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+1) ip_stratixiv_phy_xaui_soft.qip
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+The soft XAUI qip that is generated by the MegaWizard includes the following assignment:
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+set_global_assignment -library "lib_phy_xaui" -name SYSTEMVERILOG_FILE [file join $::quartus(qip_path) phy_xaui/altera_xcvr_xaui.sv]
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+...which assigns a file that is exactly the same as a file in the HARD xaui QIP, which causes ambiguity in Quartus. Therefore the assignment
+has been stripped from the soft XAUI qip. The resulting QIP has been put in this dir and is read by Quartus instead of the generated QIP.
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