| # MPL2 Debug Messages |
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| MPL2 debug messages are divided in: |
| - 5 groups according to HierRTLMP flow stages. |
| - 1 group for a post-process stage responsible for pushing the macros to the boundaries if possible. |
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| ## Groups |
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| ### Multilevel Autoclustering |
| - Group Name: `multilevel_autoclustering` |
| - Levels: |
| 1. Overall steps of the stage. |
| 2. Include in logs: |
| * Macro signatures; |
| * Connections of candidate clusters to be merged. |
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| ### Coarse Shaping |
| - Group Name: `coarse_shaping` |
| - Levels: |
| 1. Overall steps of the stage; |
| 2. Log clusters' tilings. |
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| ### Fine Shaping |
| - Group Name: `fine_shaping` |
| - Levels: |
| 1. Overall steps of the stage; |
| 2. Details of the shapes of each cluster's children. |
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| ### Hierarchical Macro Placement |
| - Group Name: `hierarchical_macro_placement` |
| - Levels: |
| 1. Summary with the final costs of each penalty for cluster/macro placement. |
| 2. Include locations chosen for each child/macro. |
| 3. Include, before the summary, a list with the connections between clusters. |
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| ### Orientation Improvement |
| - Group Name: `flipping` |
| - Levels: |
| 1. Print the wire length before and after flipping |
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| ### Boundary Push |
| - Group Name: `boundary_push` |
| - Levels: |
| 1. Print name of the macro cluster currently being pushed, its distance to the close boundaries and a message if the move was not possible due to overlap. |
