Release Notes For ModelSim Intel FPGA 10.
6c
Jul 25 2017
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Index to Release Notes
* [2]Key Information
* [3]Release Announcements in 10.6c
* [4]Base Product Specifications in 10.6c
* [5]Compatibility Issues with Release 10.6c
* [6]General Defects Repaired in 10.6c
* [7]User Interface Defects Repaired in 10.6c
* [8]SystemVerilog Defects Repaired in 10.6c
* [9]SystemC Defects Repaired in 10.6c
* [10]Document Revision History in 10.6c
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Key Information
* The -novopt command line switch will be deprecated in the next
major release 10.7 following normal deprecation process:
+ The -novopt switch will be accepted in 10.7 with a deprecation
warning message.
+ In 10.8 or a subsequent release, the -novopt switch will be
disabled and cause error messages to be emitted.
+ Customer scripts using this switch will have to be changed.
+ This legacy switch forces incremental mode (pre-6.0 behavior)
which is sub-optimal, and it is no longer maintained.
The following lists the supported platforms:
+ win32aloem - Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
+ linuxaloem - RedHat Enterprise Linux 6, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 11
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Release Announcements in 10.6c
* There is no licensing change between 10.5 and 10.6. However, if you
are migrating to 10.6 from a release like 10.4 and older, please
note that release 10.6 uses FLEXnet v11.13.1.2 server, v11.13.0.2
client.
For floating licenses, it will be necessary to verify that the
vendor daemon (i.e., mgcld) and the license server (i.e., lmgrd)
have FLEXnet versions equal to or greater than 11.13.0.2. If the
current FLEXnet version of your vendor daemon and lmgrd are less
than 11.13.0.2 then it will be necessary to stop your license
server and restart it using the vendor daemon and lmgrd contained
in this release.
If you use node locked licenses you don't need to do anything. This
release will update licensing to MSL v2015_1_patch2 with MGLS
v9.13_5.4 and PCLS v9.13.5.2
In summary, this release uses the following license versions:
+ FLEXnet v11.13.1.2 server, v11.13.0.2 client
+ MSL v2015_1_patch2
+ MGLS v9.13_5.4
+ PCLS v9.13.5.2
+ Beginning with 10.6 release, support for Linux RHEL 5
x86/x86-64 and SLES 10 x86/x86_64 have discontinued.
+ Beginning with 10.6 release,
gcc-4.3.3-linux/gcc4.3.3-linux_x86_64 GCC Compilers for
SystemC have been discontinued.
+ Beginning with 10.6 release, support for Windows 8 series is
limited to 8.1. Windows 8.0 has discontinued.
+ (source, results) The -novopt command line switch will be
deprecated in the next major release 10.7 following normal
deprecation process:
o The -novopt switch will be accepted in 10.7 with a
deprecation suppressible error message.
o In 10.8 or a subsequent release, the -novopt switch will
not be accepted by the tool and cause tool to exit with
error message.
o Customer scripts using this switch will have to be
changed. This legacy switch forces incremental mode
(pre-6.0 behavior) which is sub-optimal, and it is no
longer maintained.
o In 10.8 major release, support for windows 7 and windows
8.1 will be dropped.
o Due to enhanced security restrictions with web browser
PDF plug-ins, some links do not function. Links in HTML
documentation are fully functional.
Clicking a link within a PDF viewed in a web browser may
result in no action, or it may load the title page of the
current PDF manual (instead of the intended target in the
PDF manual). The unresolved link behavior occurs in all
web browsers on Windows and Linux platforms. Because of
this behavior, the navigational experience of PDF manuals
is compromised. PDF is ideal for printing because of its
page-oriented layout.
Use the HTML manuals to search for topics, navigate
between topics, and click links to examples, videos,
reference material, and other related technical content.
For information about Adobe's discontinued support of
Adobe Reader on Linux platforms and your available
options, refer to Knowledge Article MG596568 on
SupportNet.
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Base Product Specifications in 10.6c
+
[Supported Platforms]
Linux RHEL 6 x86/x86-64
Linux RHEL 7 x86/x86-64
Linux SLES 11 x86/x86-64
Linux SLES 12 x86/x86-64
Windows 7 x86/x64
Windows 8.1 x86/x64
Windows 10 x86/x64
[Supported GCC Compilers (for SystemC)]
gcc-5.3.0-linux/gcc-5.3.0-linux_x86_64
gcc-4.7.4-linux/gcc-4.7.4-linux_x86_64
gcc-4.5.0-linux/gcc-4.5.0-linux_x86_64
gcc-4.2.1-mingw32vc12
[OVL (shipped with product)]
v2.8.1
[VHDL OSVVM (shipped with product)]
v2014.07
[Licensing]
FLEXnet v11.13.1.2 server, v11.13.0.2 client
MSL v2015_1_patch2
MGLS v9.13_5.4
PCLS v9.13.5.2
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Compatibility Issues with Release 10.6c
SystemVerilog Compatibility
* dvt32206 - (results) $nochange timing check did not work properly
in all cases.
Release Announcements Compatibility
* [nodvtid] - (source, results) The -novopt command line switch will
be deprecated in the next major release 10.7 following normal
deprecation process:
+ The -novopt switch will be accepted in 10.7 with a deprecation
suppressible error message.
+ In 10.8 or a subsequent release, the -novopt switch will not
be accepted by the tool and cause tool to exit with error
message.
+ Customer scripts using this switch will have to be changed.
This legacy switch forces incremental mode (pre-6.0 behavior)
which is sub-optimal, and it is no longer maintained.
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General Defects Repaired in 10.6c
* dvt99930 - Transaction recording can crash the simulator when a
child transaction ends after it's parent transaction has ended. The
crash has been fix. (Note: this ordering of $transaction calls is
not technically correct; child transactions should be ended before
their parent.)
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User Interface Defects Repaired in 10.6c
* dvt100029 - The "when" command fails to trigger sometimes with some
expressions containing nets, vector nets, and multi-dimensional
nets. This issue has been resolved.
* dvt100318 - The $argv and $argc variables giving access to the
command line arguments is not available in -batch mode. This issue
has been resolved.
* dvt70665 - Questa & ModelSim fail to run if installed in a path
containing spaces. This issue is now resolved.
* dvt101418 - The internal "ls" command in the vsim gui behaves
incorrectly when no arguments are given. This command is only used
on Windows, when there is no external "ls" command found. This
issue has been resolved.
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SystemVerilog Defects Repaired in 10.6c
* dvt32206 - (results) $nochange timing check did not work properly
in all cases.
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SystemC Defects Repaired in 10.6c
* dvt99466 - While trying to print the vsim-6577 error, for a
sc_module, sc_port or a sc_prim_channel global or static SystemC
object that is being destroyed at exit time, vsim might crash in
some odd scenarios. This issue is now fixed. vsim will report a
vsim-6522 warning instead and exit gracefully.
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Document Revision History in 10.6c
* Revision - Changes - Status/Date
+ 2.2 - Modifications to improve the readability and
comprehension of the content. Approved by Tim Peeke. All
technical enhancements, changes, and fixes are listed in this
document for all products in this release. Approved by Bryan
Ramirez. - Released/July 2017
+ 2.1 - Modifications to improve the readability and
comprehension of the content. Approved by Tim Peeke. All
technical enhancements, changes, and fixes are listed in this
document for all products in this release. Approved by Bryan
Ramirez. - Released/May 2017
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