xelab - 2022.1 English

The xelab command, for given top-level units, does the following:

• Loads children design units using language binding rules or the -L <library> command line specified HDL libraries
• Performs a static elaboration of the design (sets parameters, generics, puts generate statements into effect, and so forth)
• Generates executable code
• Links the generated executable code with the simulation kernel library to create an executable simulation snapshot

You then use the produced executable simulation snapshot name as an option to the xsim command along with other options to effect HDL simulation.

xelab Command Syntax Options

Descriptions for each option are available in the following codeblock.

xelab 
[-d [define] <name>[=<val>]
[-debug <kind>]
[-f [-file] <filename>]
[-generic_top <value>]
[-h [-help]
[-i [include] <directory_name>]
[-initfile <init_filename>]
[-log <filename>]
[-L [-lib] <library_name> [=<library_dir>]
[-maxdesigndepth arg]
[-mindelay]
[-typdelay]
[-maxarraysize arg]
[-maxdelay]
[-mt arg]
[-nolog]
[-noname_unnamed_generate]
[-notimingchecks]
[-nosdfinterconnectdelays]
[-nospecify]
[-O arg]
[-override_timeunit]
[-override_timeprecision]
[-prj <filename>]
[-pulse_e arg]
[-pulse_r arg]
[-pulse_int_e arg]
[-pulse_int_r arg]
[-pulse_e_style arg]
[-r [-run]]
[-R [-runall]]
[-rangecheck]
[-relax]
[-s [-snapshot] arg]
[-sdfnowarn]
[-sdfnoerror]
[-sdfroot <root_path>]
[-sdfmin arg]
[-sdftyp arg]
[-sdfmax arg]
[-sourcelibdir <sourcelib_dirname>]
[-sourcelibext <file_extension>]
[-sourcelibfile <filename>]
[-stats]
[-timescale]
[-timeprecision_vhdl arg]
[-transport_int_delays]
[-v [verbose] [0|1|2]] 
[-version]
[-sv_root arg]
[-sv_lib arg]
[-sv_liblist arg]
[-dpiheader arg]
[-driver_display_limit arg]
[-dpi_absolute]
[-incr]
[-93_mode]
[-nosignalhandlers]
[-dpi_stacksize arg]
[-transform_timing_checkers]
[-a[ --standalone]
[-ignore_assertions]
[-ignore_coverage]
[-cov_db_dir arg]
[-cov_db_name arg]
[-uvm_version arg]
[-report_assertion_pass]
[-dup_entity_as_module]
[-cc_celldefines]
[-cc_libs]
[-cc_type arg]
[-cc_db arg]
[-cc_dir arg]
[-cov_db_dir arg]
[-cov_db_name arg]
[-ignore_localparam_override]
[-sc_lib arg]
[-sc_root arg]