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* Verilator 3.65****
*** Add support for hard-coding VERILATOR_ROOT etc in the executables,
to enable easier use of Verilator RPMs. [Gunter Dannoritzer]
*** Allow multiple .v files on command line. [Stefan Thiede]
**** Fix genvar to be signed, so "< 0" works properly. [Niranjan Prabhu]
**** Fix assignments to inputs inside functions/tasks. [Patricio Kaplan]
**** Fix definitions in main file.v, referenced in library. [Stefan Thiede]
* Verilator 3.658 2008/02/25
**** Fix unistd compile error in 3.657. [Patricio Kaplan, Jonathan Kimmitt]
* Verilator 3.657 2008/02/20
**** Fix assignments of {a,b,c} = {c,b,a}. [Jonathan Kimmitt]
**** Fix Perl warning with --lint-only. [by Ding Xiaoliang]
**** Avoid creating obj_dir with --lint-only. [Ding Xiaoliang]
**** Fix parsing of always @(*). [Patricio Kaplan]
* Verilator 3.656 2008/01/18
**** Wide VL_CONST_W_#X functions are now made automatically. [Bernard Deadman]
In such cases, a new {prefix}__Inlines.h file will be built and included.
**** Fixed sign error when extracting from signed memory. [Peter Debacker]
**** Fixed tracing of SystemC w/o SystemPerl. [Bernard Deadman, Johan Wouters]
* Verilator 3.655 2007/11/27
*** Support "#delay <statement>;" with associated STMTDLY warning.
**** Fixed generate for loops with constant zero conditions. [Rodney Sinclair]
**** Fixed divide-by-zero errors in constant propagator. [Rodney Sinclair]
**** Fixed wrong result with obscure signed-shift underneath a "? :".
**** Fixed many internal memory leaks, and added leak detector.
* Verilator 3.654 2007/10/18
**** Don't exit early if many warnings but no errors are found. [Stan Mayer]
**** Fixed parsing module #(parameter x,y) declarations. [Oleg Rodionov]
**** Fixed parsing system functions with empty parens. [Oleg Rodionov]
* Verilator 3.653 2007/8/1
**** Support SystemVerilog ==? and !=? operators.
**** Fixed SC_LIBS missing from generated makefiles. [Ding Xiaoliang]
* Verilator 3.652 2007/6/21
**** Report as many warning types as possible before exiting.
**** Support V2K portlists with "input a,b,...". [Mark Nodine]
**** Support V2K function/task argument lists.
**** Optimize constant $display arguments.
**** Fixed Preprocessor dropping some `line directives. [Mark Nodine]
* Verilator 3.651 2007/5/22
*** Added verilator_profcfunc utility. [Gene Weber]
*** Treat modules within `celldefine and `endcelldefine as if in library.
*** Support functions which return integers. [Mark Nodine]
**** Warn if flex is not installed. [Ralf Karge]
**** Ignore `protect and `endprotect.
**** Allow empty case/endcase blocks.
* Verilator 3.650 2007/4/20
** Add --compiler msvc option. This is now required when Verilated code
is to be run through MSVC++. This also enables fixing MSVC++ error
C1061, blocks nested too deeply. [Ralf Karge]
** Add --lint-only option, to lint without creating other output.
*** Add /*verilator lint_save*/ and /*verilator lint_restore*/ to allow
friendly control over re-enabling lint messages. [Gerald Williams]
