Article ID: 000090885 Content Type: Error Messages Last Reviewed: 10/17/2023

"Error: Unrecognized switch use-quartus-top-names" while executing ip-setup-simulation command in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software v21.4

Environment

    Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
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Description

Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Software version 21.4, you might encounter the following error while executing command: ip-setup-simulation --use-quartus-top-names --quartus-project=<quartus_project_name>.qpf

Error: Unrecognized switch use-quartus-top-names

Resolution

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

  1. Remove "--use-quartus-top-names" switch.
  2. Add "set TOP_LEVEL_NAME <top_instance_name>" in run_<simulator>.do of the IP simulation script.

This problem has been fixed starting with the version 22.1 of the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Software releases.

Related Products

This article applies to 4 products

Intel Agilex® 7 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs
Intel® Arria®
Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX FPGA
Intel® Stratix®

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