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[patch] Probes Section cleanup (#154)
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Co-authored-by: Megan Wachs <[email protected]>
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mmaloney-sf and mwachs5 authored Dec 13, 2023
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RWProbe<UInt<8>, A.B>
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Probes are generally lowered to hierarchical names in Verilog.
For details, see the FIRRTL ABI Specification.
For details on how probes are lowered, see the FIRRTL ABI Specification.

## External Modules

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However, due to the limitations of Verilog, there is an important restriction on where they may be used.

A module which only sends probes up towards its parent via output ports have no restriction.
However, when a module receives a probe from its parent through an input port, you may not use it in a `read`{.firrtl} expression nor may you force it if the circuit component it refences does not live in a module that is a descendent of the current module.
However, when a module receives a probe from its parent through an input port, it may not use it in a `read`{.firrtl} expression nor may it force it if the circuit component it references does not live in a module that is a descendent of the current module.

For more information on the how probes are lowered, see the FIRRTL ABI Specification.

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