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# Readme: VPR Quick Start                      #
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VPR is a CAD tool that is used to pack, place, and route a technology mapped 
user circuit to an FPGA architecture.

# Build VPR

Enter "make" in the vpr directory to build VPR by itself.  Alternatively, if you 
are working in the VTR framework, enter make in the parent directory to build 
all tools used in the framework (including VPR).

# Run VPR

1.  In the vpr directory, enter "./go.sh"

# How to use VPR

Read the go.sh script to see what got run.

Run vpr by itself for a more comprehensive list of options that can be used with VPR.

Read the VPR User Manual for detailed information on how to use VPR and what the 
different options do.

If you want more information about research publications, helpful 
infrastructure, news, etc on VPR, please refer to 
http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/vpr/.

# Final Notes

If you would like to submit a bug report, please do so on the VTR issue tracker website: 
http://code.google.com/p/vtr-verilog-to-routing/issues/list

If you have questions or comments, please e-mail us at vpr@eecg.utoronto.ca

