Using BluePrint's Autoplace All feature to place the periphery generates assignments that might cause an internal error in quartus_syn

Description

If you invoke BluePrint\'s Autoplace All feature to place the periphery for the following designs, BluePrint generates assignments that might cause an internal error in Spectra-Q^™ Synthesis (quartus_syn) when they are added to the Quartus^® Prime Settings File (.qsf):

• Designs that have the SignalTap^™ II Logic Analyzer Trigger in to pin feature or the Trigger out to pin feature, or both, enabled.
• Designs that contain the Arria^® 10 Transceiver Native PHY IP core with the tx_analog_reset or rx_analog_reset signal connected to the top-level inputs.

Resolution

If your designs satisfy the listed criteria, avoid using BluePrint\'s AutoPlace All feature. Alternatively, remove the assignments that cause the internal error in quartus_syn. These assignments have targets to hierarchy paths of the form auto_fab_0|debug.export.*. For example:

set_location_assignment IOOBUF_X142_Y44_N18 -to auto_fab_0|debug.export.alt_sld_fab_0_splitter_receive_1[0]~output -tag "BluePrint Location Assignment"