Description
"opt_design" can fail with error messages similar to the following:
opt_design failed
ERROR: [Chipscope 16-119] Implementing debug core dbg_hub failed.
ERROR: An unknown error has occurred while implementing debug cores in this design.
OR
ERROR: [IP_Flow 19-3805] Failed to generate and synthesize debug IP "xilinx.com:ip:xsdbm:1.0".
ERROR: [IP_Flow 19-167] Failed to deliver one or more file(s).
ERROR: [IP_Flow 19-3505] IP Generation error: Failed to generate IP 'dbg_hub_CV'. Failed to generate 'Verilog Synthesis' outputs:
ERROR: [IP_Flow 19-98] Generation of the IP CORE failed.
ERROR: [Chipscope 16-119] Implementing debug core dbg_hub failed.
ERROR: Could not generate core for dbg_hub. Aborting IP Generation operation.
ERROR: [Chipscope 16-218] An error occurred while trying to create or get a cached instance from the IP cache manager:
"IP generation failed see log file in e:/jinhua/prj/sample/dvcs2_4k/prj_submit/dvcs2_4k_input_processor_fpga_app/dvcs2_4k_input_processor_fpga_app.runs/impl_1/.Xil/Vivado-164820-CNSH1AECPC040/dbg_hub_CV.0/out
ERROR: [IP_Flow 19-167] Failed to deliver one or more file(s).
ERROR: [IP_Flow 19-3505] IP Generation error: Failed to generate IP 'dbg_hub_CV'. Failed to generate 'Verilog Synthesis' outputs:
ERROR: [IP_Flow 19-98] Generation of the IP CORE failed.
Solution
When generating the Debug Cores during Phase 1, the following messages are shown:
Phase 1 Generate And Synthesize Debug Cores
INFO: [IP_Flow 19-234] Refreshing IP repositories
INFO: [IP_Flow 19-1704] No user IP repositories specified
INFO: [IP_Flow 19-2313] Loaded Vivado IP repository 'C:/Xilinx/Vivado/2014.2/data/ip'.
INFO: [IP_Flow 19-3826] Re-using generated and synthesized IP, "xilinx.com:ip:labtools_xsdb_master_lib:3.0", from Vivado Debug IP cache, "C:/Projects//project_1/project_1.cache/2aa2f6b8".
The Debug Hub in cache is out-of-sync and needs to be cleared with the following command:
Vivado 2014.x:
update_ip_catalog -clear_ip_cache
Vivado 2015.1 and newer:
check_ip_cache -clear_output_repo
When this issue occurs on a Windows machine, the root cause is often a failed generation of the Debug Hub due to a path length issue.
Windows only supports 260 characters in a path.
The Debug Hub is generated in a temporary folder and can violate this path length limitation.
The recommendation is to reduce path length and regenerate the Debug Hub