Release Notes For ModelSim Intel FPGA 10.

6g

Aug 02 2019
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Index to Release Notes

* [2]Key Information
* [3]Release Announcements in 10.6g
* [4]Base Product Specifications in 10.6g
* [5]Compatibility Issues with Release 10.6g
* [6]VHDL Defects Repaired in 10.6g
* [7]Document Revision History in 10.6g
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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which is sub-optimal, and it is no longer maintained.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 10.6g

* 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.
* 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
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* (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.
* We regularly review our OS/Platform support for Questa/ModelSim and
related functional verification products to add new platforms and
discontinue old ones.
That process normally takes a number of years from decision to
action. Customer notifications are typically only one year in an
advance through our Release Notes and Install Guide.
We plan to make a change in our Windows support, 1 year from now.
We began notifications of this change back in January 2017 with the
10.5d and 10.6a releases
As our existing Windows machines breakdown or are discontinued,
replacement hardware can only support Windows 10. So say Microsoft
and our hardware vendors, HP & Lenovo. That will limit our capacity
and ability to support Windows 7 & 8.1 in the future.
Therefore, starting with 10.8 (FCS Dec 2018) we plan to discontinue
supporting Windows 7 & 8.1 Thus the only Windows version for 10.8
will be for Windows 10. However we will continue to support Windows
7 & 8.1 with our 10.6 and 10.7 release series until their planned
EOL (10.6 EOL - mid 2019, 10.7 EOL - mid 2020) to coincide with
Microsoft's EOL for Windows 7.
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Base Product Specifications in 10.6g

*
[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 10.6g

VHDL Compatibility
* QSIM-56691 - (source, results) Following execution of
uninstantiated procedures with OUT mode parameters not associated
with a type generic, and evaluation of generic procedures with OUT
mode parameters not associated with a type generic, actual
variables associated with the OUT parameters could be left
 unchanged despite changes within the procedures. The compiler is
now generating code to correctly set the value of OUT mode
parameters in the above cases.
* QSIM-58539 - (results) The attributes INSTANCE_NAME and PATH_NAME,
were not considered globally static. If the prefix of the attribute
is a signal and this expression appears in a wait statement with an
on clause or in a concurrent statement other than a process, a
change in signal value would trigger a evaluation of the wait or
concurrent statement. This currently results in extra statement
executions. The attributes are now considered globally static, so
the wait or concurrent statement is no longer sensitized to that
prefix. This change can cause simulation results to be different
from previous versions.

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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VHDL Defects Repaired in 10.6g

* QSIM-56373 - A VHDL design unit whose source text is in 2 or more
files is not supported. An error will be issued if such a situation
is detected.
* QSIM-56691 - (source, results) Following execution of
uninstantiated procedures with OUT mode parameters not associated
with a type generic, and evaluation of generic procedures with OUT
mode parameters not associated with a type generic, actual
variables associated with the OUT parameters could be left
unchanged despite changes within the procedures. The compiler is
now generating code to correctly set the value of OUT mode
parameters in the above cases.
* QSIM-57546 - If a package contains a package instance within a USE
clause, static array constraints within the package instance may
not be compiled correctly, possible causing a fatal internal error
during elaboration of the design by the simulator.
* QSIM-57795 - The compiler could report a fatal internal error if it
encountered a generic declaration list with an index constraint
within a generic vector preceding an interface package.
* QSIM-58539 - (results) The attributes INSTANCE_NAME and PATH_NAME,
were not considered globally static. If the prefix of the attribute
is a signal and this expression appears in a wait statement with an
on clause or in a concurrent statement other than a process, a
change in signal value would trigger a evaluation of the wait or
concurrent statement. This currently results in extra statement
executions. The attributes are now considered globally static, so
the wait or concurrent statement is no longer sensitized to that
prefix. This change can cause simulation results to be different
from previous versions.
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Document Revision History in 10.6g
* Revision - Changes - Status/Date
+ 2.6 - 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/August 2019
+ 2.5 - 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/April 2019
+ 2.4 - 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/June 2018
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