bitstream_1">
<path>output_files/my_project.sof</path>
</bitstream>
</bitstreams>
<flash_devices>
<flash_device type="CFI_1Gb" id="Flash_Device_1">
<partition reserved="1" fixed_s_addr="0" s_addr="0x000C0000" e_addr="0x000FFFFF" fixed_e_addr="0" id="OPTIONS" size="0"/>
<partition reserved="0" fixed_s_addr="0" s_addr="0x02C00000" e_addr="0x056FFFFF" fixed_e_addr="0" id="P1" size="0"/>
</flash_device>
</flash_devices>
<assignments>
<assignment page="0" partition_id="P1">
<bitstream_id>Bitstream_1</bitstream_id>
</assignment>
</assignments>
</pfg>

As you can see, it's generates the POF from the SOF.

How can I embed this script into my QSF so it will run automatically at the end of each compilation ?

[FvM · Accepted solution]

Scripting is of course the solution.

Call quartus_pfg with respective .pfg configuration in a tcl script, e.g. post_flow.tcl

exec quartus_pfg -c yourpfgfile.pfg

Specify post flow action in your project

set_global_assignment -name POST_FLOW_SCRIPT_FILE "quartus_sh:flow_post.tcl"