OpenROAD/src/odb/doc/debugMessages.md

OpenDB Debug Messages

Groups

DB editing

• Group Name: DB_EDIT
• Levels:

1. Netlist editing operations (e.g., connect, disconnect, create, ...).
2. Other operations. (e.g., create dbGuide, add resistance segment, adjust cap node, field value update, ...).

ECO journal

• Group Name: DB_ECO
• Levels:

1. Certain operations (e.g., create dbCCSeg)
2. Most ECO operations
3. Undo ECO operations + dbGuide creation
4. Undo ECO status change (e.g., start of undo, early exit of undo, ...)

Replace design

• Group Name: replace_design
• Levels:

1. Module/Instance/Port creation and connection operations.
2. Print iterms in a new module during swap master operation.
3. Skipping non-internal nets during replacement.

Verilog Reader

• Group Name: dbReadVerilog
• Levels:

1. High-level hierarchy creation (Blocks, Modules, Instances, Ports), Properties, Linking, and dumping block content.
2. Detailed netlist creation (Nets, Connections, Child instances).

Get Default Vias

• Group Name: get_default_vias
• Levels:

1. Default via resolution process (candidates, selection, or missing defaults).