The vitis_hls
command opens in the AMD Vitis™ HLS integrated design environment (IDE) mode by default. However,
you can also run vitis_hls
interactively, specifying
commands from the command line, or specifying Tcl scripts for the tool to run in batch
mode.
To see what options are available for use with
vitis_hls
you can use the -help
option:vitis_hls -help
The vitis_hls
command supports the following
options:
-
-f <string>
: Start Vitis HLS by running a specified Tcl script. After the Tcl script is ended the tool remains open in interactive mode as described below, unlessquit
orexit
has been called from the script.Tip: When running the tool in interactive mode, you can type thehelp
command to display a list of available Vitis HLS commands:vitis_hls> help
-
-i
: This option invokes the tool in interactive mode with a command prompt, ready to receive any Vitis HLS command, as documented in Project Commands, Configuration Commands, or Optimization Directives. -
-l <string>
: Defines the name and location of the Vitis HLS log file. By default the tool creates a log file called vitis_hls.log in the directory from which Vitis HLS was launched. -
-n
|-nosplash
: Do not show the splash screen when starting the GUI. -
-p
: Open an existing project in IDE mode. Specify a project folder or Tcl file to open the project when you are launching the tool. If a Tcl file is specified it will be automatically opened in the IDE throughopen_tcl_project
. -
-terse
: Filterstdout
commands to only show status INFO and WARNING messages. The log file will contain all messages. -
-version
: Return the version of Vitis HLS being used.
The following example launches Vitis HLS in command-line interactive (CLI) mode:
vitis_hls -i