is there any way to do top-level LVS and STA on user_project_wrapper and caravel (instead of blackboxing the macros inside them)

@Anish I'm working on a device level LVS flow for the designs in openlane/designs. Using the caravel.gds, I've extracted a device level netlist for caravel, but haven't used it for LVS. How far do you want to extract? device level? gate level?

Either works, I just wanted to ensure that nothing was inadvertently broken (no lost connections or shorts) during the routing and insertion stages

I'll try with the

user_project_wrapper

and let you know. The caravel level had netlisting problems with

pk_control_logic_r

in the openRAM module, so it might take some more work.