--- /dev/null
+// A memory initialized with an external file
+
+module memory (
+ input clk_i,
+ input we_i,
+ input [5:0] addr_i,
+ input [31:0] data_i,
+ output reg [31:0] data_o
+);
+
+parameter MEMFILE = "";
+
+reg [31:0] mem [0:63];
+
+initial $readmemb(MEMFILE,mem);
+
+always @(posedge clk_i) begin
+ if (we_i)
+ mem[addr_i] <= data_i;
+ data_o <= mem[addr_i];
+end
+
+endmodule
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "* Creating Memory Content Files"
+
+for i in {1..64}
+do
+ echo "00001111000000001111111100000000" >> tempfile1.dat
+done
+
+mkdir -p temp
+cp tempfile1.dat temp/tempfile2.dat
+
+cd ..
+
+echo "* Running from the parent directory"
+echo " * Memory Content File: tempfile1.dat"
+../yosys -qp "read_verilog -defer memfile/memory.v; chparam -set MEMFILE \"tempfile1.dat\" memory; synth -top memory"
+echo " * Memory Content File: temp/tempfile2.dat"
+../yosys -qp "read_verilog -defer memfile/memory.v; chparam -set MEMFILE \"temp/tempfile2.dat\" memory; synth -top memory"
+
+cd memfile
+
+echo "* Running from the same directory"
+echo " * Memory Content File: tempfile1.dat"
+../../yosys -qp "read_verilog -defer memory.v; chparam -set MEMFILE \"tempfile1.dat\" memory; synth -top memory"
+echo " * Memory Content File: temp/tempfile2.dat"
+../../yosys -qp "read_verilog -defer memory.v; chparam -set MEMFILE \"temp/tempfile2.dat\" memory; synth -top memory"
+
+cd temp
+
+echo "* Running from a child directory"
+echo " * Memory Content File: tempfile1.dat"
+../../../yosys -qp "read_verilog -defer ../memory.v; chparam -set MEMFILE \"tempfile1.dat\" memory; synth -top memory"
+echo " * Memory Content File: temp/tempfile2.dat"
+../../../yosys -qp "read_verilog -defer ../memory.v; chparam -set MEMFILE \"temp/tempfile2.dat\" memory; synth -top memory"
+echo " * Memory Content File: tempfile2.dat"
+../../../yosys -qp "read_verilog -defer ../memory.v; chparam -set MEMFILE \"temp/tempfile2.dat\" memory; synth -top memory"
+
+echo "* Done"