*** Support SystemVerilog .name and .* interconnect.
*** Support while and do-while loops.
*** Use $(LINK) instead of $(CXX) for Makefile link rules. [Gerald Williams]
*** Add USER_CPPFLAGS and USER_LDFLAGS to Makefiles. [Gerald Williams]
**** Fixed compile errors under Windows MINGW compiler. [Gerald Williams]
**** Fixed dotted bit reference to local memory. [Eugene Weber]
**** Fixed 3.640 `verilog forcing IEEE 1364-1995 only. [David Hewson]
* Verilator 3.640 2007/3/12
*** Support Verilog 2005 `begin_keywords and `end_keywords.
*** Updated list of SystemVerilog keywords to correspond to IEEE 1800-2005.
*** Add /*verilator public_flat*/. [Eugene Weber]
**** Try all +libext's in the exact order given. [Michael Shinkarovsky]
**** Fixed elimination of public signals assigned to constants. [Eugene Weber]
**** Fixed internal error when public for loop has empty body. [David Addison]
**** Fixed "Loops detected" assertion when model exceeds 4GB. [David Hewson]
**** Fixed display %m names inside named blocks.
* Verilator 3.633 2007/2/7
*** Add --trace-depth option for minimizing VCD file size. [Emerson Suguimoto]
*** With VL_DEBUG, show wires causing convergence errors. [Mike Shinkarovsky]
**** Fixed isolate_assignments when many signals per always. [Mike Shinkarovsky]
**** Fixed isolate_assignments across task/func temporaries. [Mike Shinkarovsky]
**** Fixed $display's with array select followed by wide AND. [David Hewson]
* Verilator 3.632 2007/1/17
*** Add /*verilator isolate_assignments*/ attribute. [Mike Shinkarovsky]
* Verilator 3.631 2007/1/2
** Support standard NAME[#] for cells created by arraying or generate for.
This replaces the non-standard name__# syntax used in earlier versions.
**** Fixed again dotted references into generate cells. [David Hewson]
Verilator no longer accepts duplicated variables inside unique
generate blocks as this is illegal according to the specification.
**** Fixed $readmem* with filenames < 8 characters. [Emerson Suguimoto]
* Verilator 3.630 2006/12/19
** Support $readmemb and $readmemh. [Eugene Weber, Arthur Kahlich]
*** Fixed configure and compiling under Solaris. [Bob Farrell]
*** When dotted signal lookup fails, help the user by showing known scopes.
*** Reduce depth of priority encoded case statements. [Eugene Weber]
**** Fixed dotted references inside generated cells. [David Hewson]
**** Fixed missed split optimization points underneath other re-split blocks.
* Verilator 3.623 2006/12/05
*** Add --output-split-cfuncs for accelerating GCC compile. [Eugene Weber]
**** Fixed $signed mis-extending when input has a WIDTH violation. [Eugene Weber]
**** Add M32 make variable to support -m32 compiles. [Eugene Weber]
* Verilator 3.622 2006/10/17 Stable
**** Fixed --skip-identical without --debug, broken in 3.621. [Andy Meier]
* Verilator 3.621 2006/10/11 Beta
** Add /*verilator no_inline_task*/ to prevent over-expansion. [Eugene Weber]
*** Public functions now allow > 64 bit arguments.
**** Remove .vpp intermediate files when not under --debug.
**** Fixed link error when using --exe with --trace. [Eugene Weber]
**** Fixed mis-optimization of wide concats with constants.
**** Fixed core dump on printing error when not under --debug. [Allan Cochrane]
* Verilator 3.620 2006/10/04 Stable
*** Support simple inout task ports. [Eugene Weber]
*** Allow overriding Perl, Flex and Bison versions. [by Robert Farrell]
*** Optimize variables set to constants within basic blocks for ~3%.
**** Default make no longer makes the docs; if you edit the documentation.
sources, run "make info" to get them.
**** Optimize additional boolean identities (a|a = a, etc.)
**** Fixed coredump when dotted cross-ref inside task call. [Eugene Weber]
**** Fixed dotted variables in always sensitivity lists. [Allan Cochrane]
* Verilator 3.610 2006/09/20 Stable
*** Verilator now works under DJGPP (Pentium GCC). [John Stroebel]
**** Add default define for VL_PRINTF. [John Stroebel]
**** Removed coverage request variable; see Coverage limitations in docs.
**** Fixed DOS carriage returns in multiline defines. [Ralf Karge]
**** Fixed printf format warnings on 64-bit linux.
* Verilator 3.602 2006/09/11 Stable
**** Fixed function references under top inlined module. [David Hewson]
* Verilator 3.601 2006/09/06 Beta
*** Added --inhibit-sim flag for environments using old __Vm_inhibitSim.
*** Added `systemc_dtor for destructor extensions. [Allan Cochrane]
*** Added -MP to make phony dependencies, ala GCC's.
*** Changed how internal functions are invoked to reduce aliasing.
Useful when using GCC's -O2 or -fstrict-aliasing, to gain another ~4%.
