Article ID: 000076628 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 10/22/2020

Why does Mentor* ModelSim simulation of the Intel® FPGA Triple-Speed Ethernet IP core design example run forever?

Environment

  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
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    Critical Issue

    Description

    Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 19.2 Software, the Intel® FPGA Triple-Speed Ethernet IP core Design Example MAC 2xTBI PCS E-tile PMA variant, when the "Enable E-tile transcevier dynamic reconfiguration" option is selected,  Mentor* Modelsim simulation will run forever.

    This is due to the Intel® Stratix® 10 E-tile Avalon Memory Map reconfig_clk and reconfig_reset ports not being properly connected in the design example Mentor* Modelsim simulation test bench file.   

    Resolution

    To work around this problem in existing releases of the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition of software, modify the following Mentor* Modelsim test bench files

    • <tse_design_example>\testbench_verilog\<tse_example_design>\eth_tse_0_testbench_tb.v
    • <tse_design_example>\testbench_vhdl\<tse_design_example>\eth_tse_0_testbench_tb.vhd
    1. Declare the following Avalon-MM reconfig ports as wires (wire reconfig_clk_0, wire reconfig_reset_0, wire [18:0] reconfig_address_0, wire reconfig_write_0, wire [7:0] reconfig_writedata_0, wire reconfig_read_0, wire [7:0] reconfig_readdata_0 and wire reconfig_waitrequest_0)
    2. Assign reg_clk in the testbench to reconfig_clk_0 and reset in the testbench to reconfig_reset_0.
    3. Tie the following signals to 0: reconfig_address_0, reconfig_write_0, reconfig_writedata_0 and reconfig_read_0.

    This problem is fixed starting from the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition v20.3 software.

    Related Products

    This article applies to 1 products

    Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs