Setup Conditions

The setup conditions are defined by a .synopsys_vss.setup file that defines the name of your working directory, time resolution, and many other information. The information included here may also define device/vendor specific libraries that are used during simulation purposes to model a macro component such as a LogiBloX component. A sample of the setup file that was used is shown below:

TIMEBASE        	= NS 
TIME_RES_FACTOR		= 1 
NO_HAZARD_MESG		= TRUE

WORK            > DEFAULT 
DEFAULT         : ./WORK

CFLAGS  = -Dhp700Architecture
LDFLAGS = /bin/ld -b -o %s

XC4000e		: /tmp/sim2/lib/xc4000e/ftgs

It is necessary to ensure that the libraries that are used during simulation (such as the FTGS library shown in the example) is compiled with the same version tool as the current design. For this reason, it may be required to recompile the library source code that can be found in the $XILINX path. The above setup file shows only the most essential information. For a detailed description of definitions that can be used in this file please refer to the Synopsys OnLine Documentation (SOLD).