**** Fixed memory leak when destroying modules. [John Stroebel]
**** Fixed coredump when unused modules have unused cells. [David Hewson]
**** Fixed 3.600 internal error with arrayed instances. [David Hewson]
**** Fixed 3.600 internal error with non-unrolled function loops. [David Hewson]
**** Fixed $display %m name not matching Verilog name inside SystemC modules.
**** Declare optimized lookup tables as 'static', to reduce D-Cache miss rate.
* Verilator 3.600 2006/08/28 Beta
** Support dotted cross-hierarchy variable and task references.
**** Lint for x's in generate case statements.
**** Fixed line numbers being off by one when first file starts with newline.
**** Fixed naming of generate for blocks to prevent non-inline name conflict.
**** Fixed redundant statements remaining after table optimization.
* Verilator 3.542 2006/08/11 Stable
**** Fixed extraneous UNSIGNED warning when comparing genvars. [David Hewson]
**** Fixed extra white space in $display %c. [by David Addison]
**** vl_finish and vl_fatal now print via VL_PRINTF rather then cerr/cout.
**** Add VL_CONST_W_24X macro. [Bernard Deadman]
* Verilator 3.541 2006/07/05 Beta
*** Fixed "// verilator lint_on" not re-enabling warnings. [David Hewson]
*** Fixed 3.540's multiple memory assignments to same block. [David Hewson]
**** Add warning on changeDetect to arrayed structures. [David Hewson]
**** Fixed non-zero start number for arrayed instantiations. [Jae Hossell]
**** Fixed GCC 4.0 header file warnings.
* Verilator 3.540 2006/06/27 Beta
**** Optimize combo assignments that are used only once, ~5-25% faster.
**** Optimize delayed assignments to memories inside loops, ~0-5% faster.
**** Fixed mis-width warning on bit selects of memories. [David Hewson]
**** Fixed mis-width warning on dead generate-if branches. [Jae Hossell]
* Verilator 3.533 2006/06/05 Stable
*** Add PDF user manual, verilator.pdf.
**** Fixed delayed bit-selected arrayed assignments. [David Hewson]
**** Fixed execution path to Perl. [Shanshan Xu]
**** Fixed Bison compile errors in verilog.y. [by Ben Jackson]
* Verilator 3.531 2006/05/10 Stable
*** Support $c routines which return 64 bit values.
**** Fixed `include `DEFINE.
**** Fixed Verilator core dump when have empty public function. [David.Hewson]
* Verilator 3.530 2006/04/24 Stable
** $time is now 64 bits. The macro VL_TIME_I is now VL_TIME_Q, but calls
the same sc_time_stamp() function to get the current time.
* Verilator 3.523 2006/03/06 Stable
**** Fixed error line numbers being off due to multi-line defines. [Mat Zeno]
**** Fixed GCC sign extending (uint64_t)(a<b). [David Hewson]
**** Fixed `systemc_imp_header "undefined macro" error.
* Verilator 3.522 2006/02/23 Beta
**** Add UNUSED error message, for forward compatibility.
* Verilator 3.521 2006/02/14 Beta
*** Create new --coverage-line and --coverage-user options. [Peter Holmes]
**** Added SystemVerilog 'x,'z,'0,'1, and new string literals.
**** Fixed public module's parent still getting inlined.
* Verilator 3.520 2006/01/14 Stable
** Added support for $fopen, $fclose, $fwrite, $fdisplay.
See documentation, as the file descriptors differ from the standard.
* Verilator 3.510 2005/12/17 Stable
** Improve trace-on performance on large multi-clock designs by 2x or more.
This adds a small ~2% performance penalty if traces are compiled in,
but not turned on. For best non-tracing performance, do not use --trace.
**** Fixed $'s in specify delays causing bad PLI errors. [Mat Zeno]
**** Fixed public functions not setting up proper symbol table. [Mat Zeno]
**** Fixed genvars generating trace compile errors. [Mat Zeno]
**** Fixed VL_MULS_WWW compile error with MSVC++. [Wim Michiels]
* Verilator 3.502 2005/11/30 Stable
**** Fixed local non-IO variables in public functions and tasks.
**** Fixed bad lifetime optimization when same signal is assigned multiple
times in both branch of a if. [Danny Ding]
* Verilator 3.501 2005/11/16 Stable
*** Add --profile-cfuncs for correlating profiles back to Verilog.
**** Fixed functions where regs are declared before inputs. [Danny Ding]
**** Fixed bad deep expressions with bit-selects and rotate. [Prabhat Gupta]
* Verilator 3.500 2005/10/30 Stable
** Support signed numbers, >>>, $signed, $unsigned. [MANY!]
** Support multi-dimensional arrays. [Eugen Fekete]
** Add very limited support for the Property Specification Language
(aka PSL or Sugar). The format and keywords are now very limited, but will
grow with future releases. The --assert switch enables this feature.
** With --assert, generate assertions for synthesis parallel_case and full_case.
**** Fixed generate if's with empty if/else blocks. [Mat Zeno]
**** Fixed generate for cell instantiations with same name. [Mat Zeno]
* Verilator 3.481 2005/10/12 Stable
*** Add /*verilator tracing_on/off*/ for waveform control.
**** Fixed split optimization reordering $display statements.
* Verilator 3.480 2005/9/27 Beta
** Allow coverage of flattened modules, and multiple points per line.
Coverage analysis requires SystemPerl 1.230 or newer.
