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1.5is2 Map : FATAL_ERROR:baste:bastetspec.c:1197:1.87.18.4 - Failed to create DP_PATHDELAY_FROMTO for tspec


Record #6794

Product Family: Software

Product Line: FPGA Implementation

Product Part: map

Product Version: 1.5is2

Problem Title:

1.5is2 Map : FATAL_ERROR:baste:bastetspec.c:1197:1.87.18.4 - Failed to create
DP_PATHDELAY_FROMTO for tspec



Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard

Problem Description : When a FROMTO constraint is placed on a pad driving an IBUF ending at the G input of a IFFX Latch, the following error is issued by map:

    FATAL_ERROR:baste:bastetspec.c:1197:1.87.18.4 - Failed to create
    DP_PATHDELAY_FROMTO for tspec TSlat Process will terminate. Please call
    Xilinx support.



Solution 1:

A sample timing constraint is :

NET "TEST" TNM_NET = "TNMclk";
TIMESPEC "TSlat" = FROM "TNMclk" TO "LATCHES" 10.000000 ns;

The above constraint caused the error message. A work around is to replace
the above constraint with the one below.

NET TEST2 MAXDELAY=10 ns;

Where TEST2 is the output of the IBUF or BUFG that drives the input of the
latch.

This problem has been fixed fpr version 2.1i.




End of Record #6794 - Last Modified: 09/09/99 10:06

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