Can I use wildcard characters in my Quartus Settings File (QSF) IP_COLOCATE assignment for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA F-Tile devices?

Description

No, you cannot use wildcard characters in your QSF IP_COLOCATE assignment for Intel Agilex® 7 FPGA F-Tile devices.

 

Wildcard characters used in the IP_COLOCATE and IP_RECONFIG QSF assignments will result in the assignments being ignored and the Intel® Quartus® Logic Generation stage failing. The error will be similar to the following if using wildcard characters in your QSF assignment.

 

set_instance_assignment -name IP_COLOCATE F_TILE -from dr_dut|dr_f_0 -to dut*|directphy_f_dr_0 -entity dphy_dr_ed

set_instance_assignment -name IP_RECONFIG_ID 1 -to dut*|directphy_f_dr_0 -entity dphy_dr_ed

 

Warning: Ignored IP_RECONFIG_ID assignment to dut*|directphy_f_dr_0 as it is not an IP instance

Warning: Cannot assign IP_RECONFIG_ID 0 to IP dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_base_profile|directphy_f_0, and the IP will be given a random id instead

Warning: Ignored IP_COLOCATE assignment from dr_dut|dr_f_0 to dut*|directphy_f_dr_0 as they are not both IP instances

Error: Cannot find reconfiguration controller for IP instance dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_base_profile|directphy_f_0

Error: Cannot find reconfiguration controller for IP instance dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_sec_profile1|sec_profile_1

Error: Cannot find reconfiguration controller for IP instance dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_sec_profile2|sec_profile_2

Error: Cannot find reconfiguration controller for IP instance dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_sec_profile3|sec_profile_3

Error: Cannot find reconfiguration controller for IP instance dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_sec_profile4|sec_profile_4

Error: Cannot find reconfiguration controller for IP instance dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_sec_profile5|sec_profile_5

Error: Cannot find reconfiguration controller for IP instance dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_sec_profile6|sec_profile_6

Error: Cannot find reconfiguration controller for IP instance dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_sec_profile7|sec_profile_7

Error: Cannot find reconfiguration controller for IP instance dut|directphy_f_dr_0|U_sec_profile8|sec_profile_8

Resolution

To solve this problem, use the full exact path for your assignment. Follow this example:

set_instance_assignment -name IP_COLOCATE F_TILE -from dr_dut|dr_f_0 -to dut|directphy_f_dr_0 -entity dphy_dr_ed

set_instance_assignment -name IP_RECONFIG_ID 1 -to dut|directphy_f_dr_0 -entity dphy_dr_ed