Synplify warning CL209

Apr 27, 2005 4 Replies

Hello,



When synthezing the design with Synplify Pro 8.0 it gave the follwoing Warning.



CL209 Input port bit of spi_addrs(4 downto 0) is unsed. CL209 Input port bit of spi_addrs(4 downto 0) is unsed. CL209 Input port bit of spi_addrs(4 downto 0) is unsed. CL209 Input port bit of spi_addrs(4 downto 0) is unsed.


I am sure that I am using the slice (4 downto 1) as an input to the mux.



I tried by assigning this slice to an intermediate wire (signal) and then to the mux input . But again it is giving the same error.



Following is the relevant piece of code.... ntity Ctrl_Ram is port( Ctrl_Data_In : in WORD; Ctrl_Addrs : in unsigned(3 downto 0); Spi_Addrs : in unsigned(4 downto 0); Ctrl_Wr : in std_logic;



Intl_Rst : in std_logic; Clk : in std_logic;



Reset : in std_logic;



Data32_Out : out DWORD; Data16_Out : out WORD ); end entity Ctrl_Ram;



Architecture arch of Ctrl_Ram is begin spi_addrs_intl Addrs_In Addrs_In Addrs_In 'X'); end case; end process Addrs_Mux;


Thank you.


-- Mohammed A Khader.



  1. Why this complex code and not simply :

Addrs_In

I don't see anything wrong with your code, other than being unnecessarily complex.

This warning from Synplify usually comes from the optimization phase. It typically means that the signal referred to does not enter into the reduced equation of any output or stored internal state. This can be either because you have a logic error somewhere in your design, or because interaction with some other signal(s) causes the result to not depend on the flagged signal. In other words, you have to examine the total portion of the design that includes the entity in question.

This type of warning is an extremely common in large and/or parameterized designs. It needs to be investigated to make sure the optimization is reasonable, but it isn't something to panic over.

Tim Hubberstey, P.Eng. . . . . . Hardware/Software Consulting Engineer Marmot Engineering . . . . . . . VHDL, ASICs, FPGAs, embedded systems Vancouver, BC, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.marmot-eng.com

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