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How do I get identical results from compilations in the Quartus Prime software?

emery
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‎10-04-2021 10:41 AM
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The title of this article is "How do I get identical results from compilations in the Quartus Prime software?"

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/articles/000084189.html

It states "Note that the db and incremental_db directories must be identical from compilation to compilation to ensure identical results."

 

However the statement is a bullet point that is doubled tabbed underneath another statement, and I have just ran the build twice after deleting the db and incremental_db folders and got the same output programming files (Raw Binary Files).

 

Therefore are keeping and using the last db and incremental_db folders really needed to get identical results from compilations in the Quartus Prime software?

(They are big folders to store so I would rather they are not)

Thanks

 

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SyafieqS
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‎10-05-2021 08:03 PM
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Emery,


Yes only if you are using incremental compilation in your design.


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sstrell
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‎10-04-2021 11:19 AM
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That's for incremental compilation as the parent bullet says.

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SyafieqS
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Emery,


Yes only if you are using incremental compilation in your design.


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