12.5 SimSwapper Command Line Options

SimSwapper Command Line Options can be passed with either (1) the SYNCAD_SIMSWAPPER_ARGS environment variable and the translation scripts as described earlier in this Chapter, or (2) by running SimSwapper directly.

Options for either the environment variable or SimSwapper directly:

--help	Print a usage message
--debug	Print extra debugging messages
--config filename	Use the named configuration file, instead of the default simswapper.ini
--create-ini filename	Create an initialization file to use as a template
--version	Display SimSwapper version information
--log-file filename	Write details of the options translation to the named file
--dry_run	Don't run the destination simulator, just print out commands that would be executed.

Options for running SimSwapper directly:

When running SimSwapper directly you must specify the source and destination simulators using the --source and --dest options, so the program knows how to translate the options. These options should not be used with the translation scripts as described in Section 12.1 SimSwapper Quick Start section, because the translation scripts automatically setup these options based on the path settings.

•Put the source and destination options before any simulation options to be translated:

--source <source_tool> --dest <dest_suite> -- [args to translate ...]

Where source_tool can be chosen from:

mti-vlog -- ModelSim's vlog.exe compiler

mti-vsim -- ModelSim's vsim.exe elaborator and simulator

syncad-simx32 -- SynaptiCAD's simx32.exe compiler and elaborator

syncad-simxloader32 -- SynaptiCAD's simxloader32.exe simulator

syncad-simx64 -- SynaptiCAD's simx64.exe compiler and elaborator

syncad-simxloader64 -- SynaptiCAD's simxloader64.exe simulator

cadence-ncvlog -- Cadence ncvlog.exe compiler

cadence-ncelab -- Cadence ncelab.exe elaborator

cadence-ncsim -- Cadence ncsim.exe simulator

cadence-ncverilog -- Cadence ncverilog.exe simulator

cadence-irun -- Cadence irun.exe simulator

synopsys-vcs -- Synopsys vcs.exe compiler and elaborator

synopsys-vcsi -- Synopsys vcsi.exe compiler and elaborator

synopsys-simv -- Synopsys simv.exe simulator (generated by VCS/VCSI)

And dest_suite can be chosen from:

mti-modelsim -- ModelTech's ModelSim simulator

syncad-simx32 -- SynaptiCAD's 32-bit Verilogger Extreme simulator

syncad-simx64 -- SynaptiCAD's 64-bit Verilogger Extreme simulator

cadence-ncsim -- Cadence's Incisive simulator

cadence-ncverilog -- Cadence's NC-Verilog simulator

cadence-irun -- Cadence's irun simulator

synopsys-vcs -- Synopsys' VCS simulator

synopsys-vcsi -- Synopsys' VCSi simulator