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| .LOAD file [instparams=parameter_list] [nicenames=0|1] [goiters=goiters] |
| [ctparams=ctparams] [suffix=suffix] [warn=warnlevel] |
Loads a device file. This may be a Verilog-A file or a compiled binary (.sxdev file).
| file | Specifies either a Verilog-A file or a .SXDEV file. If the extension is .SXDEV, no compilation will be performed and the specified file will be loaded directly. The remaining options will not be recognised in this case. Otherwise the file will be assumed to be a Verilog-A file and will passed to the Verilog-A compiler. This will compile the file to a .sxdev binary and then load it |
| parameter_list | A list of parameter name separated by commas. There should be no spaces in this list. Each parameter in this list will be defined as an instance parameter. Refer to the Verilog-A User Manual for further details |
| goiters | Specifies the number of global optimiser iterations. The default is 3. A higher number may improve the execution speed of the code at the expense of a longer compilation time. In practice this will only have a noticeable effect on very large Verilog-A files. Setting the value to zero will disable the global optimiser. This is likely to slow execution speed a little. The global optimiser is an algorithm that cleans up redundant statements in the 'C' file. |
| ctparams | defines 'Compile-time parameters' and is a list of comma-separated parameter name/value pairs in the form name=value. Any parameters listed will be substituted with the constant value defined during compilation as if it were entered as a literal constant in the Verilog-A code. This feature is especially useful for items such as array sizes and vectored port sizes. A considerably more efficient result will be produced if the values of such items are known at compile time. |
| warnlevel | sets a filter for warning messages. If set to zero, no warnings will be displayed. If set to 2, all warnings will be displayed. The default is 1 which will cause most warnings to be displayed but will omit those that are less serious. |
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