I have to ask the question why XST prints such a useless message as:
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>FATAL_ERROR:Xst:Portability/export/Port_Main.h:126:1.13 - This
>application has discovered an exceptional condition from which it
>cannot recover. Process will terminate. To resolve this error,
>please consult the Answers Database and other online resources at
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If you need further assistance, please open
>a Webcase by clicking on the "WebCase" link at
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>Error: XST failed
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>This tells me absolutely nothing about the problem. Looking at the
>Xilinx website has never gleaned any useful information. I am able to
>figure out the what the problem is, but I waste a lot time doing this
>trying to pin down the problem when I get such uninformative messages
>as above.
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>So if XST knows something is wrong, why is it unable to tell me.
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A FATAL_ERROR means that XST terminated unexpectedly, which is why it can't tell you what happened.
If it
>wont tell me, I certainly can not tell tech support if I want to open
>a WebCase.
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If you submit the design that failed, our engineers can debug the problem and probably find a workaround.
Steve
>I hope someone from Xilinx can give me an answer to this.
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