# How do I find out which nets detailed placed failed on? Tool: Detailed Placement Subcategory: Timing constraint issue ## Conversation ### oharboe If I try to bump mock-array frequency from 8000ps to 1000ps, I get detailed placement errors. How do I find out which nets detailed placement is failing for? ``` [INFO DPL-0035] hold7527 [INFO DPL-0035] hold7527 [INFO DPL-0035] hold19172 [INFO DPL-0035] hold33345 [INFO DPL-0035] hold33345 [INFO DPL-0035] hold33346 [INFO DPL-0035] hold1805 [INFO DPL-0035] hold19173 [INFO DPL-0035] hold7528 [INFO DPL-0035] input2044 [ERROR DPL-0036] Detailed placement failed. Error: cts.tcl, 90 DPL-0036 Command exited with non-zero status 1 Elapsed time: 1:53.31[h:]min:sec. CPU time: user 113.09 sys 0.19 (99%). Peak memory: 792296KB. make: *** [Makefile:579: results/asap7/mock-array/base/4_1_cts.odb] Error 1 ``` ### oharboe Change I tried: ``` $ git show commit be3fd43658747fa25b16fd7fb7317a36e92d7362 (HEAD) Author: Øyvind Harboe Date: Tue Jul 11 09:01:30 2023 +0200 mock-array: reduce clock period to 1000ps from 8000ps Signed-off-by: Øyvind Harboe diff --git a/flow/designs/asap7/mock-array/Element/constraints.sdc b/flow/designs/asap7/mock-array/Element/constraints.sdc index 1d817bb8..0a66e62e 100644 --- a/flow/designs/asap7/mock-array/Element/constraints.sdc +++ b/flow/designs/asap7/mock-array/Element/constraints.sdc @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set cols [expr {[info exists ::env(MOCK_ARRAY_COLS)] ? $::env(MOCK_ARRAY_COLS) : set clk_name clock set clk_port_name clock -set clk_period 8000 +set clk_period 1000 set clk_port [get_ports $clk_port_name] create_clock -period $clk_period -waveform [list 0 [expr $clk_period / 2]] -name $clk_name $clk_port diff --git a/flow/designs/asap7/mock-array/constraints.sdc b/flow/designs/asap7/mock-array/constraints.sdc index ad66e12c..7370cc7f 100644 --- a/flow/designs/asap7/mock-array/constraints.sdc +++ b/flow/designs/asap7/mock-array/constraints.sdc @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ set sdc_version 2.0 -set clk_period 8000 +set clk_period 1000 create_clock [get_ports clock] -period $clk_period -waveform [list 0 [expr $clk_period/2]] set clk_name clock ``` ### maliberty Was this after the abutment PR? If so you should retry again after https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD-flow-scripts/pull/1221 as that opens up rows in the core.