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@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ home page at <http://www.icarus.com/eda/verilog>.
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Icarus Verilog is not aimed at being a simulator in the traditional
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sense, but a compiler that generates code employed by back-end
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tools. These back-end tools currently include a simulator written in
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C++ called VVM, another faster simulator called VVP, an XNF (Xilinx
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Netlist Format) generator and an EDIF fpga netlist generator. In the
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future, backends are expected for EDIF/LPM, structural Verilog, VHDL,
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etc.
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tools. These back-end tools currently include a simulator engine
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called VVP, an XNF (Xilinx Netlist Format) generator and an EDIF fpga
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netlist generator. In the future, backends are expected for EDIF/LPM,
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structural Verilog, VHDL, etc.
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For instructions on how to run Icarus Verilog,
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see the ``iverilog'' man page.
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@ -237,6 +236,11 @@ between processing steps. Processing steps that are aware of others
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may place attributes on netlist objects to communicate information to
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later steps.
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Icarus Verilog also accepts the Verilog 2001 syntax for
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attributes. They have the same general meaning as with the $attribute
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syntax, but they are attached to objects by position instead of by
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name. Also, the key is a Verilog identifier instead of a string.
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4.0 Running iverilog
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The preferred way to invoke the compiler is with the iverilog(1)
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@ -289,14 +293,6 @@ Verilog web page for the current state of support for Verilog, and in
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particular, browse the bug report database for reported unsupported
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constructs.
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- block disable not supported, i.e.:
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begin : foo
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[...]
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disable foo; // sorry
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[...]
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end
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- real data types not supported. This includes real and
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realtime. However, floating point constants in delay expressions
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are supported so that `timescale works properly.
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@ -346,6 +342,24 @@ language that are defined.
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Implementations of these system functions in VPI modules will
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be ignored.
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Preprocessing Library Modules
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Icarus Verilog does preprocess modules that are loaded from
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libraries via the -y mechinism. However, the only macros
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defined during compilation of that file are those that it
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defines itself (or includes) or that are defined on the
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command line or command file.
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Specifically, macros defined in the non-library source files
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are not remembered when the library module is loaded. This is
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intentional. If it were otherwise, then compilation results
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might vary depending on the order that libraries are loaded,
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and that is too unpredictable.
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It is said that some commercial compilers do allow macro
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definitions to span library modules. That's just plain weird.
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6.0 CREDITS
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Except where otherwise noted, Icarus Verilog, ivl and ivlpp are
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@ -421,7 +435,7 @@ just the systems where precompiled binaries are publicly available.
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6.2 TEST SUITE MANAGER
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Steve Wilson <stevew@home.com> or <stevew@intrinsix.com> has taken on
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Steve Wilson <stevew@ka6s.com> or <stevew@intrinsix.com> has taken on
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the large task of managing the test suite. He has maintained the
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regression test scripts, the driver list, received submissions from
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myself and others, and has written a great many tests on his own. Any
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