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diff --git a/passes/opt/opt_reduce.cc b/passes/opt/opt_reduce.cc
index deb4cc2c3..98351762e 100644
--- a/passes/opt/opt_reduce.cc
+++ b/passes/opt/opt_reduce.cc
@@ -216,7 +216,22 @@ struct OptReduceWorker
};
struct OptReducePass : public Pass {
- OptReducePass() : Pass("opt_reduce") { }
+ OptReducePass() : Pass("opt_reduce", "simplify large MUXes and AND/OR gates") { }
+ virtual void help()
+ {
+ // |---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|
+ log("\n");
+ log(" opt_reduce [selection]\n");
+ log("\n");
+ log("This pass performs two interlinked optimizations:\n");
+ log("\n");
+ log("1. it consolidates trees of large AND gates or OR gates and eliminates\n");
+ log("duplicated inputs.\n");
+ log("\n");
+ log("2. it identifies duplicated inputs to MUXes and replaces them with a single\n");
+ log("input with the original control signals OR'ed together.\n");
+ log("\n");
+ }
virtual void execute(std::vector<std::string> args, RTLIL::Design *design)
{
log_header("Executing OPT_REDUCE pass (consolidate $*mux and $reduce_* inputs).\n");