**** Add preprocessor changes to support meta-comments.
**** Optimize sequential assignments of different bits of same bus; ~5% faster.
**** Optimize away duplicate lookup tables.
**** Optimize wide concatenates into individual words. [Ralf Karge]
**** Optimize local variables from delayed array assignments.
* Verilator 3.470 2005/9/6 Stable
*** Optimize staging flops under reset blocks.
*** Add '-Werror-...' to upgrade specific warnings to errors.
**** Add GCC branch prediction hints on generated if statements.
**** Fixed bad simulation when same function called twice in same expression.
**** Fixed preprocessor substitution of quoted parameterized defines.
* Verilator 3.464 2005/8/24 Stable
*** Add `systemc_imp_header, for use when using --output-split.
*** Add --stats option to dump design statistics.
**** Fixed core dump with clock inversion optimizations.
* Verilator 3.463 2005/8/5 Stable
*** Fixed case defaults when not last statement in case list. [Wim Michiels]
* Verilator 3.462 2005/8/3 Stable
*** Fixed reordering of delayed assignments to same memory index. [Wim Michiels]
**** Fixed compile error with Flex 2.5.1. [Jens Arm]
**** Fixed multiply-instantiated public tasks generating non-compilable code.
* Verilator 3.461 2005/7/28 Beta
**** Fixed compile error with older versions of bison. [Jeff Dutton]
* Verilator 3.460 2005/7/27 Beta
** Add -output-split option to enable faster parallel GCC compiles.
To support --output-split, the makefiles now split VM_CLASSES
into VM_CLASSES_FAST and VM_CLASSES_SLOW. This may require a
change to local makefiles.
** Support -v argument to read library files.
*** When issuing unoptimizable warning, show an example path.
**** Fixed false warning when a clock is constant.
**** Fixed X/Z in decimal numbers. [Wim Michiels]
**** Fixed genvar statements in non-named generate blocks.
**** Fixed core dump when missing newline in `define. [David van der bokke]
**** Internal tree dumps now indicate edit number that changed the node.
* Verilator 3.450 2005/7/12
** $finish will no longer exit, but set Verilated::gotFinish().
This enables support for final statements, and for other cleanup code.
If this is undesired, redefine the vl_user_finish routine. Top level
loops should use Verilated::gotFinish() as a exit condition for their
loop, and then call top->final(). To prevent a infinite loop, a
double $finish will still exit; this may be removed in future
releases.
*** Add support for SystemVerilog keywords $bits, $countones, $isunknown,
$onehot, $onehot0, always_comb, always_ff, always_latch, finish.
**** Fixed "=== 1'bx" to always be false, instead of random.
* Verilator 3.440 2005/6/28 Stable
** Add Verilog 2001 generate for/if/case statements.
* Verilator 3.431 2005/6/24 Stable
*** Fixed selection bugs introduced in 3.430 beta.
* Verilator 3.430 2005/6/22 Beta
** Add Verilog 2001 variable part selects [n+:m] and [n-:m]. [Wim Michiels]
* Verilator 3.422 2005/6/10 Stable
*** Added Verilog 2001 power (**) operator. [Danny Ding]
**** Fixed crash and added error message when assigning to inputs. [Ralf Karge]
**** Fixed tracing of modules with public functions.
* Verilator 3.421 2005/6/2 Beta
**** Fixed error about reserved word on non-public signals.
**** Fixed missing initialization compile errors in 3.420 beta. [Ralf Karge]
* Verilator 3.420 2005/6/2 Beta
*** Fixed case defaults when not last statement in case list. [Ralf Karge]
**** Added error message when multiple defaults in case statement.
**** Fixed crash when wire self-assigns x=x.
** Performance improvements worth ~20%
** Added -x-assign options; ~5% faster if use -x-assign=0.
**** Optimize shifts out of conditionals and if statements.
**** Optimize local 'short' wires.
**** Fixed gate optimization with top-flattened modules. [Mahesh Kumashikar]
* Verilator 3.411 2005/5/30 Stable
**** Fixed compile error in GCC 2.96. [Jeff Dutton]
* Verilator 3.410 2005/5/25 Beta
** Allow functions and tasks to be declared public.
They will become public C++ functions, with appropriate C++ types.
This allows users to make public accessor functions/tasks, instead
of having to use public variables and `systemc_header hacks.
*** Skip producing output files if all inputs are identical
This uses timestamps, similar to make. Disable with --no-skip-identical.
