From e95c49da51e3be6e1d4022eb30934970bcd0bd94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: umarcor Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 05:04:13 +0200 Subject: Makefile: build and install ghwlib shared library --- ghw/README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'ghw/README.md') diff --git a/ghw/README.md b/ghw/README.md index e64bbf769..300e10a74 100644 --- a/ghw/README.md +++ b/ghw/README.md @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ This subdir contains C helpers for managing GHDL Wavefiles (GHW). These sources are used in GTKWave for reading GHW waves (see [gtkwave/gtkwave/search?q=ghwlib](https://github.com/gtkwave/gtkwave/search?q=ghwlib)). - `ghwlib.c` and `ghwlib.h` provide the reader library. -- `ghwdump.c` uses the library for dumping the content of GHW files in text, for debugging purposes. `ghwdump` is built and installed with GHDL by default, and it is used in the test suite. +- `ghwdump.c` uses the library for dumping the content of GHW files in text, for debugging purposes. + +A shared library named `ghwlib.[so|dll]` and `ghwdump` are built and installed with GHDL by default. +Furthermore, `ghwdump` is used in the test suite. These helpers are independent from GHDL's codebase. However, the GHW format is not specified, so it might change as a result of internal tweaks in GHDL. Hence, it is strongly suggested to use the helpers provided in the GHDL installation. -- cgit v1.2.3