AR# 3076: Foundation F1.3/F1.4, XC9500, XVHDL: Macro pass-through signals trimmed away or tied to VCC/GND.
AR# 3076
Foundation F1.3/F1.4, XC9500, XVHDL: Macro pass-through signals trimmed away or tied to VCC/GND.
説明
Keywords: XVHDL, Metamor, macro, feedthrough
Urgency: standard
General Description:
When an XC9500 design contains an XVHDL (Metamor) macro and the macro conatins pass-though signals (output ports directly driven by input ports), the fitter (hitop) issues an nd14 warning indicating that the pass-though nets are not driven and are being removed. The resulting implementation is logically incorrect.
ソリューション
1
In the macro's VHDL file, define an intermediate signal to pass the affected input through. Assign the input port to the new signal and change the output port's assignment to refer to the internal signal instead of the input port directly. Declare the Metamor attribute "critical" on the signal as follows:
attribute critical of DUMMY : signal is true;
You also need to declare the METAMOR library and use the METAMOR.attributes package at the top of the VHDL file. This will cause Metamor to insert a buffer between the input and output ports in the macro's netlist which avoids the fitter bug.
For example: library METAMOR; use METAMOR.attributes.all; entity test is port ( IN1 : in STD_LOGIC; OUT1 : out STD_LOGIC ); end test; architecture test_arch of test is signal DUMMY : STD_LOGIC; attribute critical of DUMMY:signal is true; begin DUMMY <= IN1; OUT1 <= DUMMY; end test_arch;
2
This solution applies when the top-level design is also an XVHDL (Metamor) design. If the source design for the macro is contained in the same file as the top-level entity that instantiates the macro, you can instruct Metamor to flatten the hierarchy, which avoids the problem. In the top-level architecture, after the macro's component declaration, include the Metamor attribute "ungroup" as follows:
attribute ungroup : boolean; attribute ungroup of MYMACRO : component is true;
The Metamor library is not required for this attribute. No further modification of the user design is required, making this a less intrusive workaround. The use of the ungroup attribute is described in the Metamor user guide in the online help.
For example: entity VHDL_MAC is port (IN1 : in STD_LOGIC; OUT1 : out STD_LOGIC); end VHDL_MAC; architecture mac_arch of VHDL_MAC is begin OUT1 <= IN1; end mac_arch;
entity TOP_LEVEL is port (A : in std_logic; X : out std_logic); end TOP_LEVEL; architecture STRUCTURE of TOP_LEVEL is component VHDL_MAC port ( IN1 : in std_logic; OUT1 : out std_logic); end component; attribute ungroup : boolean; attribute ungroup of VHDL_MAC:component is true; begin U1 : VHDL_MAC port map( IN1 => A, OUT1 => X); end STRUCTURE;