AMD makes the following recommendations for choosing debug nets:
- Probe nets at the boundaries (inputs or outputs) of a specific hierarchy. This method helps isolate problem areas quickly. Subsequently, you can probe further in the hierarchy if needed.
- Do not probe nets in between combinatorial logic paths. If you add MARK_DEBUG on nets in the middle of a combinatorial logic path, none of the optimizations applicable at the implementation stage of the flow are applied, resulting in sub-par timing QoR results.
- Probe nets that are synchronous to get cycle accurate data capture.