Release Notes For ModelSim Intel FPGA 10.

5f

Apr 04 2018
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Index to Release Notes

* [2]Key Information
* [3]Release Announcements in 10.5f
* [4]Base Product Specifications in 10.5f
* [5]Compatibility Issues with Release 10.5f
* [6]General Defects Repaired in 10.5f
* [7]User Interface Defects Repaired in 10.5f
* [8]SystemVerilog Defects Repaired in 10.5f
* [9]VHDL Defects Repaired in 10.5f
* [10]Document Revision History in 10.5f
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Key Information
* The following lists the supported platforms:
+ win32aloem - Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
+ linuxaloem - RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 10 and 11
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Release Announcements in 10.5f

* Release 10.5 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
+ 10.5 release onwards, Questa will be using Microsoft Visual
Studio 12 a.k.a Visual Studio 13. This would mean that all the
executables shipped with the 10.5 release and onwards would be
linked in with "msvcr120.dll". If you have SystemC or
PLI/VPI/DPI/FLI libraries compiled with older release with any
gcc compiler shipped with the product, those will have to be
re-compiled with 10.5. Windows platform compiler details is as
follows:
o "gcc-4.2.1-mingw32vc9" has been replaced with
"gcc-4.2.1-mingw32vc12" and is shipped with the product.
o "gcc-4.5.0-mingw64" has been replaced with
"gcc-4.5.0-mingw64vc12" and is shipped with the product.
o "gcc-4.5.0-mingw32vc9" has been replaced with
"gcc-4.5.0-mingw32vc12" and will be available for
download on a request basis.
Compiler versions have not been changed compared to
previous release. Please refer to User's Manual for more
details.
o (source) In the next major release (10.6)
# support for Windows 8.0 will be dropped. No change
for Windows 8.1
# support for gcc-4.3.3-linux and
gcc-4.3.3-linux_x86_64 will be dropped
o 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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o In the next major release (10.6), support for Redhat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Suse Linux Enterprise
Server (SLES) 10 will be dropped.
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Base Product Specifications in 10.5f

+
[Supported Platforms]
Linux RHEL 5 x86/x86-64
Linux RHEL 6 x86/x86-64
Linux RHEL 7 x86/x86-64
Linux SLES 10 x86/x86-64
Linux SLES 11 x86/x86-64
Windows 7 x86/x64
Windows 8.1 x86/x64
Windows 10 x86/x64
[Supported GCC Compilers (for SystemC)]
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-4.3.3-linux/gcc-4.3.3-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 10.5f

Key Information Compatibility
 * [nodvtid] - (source) A bug related to Windows DLL symbol export is
fixed in 10.5 and later. A side effect of the fix is that there may
be incompatibility on Windows platforms regarding existing DPI
usage. The required setup change is one of the followings:
1) Use vlog -dpiheader to generate DPI routine prototype
declarations. Include generated DPI header file in the DPI code.
OR
2) If DPI header is not being generated or used, one needs to
manually attach DPI_DLLESPEC in front of all DPI routines.
DPI_DLLESPEC is a standard macro defined inside svdpi.h
The generated DPI header flow is recommended. Failing to do the
above will incur the following warning at elab time
# ** Warning: (vsim-3770) Failed to find user specified function 'foo' in DPI
C/C++ source files.

and the fatal error at runtime:

# ** Fatal: (vsim-160) test.sv(11): Null foreign function pointer encountered wh
en calling 'foo'

VHDL Compatibility
* dvt104516 - (results) Predefined attribute S'LAST_VALUE could
produce incorrect results if it was evaluated on a changing
composite signal as deltas were occurring during the same timestep.

Release Announcements Compatibility

* [nodvtid] - (source) In the next major release (10.6)
+ support for Windows 8.0 will be dropped. No change for Windows
8.1
+ support for gcc-4.3.3-linux and gcc-4.3.3-linux_x86_64 will be
dropped
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General Defects Repaired in 10.5f

* dvt100975 - Errors occur in -batch mode after queuing for a license
and then resuming. This issue has been resolved.
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User Interface Defects Repaired in 10.5f

* 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 10.5f

* [nodvtid] - Questa now supports "integral_number"s as a part of an
"enum_identifier" within an "enum_name_declaration" production.
* [nodvtid] - In fatal errors involving virtual interfaces Questa may
have emitted an incorrect file number in the message.
* dvt102853 - Fixed a simulator internal error when a DPI open array
with an unsized packed dimension is used. The message is similar
to: Questa has encountered an unexpected internal error:
../../src/vsim/svdpi_runtime.c(2216).
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VHDL Defects Repaired in 10.5f

 * dvt101580 - Certain styles of continuous selected signal assignment
statements with zero delay would not execute properly when
optimized, either in an optimized design or a design compiled with
the PE version of the product.
* dvt104516 - (results) Predefined attribute S'LAST_VALUE could
produce incorrect results if it was evaluated on a changing
composite signal as deltas were occurring during the same timestep.
* dvt67231 - Special characters in a comment that was inside an
encrypted region could cause a parsing error.
* dvt109476 - The vcom compiler "-just" and "-skip" options now allow
the specification 'x', which means VHDL 2008 "context"
declarations.
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Document Revision History in 10.5f

* Revision - Changes - Status/Date
+ 1.2 - 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/April 2018
+ 1.1 - 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/June 2017
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this document are tracked within the document source.
* Revision History: Released documents maintain a revision history of
up to four revisions. For earlier revision history, refer to
earlier releases of documentation which are available on Support
Center (http://support.mentor.com).