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15 years ago

critical warning

hi together,

i have built a sopc-system with a ddr2 high-performance controller.

when i compile my design i get the following critical warning i do not understand:

Critical Warning: PLL clock inst1|the_altmemddr_0|altmemddr_0_controller_phy_inst|altmemddr_0_phy_inst|altmemddr_0_phy_alt_mem_phy_inst|clk|pll|altpll_component|auto_generated|pll1|clk[3] not driven by a dedicated clock pin or neighboring PLL source. To ensure minimum jitter on memory interface clock outputs, the PLL clock source should be a dedicated PLL input clock pin or an output of the neighboring PLL.

what does this warning mean? the clock comes from the input of the nios-system and not from a pll. how can i eleminate this warning?

another critical warning is:

Critical Warning: Source PLL, altpll2:Board_PLL|altpll:altpll_component|altpll2_altpll:auto_generated|pll1, which is feeding the ALTMEMPHY PLL, must have bandwidth mode set to Low instead of Auto

where can i change this setting? its generated automatically so i have not set the bandwidth setting...

it would be nice to get helpful answers!

regards steffen

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    Hello spitzinger

    Regarding your second warning, have you used altpll megafunction? If so, one of the parameters set during the wizard is the bandwidth, which is auto for default. Open your pll functions and you will see it there.
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    Hi cprodrigues,

    thanks for your reply.

    i found the the settings!

    thanks again!