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M1.4 PAR - PAR hangs when using a PCF to LOC single component hard macros (.nmc's).


Record #3463

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  FPGA Implementation

Problem Title:
M1.4 PAR - PAR hangs when using a PCF to LOC single component hard
macros (.nmc's).



Problem Description:
PAR hangs during placement on designs with .pcf location
constraints on single component hard macros (.nmc's) that
contain no routing information. A patch is available for
M1.4.


Solution 1:

A fix for this PAR error is included in the current M1.4 Core
Applications patch available from the Xilinx Download Area:

ftp://ftp.xilinx.com/pub/swhelp/M1.4_alliance/core_sol14_m14.tar.Z
ftp://ftp.xilinx.com/pub/swhelp/M1.4_alliance/core_sun14_m14.tar.Z
ftp://ftp.xilinx.com/pub/swhelp/M1.4_alliance/core_hp14_m14.tar.Z
ftp://ftp.xilinx.com/pub/swhelp/M1.4_alliance/core_nt14.zip



End of Record #3463