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Critical Warning while compiling bitstream (Evaluation License Warning) #71

Open nithishkgnani opened 2 years ago

nithishkgnani commented 2 years ago

While executing step 10 (Compile the bitstream $ cd $NF_DESIGN_DIR && make) under What to do, I see this critical warning:

CRITICAL WARNING: [Vivado 12-1790] Evaluation License Warning: This design contains one or more IP cores that use separately licensed features.  
If the design has been configured to make use of evaluation features, please note that these features will cease to function after a certain period of time.  
Please consult the core datasheet to determine whether the core which you have configured will be affected.  
Evaluation features should NOT be used in production systems.

Evaluation cores found in this design:  
IP core 'axi_10g_ethernet_nonshared' (bd_7ad4) was generated with multiple features: 

IP feature 'ten_gig_eth_mac@2016.04' was enabled using a hardware_evaluation license.  
IP feature 'ten_gig_eth_pcs_pma_basekr@2015.04' was enabled using a design_linking license.  
IP core 'bd_7ad4_xmac_0' (ten_gig_eth_mac_v15_1_6) was generated using a hardware_evaluation license.  
IP core 'bd_7ad4_xpcs_0' (ten_gig_eth_pcs_pma_v6_0_13) was generated using a design_linking license.  
IP core 'axi_10g_ethernet_shared' (bd_a1aa) was generated with multiple features:  
IP feature 'ten_gig_eth_mac@2016.04' was enabled using a hardware_evaluation license.  
IP feature 'ten_gig_eth_pcs_pma_basekr@2015.04' was enabled using a design_linking license.  
IP core 'bd_a1aa_xmac_0' (ten_gig_eth_mac_v15_1_6) was generated using a hardware_evaluation license.  
IP core 'bd_a1aa_xpcs_0' (ten_gig_eth_pcs_pma_v6_0_13) was generated using a design_linking license.

Resolution: If a new IP Core license was added, in order for the new license to be picked up, the current netlist  
needs to be updated by resetting and re-generating the IP output products before bitstream generation.

I have all the necessary licenses. All are active and valid (see screenshot below)- Vivado Design Suite - System Edition, University License SDNet Compiler - Xilinx SDNet v2018.2. LogiCORE, 10G/25G Ethernet MAC/PCS (25GEMAC) - Evaluation license

What does the critical warning mean ? Does it cause any problems with using the 10Gbit hardware ?

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