swap_locs - 2021.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)

Document ID
UG835
Release Date
2021-10-22
Version
2021.2 English

Swap two locations

Syntax

swap_locs [‑quiet] [‑verbose] <aloc> <bloc>

Usage

Name Description
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution
<aloc> First location (port/cell/site - should be of same type as 'bloc')
<bloc> Second location (port/cell/site - should be of same type as 'aloc')

Categories

Floorplan

Description

Swaps the LOC constraints assigned to two similar logic elements. A logic element is an element that can be placed onto a device resource on the FPGA.

Some DRC checking is performed when the swap_locs command is executed to ensure that the two selected elements can in fact be assigned to their new locations. If the location of either element is invalid for any reason, the swap_locs command will fail and an error will be returned.

Arguments

-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.

<aloc> - (Required) The location of the first logic element to swap. This can be specified as a port, a cell, or a device site.

<bloc> - (Required) The location of the second logic element to swap. This can be specified as a port, a cell, or a device site. This must match the type specified by the <aloc> variable.

Examples

The following example swaps the instances assigned to the two specified device sites:
swap_locs [get_sites {OLOGIC_X2Y1}] [get_sites {OLOGIC_X2Y0}]