From 171eeca840ee34f4210471192845c1f21cad7c31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bryan newbold Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:45:45 -0500 Subject: docs in contrib/README --- contrib/README | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README index 55508f8..5885aa9 100644 --- a/contrib/README +++ b/contrib/README @@ -1,4 +1,18 @@ +### Notes + +By default, re-synthesis of a project (eg, after making a change to any HDL +files) will attempt to use the previous place-and-route netlist as a starting +point via the "smartguide" mechanism. 'make mostlyclean' will prevent this. + +Changes to Makefiles will *not* necessarily result in a full rebuild; the +makefiles themselves are not a prerequisite of any targets. It is *strongly* +recommended that you 'make clean' (not just 'mostlyclean') after any +significant modifications to project settings, particularly changes to the +target part number. + +### Make Targets + make bitfiles - synths bitfiles and copies to ./bitfiles/ (DEFAULT) make synth - compiles and synthesizes bitfiles (no copying) make tests - runs all unittests -- cgit v1.2.3