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Assertion 'clk_pin' failed
Hi to everyone.
I am trying to build my own fpga architecture and I was able to make it work for a small design which contained just a multiplier and a few other logic elements. Now I am running the same flow for a bigger design starting by the specification of a vpr architecture composed only by LUTs and FFs.
When I run the vpr command with the --timing_analysis off
I am able to let the flow do its job and open the graphical view of the architecture, but if I enable the timing analysis (which I of course need), I get the following error:
Circuit Statistics:
Blocks: 2440
.input : 135
.latch : 293
.output: 111
0-LUT : 54
6-LUT : 1847
Nets : 2329
Avg Fanout: 2.8
Max Fanout: 213.0
Min Fanout: 1.0
Netlist Clocks: 0
# Build Timing Graph
[...]/timing_graph_builder.cpp:251 add_block_to_timing_graph: Assertion 'clk_pin' failed.
I am not 100% sure about that Netlist Clocks: 0
and what 0-LUT
stands for. The architecture xml file is the following:
<architecture>
<models>
<model name="io">
<input_ports>
<port name="outpad"/>
</input_ports>
<output_ports>
<port name="inpad"/>
</output_ports>
</model>
</models>
<tiles>
<tile name="io" capacity="8" area="0">
<equivalent_sites>
<site pb_type="io"/>
</equivalent_sites>
<input name="outpad" num_pins="1"/>
<output name="inpad" num_pins="1"/>
<fc in_type="frac" in_val="0.15" out_type="frac" out_val="0.10"/>
<pinlocations pattern="custom">
<loc side="left">io.outpad io.inpad</loc>
<loc side="top">io.outpad io.inpad</loc>
<loc side="right">io.outpad io.inpad</loc>
<loc side="bottom">io.outpad io.inpad</loc>
</pinlocations>
</tile>
<tile name="clb" area="53894">
<equivalent_sites>
<site pb_type="clb"/>
</equivalent_sites>
<input name="I" num_pins="30" equivalent="full"/>
<output name="O" num_pins="20" equivalent="instance"/>
<clock name="clk" num_pins="1"/>
<fc in_type="frac" in_val="0.15" out_type="frac" out_val="0.10"/>
<pinlocations pattern="custom">
<loc side="left">clb.clk</loc>
<loc side="right">clb.O[9:0] clb.I[19:0]</loc>
<loc side="bottom">clb.O[19:10] clb.I[29:20]</loc>
</pinlocations>
</tile>
</tiles>
<layout tileable="false">
<fixed_layout name="18x18" width="19" height="19">
<perimeter type="io" priority="100"/>
<corners type="EMPTY" priority="101"/>
<fill type="clb" priority="10"/>
</fixed_layout>
</layout>
...
<pb_type name="clb">
<input name="I" num_pins="30" equivalent="full"/>
<output name="O" num_pins="20" equivalent="instance"/>
<clock name="clk" num_pins="1"/>
<pb_type name="fle" num_pb="10">
<input name="in" num_pins="6"/>
<output name="out" num_pins="2"/>
<clock name="clk" num_pins="1"/>
<!-- 1 x 6-LUT -->
<pb_type name="ble6" num_pb="1">
<input name="in" num_pins="6"/>
<output name="out" num_pins="1"/>
<clock name="clk" num_pins="1"/>
<pb_type name="lut6" blif_model=".names" num_pb="1" class="lut">
<input name="in" num_pins="6" port_class="lut_in"/>
<output name="out" num_pins="1" port_class="lut_out"/>
<delay_matrix type="max" in_port="lut6.in" out_port="lut6.out">
261e-12
261e-12
261e-12
261e-12
261e-12
261e-12
</delay_matrix>
</pb_type>
<pb_type name="ff" blif_model=".latch" num_pb="1" class="flipflop">
<input name="D" num_pins="1" port_class="D"/>
<output name="Q" num_pins="1" port_class="Q"/>
<clock name="clk" num_pins="1" port_class="clock"/>
<T_setup value="66e-12" port="ff.D" clock="clk"/>
<T_clock_to_Q max="124e-12" port="ff.Q" clock="clk"/>
</pb_type>
<interconnect>
<direct name="direct1" input="ble6.in" output="lut6[0:0].in"/>
<direct name="direct2" input="lut6.out" output="ff.D">
<pack_pattern name="ble6" in_port="lut6.out" out_port="ff.D"/>
</direct>
<direct name="direct3" input="ble6.clk" output="ff.clk"/>
<mux name="mux1" input="ff.Q lut6.out" output="ble6.out">
<delay_constant max="25e-12" in_port="lut6.out" out_port="ble6.out"/>
<delay_constant max="45e-12" in_port="ff.Q" out_port="ble6.out"/>
</mux>
</interconnect>
</pb_type>
<interconnect>
<direct name="direct1" input="fle.in[5:0]" output="ble6.in"/>
<direct name="direct2" input="ble6.out" output="fle.out[0:0]"/>
<direct name="direct3" input="fle.clk" output="ble6.clk"/>
</interconnect>
</pb_type>
<interconnect>
<complete name="crossbar" input="clb.I fle[9:0].out" output="fle[9:0].in">
<delay_constant max="8.044000e-11" in_port="clb.I" out_port="fle[9:0].in"/>
<delay_constant max="7.354000e-11" in_port="fle[9:0].out" out_port="fle[9:0].in"/>
</complete>
<complete name="clks" input="clb.clk" output="fle[9:0].clk"/>
<complete name="clbouts" input="fle[9:0].out" output="clb.O"/>
</interconnect>
<fc in_type="frac" in_val="0.15" out_type="frac" out_val="0.10"/>
<pinlocations pattern="spread"/>
</pb_type>
</complexblocklist>
</architecture>
and the .blif
file I am usign to run vpr is generated thanks to YOSYS.
Does anyone have an idea about where that error can come from, or a hint about how to resolve it?
Thank you so much