**** Improved compile performance with large case statements.
**** Fixed internal error in V3Table. [Jeff Dutton]
**** Fixed compile error in GCC 2.96, and with SystemC 1.2. [Jeff Dutton]
* Verilator 3.400 2005/4/29 Beta
** Internal changes to support future clocking features.
** Verilog-Perl and SystemPerl are no longer required for C++ or SystemC
output. If you want tracing or coverage analysis, they are still needed.
*** Added --sc to create pure SystemC output not requiring SystemPerl.
*** Added --pins64 to create 64 bit SystemC outputs instead of sc_bv<64>.
*** The --exe flag is now required to produce executables inside the makefile.
This was previously the case any time .cpp files were passed on the
command line.
*** Added -O3 and --inline-mult for performance tuning. [Ralf Karge]
One experiment regained 5% performance, at a cost of 300% in compile time.
*** Improved performance of large case/always statements with low fanin
by converting to internal lookup tables (ROMs).
*** Initialize SystemC port names. [S Shuba]
**** Added Doxygen comments to Verilated includes.
**** Fixed -cc pins 8 bits wide and less to be uint8_t instead of uint16_t.
**** Fixed crash when Mdir has same name as .v file. [Gernot Koch]
**** Fixed crash with size mismatches on case items. [Gernot Koch]
* Verilator 3.340 2005/2/18 Stable
*** Report misconnected pins across all modules, instead of just first error.
**** Fixed over-active inlining, resulting in compile slowness.
**** Improved large netlist compile times.
**** Added additional internal assertions.
* Verilator 3.332 2005/1/27
*** Added -E preprocess only flag, similar to GCC.
*** Added CMPCONSTLR when comparison is constant due to > or < with all ones.
**** Fixed loss of first -f file argument, introduced in 3.331.
* Verilator 3.331 2005/1/18
** The Verilog::Perl preprocessor is now C++ code inside of Verilator.
This improves performance, makes compilation easier, and enables
some future features.
*** Support arrays of instantiations (non-primitives only). [Wim Michiels]
**** Fixed unlinked error with defparam. [Shawn Wang]
* Verilator 3.320 2004/12/10
** NEWS is now renamed Changes, to support CPAN indexing.
*** If Verilator is passed a C file, create a makefile link rule.
This saves several user steps when compiling small projects.
*** Added new COMBDLY warning in place of fatal error. [Shawn Wang]
*** Fixed mis-simulation with wide-arrays under bit selects. [Ralf Karge]
**** Added NC Verilog as alternative to VCS for reference tests.
**** Support implicit wire declarations on input-only signals.
(Dangerous, as leads to wires without drivers, but allowed by spec.)
**** Fixed compile warnings on Suse 9.1
* Verilator 3.311 2004/11/29
** Support implicit wire declarations (as a warning). [Shawn Wang]
**** Fixed over-shift difference in Verilog vs C++. [Ralf Karge]
* Verilator 3.310 2004/11/15
** Support defparam.
** Support gate primitives: buf, not, and, nand, or, nor, xor, xnor.
*** Ignore all specify blocks.
* Verilator 3.302 2004/11/12
*** Support NAND and NOR operators.
*** Better warnings when port widths don't match.
**** Fixed internal error due to some port width mismatches. [Ralf Karge]
**** Fixed WIDTH warnings on modules that are only used
parameterized, not in 'default' state.
**** Fixed selection of SystemC library on cygwin systems. [Shawn Wang]
**** Fixed runtime bit-selection of parameter constants.
* Verilator 3.301 2004/11/04
**** Fixed 64 bit [31:0] = {#{}} mis-simulation. [Ralf Karge]
**** Fixed shifts greater then word width mis-simulation. [Ralf Karge]
**** Work around GCC 2.96 negation bug.
* Verilator 3.300 2004/10/21
** New backend that eliminates most VL_ macros.
Improves performance 20%-50%, depending on frequency of use of signals
over 64 bits. GCC compile times with -O2 shrink by a factor of 10.
**** Fixed "setting unsigned int from signed value" warning.
* Verilator 3.271 2004/10/21
**** Fixed "loops detected" error with some negedge clocks.
**** Cleaned up some output code spacing issues.
* Verilator 3.270 2004/10/15
*** Support Verilog 2001 parameters in module headers. [Ralf Karge]
**** Suppress numeric fault when dividing by zero.
**** Faster code to support compilers not inlining all Verilated functions.
* Verilator 3.260 2004/10/7
** Support Verilog 2001 named parameter instantiation. [Ralf Karge]
**** Return 1's when one bit wide extract indexes outside array bounds.
**** Fixed compile warnings on 64-bit operating systems.
**** Fixed incorrect dependency in .d file when setting VERILATOR_BIN.
* Verilator 3.251 2004/9/9
**** Fixed parenthesis overflow in Microsoft Visual C++ [Renga Sundararajan]
* Verilator 3.250 2004/8/30
** Support Microsoft Visual C++ [Renga Sundararajan]
*** SystemPerl 1.161+ is required.
* Verilator 3.241 2004/8/17
** Support ,'s to separate multiple assignments. [Paul Nitza]
**** Fixed shift sign extension problem using non-GCC compilers.
* Verilator 3.240 2004/8/13
** Verilator now uses 64 bit math where appropriate.
Inputs and outputs of 33-64 bits wide to the C++ Verilated model must
now be uint64_t's; SystemC has not changed, they will remain sc_bv's.
