The Virtex-6 FPGA Solution Center is available to address all questions related to Virtex-6 devices. Whether you are starting a new design with Virtex-6 FPGA or troubleshooting a problem, use the Virtex-6 FPGA Solution Center to guide you to the right information.
The Virtex-6 FPGA Design Assistant walks you through the recommended design flow for Virtex-6 FPGA while debugging commonly encountered issues for clocking, fabric, and block RAM/FIFO design. The Design Assistant not only provides useful design and troubleshoot information, but also points you to the exact documentation you need to help you design efficiently with Virtex-6 FPGA.
NOTE: This answer record is part of the Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA Solution Center (Xilinx Answer 34963). The Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA Solution Center is available to address all questions related to Virtex-6 devices. Whether you are starting a new design with Virtex-6 FPGA or troubleshooting a problem, use the Virtex-6 FPGA Solution Center to guide you to the right information.
First, select the design phase where you have a question or are troubleshooting an issue related to your Virtex-6 FPGA design. This ensures the Design Assistant points you to the information you need to move forward with your design.
(Xilinx Answer 34965) - Getting Started with the Virtex-6 FPGA
(Xilinx Answer 34977) - Designing for the Virtex-6 FPGA
(Xilinx Answer 37710) - Board Level Considerations
(Xilinx Answer 37211) - Troubleshooting - Clocking, Fabric, block RAM/FIFO
* For troubleshooting of other areas of FPGA design, please see the Top Issues and Design Assistant areas of other available solutions centers.
What Xilinx documentation should I review to help me understand whether the Virtex-6 FPGA specifications and features are right for my system?
NOTE: This answer record is part of the Xilinx Virtex-6 Solution Center (Xilinx Answer 34963). The Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA Solution Center is available to address all questions related to Virtex-6 devices. Whether you are starting a new design with Virtex-6 FPGA or troubleshooting a problem, use the Virtex-6 FPGA Solution Center to guide you to the right information.
The Xilinx Documentation Center contains all Virtex-6 FPGA related documentation:
http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/virtex-6.htm
The following documents are available:
Use the Virtex-6 Family Overview to understand the features available in the Virtex-6 FPGA device family and view the differences among the devices within the Virtex-6 FPGA family to assist in product selection.
Use the Virtex-6 FPGA Data Sheet to review the DC and Switching Characteristic specifications for the Virtex-6 family.
Review the Virtex-6 Errata to determine whether the device you are considering has any exceptions to data sheet specifications.
Review the Virtex-6 User Guides to understand usage details for the Virtex-6 FPGA resources.
设计咨询答复记录是专为对于当前进行中的设计至关重要的问题所创建的,精选后用于赛灵思提醒通知系统。
本设计咨询涵盖了 Virtex-6 FPGA 以及影响 Virtex-6 FPGA 设计的相关问题。
2021 年 3 月 8 日发布的设计咨询
2021 年 4 月 7 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 76171) | 设计咨询:赛灵思建议用户自行为现场系统生成密钥,然后将生成的密钥提供给开发工具。 | [SECURITY] |
2020 年 4 月 20 日发布的设计咨询
2020 年 4 月 15 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 73541) | 7 系列/Virtex-6 FPGA 设计咨询:破解比特流加密。 | [SECURITY] |
2013 年 4 月 8 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2013 年 4 月 5 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 45166) | 更新了有关 Virtex-6 FPGA GTH 收发器的设计咨询,包括更新的 RX_P1_CTRL 属性值 |
2012 年 8 月 13 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2012 年 8 月 15 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 51145) | 设计咨询 - 14.2 iMPACT - 对 Virtex-6 进行间接编程导致工具在无预警的情况下崩溃 |
2012 年 5 月 21 日发布的设计咨询:
2012 年 5 月 17 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 47938) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 的设计咨询:使用 OPAD Tioop/Tiotp 的设计必须重新运行时序分析 |
2012 年 2 月 13 日发布的设计咨询:
2012 年 1 月 25 日 | 更新(赛灵思答复记录 42444) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 的设计咨询:使用 18K/36K 块 RAM 或 18K/36K FIFO 的设计必须重新运行时序分析 |
2012 年 1 月 16 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2012 年 1 月 13 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 45166) | 有关 Virtex-6 的设计咨询:GTH 收发器启动时突发错误,并且启动时 RXRECCLK 不执行切换 |
2011 年 12 月 19 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2011 年 12 月 13 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 43591) | 更新有关 Virtex-6 FPGA GTH 收发器的设计咨询,解决 RXBUFRESET 相关初始化序列和 BUFFER_CONFIG_LANEx 问题,包含有关工程采样 (ES) 硅片的修复信息 |
