Article ID: 000074874 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 06/07/2023

Why does Active Serial (AS) configuration fail in Intel Agilex® 7 and Intel® Stratix® 10 devices when the configuration flash device is set to 4-byte addressing mode?

Environment

  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
  • Generic Component
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    Description

    In Intel Agilex® 7 and Intel® Stratix® 10 devices, you might observe Active Serial (AS) configuration failure when the configuration flash device is set to 4-byte addressing mode. This is because Intel Agilex and Intel Stratix 10 devices expect the configuration flash device to operate in 3-byte addressing mode.

    Resolution

    A patch is available to work around this problem for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 20.1, this will set your configuration flash device to operate in 3-byte addressing mode when you reprogram your configuration flash device using the JIC programming flow.

    Download and install patch 0.11 from the following links:

    This problem is fixed in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 20.2.

    Related Products

    This article applies to 2 products

    Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs
    Intel Agilex® 7 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs