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diff --git a/src/phys/place/README b/src/phys/place/README deleted file mode 100644 index d4f8ac8f..00000000 --- a/src/phys/place/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -/*===================================================================*/ -// -// GORDIAN-like placement package -// -// Aaron P. Hurst (ahurst@eecs.berkeley.edu) -// Addl code from Philip Chong (pchong@cadence.com) -// hMetis partitioner (www.cs.umn.edu/~metis) -// -/*===================================================================*/ - -1. Requirements - -An i386 Linux system (though others will certainly work with some tweaks). -A standard ANSI C development platform. - -The following are optional, but useful: - -- hMetis partitioner. This can be obtained from (www.cs.umn.edu/~metis) - Place (links to) the files "libhmetis.a" and "libhtmetis.h" in this directory. - Otherwise, #define NO_HMETIS in the file "place_gordian.h" -- Java SDK, if compiling BookshelfView is desired. -- Perl, if additional script utilities are desired. - -2. Descriptions of contents: - -place_base.h contains the basic data structures and "external" API. -place_gordian.h contains the "internal" API and configuration options. - -There are also several utilities: - -i) place_test - -Reads a netlist description in GSRC Bookshelf format, performs global placement, -and rewrites the placement file. An example usage: - -./place_test ac97_emap.nodes ac97_emap.nets ac97_emap.pl - -ii) BookshelfView - -A simple Java GUI to view the resulting placements. It has been tested with -Java 5 and 6. Usage: - -java BookshelfView ac97_emap.nodes ac97_emap.pl - -iii) hpwl - -A perl script to print the half-perimeter wirelength of a placement. Usage: - -./hpwl ac97_emap.nets ac97_emal.pl - |