2011 年 11 月 21 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2011 年 11 月 21 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 44174) | 有关启动后正确同步触发器和 SRL 的方法的设计咨询 |
2011 年 9 月 19 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2011 年 9 月 19 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 43829) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA GTH 收发器的设计咨询 - x4 模式下封装中出现 RXBUFRESET 连接错误 |
2011 年 8 月 22 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2011 年 8 月 22 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 43591) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA GTH 收发器的设计咨询:需更新以解决 RXBUFRESET 相关初始化序列和 BUFFER_CONFIG_LANE -x 问题。 |
2011 年 8 月 8 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2011 年 8 月 8 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 43346) | 有关 Virtex-6 GTH 的设计咨询:非重定时 10G+ 光学接口(例如,SFP+ 和 QSFP)的建议 |
2011 年 8 月 8 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 42682) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 的设计咨询 - 13.x iMPACT - 当目标 FPGA 并非 JTAG 链中的唯一器件时,发生 eFUSE 密钥编程错误 |
2011 年 7 月 11 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2011 年 7 月 8 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 42444) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 的设计咨询:使用 18K/36K 块 RAM 或 18K/36K FIFO 的设计必须重新运行时序分析 |
2011 年 7 月 7 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 41821) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 的设计咨询 - BitGen 选项 -g Next_Config_Addr:默认值已更改 |
2011 年 7 月 7 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 41099) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 的设计咨询:同步 FIFO 的复位必须同步到 RDCLK/WRCLK |
2011 年 7 月 6 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2011 年 7 月 1 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 42444) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 的设计咨询:使用 18K/36K 块 RAM 或 18K FIFO 的设计必须重新运行时序分析 |
2011 年 6 月 30 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 42682) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 的设计咨询 - 13.x iMPACT - 当目标 FPGA 并非 JTAG 链中的唯一器件时,发生 eFUSE 密钥编程错误 |
2011 年 4 月 11 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 41099) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 的设计咨询:同步 FIFO 的复位必须同步到 RDCLK/WRCLK |
2011 年 3 月 21 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2011 年 3 月 18 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 40885) | 更新有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 量产级 (Production) GTH 收发器的设计咨询,包含 GTH TXUSERCLKOUT/RXUSERCLKOUT 操作指南。 |
2011 年 3 月 7 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2011 年 3 月 4 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 40885) | 有关 Virtex-6 FPGA 量产级 (Production) GTH 收发器的设计咨询 |
2010 年 10 月 18 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2010 年 10 月 11 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 38132) | Virtex-6 FPGA MMCM 设计咨询:MMCM BANDWIDTH 属性要求 |
2010 年 10 月 11 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 38133) | Virtex-6 FPGA MMCM 设计咨询:当 Fclkin > 315 MHz 时的 DIVCLK_DIVIDE 值的限制 |
2010 年 9 月 27 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 38134) | Virtex-6 配置 PROGRAM_B 管脚在上电前如果被置低就不会延迟配置 |
2010 年 9 月 7 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 36642) | Virtex-6 系统监控器最大 DCLK 频率已调低至 80 MHz |
2010 年 8 月 30 日发布的设计咨询提醒:
2010 年 8 月 27 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 37667) | Virtex-6 FPGA -1L 工业级 Vccint 规格更改 |
2010 年 3 月 22 日发布的设计咨询:
2010 年 3 月 19 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 34859) | Virtex-6 FPGA 块 RAM 设计咨询:地址空间重叠 |
2010 年 2 月 11 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 33849) | Virtex-6 FPGA MMCM 面向所有 MMCM、VCO 最低频率和 CLKBOUT_MULT_F 值的新要求 |
2010 年 1 月 22 日 | (赛灵思答复记录 34164) | Virtex-6 11.4 ISE - Virtex-6 FPGA 设计在 ISE 11.5 或更高版本的软件中必须重新运行实现 |
修订历史::
The following represent a collection of issues that have been identified in the12.x ISE Design Tools and are related to Virtex-6 FPGA. There might be issues which are present and are not listed here. If you discover an issue that is not on this list, please open a WebCase with Xilinx Technical Support.
It is strongly recommended that designs be re-synthesized (and IP cores re-implemented) when re-implementing for production using the software that has production status speed files for the target device. This ensures that the changes to DRCs, timing models, clock topologies, and other fixes in softwareare picked up.
