Why does Quartus® Prime Pro Edition report Critical Warning (22976) during the QTLG stage for F-Tile IPs not explicitly configured for Dynamic Reconfiguration when the F-Tile Dynamic Reconfiguration Suite IP is included in the same project?

Description

In the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 25.3.1, Critical Warning (22976) may be reported for non-Dynamic Reconfiguration F-Tile protocol IPs when they are instantiated in a design that also contains Dynamic Reconfiguration F-Tile IPs.

This warning may appear even when Dynamic Reconfiguration is not required or intended for the non-DR F-Tile IPs. The warning message typically appears as follows:

Critical Warning(22976): Dynamic Reconfiguration controller IP specification is missing for IP or IPs {IP_PATH}. Use IP_COLOCATE assignment to specify a Dynamic Reconfiguration controller IP.

This warning does not affect design functionality or correctness. It is reported due to how Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software checks for Dynamic Reconfiguration controller assignments when both Dynamic Reconfiguration and non-Dynamic Reconfiguration F-Tile IPs are present in the same design.

Resolution

There is currently no workaround to suppress Critical Warning(22976) in the Quartus Prime Pro Edition software.

If Dynamic Reconfiguration is not required for the IP reporting this warning, this warning can be safely ignored.

This is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software.