User guide

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Compiling and Elaborating Your Design

• Initializing Memories and Regs

• Allowing Inout Port Connection Width Mismatches

• Using Lint

• Changing Parameter Values From the Command Line

• Checking for X and Z Values in Conditional Expressions

• Making Accessing an Out of Range Bit an Error Condition

• Compiling Runtime Options Into the simv Executable

• Performance Considerations

• 64-32-Bit Cross-Compilation and Full 64-Bit Compilation

• Using Radiant Technology

• Library Mapping Files and Configurations

Using the vcs Command

To compile your design, use the vcs command. The syntax is as

follows:

% vcs source_files [source_or_object_files] [options]

For example, to compile the top.v and toil.v source files, enter

the following command:

% vcs top.v toil.v