set_param - 2020.2 English

Set a parameter value

Syntax

set_param [‑quiet] [‑verbose] <name> <value>

Returns

newly set parameter value

Usage

Name	Description
`[-quiet]`	Ignore command errors
`[-verbose]`	Suspend message limits during command execution
`<name>`	Parameter name
`<value>`	Parameter value

Description

Sets the value of a user-definable configuration parameter. These parameters configure and control various behaviors of the tool. Refer to report_param for a description of currently defined parameters.

As an example, a specific param that can be defined is the general.maxThreads parameter for the Vivado Design Suite. On multiprocessor systems, the Vivado Design Suite use multi-threading to speed up certain processes, including DRC reporting, static timing analysis, placement, and routing. A default limit applies to all tasks and is based on the operating system. For Windows systems, the default is 2; for Linux systems the default is 8. The limit can be changed as follows:

set_param general.maxThreads <value>

Where <value> is an integer from 1 to 8, inclusive.

The maximum number of simultaneous threads that can be used also varies by the task being run. You can change the maxThreads parameter prior to running these processes. The maximum number of threads for specific Tcl commands are:

phys_opt_design: 8
place_design: 8
report_drc: 8
report_timing and report_timing_summary: 8
route_design: 8
synth_design: 4

You can use the reset_param command to restore any parameter that has been modified back to its default setting.

Note: Setting a specified parameter value to -1 will disable the feature.

Arguments

<name> - (Required) The name of the parameter to set the value of. You can only set the value of one parameter at a time.

<value> - (Required) The value to set the specified parameter to.

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.

Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.

-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.

Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

Examples

The following example sets the parameter defining how many threads to run for multi-threaded processes, including Placement, Routing, and Timing Analysis:

set_param general.maxThreads 4

Note: The Vivado tool supports between 1 to 8 threads. Use get_param to determine the current setting.

The following example sets a new default value for message limit:

set_param messaging.defaultLimit 1000