All ISE Design Suite 12.x:
BlockRAM/FIFO
(Xilinx Answer 42444) Design Advisory - Virtex-6 FPGA designs using 18K/36K block RAM or 18K FIFO must be re-run through timing analysis
MMCM
(Xilinx Answer 38132)Virtex-6 FPGA MMCM Design Advisory - MMCM BANDWIDTH attribute requirement
(Xilinx Answer 38133)Virtex-6 FPGA MMCM Design Advisory - Restriction for DIVCLK_DIVIDE value when Fclkin > 315 MHz
ISE Design Suite 12.3:
MMCM
(Xilinx Answer 39029) Virtex-6 MMCM - Incorrect phase shift from MMCM when using negative phase shifts
(Xilinx Answer 34219) Virtex-6 MMCM - Cascaded MMCMs may not work in hardware
ChipScope Pro/IBERT
(Xilinx Answer 37355) 12.2/12.3 ChipScope - IBERT - GTH - Parameter sweep is not supported
(Xilinx Answer 32912) 11.2 ChipScope Analyzer - "ERROR:INTERNAL_ERROR:Portability:basutencodeimp.c:229:1.24"
(Xilinx Answer 35420) 12.x/11.x ChipScope IBERT - Using LVDS_25 clock for system clock does not enable DIFF_TERM on input
(Xilinx Answer 33599) 11.x ChipScope Pro - "csejtag - The application failed to start because libCseCore.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
(Xilinx Answer 37354) 12.2/12.3 ChipScope - IBERT - GTH - In the Analyzer the reset does not always set the error bit count to zero
MIG
(Xilinx Answer 38104) MIG v3.6, Virtex-6 DDR3 - The GUI does not allow AXI RDIMM data width selection
(Xilinx Answer 37997) MIG v3.6 Virtex-6 DDR3 Multi-Controller - GUI only allows single controller generation for CXT -1 devices
(Xilinx Answer 37863) MIG v3.6, Virtex-6 Multi-Controller - Default bank selection for all FF1760 packages results in MAP error
MAP
(Xilinx Answer 37835) 12.2 MAP - MMCM calibration circuit not included when global optimization is turned on
GTX Transceiver
(Xilinx Answer 35681) Virtex-6 GTX Transceiver - MMCM fails to lock and TX/RXRESETDONE fails to assert
PCI Express
(Xilinx Answer 37963) Virtex-6 FPGA Integrated Block Wrapper v2.1 for PCI Express - VHDL Wrapper Not Available for v2.1 Release
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ISE Design Suite12.2:
Block RAM
(Xilinx Answer 34859) Virtex-6 FPGA Block RAM Design Advisory - Address Space Overlap
Configuration
(Xilinx Answer 35451) iMPACT 12.x - Removing Numonyx J3 (Rev D, F) indirect programming support for Virtex-6 in 12.2
PlanAhead
(Xilinx Answer 35917) 12.1 Virtex-6 PlanAhead - When I import placement, BUFGDLL is not a supported primitive
ChipScope IBERT
(Xilinx Answer 36576) 12.2 ChipScope IBERT - When I do not select the Implement Design option no implementation scripts are created
(Xilinx Answer 34674) 11.x/12.1 ChipScope IBERT - Virtex-6 FPGA GTX: CORE Generator does not list upper GTXE1 quads of SX475T and LX550T
(Xilinx Answer 34683) 11.x/12.x ChipScope, Virtex-6 - IBERT parameter sweep tests show errors in the middle of the eye
(Xilinx Answer 36680) 12.2 CORE Generator - Generating an iBERT core fails with ERROR:sim - Unable to evaluate Tcl command
GTX Transceiver
(Xilinx Answer 37014) Virtex-6 GTX Transceiver: ERROR:MapLib:1226 - GTXE1 - DRC Error when POWER_SAVE is set incorrectly
XAUI
(Xilinx Answer 36228) LogiCORE IP XAUI v9.1 and v9.1 rev1 - Virtex-6 GTX_POWER_SAVE needs to be updated to target ISE 12.2
Embedded Tri-mode Ethernet MAC Wrapper v1.4
(Xilinx Answer 36223) Virtex-6 FPGA Embedded Tri-mode Ethernet MAC Wrapper v1.4 - When targeting SGMII or 1000BASE-X, DRC error is seen regarding GTX POWER_SAVE
Ethernet 1000BASE-X PCS/PMA or SGMII v10.5
(Xilinx Answer 36957) LogiCORE IP Ethernet 1000BASE-X PCS/PMA or SGMII v10.5 - GMII setup/hold errors seen when targeting Virtex-6 HXT
MPMC
(Xilinx Answer 33817) 12.2 EDK, MPMC v6.00.a, Virtex-6 - ERROR:ConstraintSystem:58 - Constraint does not match any design objects
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ISE Design Suite12.1:
Aurora 64B/66B
(Xilinx Answer 35371) Aurora 64B/66B v4.1 - Release Notes and Known Issues for ISE Design Suite 12.1
Block RAM
(Xilinx Answer 34859) Virtex-6 FPGA Block RAM Design Advisory - Address Space Overlap
MMCM
(Xilinx Answer 36274) 11.5, 12.1 Virtex-6 MMCM - MMCM does not lock after device startup andMMCM reset
I/O
(Xilinx Answer 36082) Virtex-6 SelectIO - DCI Cascade across non-continuous banks is supported in ISE software 12.2
(Xilinx Answer 36320) Virtex-6 - N-side pseudo-differential output driven by OSERDES does not toggle
(Xilinx Answer 35952) Config BitGen - UnusedPin option not pulling up unused I/Os in Virtex-6 devices
MAP/PAR
(Xilinx Answer 35574) 12.1 Project Navigator - The -mt (Enable Multi-Threading) option is greyed out in MAP and PAR Process Properties
Timing Simulation
(Xilinx Answer 35514) 12.1 - Timing simulation issue when targeting Virtex-6 devices
iMPACT
(Xilinx Answer 33942) 11.x iMPACT - When I add a Winbond SPI Flash for Indirect programming, I am prompted for a Data Width. Does Virtex-6 FPGA support x2 or x4 SPI?
