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Port order in symbol view and systemverilog view

SimhanAnalog

When I check & save a systemverilog view it asks for option to create symbol view. When selected it creates a symbol view. But the port order in the symbol view gui doesnt match that of systemverilog. In symbol view gui it always sorts in alphabetical order.

example

module some_module

(

output [2:0] o_c,

output [1:0] o_a,

output [6:0] o_b,

input [3:0] i_xy,

input [2:0] i_ab,

input [5:0] i_gh

);

endmodule

The symbol order looks like below

_________________

|   i_ab             o_a   |

|   i_gh             o_b   |

|   i_xy             o_c   |

|________________|

But I want the symbol to look like the order that I have in systemverilog like below

_________________

|   i_xy             o_c   |

|   i_ab             o_a   |

|   i_gh             o_b   |

|________________|

  • in reply to SimhanAnalog

    The issue is that the APIs needed are private (I know what happens within the code, since I can see that), so directly invoking the "Modify" mode is challenging because of that (and the fact that they are private means there's a risk of the APIs changing and code using them might break - which is why we don't advertise private APIs).

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    ok. Thanks.
    To create/update symbol using standard approach from systemVerilog view we run
    schViewToView(Libname cell_name Libname cell_name "systemVerilog" "symbol" "_vmsSVVmsToPinList" "schPinListToSymbolGen")

    This gives the pupup with replace/modify/cancel options. Is there a command line argument or command to bypass this popup and select modify automatically? That should also work right?

  • in reply to SimhanAnalog
    SimhanAnalog said:
    This gives the pupup with replace/modify/cancel options. Is there a command line argument or command to bypass this popup and select modify automatically? That should also work right?

    No. As I've now said three times, this needs private APIs and private info in internal data structures to directly call the modify mode.

    Also, the _vmsSVVmsToPinList function is also private and is specific to SystemVerilog - my code (as it stands) should work with all textual language view types, and retrieval of the appropriate mapping function also requires a private API. That's the rub (well, one of them).

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    ok. Makes sense. This is good enough for us.

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