** Warning nofile(37) in protected region.

Description

You may experience the above warning while simulating a VHDL-based DDR3 UniPHY memory controller with ModelSim. When the DDR3 memory controller is generated in VHDL, all Verilog and SystemVerilog submodules are encrypted to allow simulation with a single-language simulator. If a warning occurs in the encrypted fileset, a cryptic message like the one above will be generated.

Resolution

Make sure the DDR3 files are being compiled in the order specified in the msim_setup.tcl file in the <variation_name>_sim directory. Any files compiled out-of-order may result in the above warning.

If you still see the above warning after compiling the files in the correct order, you will need to create a Verilog-based DDR3 UniPHY memory controller and use the unencrypted Verilog and SystemVerilog files in place of the encrypted fileset to isolate the source of the warning. This requires a dual-language simulator like ModelSim SE.