Quartus tcl can't load package when root directory changed

[sdeyo]

Hello!

I'm trying to automate builds on a virtual windows machine/ Bamboo build server. All our dev tools (IDEs, GCC, Segger tools, etc.) are installed in a 'toolchain' folder during the build, and then I have a batch file that runs the makefile, the quartus shell script to generate .pof files, etc. All works as expected on my local machine, but I'm having a heck of a time getting it to build on Bamboo. I seem really close (tool installs, makefile runs, etc.), but the .tcl scripts hit an error where, for example, the fitter breaks by not being able to find the 'report' module when doing the line "load_package report".

The problem seems to be that the quartus path is not the default C:\IntelFPGA_lite... etc. , but rather a different (and relative) toolchain folder ( %CURRENT_DIR%\..\..\toolchain\quartus\20.1\quartus\bin64 for example). I can recreate the error on my local machine by pointing my Quartus directory and QUARTUS_ROOTDIR to the toolchain folder; the errors don't happen if that folder is the default C:\IntelFPGA_lite\20.1\quartus\20.1 path.

I do set the environmental variable for QUARTUS_ROOTDIR, and I confirm that my code does change that. Everything seems to be found and triggered correctly, except that it can't find/ load the packages.

Is there something I'm missing that Quartus needs to not be in the default installation spot? If we absolutely have to, we can install Quartus on the build server, but we'd rather not.

Thanks! Scott

[sdeyo]

Error:

ERROR: Quartus Prime Tcl package "::quartus::report" is only available for use in the following executables:
        qacv
        qpro
        qpro_sh
        quartus
        quartus_cdb
        quartus_drc
        quartus_eda
        quartus_fit
        quartus_ipgenerate
        quartus_map
        quartus_sh
        quartus_si
        quartus_sim
        quartus_sta
        quartus_stp
        quartus_syn

    while executing
"load_package report"
    (file "c:/phoenix/tool-chain/quartus/20.1/quartus/common/tcl/internal/qfit2_default_script.tcl" line 75)
------------------------------------------------
Error: Quartus Prime Fitter was unsuccessful. 0 errors, 0 warnings

[ShengN_Intel]

Hi,

Yup. The Quartus directory and QUARTUS_ROOTDIR environment variables have to be the default C:\IntelFPGA_lite\20.1\quartus\20.1 path.

Thanks,

Best Regards,

Sheng

[sdeyo]

Thanks Sheng. Sad to hear, but I'll have to live with it