Compiling a VHDL version of a DDR3 with UniPHY core in the Quartus® II software version 11.0 results in the following error during synthesis:
Error: Illegal connection found on I/O input buffer primitive heirarchy|altdq_dqs2_ddio_3reg_stratixiii:altdq_dqs2_inst|obuf_os_0 also drives out to other destination than the buffer.
The top-level wrapper file is a VHDL file that instantiates a Verilog version of the core. All single bit signals (mem_cas_n, mem_we_n, mem_ck, mem_odt, mem_cs_n, mem_cke, mem_ras_n, and mem_ck_n) are defined as std_logic_vector(0 downto 0) in the top-level and are defined as signle bit wires in the instantiated core. The Quartus II software currently cannot resolve this connection between single bit VHDL std_logic_vector definitions and single bit Verilog wires, which results in the above error.
The workaround is to change the single bit signals in the top-level VHDL wrapper from std_logic_vector(0 downto 0) to std_logic.
This issue is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Quartus II software.