Merge pull request #4130 from jix/hierarchy-defer-notop

hierarchy: Without a known top module, derive all deferred modules

passes/hierarchy/hierarchy.cc

@@ -1006,6 +1006,18 @@ struct HierarchyPass : public Pass {
 				if (mod->get_bool_attribute(ID::top))
 					top_mod = mod;
 
+		if (top_mod == nullptr)
+		{
+			std::vector<IdString> abstract_ids;
+			for (auto module : design->modules())
+				if (module->name.begins_with("$abstract"))
+					abstract_ids.push_back(module->name);
+			for (auto abstract_id : abstract_ids)
+				design->module(abstract_id)->derive(design, {});
+			for (auto abstract_id : abstract_ids)
+				design->remove(design->module(abstract_id));
+		}
+
 		if (top_mod == nullptr && auto_top_mode) {
 			log_header(design, "Finding top of design hierarchy..\n");
 			dict<Module*, int> db;

tests/verilog/param_no_default.ys

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 read_verilog -sv param_no_default.sv
-hierarchy
+hierarchy -top top
 proc
 flatten
 opt -full