Answers Database XABEL, Foundation F1.x: ref_2_inst: dangling port (message during synthesis) Record #3152 Product Family: Software Product Line: Aldec Product Part: Foundation HDL Editor Product Version: 1.3 Problem Title: XABEL, Foundation F1.x: ref_2_inst: dangling port (message during synthesis) Problem Description: Urgency: Standard General Description: When synthesizing an Abel module in Foundation, you may see a series of the following warning in the Project Manager's message log window during synthesis: ref_2_inst: dangling port Solution 1: These messages can safely be ignored. Generally, there will be one of these messages for each port in the Abel module. Since the Abel file was compiled as a Macro and not as a Chip, these ports are viewed as dangling, and thus the messages result. End of Record #3152 - Last Modified: 03/03/99 11:39

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