Answers Database


M1.5: TRCE: Internal constant used to represent NODELAY conflicts with negative delays.


Record #4214

Product Family: Software

Product Line: FPGA Implementation

Product Part: trce

Problem Title:
M1.5: TRCE: Internal constant used to represent NODELAY conflicts with negative delays.


Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard

General Description: An internal constant used in the representation of delay values conflicts with real negative delay values, causing TRCE to ignore real delay values. In particular, negative hold times of -0.001ns will not be reported (and race
checking will not be performed on these delays).

In virtex it is possible of getting -1ps hold times causing the tools to
ignoring them. Because the tools thought these were invalid delays,
no hold checking was performed when this occured.



Solution 1:

Currently there is no resolution to this issue.

This is fixed in the next release of the software, version 2.1i




End of Record #4214 - Last Modified: 05/19/99 12:08

For the latest news, design tips, and patch information on the Xilinx design environment, check out the Technical Tips!