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Assura Lvs Error

yeskang
yeskang over 11 years ago
I'm doing Assura LVS using TSMC 65nm technology but the cadence exit with this error. 
 I don't know a reason for this error.
 
 
 
 Operating Mode: Legacy Mode is Off


Starting dfIIToVdb...
@(#)$CDS: dfIIToVdb version av4.1:Production:dfII5.1.41:5.10.41.500.6.144 08/04/2011 13:40 (dfm21ee01) $
sub-version 4.1_USR2_HF9, integ signature 2011-08-04-1344

run on nda3.unist.ac.kr from /tools/cadence/program/ASSURA41/tools.lnx86/assura/bin/32bit/dfIIToVdb on Mon Apr  7 22:28:16 2014

Initializing from libInit.il for library tsmcN65...
   --  tsmcN65_updateCDFs.il
   --  tsmcPdkParamTable.il
   --  tsmc_esti.ile
   --  /cadencePDK/TSMC65/v1.5a/tsmcN65/../skill/tsmcN65.cxt
   --  tif_tcf_crn65lp_v1.5a.cxt
   --  tsmcN65Tool.cxt
   --  tsmcN65.cxt
   --  tsmcN65_patch1.cxt
   --  tsmcDNA_utility.cxt
*WARNING* (loadContext): context tsmcN65 already loaded
Compiling rules...

WARNING Connected layer 'nplug' is being used as via in geomStamp.
WARNING Connected layer 'pplug' is being used as via in geomStamp.
WARNING Connected layer 'n_pplug' is being used as via in geomStamp.
WARNING Connected layer 'pplug' is being used as via in geomStamp.
WARNING Connected layer 'pplug' is being used as via in geomStamp.
WARNING Connected layer 'pplug' is being used as via in geomStamp.
WARNING LVS Run detected.
Non-legacy mode has been disabled for this LVS run
Checking out license for Assura_LVS 4.10 

Reading the design data...



Finished dfIIToVdb.

Building the VDB part 2 in background mode.

Building tables for LVS Preprocessing in background mode.


Starting /tools/cadence/program/ASSURA41/tools/assura/bin/vdbToCells /home/yeskang/cadence5141/temp test

Finished /tools/cadence/program/ASSURA41/tools/assura/bin/vdbToCells

Input program 'nvn' not found.
*WARNING* An error occurred during Nvn PreExtraction.
LVS preprocessing requires a successful run of Nvn.
Assura will now terminate.

*WARNING* Bad exit from child process .. 0x100


*****  aveng terminated abnormally  *****


*WARNING* aveng exit with bad status


*****  aveng fork terminated abnormally  *****

*WARNING* Status 256
*WARNING* Assura execution terminated
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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 11 years ago

    yeskang said:
    Input program 'nvn' not found.

     

    This sounds a bit strange. Does "nvn -W" return anything (from the command line)? It suggests that something is wrong with your ASSURA installation.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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