AR# 1085: LCA2XNF may use unit delays (functional) in timing simulation flow
AR# 1085
LCA2XNF may use unit delays (functional) in timing simulation flow
Description
A user may observe in some cases, his timing simulation looks like a functional simulation. This can be caused by LCA2XNF writing out an XNF file with no delay information annotated. LCA2XNF may do this if the LCA file has DRC errors; it will use unit delays instead. If XSIMMAKE was run, this will be reported in the XSIMMAKE.OUT file (WARNING 23).
Solution
Run a DRC check via XDE or Makebits to check if the LCA file is really OK. If there are any errors, you must re-run PPR and/or adjust your design until DRC check passes. PPR will sometimes produce LCA files that have DRC errors. These errors are normally caught when Makebits is run, since Makebits runs the DRC check automatically, but there is no such filter in Xsimmake.