Exporting the Waivers - 2021.2 English

As part of the design constraints, the waivers are automatically saved inside the checkpoint and restored from the checkpoint. Waivers are saved inside both the plain XDC and binary constraints.

Use write_xdc and write_waivers commands to export the waivers as a standalone XDC file. The XDC can be reloaded inside Vivado tools with the read_xdc or source commands.

The write_xdc command exports all the waivers inside the XDC file along with all the design constraints. This includes the waivers defined by the user and also the Xilinx IP waivers. The constraints inside the XDC are in the same order as they have been applied to the design. To only export the waivers, use the command line option -type waiver. For example:

write_xdc -type waiver -file waivers.xdc

The write_waivers command differs from write_xdc because it only exports the user waivers and provides more control and granularity. The Xilinx IP waivers are not exported through write_waivers. By default, all the user CDC, DRC, and Methodology waivers are exported. Use the option -type to only export CDC, DRC, or Methodology waivers.

For example, the command below exports all CDC waivers to the file waivers_cdc.xdc:

write_waivers -type CDC -file waivers_cdc.xdc

All the waivers for a particular check id can be exported with the option -id. The example below export all the waivers for the Methodology check TIMING-15:

write_waivers -id TIMING-15 -file waivers_timing_15.xdc

The following table summarizes the differences between write_xdc and write_waivers commands with regards to the user waivers and Xilinx IP waivers.