Hi,
I'm trying to build a fimware with several transceiver banks. If I use 4 banks, it's fine. But 5 banks cause congestion in the "spine clock region" and the compilation sits in "IO Placement" for about an hour and eventually gives up with the follow error (my guess at the relevant part is highlighted in red). I've not see this error before. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Error (14996): The Fitter failed to find a legal placement for all periphery components
Info (14987): The following components had the most difficulty being legally placed:
Info (175029): Clock core fanout containing node LLI:lli_inst|GWT_6ch:\multiLink_gen_loop:1:multiLi nk_gen_gwt:u0|GWT_6ch_GWT_BANK_10_up7bqka:gwt_bank _0|gwt_tx_top:gwt_tx_4|tx_fifo:tx_fifo_inst|dcfifo _mixed_widths:dcfifo_mixed_widths_component|dcfifo _k1t1:auto_generated|altsyncram_5k91:fifo_ram|ram_ block9a0 and 31 other node(s) driven by auto-promoted clock driver
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Info (175029): Clock core fanout containing node LLI:lli_inst|GWT_6ch:\multiLink_gen_loop:3:multiLi nk_gen_gwt:u0|GWT_6ch_GWT_BANK_10_up7bqka:gwt_bank _0|gwt_rx_top:gwt_rx_5|pile_and_shift:PILE|data_sc rambler_input[106] and 948 other node(s) driven by auto-promoted clock driver LLI:lli_inst|GWT_6ch:\multiLink_gen_loop:3:multiLi nk_gen_gwt:u0|GWT_6ch_GWT_BANK_10_up7bqka:gwt_bank _0|GWT_6ch_altera_xcvr_native_a10_161_pn5wopi:xcvr _native_a10_0|twentynm_xcvr_native:g_xcvr_native_i nsts[5].twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_xcvr_native_re v_20nm5:twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_pcs_rev _20nm5:inst_twentynm_pcs|w_hssi_rx_pld_pcs_interfa ce_pld_pcs_rx_clk_out~CLKENA0 and auto-promoted clock driver LLI:lli_inst|GWT_6ch:\multiLink_gen_loop:3:multiLi nk_gen_gwt:u0|GWT_6ch_GWT_BANK_10_up7bqka:gwt_bank _0|altera_reset_controller:rst_controller|altera_r eset_synchronizer:alt_rst_sync_uq1|altera_reset_sy nchronizer_int_chain_out~CLKENA0 (9%)
Info (175029): auto-promoted clock driver LLI:lli_inst|GWT_6ch:\multiLink_gen_loop:4:multiLi nk_gen_gwt:u0|GWT_6ch_GWT_BANK_10_up7bqka:gwt_bank _0|GWT_6ch_altera_xcvr_native_a10_161_pn5wopi:xcvr _native_a10_0|twentynm_xcvr_native:g_xcvr_native_i nsts[1].twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_xcvr_native_re v_20nm5:twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_pcs_rev _20nm5:inst_twentynm_pcs|w_hssi_rx_pld_pcs_interfa ce_pld_pcs_rx_clk_out~CLKENA0 (6%)
Info (175029): auto-promoted clock driver LLI:lli_inst|GWT_6ch:\multiLink_gen_loop:4:multiLi nk_gen_gwt:u0|GWT_6ch_GWT_BANK_10_up7bqka:gwt_bank _0|GWT_6ch_altera_xcvr_native_a10_161_pn5wopi:xcvr _native_a10_0|twentynm_xcvr_native:g_xcvr_native_i nsts[4].twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_xcvr_native_re v_20nm5:twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_pcs_rev _20nm5:inst_twentynm_pcs|w_hssi_tx_pld_pcs_interfa ce_pld_pcs_tx_clk_out~CLKENA0 (5%)
Error (14986): After placing as many components as possible, the following errors remain:
Error (13081): The Fitter cannot route to 1 clock core fanout
Info (14596): Information about the failing component(s):
Info (13207): The clock core fanout consists of 40 node(s)
Info (13205): Sample node name: LLI:lli_inst|GWT_6ch:\multiLink_gen_loop:4:multiLi nk_gen_gwt:u0|GWT_6ch_GWT_BANK_10_up7bqka:gwt_bank _0|gwt_tx_top:gwt_tx_0|coe_GWT_TX[0]
Info (13208): This core logic is driven by 1 clock source(s)
Info (14900): auto-promoted clock driver LLI:lli_inst|GWT_6ch:\multiLink_gen_loop:4:multiLi nk_gen_gwt:u0|GWT_6ch_GWT_BANK_10_up7bqka:gwt_bank _0|GWT_6ch_altera_xcvr_native_a10_161_pn5wopi:xcvr _native_a10_0|twentynm_xcvr_native:g_xcvr_native_i nsts[0].twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_xcvr_native_re v_20nm5:twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_pcs_rev _20nm5:inst_twentynm_pcs|w_hssi_tx_pld_pcs_interfa ce_pld_pcs_tx_clk_out~CLKENA0
