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COPY_UP_ALL_REF - copy a several physical reference from an instance in the current figure

Synopsys

#include <genlib.h>
void COPY_UP_ALL_REF(reftype, insname, concatenate) char *reftype, *insname;
char concatenate;

Origin

This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD system from the CAO-VLSI team at ASIM/LIP6/UPMC laboratory.
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Parameters

reftype
Type of the references to be duplicated
insname
Name of the instance in the which the references is to be searched for
concatenate
Indicates whether or not to concatenate the instance name to the references names when copying

Description

COPY_UP_ALL_REF duplicates all the references of type reftype of the instance called insname into the current layout cell. The main purpose of this function is to copy a set references in the upper hierarchical level, so it can be used as virtual connector, for the data-path router. See dpr(1) for details.
The reftype argument can take two values:

ref_con
for virtual connectors
ref_ref
for any other references

See the leaf cells design for generators document for details on reference types and usage.
The concatenate argument can take two values:

AYES
indicates that the name of the copied references is concatenated to the instance name.
NO
implies a direct duplication of the reference name

Errors

COPY_UP_ALL_REF impossible : missing DEF_PHFIG" No figure has been yet specified by a call to DEF_PHFIG. So it isn't possible to place a reference inside it. you must call DEF_PHFIG before any other layout action. illegal getphins : instance insname does not exist" The instance called insname does not currently belong to the figure. COPY_UP_ALL_REF impossible : references of type reftype do not exist" No reference of type reftype exist in the model of the instance insname.

Example

#include <genlib.h>
main()
{
/* Create a figure to work on */ DEF_PHFIG("cell");
PLACE("z2l_y", r1", NOSYM, 23L, 54L); /* Put a reference */
COPY_UP_ALL_REF("ref_con", r1", NO); /* Save that on disk */
SAVE_PHFIG();
}

See Also

dpr(1) , genlib(1) , DEF_PHFIG(3) , SAVE_PHFIG(3) , PHREF(3) , COPY_UP_ALL_REF(3) , PLACE_CON_REF(3) , PLACE_SEG_REF(3) , PLACE_VIA_REF(3) .

Bug Report

This tool is under development at the ASIM/LIP6/UPMC laboratory, cao-vlsi research team.
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