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authorClifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at>2013-03-01 00:36:19 +0100
committerClifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at>2013-03-01 00:36:19 +0100
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diff --git a/passes/submod/submod.cc b/passes/submod/submod.cc
index ba1b4b08b..f30e415b3 100644
--- a/passes/submod/submod.cc
+++ b/passes/submod/submod.cc
@@ -239,7 +239,24 @@ struct SubmodWorker
};
struct SubmodPass : public Pass {
- SubmodPass() : Pass("submod") { }
+ SubmodPass() : Pass("submod", "moving part of a module to a new submodle") { }
+ virtual void help()
+ {
+ // |---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|
+ log("\n");
+ log(" submod [selection]\n");
+ log("\n");
+ log("This pass identifies all cells with the 'submod' attribute and moves them to\n");
+ log("a newly created module. The value of the attribute is used as name for the\n");
+ log("cell that replaces the group of cells with the same attribute value.\n");
+ log("\n");
+ log("This pass can be used to create a design hierarchy in flat design. This can\n");
+ log("be useful for analyzing or reverse-engineering a design.\n");
+ log("\n");
+ log("This pass only operates on completely selected modules with no processes\n");
+ log("or memories.\n");
+ log("\n");
+ }
virtual void execute(std::vector<std::string> args, RTLIL::Design *design)
{
log_header("Executing SUBMOD pass (moving cells to submodes as requested).\n");