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authorSean Cross <sean@xobs.io>2019-09-17 11:33:39 +0800
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You can change the location where nextpnr will be installed (this will usually default to `/usr/local`) by using
`-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/install/prefix`.
+It is possible to pre-generate `.bba` files. This can come in handy when building on time-constrained cloud
+instances, or in situations where python is unable to use modules. To do this, specify the path to pre-
+generated `.bba` files by passing `-DPREGENERATED_BBA_PATH=` to cmake.
+
Notes for developers
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