AR# 9484: 3.1i 4KXL PAR - Guided PAR fails with "Error: Place:489 The clock group consisting of the following components..."
AR# 9484
3.1i 4KXL PAR - Guided PAR fails with "Error: Place:489 The clock group consisting of the following components..."
Description
Keywords: Place, 489, PAR, guide
Urgency: Standard
General Description: PAR is unable to guide some 4KXL designs and fails with the following error, even though there are no prohibits in the PCF file:
ERROR:Place:489 - The clock group consisting of the following components is impossible to legally place, as all of the site sets that could hold this configuration contain a prohibited site that this group requires. Please consult the Xilinx Programmable Logic Data Book for more information on clock buffers.
解决方案
1
This problem can occur with leverage guide designs for 4000XL, XLA, XV, and Spartan-XL (any architecture that contains BUFG/BUFGLS/BUFGE triples).
The problem occurs because of a route-through between the CLKIO and the buffer it drives. This problem only happens if the CLKIO is locked to the site in the PCF file and the global buffer it drives is not locked.
Therefore, the work-around is to either lock (or not lock) both the CLKIO and its associated buffer. This constraint can be placed in the UCF.