From 28118f5fe7bf3dff484474f68ed8da76d9530f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yaman Umuroglu <maltanar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:10:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [Util] add comment about trace depths

---
 src/finn/util/basic.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/finn/util/basic.py b/src/finn/util/basic.py
index 3880bb959..338ca4674 100644
--- a/src/finn/util/basic.py
+++ b/src/finn/util/basic.py
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ def get_rtlsim_trace_depth():
     via the RTLSIM_TRACE_DEPTH environment variable. If the env.var. is
     undefined, the default value of 1 is returned. A trace depth of 1
     will only show top-level signals and yield smaller .vcd files.
+
+    The following depth values are of interest for whole-network stitched IP
+    rtlsim:
+    - level 1 shows top-level input/output streams
+    - level 2 shows per-layer input/output streams
     """
 
     try:
-- 
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