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XABEL6, Foundation F1.3/F1.4: EDIF netlists from XABEL in M1/F1 are encrypted.


Record #2663

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  Data I/O

Problem Title:
XABEL6, Foundation F1.3/F1.4:  EDIF netlists from XABEL in M1/F1 are
encrypted.



Problem Description:
Keywords:  netlist, encrypt, abel, edif

Urgency:  Standard

General Description:

XABEL6 (included with Foundation F1.x) uses EDIF netlists instead of the XNF or
Plusasm netlists which were used in XACT5/6. In order to provide a keyless versi
on of the ABEL compiler, XABEL writes EDIF netlists with encrypted contents to p
rotect the 3rd party vendor.


Solution 1:

In order to verify the logical interpretation of the source design, you can use
the .EQ3 file produced by XABEL.  For a post-fit verification, the simprims-base
d simulation netlist  can be used to verify the contents of the design.



End of Record #2663