Critical Issue
Description
When the Altera® Offline Compiler (AOC) compiles an OpenCL™ kernel on Windows, you might receive the following error message:
Error: ip-generate FAILED.
The error message corresponds to one of the following error descriptions in the <your_kernel_filename>/<your_kernel_filename>.log file:
Error: ‘ip-generate’ is not recognized as an internal or external command.Error: ‘qsys-generate’ is not recognized as an internal or external command.
Resolution
Add the following setting to your Windows PATH environment variable:
<QUARTUS_INSTALL_DIR>/quartus/sopc_builder/bin
where <QUARTUS_INSTALL_DIR> is the path to the Quartus® II software installation directory
Example command for setting the PATH environment variable:
set PATH=c:\altera\14.1\quartus\sopc_builder\bin;%PATH%