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AR# 9671

4.1i Virtex PAR - ERROR:Place:1613 - Design object (tmp0[15]) could not be placed

Description

Keywords: CLB, range, SRL, SRL16, RAM, constraint

Urgency: Standard

General Description:
A case has been seen where PAR reports the following errors while trying to place SRL16 components that were constrained to a CLB range in one row:

ERROR:Place:1613 - Design object (tmp0[15]) could not be placed
ERROR:Place:1613 - Design object (tmp1[15]) could not be placed.
ERROR:Place:1613 - Design object (tmp2[15]) could not be placed.
ERROR:Place:1613 - Design object (tmp3[15]) could not be placed.

The tmp*[15] were SRL16 elements constrained to a range of CLBs in one row as follows:
INST "rgn1.proc_tmp0.tmp0[15]" LOC=CLB_R6C3:CLB_R6C4 ;
...
INST "rgn1.proc_tmp3.tmp3[15]" LOC=CLB_R6C3:CLB_R6C4 ;

The error in PAR occurs because the placer created a RAM macro with common address lines to minimize skew. However, the macro has a configuration that is not placable in one row.

Solution

This problem will be fixed in the next major release following 4.1i.

Meanwhile, a work-around is to set the following environment variable, which disables the placer macro creation.:

On Workstations:
setenv XVR_NO_GRPRAM 1

On PCs:
set XVR_NO_GRPRAM=1
AR# 9671
Date 10/22/2008
Status Archive
Type General Article