Error: (vlog-13067) ./../../src/altera_ldpc_pkg.sv(1.0): Syntax error, unexpected non-printable character with the hex value '0x8b'.

Description

Due to a problem with the LDPC FPGA IP in Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software version 17.1 targetting Stratix® 10, you may observe the above error when compiling the simulation design example generated by the IP configured with WiMedia 1.5 standard and encoder mode in Modelsim. 

Resolution

To work around this problem, comment out the following lines in the msim_setup.tcl:

1. eval  vlog -sv $USER_DEFINED_VERILOG_COMPILE_OPTIONS $USER_DEFINED_COMPILE_OPTIONS "$QSYS_SIMDIR/../src/altera_ldpc_pkg.sv"      -work work

2. eval  vlog -sv $USER_DEFINED_VERILOG_COMPILE_OPTIONS $USER_DEFINED_COMPILE_OPTIONS "$QSYS_SIMDIR/../src/altera_ldpc_wimedia_enc.sv"         -work work