Nope! But we should change the choices on Casper xps (imo) to Update design XSG (Everything "copy base package" through Synthesis) The rest On Jul 1, 2013 9:28 AM, "Haoxuan Zheng" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Casper, > [Question]: > Is there a way to ask casper_xps to finish synthesized design and stop > there (meaning not to attempt placement), and I take over in PlanAhead? > This will save me a few hours each run. I checked the casper wiki for > casper_xps but I'm not sure which step corresponds to completion of > synthesized design. > > [Background]: > We have an X-engine design that is guaranteed not to meet timing in > casper_xps compiling, but we have found a reliable floor planning strategy > (pblocks etc) in PlanAhead to make it compile. I have been debugging it > thus making minor changes that makes no difference as far as compiling is > concerned, so it is a waste of time in casper_xps to go from a synthesised > design to an implemented design, given that its implementation will fail > timing anyways. (I'm using planahead language here, sorry if that's not > clear.) > > Thank you guys so much! > Jeff >
