Hi, I am learning VHDL from Mike's example Uart.vhd in ISE 8.2. For behavioral simulation, I can run Modelsim smoothly. But for other simulation, such as post-translate or post-route simulation, there are the following warnings: # Reading C:/Modeltech_xe_starter/tcl/vsim/pref.tcl # do {test_uart.ndo} # ** Warning: (vlib-34) Library already exists at "work". # Model Technology ModelSim XE III vcom 6.1e Compiler 2006.03 Mar 8 2006 # -- Loading package standard # -- Loading package std_logic_1164 # -- Loading package vital_timing # -- Loading package vcomponents # -- Loading package vital_primitives # -- Loading package textio # -- Loading package vpackage # -- Compiling entity uart # -- Compiling architecture structure of uart # Model Technology ModelSim XE III vcom 6.1e Compiler 2006.03 Mar 8 2006 # -- Loading package standard # -- Loading package std_logic_1164 # -- Loading package numeric_std # -- Loading package uart_pkg # -- Compiling entity test_uart # -- Compiling architecture sim of test_uart # -- Loading package vital_timing # -- Loading package vcomponents # -- Loading package vital_primitives # -- Loading package textio # -- Loading package vpackage # -- Loading entity uart # ** Error: test_uart.vhd(110): (vcom-1136) Unknown identifier "char_len_g". # ** Error: test_uart.vhd(111): (vcom-1136) Unknown identifier "tic_per_bit_g". # ** Error: test_uart.vhd(407): VHDL Compiler exiting # ** Error: C:/Modeltech_xe_starter/win32xoem/vcom failed. # Error in macro ./test_uart.ndo line 7 # C:/Modeltech_xe_starter/win32xoem/vcom failed. # while executing # "vcom -explicit -93 "test_uart.vhd"" After I check the library work, I find the work.uart (for other than behavioral simulation) does not have char_len_g anymore (only the source, i.e. behavioral file has that generic definition). How to deal with this? Thank you in advance.>From test_uart.vhd:begin -- architecture sim dut : entity work.uart generic map (char_len_g => tb_char_g, -- for vsim command line overload tic_per_bit_g => tb_tics_g)
Question about generic usage?
Started by ●October 27, 2006
Reply by ●October 30, 20062006-10-30
fl wrote:> Hi, > I am learning VHDL from Mike's example Uart.vhd in ISE 8.2. For > behavioral simulation, I can run Modelsim smoothly.> After I check the library work, I find the work.uart (for other than > behavioral simulation) does not have char_len_g anymore (only the > source, i.e. behavioral file has that generic definition). How to deal > with this?Choose one. 1. Skip the post-route sim because it is not normally needed with a synchronous design. 2. Search and replace the _g identifiers with constants. 3. Open a case with Xilinx and ask them to fix whatever software generates test_uart.ndo 4. Write your own do script using vsim -G as shown in the reference testbench. -- Mike Treseler