Optimize Hierarchy for Functional and Timing Debug - 2022.1 English

Versal ACAP Hardware, IP, and Platform Development Methodology Guide (UG1387)

Document ID
UG1387
Release Date
2022-05-25
Version
2022.1 English

As discussed earlier in this section, keeping the critical path within the same hierarchical boundary is helpful in debugging and meeting timing requirements. Similarly, for functional debug (and modification) purposes, signals that are related should be kept in the same hierarchy. This allows the related signals to be probed and modified with relative ease, as signal names optimized by synthesis are easier to trace when contained in a single level of hierarchy.