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Synopsys, Virtex: replace_fpga and uniquify should not be used during synthesis using FPGA/Design Compiler (NGDHelpers 406)
Record #5048
Product Family: Software
Product Line: Synopsys
Product Part: Design Compiler
Problem Title:
Synopsys, Virtex: replace_fpga and uniquify should not be used during synthesis using
FPGA/Design Compiler (NGDHelpers 406)
Problem Description:
Urgency : Standard
General Description:
The replace_fpga and uniquify commands must not be used when compiling
a Virtex design with Synopsys FPGA/Design Compiler.
Solution 1:
The following is an explanation of why the two commands should not be
used with Virtex designs:
(1) replace_fpga
It was never intended that replace_fpga be used in the Virtex flow, since
Virtex synthesizes to LUT's. If you did not choose to use LUT's, the resulting
Virtex EDIF file from the synthesis tool would be very large.
(2) uniquify
Uniquify cannot be used due to a problem with FPGA Compiler I. Uniquify will remove
attributes from library cells. What this generally results in is an EDIF netlist without
EQN attributes on the inferred LUTs. This will result in an error in NGDBUILD.
Rather than using uniquify, you should compile the lower level modules first,
place a "dont_touch" attribute on them, then compile the top level.
This will prevent the lower level modules from being synthesized multiple times.
If these commands are not being used, please see (Xilinx Solution 5958).
Solution 2:
The .synopsys_dc.setup file must have all the Virtex specific settings in order to write a
proper .SEDIF file. A Template for this file (as well as a sample run script for Virtex) can be
found in $XILINX/synopsys/examples. Specifically, if the edifout_write_properties setting
has been modified, this NGDHelpers error may occur.
End of Record #5048 - Last Modified: 10/12/99 13:48 |