Info (14894): This signal is currently using global clock 13, with the buffer placed at CLKCTRL_1C_G_I13
Info (175013): The auto-promoted clock driver is constrained to the region (0, 5) to (224, 213) due to related logic
Info (175015): The I/O pad rx_gbt[24] is constrained to the location PIN_R3 due to: User Location Constraints (PIN_R3)
Info (14709): The constrained I/O pad is contained within a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_TX_PLD_PCS_INTERFACE, which drives this auto-promoted clock driver
Info (175015): The I/O pad rx_gbt[25] is constrained to the location PIN_P5 due to: User Location Constraints (PIN_P5)
Info (14709): The constrained I/O pad is contained within a HSSI_RX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which is contained within a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_10G_TX_PCS, which drives a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_TX_PLD_PCS_INTERFACE, which drives this auto-promoted clock driver
Info (175015): The I/O pad rx_gbt[26] is constrained to the location PIN_N3 due to: User Location Constraints (PIN_N3)
Info (14709): The constrained I/O pad is contained within a HSSI_RX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which is contained within a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_8G_RX_PCS, which drives a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_10G_TX_PCS, which drives a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_TX_PLD_PCS_INTERFACE, which drives this auto-promoted clock driver
Info (175015): The I/O pad rx_gbt[27] is constrained to the location PIN_M5 due to: User Location Constraints (PIN_M5)
Info (14709): The constrained I/O pad is contained within a HSSI_RX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which is contained within a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_8G_RX_PCS, which drives a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_8G_RX_PCS, which drives a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_10G_TX_PCS, which drives a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_TX_PLD_PCS_INTERFACE, which drives this auto-promoted clock driver
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Error (16234): No legal location could be found out of 30 considered location(s). Reasons why each location could not be used are summarized below:
Error (177032): Section clock (SCLK) network in spine clock region bounded by (111,87) and (159,113) is overused
Info (18630): This congestion may be avoided by moving or disabling promotion of any of the following competing signals:
Info (175030): Unroutable signal:
Info (175026): Source: auto-promoted clock driver LLI:lli_inst|GWT_6ch:\multiLink_gen_loop:4:multiLi nk_gen_gwt:u0|GWT_6ch_GWT_BANK_10_up7bqka:gwt_bank _0|GWT_6ch_altera_xcvr_native_a10_161_pn5wopi:xcvr _native_a10_0|twentynm_xcvr_native:g_xcvr_native_i nsts[0].twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_xcvr_native_re v_20nm5:twentynm_xcvr_native_inst|twentynm_pcs_rev _20nm5:inst_twentynm_pcs|w_hssi_tx_pld_pcs_interfa ce_pld_pcs_tx_clk_out~CLKENA0
Info (175013): The auto-promoted clock driver is constrained to the region (0, 5) to (224, 213) due to related logic
Info (175015): The I/O pad rx_gbt[24] is constrained to the location PIN_R3 due to: User Location Constraints (PIN_R3)
Info (14709): The constrained I/O pad is contained within a HSSI_DUPLEX_CHANNEL_CLUSTER, which contains a HSSI_AVMM_IF, which drives a HSSI_TX_PLD_PCS_INTERFACE, which drives this auto-promoted clock driver
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