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authorTristan Gingold <tgingold@free.fr>2021-04-28 21:23:34 +0200
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@@ -87,13 +87,16 @@ In addition to those options, there are some synthesis specific options.
$ ghdl --synth --std=08 -gDEPTH=12 [library.]top_unit [arch]
-.. option:: --out=<vhdl|raw-vhdl|dot|none|raw|dump>
+.. option:: --out=<vhdl|raw-vhdl|verilog|dot|none|raw|dump>
* **vhdl** *(default)*: equivalent to ``raw-vhdl``, but the original top-level unit is preserved unmodified, so the
synthesized design can be simulated with the same testbench.
- * **raw-vhdl**: all statements are converted to a simple VHDL 1993 netlist, for allowing instantiation in other
- synthesis tools without modern VHDL support.
+ * **raw-vhdl**: all statements are converted to a simple VHDL 1993
+ netlist, for allowing instantiation in other synthesis tools
+ without modern VHDL support.
+
+ * **verilog**: generate a verilog netlist.
* **dot**: generate a graphviz dot diagram of the netlist AST.