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Spare cells are outside their region/fence

Domi Hammerfall
Domi Hammerfall over 2 years ago

Dear Community

I use the following setup to place spare cells in my design:

createSpareModule -moduleName spare_clk_domain -cell {SDFRRHDLLX1 1 NA4HDLLX1 2 NO4HDLLX1 2 MU4HDLLX1 DLY8HDLLX1 1 BUHDLLX8 1 INHDLLX4 2} -clock clk -reset rst_n:RN -tie {LOGIC0HDLL LOGIC1HDLL}
placeSpareModule -moduleName spare_clk_domain -numModules 20
place_opt_design

After placement, when I run

checkPlace reports/placement_check.rpt

most of the spare modules cause a SPRF violation:

## Insts placed outside their region/fence (103) ##
#########################################################
### 103 Region/Fence Violation>
set pchkRegionFenceList [list \
    {spr_14/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_14/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_14/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_14/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_14/spr_gate0} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate8} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate6} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate5} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate4} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate3} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate2} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_13/spr_gate0} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate8} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate6} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate5} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate4} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate3} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate2} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_11/spr_gate0} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate6} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate5} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate4} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate3} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate2} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_10/spr_gate0} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate8} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate6} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate5} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate4} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate3} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate2} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_9/spr_gate0} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate8} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate6} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate5} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate4} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate3} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate2} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_8/spr_gate0} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate8} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate6} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate5} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate4} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate3} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate2} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_7/spr_gate0} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate8} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate6} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate5} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate4} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate3} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate2} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_4/spr_gate0} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate8} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate6} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate5} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate4} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate3} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate2} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_2/spr_gate0} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate10} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate9} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate8} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate7} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate6} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate5} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate4} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate3} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate2} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate1} \
    {spr_1/spr_gate0} \
    ]

1. I do not specify a particular area in the design for my spare cells; they are just distributed evenly by the tool. So why does this error occur?

2. How can I see/highlight/delete those fences/regions that are apparently existing?

Thank you for any suggestions.

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