( ESNUG 267 Item 9 ) -------------------------------------------- [9/29/97]

Subject: ( ESNUG 266 #7 ) Disable "Max Fanout" Warnings Just On Clocks?

> How do you disable max-fanout-exceeded warnings on clocks that show up in
> report files?  We care about these warnings only for non-clock signals.
> We've tried a number of things without success.  Thanks.
>
>  - Bob Alfieri
>    SGI

From: Ajoyka@aol.com (Ajoy Aswadhati)

John, Trying

            dc_shell> set_drive 0 find(port, "clk")

should fix this problem. This will make synopsys think that the port "clk"
has an infinite drive.  You could use this command for any ports that you
do not want synopsys to buffer up, too.

  - Ajoy Aswadhati
    ASIC/EDA Consultant



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