Hi Daixiwen,
you are the saviour :D !
It was exactly that what you suggested. I'm honest that I was just looking and investigating around the sink_sop signal (because the error message said so). I had no idea that it meant a "virtual" sop AFTER I set my sink_eop signal, but did not pull down sink_valid. I was just focusing on the wrong end of my package.
I also honestly admit that the signal is driven low in modelsim, too, after the eop signal was asserted. But as I said that was not the place I spend my energy on . . .
Thank you!
Maik