From 8a6b0a35207578342c10113b29ca3a303092c37a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clifford Wolf Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 08:03:00 +0100 Subject: Added help messages to ilang and verilog frontends --- frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc') diff --git a/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc b/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc index e8af1388..878f1c0e 100644 --- a/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc +++ b/frontends/verilog/verilog_frontend.cc @@ -39,7 +39,52 @@ using namespace VERILOG_FRONTEND; // use the Verilog bison/flex parser to generate an AST and use AST::process() to convert it to RTLIL struct VerilogFrontend : public Frontend { - VerilogFrontend() : Frontend("verilog") { } + VerilogFrontend() : Frontend("verilog", "read modules from verilog file") { } + virtual void help() + { + // |---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---| + log("\n"); + log(" read_verilog [filename]\n"); + log("\n"); + log("Load modules from a verilog file to the current design. A large subset of\n"); + log("Verilog-2005 is supported.\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" -dump_ast\n"); + log(" dump abstract syntax tree (after simplification)\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" -dump_ast_diff\n"); + log(" dump ast differences before and after simplification\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" -dump_vlog\n"); + log(" dump ast as verilog code (after simplification)\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" -yydebug\n"); + log(" enable parser debug output\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" -nolatches\n"); + log(" usually latches are synthesized into logic loops\n"); + log(" this option prohibits this and sets the output to 'x'\n"); + log(" in what would be the latches hold condition\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" this behavior can also be achieved by setting the\n"); + log(" 'nolatches' attribute on the respective module or\n"); + log(" always block.\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" -nomem2reg\n"); + log(" under certain conditions memories are converted to registers\n"); + log(" early during simplification to ensure correct handling of\n"); + log(" complex corner cases. this option disables this behavior.\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" this can also be achieved by setting the 'nomem2reg'\n"); + log(" attribute on the respective module or register.\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" -ppdump\n"); + log(" dump verilog code after pre-processor\n"); + log("\n"); + log(" -nopp\n"); + log(" do not run the pre-processor\n"); + log("\n"); + } virtual void execute(FILE *&f, std::string filename, std::vector args, RTLIL::Design *design) { bool flag_dump_ast = false; -- cgit v1.2.3