From 5273ab73b61c103d90955fb039638ab2706a4e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Fischer <fischeti@iis.ee.ethz.ch>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:22:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] src: Guard tracing logic during synthesis

---
 src/frontend/inst64/idma_inst64_top.sv | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/frontend/inst64/idma_inst64_top.sv b/src/frontend/inst64/idma_inst64_top.sv
index d501d5b..9d27869 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inst64/idma_inst64_top.sv
+++ b/src/frontend/inst64/idma_inst64_top.sv
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ module idma_inst64_top #(
     // DMA Tracer
     //--------------------------------------
     // only activate tracer if requested
+`ifndef SYNTHESIS
     if (DMATracing) begin : gen_tracer
         for (genvar c = 0; c < NumChannels; c++) begin : gen_channels
             // derive the name of the trace file from the hart and channel IDs
@@ -530,5 +531,6 @@ module idma_inst64_top #(
             `IDMA_TRACER_RW_AXI(gen_backend[c].i_idma_backend_rw_axi, trace_file);
         end
     end
+`endif
 
 endmodule