AR# 1441: Timsim8 ends with return code 100 (XNFBA error 256) on non-Mentor XBLOX design
AR# 1441
Timsim8 ends with return code 100 (XNFBA error 256) on non-Mentor XBLOX design
説明
Keywords: timsim8, error 100, xnfba, xblox
Urgency: Standard
General Description:
If you are running Timsim8 -g on an LCA file whose origins are outside of the Mentor Graphics framework (e.g., Synopsys), and the design contains XBLOX components (recognized by DEF=BLOX or DEF=XBLOX attributes in the XFF file), you may get the following error at runtime:
xnfba notfromconc.xff notfromconc_tim.xnf -o notfromconc_tim.xbf Errors found while running xnfba. Timsim8 ended with return code 100
In the timsim8.log file, you would see one or more errors like this:
ERROR 256: The pre-route XNF file contains un-back-annotatible symbol COUNTER NOTHING/ADDED.
Note that XNFBA has been run using the .xff file as the pre-routed netlist. If a design contains XBLOX modules, XNFBA should be run using the .xg file, in which the XBLOX modules have been synthesized into (back-annotatable) gates.
Normally, when a Mentor design is translated into XNF, the EDIF2XNF translator detects the presence of XBLOX modules and, if XBLOX modules exist, creates a zero-length <design_name>.bmf ("BLOX Module Flag") file. Timsim8 checks the presence of this file to determine whether it uses the XFF or XG file as the pre-routed netlist. In the case of a non-Mentor XBLOX design, EDIF2XNF is never run, and the BMF file is never created. Thus, Timsim8 erroneously uses the XBLOX-laiden XFF file as the pre-routed netlist, leading to Error 256.
ソリューション
Create a <design_name>.bmf file in the design directory. It does not matter what, if anything, is contained in the file. It is only important that the file exists. For example: