#include <vpr_types.h>

Data Fields
enum e_place_algorithm	place_algorithm
float	timing_tradeoff
int	block_dist
enum place_c_types	place_cost_type
float	place_cost_exp
int	place_chan_width
enum e_pad_loc_type	pad_loc_type
char *	pad_loc_file
enum pfreq	place_freq
int	num_regions
int	recompute_crit_iter
boolean	enable_timing_computations
int	inner_loop_recompute_divider
float	td_place_exp_first
int	seed
float	td_place_exp_last
boolean	doPlacement

Detailed Description

Various options for the placer.

place_algorithm: BOUNDING_BOX_PLACE or NET_TIMING_DRIVEN_PLACE, or PATH_TIMING_DRIVEN_PLACE
timing_tradeoff: When TIMING_DRIVEN_PLACE mode, what is the tradeoff * timing driven and BOUNDING_BOX_PLACE.
block_dist: Initial guess of how far apart blocks on the critical path This is used to compute the initial slacks and criticalities
place_cost_type: LINEAR_CONG or NONLINEAR_CONG.
place_cost_exp: Power to which denominator is raised for linear_cong.
place_chan_width: The channel width assumed if only one placement is performed.
pad_loc_type: Are pins FREE, fixed randomly, or fixed from a file. *
pad_loc_file: File to read pin locations form if pad_loc_type * is USER.
place_freq: Should the placement be skipped, done once, or done for each channel width in the binary search.
num_regions: Used only with NONLINEAR_CONG; in that case, congestion is computed on an array of num_regions x num_regions basis.
recompute_crit_iter: how many temperature stages pass before we recompute criticalities based on average point to point delay
enable_timing_computations: in bounding_box mode, normally, timing information is not produced, this causes the information to be computed. in *_TIMING_DRIVEN modes, this has no effect
inner_loop_crit_divider: (move_lim/inner_loop_crit_divider) determines how many inner_loop iterations pass before a recompute of criticalities is done.
td_place_exp_first: exponent that is used on the timing_driven criticlity it is the value that the exponent starts at.
td_place_exp_last: value that the criticality exponent will be at the end
doPlacement: TRUE if placement is supposed to be done in the CAD flow, FALSE otherwise