OpenCL SDK with time-limited Megafunction

Altera_Forum · ‎05-02-2016

Hello everyone.

Does OpenCL SDK allow to use time-limited evaluation version of Megafunctions? Because I have an odd problem.

I am using time-limited evaluation version of Triple-Speed-Ethernet Megafunction with OpenCL SDK 15.1 on Linux and a Cyclone V SoC.

When I compile my kernel, I have the error : "Error : Compiler Error, not able to generate hardware". The file "quartus_sh_compile.log" tells me that the compiler is unable to find the binary file "top.sof". However, it has generated a file named "top_time_limited.sof".

So I tried to trick the compiler by renaming "top_time_limited.sof" in "top.sof" and restarting the compilation. Now, the compiler finds this file.

But I still have the problem "Error : Compiler Error, not able to generate hardware". At the end of the log file, a different message is written :

info: running quartus prime convert_programming_file

info: version 15.1.0 build 185 10/21/2015 sj standard edition

info: processing started: mon may 2 09:39:12 2016

info: command: quartus_cpf -c -o bitstream_compression=on top.sof top.rbf

info: using ini file /home/hwt/altera/programs/eth_test/eth_test/device/bin/eth_test/quartus.ini

info (210039): file top.sof contains one or more time-limited megafunctions that support the opencore plus feature that will not work after the hardware evaluation time expires. refer to the messages window for evaluation time details.

info (210040): sram object file top.sof contains time-limited megafunction that supports opencore plus feature -- vendor: 0x6af7, product: 0x00bd

error: quartus prime convert_programming_file was unsuccessful. 0 errors, 0 warnings

error: peak virtual memory: 395 megabytes

error: processing ended: mon may 2 09:39:13 2016

error: elapsed time: 00:00:01

error: total cpu time (on all processors): 00:00:01

info: error generating rbf file! error: error(s) found while running an executable. see report file(s) for error message(s). message log indicates which executable was run last.

error: flow compile (for project /home/hwt/altera/programs/eth_test/eth_test/device/bin/eth_test/top) was not successful

error: error: error(s) found while running an executable. see report file(s) for error message(s). message log indicates which executable was run last.

Altera_Forum · ‎05-03-2016

I found the answer here :

https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/solutions/rd01212011_914.html

It seems that I need a license for the Megacore.