Partial Reconfiguration
(Xilinx Answer 35399) 12.1 Virtex-6 FPGA Partial Reconfiguration - RAM contents not written correctly to Partial Bitfiles
ChipScope
(Xilinx Answer 35417) 12.1 ChipScope Pro - Virtex-6Q, Spartan-6Q, and Spartan-6Q LX/LXT devices are not supported in ChipScope Pro tools
(Xilinx Answer 33701) 12.1/11.x ChipScope Pro - IBERT - Virtex-6 - IBERT generation fails on Virtex-6 when I enable 8 or more GTs
(Xilinx Answer 34674) 11.x/12.x ChipScope, IBERT -Virtex-6 GTX, CORE Generator does not list upper GTXE1 quads of SX475T and LX550T
(Xilinx Answer 34683)11.x/12.x ChipScope, Virtex-6 - IBERT parameter sweep tests show errors in the middle of the eye
GTX Transceiver Wizard
(Xilinx Answer 34191) Virtex-6 FPGA GTX Transceiver Wizard - Attribute updates for production silicon
GTX Transceiver
(Xilinx Answer 35055) Virtex-6 FPGA GTX Transceiver - Automatic macro insertion for unused GTX Transceivers
MPMC
(Xilinx Answer 34717) 12.1 EDK, MPMC v6.00.a- ERROR:EDK:1558 - PORT MPMC_Clk_Wr_I0 not found in mpd
MIG
(Xilinx Answer 35742) MIG v3.0-3.4 Virtex-6 DDR2 SDRAM - Incorrect timing on DDR2_RAS_N
(Xilinx Answer 35247) MIG v3.4 Virtex-6 DDR2/DDR3 - Fixed Pin-Out tool does not allow selection of VREF sites
(Xilinx Answer 35252) MIG v3.0-3.4 Virtex-6 DDR3 - REFCLK Frequency (IODELAYCTRL Reference clock) must be 300 MHz for interfaces running between 480-533 MHz
(Xilinx Answer 36503) MIG v3.4 Virtex-6 DDR3 - Cannot see phy_init_done go high in simulation
PCI Express
(Xilinx Answer 33834) Virtex-6 FPGA Integrated Block Wrapper v1.5 for PCI Express - Use of Component Name "core" Causes Implementation Failures using VHDL Flow
(Xilinx Answer 34009) Virtex-6 FPGA ML605 Board- PCI Express Link Will Not Train; Implementations for PCI Express Must Use the v1.3 Integrated Block Wrapper for PCI Express
(Xilinx Answer 34115) Virtex-6 FPGA Integrated Block Wrapper v1.5 for PCI Express - WARNING:Xst:2016 - Found a loop when searching source
Tri-mode Ethernet MAC v1.4
(Xilinx Answer 33195) Virtex-6 FPGA Embedded Tri-mode Ethernet MAC Wrapper - Adjusting IDELAYs to meet GMII and RGMII setup and hold requirements
Revision History
09/24/2012 - Minor update; no change to content
07/18/2011 - Updated to include BRAM/FIFO issue
10/22/2010 - Added MMCM (Xilinx Answer 34219)
10/08/2010 - Updated for 12.3
08/02/2010 - Updated for 12.2 and added answer records for 12.1
05/04/2010 - Added GTX Transceiver (Xilinx Answer 35055) and Timing Simulation (Xilinx Answer 35514)
05/03/2010 - Initial 12.1 release