This increases performance by ~ 9% on x86 machines, varying with how
frequently 33-64 bit signals occur. Signals 9-16 bits wide are now
stored as 16 bit shorts instead of longs, this aids cache packing.
**** Fixed SystemC compile error with feedthrus. [Paul Nitza]
**** Fixed concat value error introduced in 3.230.
* Verilator 3.230 2004/8/10
*** Added coverage output to test_sp example, SystemPerl 1.160+ is required.
**** Fixed time 0 value of signals. [Hans Van Antwerpen]
Earlier versions would not evaluate some combinatorial signals
until posedge/negedge blocks had been activated.
**** Fixed wide constant inputs to public submodules [Hans Van Antwerpen]
**** Fixed wide signal width extension bug.
Only applies when width mismatch warnings were overridden.
* Verilator 3.220 2004/6/22
** Many waveform tracing changes:
*** Tracing is now supported on C++ standalone simulations. [John Brownlee]
*** When tracing, SystemPerl 1.150 or newer is required.
*** When tracing, Verilator must be called with the --trace switch.
**** Added SystemPerl example to documentation. [John Brownlee]
**** Various Cygwin compilation fixes. [John Brownlee]
* Verilator 3.210 2004/4/1
** Compiler optimization switches have changed
See the BENCHMARKING section of the documentation.
*** With Verilog-Perl 2.3 or newer, Verilator supports SystemVerilog
preprocessor extensions.
*** Added localparam. [Thomas Hawkins]
*** Added warnings for SystemVerilog reserved words.
* Verilator 3.203 2004/3/10
*** Notes and repairs for Solaris. [Fred Ma]
* Verilator 3.202 2004/1/27
** The beta version is now the primary release. See below for many changes.
If you have many problems, you may wish to try release 3.125.
*** Verilated::traceEverOn(true) must be called at time 0 if you will ever
turn on tracing (waveform dumping) of signals. Future versions will
need this switch to disable trace incompatible optimizations.
**** Fixed several tracing bugs
**** Added optimizations for common replication operations.
* Verilator 3.201-beta 2003/12/10
** BETA VERSION, USE 3.124 for stable release!
** Version 3.2XX includes a all new back-end.
This includes automatic inlining, flattening of signals between
hierarchy, and complete ordering of statements. This results in
60-300% execution speedups, though less pretty C++ output. Even
better results are possible using GCC 3.2.2 (part of Redhat 9.1), as
GCC has fixed some optimization problems which Verilator exposes.
If you are using `systemc_ctor, beware pointers to submodules are now
initialized after the constructor is called for a module, to avoid
segfaults, move statements that reference subcells into initial
statements.
*** C++ Constructor that creates a verilog module may take a char* name.
This name will be used to prefix any $display %m arguments, so users may
distinguish between multiple Verilated modules in a single executable.
* Verilator 3.125 2004/1/27
**** Optimization of bit replications
* Verilator 3.124 2003/12/05
*** A optimized executable will be made by default, in addition to a debug
executable. Invoking Verilator with --debug will pick the debug version.
**** Many minor invisible changes to support the next version.
* Verilator 3.123 2003/11/10
**** Wide bus performance enhancements.
**** Fixed function call bug when width warning suppressed. [Leon Wildman]
**** Fixed __DOT__ compile problem with funcs in last revision. [Leon Wildman]
* Verilator 3.122 2003/10/29
*** Modules which are accessed from external code now must be marked with
/*verilator public_module*/ unless they already contain public signals.
To enforce this, private cell names now have a string prepended.
**** Fixed replicated function calls in one statement. [Robert A. Clark]
**** Fixed function call bug when width warning suppressed. [Leon Wildman]
* Verilator 3.121 2003/09/29
*** Support multiplication over 32 bits. [Chris Boumenot]
Also improved speed of addition and subtraction over 32 bits.
