README: document PREGENERATED_BBA_PATH Signed-off-by: Sean Cross <sean@xobs.io>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 10e3bde..efbc6bb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ You can change the location where nextpnr will be installed (this will usually default to `/usr/local`) by using `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/install/prefix`. +It is possible to pre-generate `.bba` files. This can come in handy when building on time-constrained cloud +instances, or in situations where python is unable to use modules. To do this, specify the path to pre- +generated `.bba` files by passing `-DPREGENERATED_BBA_PATH=` to cmake. + Notes for developers --------------------