diff --git a/generators/chipyard/src/main/scala/config/RadianceConfigs.scala b/generators/chipyard/src/main/scala/config/RadianceConfigs.scala
index 967823cf..bd7f1351 100644
--- a/generators/chipyard/src/main/scala/config/RadianceConfigs.scala
+++ b/generators/chipyard/src/main/scala/config/RadianceConfigs.scala
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class WithRadBootROM(address: BigInt = 0x10000, size: Int = 0x10000, hang: BigIn
 // ----------------
 
 class RadianceBaseConfig(argsBinFilename: String = "args.bin") extends Config(
-  // NOTE: when changing these, remember to change +define+NUM_CORES/THREADS/WARPS in
-  // radiance.mk as well!
+  // NOTE: when changing these, remember to change NUM_CORES/THREADS/WARPS in
+  // the verilog source as well!
   new radiance.subsystem.WithSimtConfig(nWarps = 8, nCoreLanes = 8, nMemLanes = 8, nSrcIds = 32) ++
   new chipyard.config.WithSystemBusWidth(bitWidth = 256) ++
   new WithExtMemSize(BigInt("80000000", 16)) ++
diff --git a/generators/radiance b/generators/radiance
index 37fd0c62..33aa4e08 160000
--- a/generators/radiance
+++ b/generators/radiance
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 37fd0c6200d64f5b9091b133dd59dac393185886
+Subproject commit 33aa4e08db965b206b31500f3fc34e4a26dc12d2
diff --git a/vlsi/Makefile b/vlsi/Makefile
index 939d473f..b7b56ee5 100644
--- a/vlsi/Makefile
+++ b/vlsi/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ ifneq ($(EXT_FILELISTS),)
 	cat $(EXT_FILELISTS) >> $(VLSI_RTL)
 endif
 endif
+	$(vlsi_dir)/make_syn_f.sh $(build_dir)
 
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 # srams