Release Notes For ModelSim Intel FPGA 10.

6e

Jun 22 2018
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Index to Release Notes

* [2]Key Information
* [3]Release Announcements in 10.6e
* [4]Base Product Specifications in 10.6e
* [5]Compatibility Issues with Release 10.6e
* [6]General Defects Repaired in 10.6e
* [7]User Interface Defects Repaired in 10.6e
* [8]SystemVerilog Defects Repaired in 10.6e
* [9]VHDL Defects Repaired in 10.6e
* [10]User Interface Enhancements in 10.6e
* [11]Document Revision History in 10.6e
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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which is sub-optimal, and it is no longer maintained.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 10.6e

* 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.
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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:
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 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 10.6e

+
[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 10.6e

SystemVerilog Compatibility

* [nodvtid] - (source) An issue with incorrect precedence in the &&&

and "matches" operations in SV has been fixed. This may cause SV
HDL code to be compiled differently than with previous versions.
Any differences will be flagged by the compiler with an error.

General Compatibility
* dvt94468 - (results) When using vsim -batch mode, the transcript
(stdout) output could contain NUL and CR characters that are
otherwise filtered out when using other vsim modes. The transcript
output in -batch mode now matches the output when using -c or -i
modes in this regard.

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 10.6e

* dvt84893 - The simulation timescale is incorrect in some

circumstances when running in -batch mode.
* dvt94468 - (results) When using vsim -batch mode, the transcript
(stdout) output could contain NUL and CR characters that are
otherwise filtered out when using other vsim modes. The transcript
output in -batch mode now matches the output when using -c or -i
modes in this regard.
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User Interface Defects Repaired in 10.6e

* dvt108473 - From the Message Viewer, when opening the source file
referenced in a message, if the file cannot be found, a dialog box
will pop up, requesting the user to select the location of the
file.
* dvt106889 - "vmap" fails silently when there is a leftover lock
file. Now it will report a warning 5 times, 5 seconds apart, before
giving up and returning an error status.
* dvt109082 - Repaired GUI crash when associative arrays are present
in automatic functions.
* dvt109387 - The Coverage HTML Report dialog box sometimes fails
with an "# ** Error: (vsim-4003) Invalid option '-code '." message.
This issue has been repaired.
* dvt109672 - The vsim GUI crashes when displaying certain comments
in VHDL source code. This issue has been resolved.
* [nodvtid] - Enabled class instance window in view mode
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SystemVerilog Defects Repaired in 10.6e
* [nodvtid] - (source) An issue with incorrect precedence in the &&&
and "matches" operations in SV has been fixed. This may cause SV
HDL code to be compiled differently than with previous versions.
Any differences will be flagged by the compiler with an error.
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VHDL Defects Repaired in 10.6e

* dvt107650 - Reference to a package constant defined within a
package instance that is itself defined within a simple package
could cause the compiler to produce an internal error.
* dvt108324 - The compiler could crash when encountering a composite
assignment, where the left-hand side contains a variable whose type
is an interface type.
* dvt109476 - The vcom compiler "-just" and "-skip" options now allow
the specification 'x', which means VHDL 2008 "context"
declarations.
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User Interface Enhancements in 10.6e

* dvt109197 - Added PrefWave(LineWidth) preference define the width
of waveform lines. The default is '1'. Defining larger widths are
useful for high density monitors where a single pixel wide line is
too narrow to see clearly.
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Document Revision History in 10.6e

* Revision - Changes - Status/Date
+ 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
+ 2.3 - 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/February 2018
+ 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
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