*** Detect bit selection out of range errors.
*** Detect integer width errors.
**** Fixed width problems on function arguments. [Robert A. Clark]
* Verilator 3.120 2003/09/24
*** $finish now exits the model (via vl_finish function).
*** Support inputs/outputs in tasks.
*** Support V2K "integer int = {INITIAL_VALUE};"
*** Ignore floating point delay values. [Robert A. Clark]
**** Ignore `celldefine, `endcelldefine, etc. [Robert A. Clark]
**** New optimizations on reduction operators.
**** Fixed converting "\ooo" into octal values.
**** Fixed $display("%x");
* Verilator 3.112 2003/09/16
**** Fixed functions in continuous assignments. [Robert A. Clark]
**** Fixed inlining of modules with 2-level deep outputs.
* Verilator 3.111 2003/09/15
**** Fixed declaration of functions before using that module. [Robert A. Clark]
**** Fixed module inlining bug with outputs.
* Verilator 3.110 2003/09/12
** Support Verilog 2001 style input/output declarations. [Robert A. Clark]
*** Allow local vars in headers of function/tasks. [Leon Wildman]
* Verilator 3.109 2003/08/28
** Added support for local variables in named begin blocks. [Leon Wildman]
* Verilator 3.108 2003/08/11
** Added support for functions.
*** Signals 8 bits and shorter are now stored as chars
instead of uint32_t's. This improves Dcache packing and
improves performance by ~7%.
**** $display now usually results in a single VL_PRINT rather then many.
**** Many optimizations involving conditionals (?:)
* Verilator 3.107 2003/07/15
*** --private and --l2name are now the default,
as this enables additional optimizations.
Use --noprivate or --nol2name to get the older behavior.
*** Now support $display of binary and wide format data.
*** Added detection of incomplete case statements,
and added related optimizations worth ~4%.
**** Work around flex bug in Redhat 8.0. [Eugene Weber]
**** Added some additional C++ reserved words.
**** Additional constant optimizations, ~5% speed improvement.
* Verilator 3.106 2003/06/17
** $c can now take multiple expressions as arguments.
For example $c("foo","bar(",32+1,");") will insert "foobar(33);"
This makes it easier to pass the values of signals.
** Several changes to support future versions that may have
signal-eliminating optimizations. Users should try to use these switch
on designs, they will become the default in later versions.
*** Added --private switch and /*verilator public*/ metacomment.
This renames all signals so that compile errors will result if any
signals referenced by C++ code are missing a /*verilator public*/
metacomment.
*** With --l2name, the second level cell C++ cell is now named "v".
Previously it was named based on the name of the verilog code. This
means to get to signals, scope to "{topcell} ->v ->{mysignal}" instead
of "{topcell} ->{verilogmod}. {mysignal}". This allows different
modules to be substituted for the cell without requiring source
changes.
**** Several cleanups for Redhat 8.0.
* Verilator 3.105 2003/05/08
**** Fixed more GCC 3.2 errors. [David Black]
* Verilator 3.104 2003/04/30
*** Indicate direction of ports with VL_IN and VL_OUT.
*** Allow $c32, etc, to specify width of the $c statement for VCS.
**** Fixed false "indent underflow" error inside `systemc_ctor sections.
**** Fixed missing ordering optimizations when outputs also used internally.
*** Numerous performance improvements, worth about 25%
**** Assign constant cell pins in initial blocks rather then every cycle.
**** Promote subcell's combo logic to sequential evaluation when possible.
**** Fixed GCC 3.2 compile errors. [Narayan Bhagavatula]
* Verilator 3.103 2003/01/28
**** Fixed missing model evaluation when clock generated several levels of
hierarchy across from where it is used as a clock. [Richard Myers]
**** Fixed sign-extension bug introduced in 3.102.
* Verilator 3.102 2003/01/24
**** Fixed sign-extension of X/Z's ("32'hx")
* Verilator 3.101 2003/01/13
**** Fixed 'parameter FOO=#'bXXXX' [Richard Myers]
**** Allow spaces inside numbers ("32'h 1234") [Sam Gladstone]
* Verilator 3.100 2002/12/23
** Support for simple tasks w/o vars or I/O. [Richard Myers]
**** Ignore DOS carriage returns in Linux files. [Richard Myers]
* Verilator 3.012 2002/12/18
**** Fixed parsing bug with casex statements containing case items
with bit extracts of parameters. [Richard Myers]
**** Fixed bug which could cause writes of non-power-of-2 sized arrays to
corrupt memory beyond the size of the array. [Dan Lussier]
**** Fixed bug which did not detect UNOPT problems caused by
submodules. See the description in the verilator man page. [John Deroo]
