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Analyzing Simulation Results
Error and Warning Message Classification
warnings. The third line indicates the number of simulation errors or warnings. If there are nonconvergence
errors, then an additional line will be displayed detailing these.
This can be useful if using a browser to analyze the status of a run.
If errors or warnings have been generated, an error message log file, .errm.log,
is created. This file contains the error and warning messages used by the error message
manager. To disable the generation of this error message log file, specify option NOERRMLOG
or invoke Eldo with -noerrmlog.
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Error and Warning Message Classification
Error and Warning Messages
Error and Warning Message Classification
When an error or warning message is detected during parsing of the simulation input file, a
message is printed out specifying the source line number and text containing the error.
Warnings
Warnings may be caused by improper use of commands or parameters which are then ignored
by the analyzer. A warning does not prevent the continuation of analysis and simulation. By
default, Eldo displays each type of node connection fault warnings (107, 108, 113 and 252) only
three times; to override this default use the MSGNODE option.
By default, all warnings are displayed by Eldo. Specify option NOWARN to suppress the
display of all warnings or specify it together with a message ID to only suppress that warning.
In order for this option to be taken into account, place it before the section of the netlist
generating the warnings, ideally place this option at the beginning of the netlist.
Syntax Errors
Error messages usually result from commands or parameters which are not recognized by the
analyzer. When a syntax error is detected the simulation does not continue. It is then necessary
to edit .cir and correct the syntax error. In the printout .chi, the error
location in the text is indicated by a “^” character, possibly accompanied by a message. The
source line number and the source line may not be indicated if the syntax error is detected on a
global basis without reference to a particular line.
Effects
In the event of a warning, execution continues. If a syntax error is detected on the first analysis
step (lexical and syntax analysis), circuit parsing continues until the end of this step, otherwise
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