NAME

nextpnr-generic - Next Generation Place and Route

DESCRIPTION

"nextpnr-generic" -- Next Generation Place and Route (Version 0.6-3build5)

General options:

-h [ --help ]

show help

-v [ --verbose ]

verbose output

-q [ --quiet ]

quiet mode, only errors and warnings displayed

--Werror

Turn warnings into errors

-l [ --log ] arg

log file, all log messages are written to this file regardless of -q

--debug

debug output

--debug-placer

debug output from placer only

--debug-router

debug output from router only

--threads arg

number of threads for passes where this is configurable

-f [ --force ]

keep running after errors

--run arg

python file to execute instead of default flow

--pre-pack arg

python file to run before packing

--pre-place arg

python file to run before placement

--pre-route arg

python file to run before routing

--post-route arg

python file to run after routing

--on-failure arg

python file to run in event of crash for design introspection

--json arg

JSON design file to ingest

--write arg

JSON design file to write

--top arg

name of top module

--seed arg

seed value for random number generator

-r [ --randomize-seed ]

randomize seed value for random number generator

--placer arg

placer algorithm to use; available: sa, heap; default: heap

--router arg

router algorithm to use; available: router1, router2; default: router1

--slack_redist_iter arg

number of iterations between slack redistribution

--cstrweight arg

placer weighting for relative constraint satisfaction

--starttemp arg

placer SA start temperature

--placer-budgets

use budget rather than criticality in placer timing weights

--pack-only

pack design only without placement or routing

--no-route

process design without routing

--no-place

process design without placement

--no-pack

process design without packing

--ignore-loops

ignore combinational loops in timing analysis

--ignore-rel-clk

ignore clock-to-clock relations in timing checks

-V [ --version ]

show version

--test

check architecture database integrity

--freq arg

set target frequency for design in MHz

--timing-allow-fail

allow timing to fail in design

--no-tmdriv

disable timing-driven placement

--sdf arg

SDF delay back-annotation file to write

--sdf-cvc

enable tweaks for SDF file compatibility with the CVC simulator

--no-print-critical-path-source

disable printing of the line numbers associated with each net in the critical path

--placer-heap-alpha arg

placer heap alpha value (float, default: 0.1)

--placer-heap-beta arg

placer heap beta value (float, default: 0.9)

--placer-heap-critexp arg

placer heap criticality exponent (int, default: 2)

--placer-heap-timingweight arg

placer heap timing weight (int, default: 10)

--placer-heap-cell-placement-timeout arg

allow placer to attempt up to max(10000, total cells^2 / N) iterations to place a cell (int N, default: 8, 0 for no timeout)

--parallel-refine

use new experimental parallelised engine for placement refinement

--router2-heatmap arg

prefix for router2 resource congestion heatmaps

--tmg-ripup

enable experimental timing-driven ripup in router

--router2-tmg-ripup

enable experimental timing-driven ripup in router (deprecated; use --tmg-ripup instead)

--report arg

write timing and utilization report in JSON format to file

--detailed-timing-report

Append detailed net timing data to the JSON report

--placed-svg arg

write render of placement to SVG file

--routed-svg arg

write render of routing to SVG file

Architecture specific options:

--uarch arg

viaduct micro-arch to use (available: example, okami, fabulous)

--no-iobs

disable automatic IO buffer insertion

-o [ --vopt ] arg

options to pass to the viaduct uarch