ERROR: Unable to place cell ..., no Bels remaining of type 'LDCE'

[ildus]

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yosys creates a file with LDCE primitives, apparently nextpnr-xilinx doesn't support them. The command:

nextpnr-xilinx --chipdb /home/ildus/dev/nextpnr-xilinx/xilinx/xc7a35t.bin --xdc arty.xdc --json midi_ctrl.json --write midi_ctrl_routed.json --fasm midi_ctrl.fasm

Output:

ERROR: Unable to place cell '$auto$simplemap.cc:581:simplemap_dlatch$2082', no Bels remaining of type 'LDCE'

Definition in JSON file:

    "LDCE": {
      "attributes": {
        "blackbox": "00000000000000000000000000000001",
        "src": "/home/ildus/dev/midi_fpga/env/symbiflow/xc7/conda/envs/xc7/bin/../share/yosys/xilinx/cells_sim.v:840.1-860.10"
      },
      "parameter_default_values": {
        "INIT": "0",
        "IS_CLR_INVERTED": "0",
        "IS_G_INVERTED": "0",
        "MSGON": "TRUE",
        "XON": "TRUE"
      },
      "ports": {
        "Q": {
          "direction": "output",
          "bits": [ 2 ]
        },
        "CLR": {
          "direction": "input",
          "bits": [ 3 ]
        },
        "D": {
          "direction": "input",
          "bits": [ 4 ]
        },
        "G": {
          "direction": "input",
          "bits": [ 5 ]
        },
        "GE": {
          "direction": "input",
          "bits": [ 6 ]
        }
      },

[BrunoLevy]

In my own codebase, I noticed that LDCE cells are generated when there is a combinatorial block with a case() statement and a missing default value (then it generates a flipflop mapped to a LDCE). In my case it was due to errors in my own code.

[racerxdl]

Me too, in my case it was a ALU that I had commented out the default case

always @(*)
begin
  case (operation)
    ADD:                        result = X +  Y;
    SUB:                        result = X -  Y;
    OR:                         result = X |  Y;
    XOR:                        result = X ^  Y;
    AND:                        result = X &  Y;
    LesserThanUnsigned:         result = X <  Y;
    LesserThanSigned:           result = $signed(X) < $signed(Y);
    ShiftRightUnsigned:         result = X >> (Y[4:0]);
    ShiftRightSigned:           result = $signed(X) >>> (Y[4:0]);
    ShiftLeftUnsigned:          result = X << (Y[4:0]);
    ShiftLeftSigned:            result = $signed(X) <<< (Y[4:0]);
    GreaterThanOrEqualUnsigned: result = X >= Y;
    GreaterThanOrEqualSigned:   result = $signed(X) >= $signed(Y);
    Equal:                      result = X == Y;
    NotEqual:                   result = X != Y;
    default:                    result = 0; // This line commented out.
  endcase
end