When using DCI cascading in a Virtex-5 or Virtex-6 device, the following error occurs:
"ERROR:Bitgen - Incorrect DCI setting for bank 21. It cannot be used as master.
ERROR:Bitgen:157 - Bitgen will terminate because of the above errors."
How do I resolve this error?
This error is caused by a limitation of the software implementation of DCI cascading. The software currently requires that the bank used as the master DCI bank must have an input with a compatible DCI IOSTANDARD that is being used in the slave bank.
To work around this issue, create a dummy input with a compatible DCI IOSTANDARD that is being used in the slave DCI bank. It is not necessary that the input is connected to the board or the internal fabric design.
More information on DCI Cascading can be found in the Virtex-5 FPGA User Guide:
http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/user_guides/ug190.pdf
This restriction is planned to be removed starting with BitGen 11.4.