**** Fixed compile with threaded Perl. [Ami Keren]
* Verilator 3.010 2002/11/3
*** Support SystemC 2.0.1. SystemPerl version 1.130 or newer is required.
**** Fixed bug with inlined modules under other inlined modules. [Scott
Bleiweiss]
* Verilator 3.005 2002/10/21
**** Fixed X's in case (not casex/z) to constant propagate correctly.
**** Fixed missing include. [Kurachi]
* Verilator 3.004 2002/10/10
*** Added /* verilator module_inline */ and associated optimizations.
*** Allow /* verilator coverage_block_off */ in place of `coverage_block_off.
This prevents problems with Emacs AUTORESET. [Ray Strouble]
**** Fixed `coverage_block_off also disabling subsequent blocks.
**** Fixed unrolling of loops with multiple simple statements.
**** Fixed compile warnings on newer GCC. [Kurachi]
**** Additional concatenation optimizations.
* Verilator 3.003 2002/09/13
*** Now compiles on Windows 2000 with Cygwin.
**** Fixed bug with pin assignments to wide memories.
**** Optimize wire assignments to constants.
* Verilator 3.002 2002/08/19
** First public release of version 3.
* Verilator 3.000 2002/08/03
** All new code base. Many changes too numerous to mention.
*** Approximately 4 times faster then Verilator 2.
*** Supports initial statements
*** Supports correct blocking/nonblocking assignments
*** Supports `defines across multiple modules
*** Optimizes call ordering, constant propagation, and dead code elimination.
* Verilator 2.1.8 2002/04/03
** All applications must now link against include/verilated.cpp
*** Paths specified to verilator_make should be absolute, or be formed
to allow for execution in the object directory (prepend ../ to each path.)
This allows relative filenames for makes which hash and cache dependencies.
**** Added warning when parameter constants are too large. [John Deroo]
**** Added warning when x/?'s used in non-casez statements.
**** Added warning when blocking assignments used in posedge blocks. [Dan Lussier]
**** Split evaluation function into clocked and non-clocked, 20% perf gain.
* Verilator 2.1.5 2001/12/1
** Added coverage analysis. In conjunction with SystemC provide line
coverage reports, without SystemC, provide a hook to user written
accumulation function. See --coverage option of verilator_make.
*** Relaxed multiply range checking
*** Support for constants up to 128 bits
*** Randomize values used when assigning to X's.
**** Added -guard option of internal testing.
**** Changed indentation in emitted code to be automatically generated.
**** Fixed corruption of assignments of signal over 32 bits with non-0 lsb.
* Verilator 2.1.4 2001/11/16
** Added $c("c_commands();"); for embedding arbitrary C code in Verilog.
* Verilator 2.1.3 2001/11/03
** Support for parameters.
* Verilator 2.1.2 2001/10/25
** Verilog Errors now reference the .v file rather then the .vpp file.
*** Support strings in assignments: reg [31:0] foo = "STRG";
*** Support %m in format strings. Ripped out old $info support, use
Verilog-Perl's vpm program instead.
*** Convert $stop to call of v_stop() which user can define.
**** Fixed bug where a==b==c would have wrong precedence rule.
**** Fixed bug where XNOR on odd-bit-widths (~^ or ^~) had bad value.
* Verilator 2.1.1 2001/5/17
** New test_sp directory for System-Perl (SystemC) top level instantiation
of the Verilated code, lower modules are still C++ code. (Experimental).
** New test_spp directory for Pure System-Perl (SystemC) where every module
is true SystemC code. (Experimental)
*** Input ports are now loaded by pointer reference into the sub-cell.
This is faster on I-386 machines, as the stack must be used when there are
a large number of parameters. Also, this simplifies debugging as the value
of input ports exists for tracing.
**** Many code cleanups towards standard C++ style conventions.
* Verilator 2.1.0 2001/5/8
**** Many code cleanups towards standard C++ style conventions.
* {Version history lost}
* Verilator 1.8 1996/7/8
** [Versions 0 to 1.8 were by Paul Wasson]
**** Fixed single bit in concat from instance output incorrect offset bug.
* Verilator 1.7 1996/5/20
**** Mask unused bits of DONTCAREs.
* Verilator 1.6 1996/5/13
*** Added fasttrace script
* Verilator 1.5 1996/1/9
*** Pass structure pointer into translated code,
so multiple instances can use same functions.
**** Fixed static value concat on casex items.
* Verilator 1.1 1995/3/30
*** Bug fixes, added verimake_partial script, performance improvements.
* Verilator 1.0c 1994/9/30
*** Initial release of Verilator
* Verilator 0.0 1994/7/8
**** First code written.
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