Article ID: 000075515 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 04/05/2022

Why doesn’t the P-Tile Debug Toolkit work in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2 ?

Environment

  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
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    Description

    Due to the problems below in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.2, the P-Tile Debug Toolkit does not work.        

    • The P-Tile Debug Toolkit in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro software version 21.2 only works on Linux* Operating System (OS) with GCC version 2.12 or higher.
      • You can check the GCC version to run the command "ldd --version" in the shell.
    • Some library files needed to run the P-Tile Debug Toolkit are not included in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Software version 21.2.
    Resolution

    To work around this problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Software version 21.2,  follow the steps below to install the patch and library files.

    1. Download and install Patch 0.23
    2. Download the P-Tile Debug Toolkit library files (link)
    3. Create a new directory named pySV at the folder below.
      QUARTUS_ROOTDIR/../ip/altera/intel_pcie/ptile/toolkit/
    4. Extract the zip file to a temporary directory.
    5. Copy all contents in the extracted directory into the pySV directory created in Step 3.

    This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 21.3.

    Related Products

    This article applies to 2 products

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