compile-altera.sh

This script pre-compiles the Altera primitives. This script will generate all outputs into a altera directory.

Supported Simulators

Target	Description
All	pre-compile for all simulators
GHDL	pre-compile for the GHDL simulator
Questa	pre-compile for Metor Graphics QuestaSim

Command Line Options

--help

Show the embedded help page(s).

--clean

Clean up directory before analyzing.

--all

Pre-compile all libraries and packages for all simulators.

--ghdl

Pre-compile the Altera Quartus libraries for GHDL.

--questa

Pre-compile the Altera Quartus libraries for QuestaSim.

Additional Options for GHDL

--vhdl93

For GHDL only: Set VHDL Standard to ‘93.

--vhdl2008

For GHDL only: Set VHDL Standard to ‘08.

GHDL Notes

Not all primitives and macros are available as plain VHDL source code. Encrypted primitives and netlists cannot be pre-compiled by GHDL.

QuestaSim Notes

The pre-compilation for QuestaSim uses a build in program from Altera.