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Jean-Paul Chaput 731d435a35 Merge the routing-driven version of Etesian (github/RoutingDriven) 2015-04-25 17:24:53 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 770b1fbbbc Support for Uniquification. Rewrite of the Blif parser.
* New: In Hurricane, In NetAlias & Net, add an AliasList collection to
    iterate over all the aliases names (this *not* include the main
    net name).
* New: In Hurricane, In Cell, Instance & Net add support for cloning and
    uniquification (update documentation).
      All Cells that are uniquified from a given model are kept in an
    Uniquify relation. This relation allows to get all the clones and
    generate unique clone names by adding a "_uXX" suffix.
* Bug: In Hurricane, the Cell::_isFlattenLeaf attribute was not initialized
    in the constructor.
* Change: In CRL Core, in AllianceFramework::getCell(), no longer destroy
    a partially loaded Cell in case of parser failure, let the incomplete
    Cell be.
* New: In CRL Core, in ApParser, if all the instances are placed, sets the
    Cell::Placed flag.
* Change: In CRL Core, in BlifParser, complete rewrite of the parser.
    Not so good an idea afterwards...
* New: In Etesian, uniquify the design before placing.
* Change: In Kite, display the list of unrouted wired after all other
    statistics.
2015-04-25 16:52:18 +02:00
Gabriel Gouvine bded70971e Taking into account the configuration flag + wipeout routing function 2015-04-23 16:14:06 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 4023481da3 Add a state to Cell to know if is placed and/or routed.
* New: In Hurricane, In Cell, add Placed and Routed flags to know the
    state of the Cell.
* Change: In CRL Core, In ApDriver, do not save the RoutingPads as
    external connectors if the design is *not* routed (create
    conflics on reload with the newly generated RoutingPads).
* Change: In Etesian, set the Placed flag on the Cell.
* Change: In Kite, set the Routed flag on the Cell.
* Change: In Cumulus, in RSavePluginAll, save the layout only if it
    has a bounding box.
2015-04-16 16:52:33 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput ef9936e87c Support for Net alias names. Blif parser enhancements.
* New: In Hurricane, In Net & Cell, support for Net aliases names.
    Use a structure based on a simple ring of NetAliasHook. The Net
    holds a global map, sorted by names of all the aliases of all Nets.
    Elements NetAliasesHook of the map are slaves of ring whose master
    is an attribute of the Net (it is *not* in the map, as the primary
    name of the Net).
      In case of merge, the aliases of both Nets are merged and the
    name of the merged one become an alias.
      The Cell::getNet() looks in both the Net map and the aliases to
    find a Net by name.
* Bug: In CRL Core, in coriolisInit.py, reoder the loading of the
    configuration files so the real technology is read as early as
    possible to set up the <gridsPerLambda> factor before any lambda
    is actually computed...
* Bug: In CRL Core, in AcmSigda, do not try to fed the file when it
    has failed to be opened. Throw a clean exception instead.
* New: In CRL Core, in Toolbox, add a NamingScheme object to convert
    a design into VHDL compliant names (mainly from Blif/Verilog).
    This is extensible in any case.
* New: In CRL Core, in BlifParser, slightly more informative warning
    messages. Align the loading progress information on the other
    parsers.
      Add a capability to select which component of the design will
    be returned, if there are more than one. Use the "." as separator.
    For exemple you can request "Processor.Alu", which will load
    the "Alu" component from the design in "Processor.blif".
      To be able to save a Blif loaded design, systematically convert
    all the name for VHDL compliance, as it is the format used by
    the Coriolis native files (vst).
      Export the Blif parser to the Python interface.
* New: In Kite, In NegociateWindow, add a counter of the number of
    remaining events. Gives an idea of the ETA...
* New: In Unicorn, in cgt.by, add an option to load a Blif design from
    the command line.
* New: In Cumulus, new RSave plugin to save both netlist & layout.
    Partly redundant with the previous one. Have to better organize
    that later.
2015-04-16 15:40:02 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput d7ca2fb299 Correct the garbled screen when shifting right in CellWidget.
* Bug: In Hurricane, In CellViewer, pass by a temporary pixmap when
    shitfing right (and bottom). We were already using the AutoCopy
    buffer for the opposites moves... Seems that the drawPixmap()
    may have changed of implementation.
      Explanation of the diagonal lines, see QTBUG-31579 that affect
    Qt 4.8.5. Temporary work around, force the pen to have a width
    of 2 pixels (for _normalPen & _linePen).
* Change: In Hurricane, in CellViewer remove the redraw by whole
    strip mechanism (offsetVA).
* New: In Hurricane, In CellViewer::DrawingPLanes add a tracking of
    the brush offset to avoid small irregularities at the border of
    two separately drawed areas.
* Bug: In Hurricane, in Graphics, display a warning about the
    diagonal lines when using Qt 4.8.5.
2015-04-05 19:21:20 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 1e73466199 Added new CMake macro add_python_module() and some cleanup. 2015-03-22 19:12:45 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 5dc60415e7 Happy new year 2015! 2015-03-17 16:56:55 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput a7c4e8b02e Python Script launcher extended to accomodate Chams.
* New: In VLSISAPD, in Configuration, add a new priority level UserFile
    to distinguish between the system configuration files and the user's
    configuration files (which take precedence).
* New: In Hurricane, in Script (Python), improve the API to be able
    to support Chams (and remove the duplicate capability from it).
      Add separate functions to perform the initialize/run(s)/finalize
    cycle step by step.
* Change: In CRL Core, rename real technology <hcmos9> to <hcmos9gp>,
    it's offcial name from CMP/ST. This is the 130nm.
      Move the reading of the symbolic & real technologies names from
    coriolisInit.py to helpers.__init__.py, to be shared with
    chamsInit.py.
      To avoid a clash of names inside of helpers, the two variables
    of techno.py are renamed "symbolicTechnology" and "realTechnology".
      Move python init system from crlcore/src/crlcore to crlcore/python.
* New: In CRL Core, In Utilities, add site-packages/pharos to the
    PYTHONPATH.
* Change: In Kite, move python init system from kite/src/init to
    kite/python.
2015-03-17 16:31:24 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f5020120bf Correct clock-tree building when used on a standalone block.
* Change: In Cumulus, in Configuration.py, in the horizontal & vertical
    wire creation adds new flags ExpandWidth to draw wires one lambda
    bigger than the minimal width (see ClockTree.py patch).
* Change: In Cumulus, In ClockTree.py, use non default width to draw
    wires of the H branch of the clock tree. This is to prevent them
    to be recognized as "manual global routing", which they are not
    and not event topologically compatible.
* Bug: In Kite, in BuildPowerRails, change the way clocks are detected
    when working on a single block (not a whole chip). Now look only
    in clock which are external and do not filter out already routed
    ones.
* Change: In KiteEngine, in createGlobalGraph(), systematically call
    flattenNets() so nets that are added after the first flattening
    in the placer are also flattened. The flattenNets() Cell method
    takes care of not flattening twice a net.
2015-03-03 11:11:22 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput bd3984a313 Correctly manage clock net isolateds from the main clock.
* New: In Bootstrap, in ccb.py, check if cmake is installed and issue
    a warning, if not.
* New: In Hurricane, added Cell::getDeepNet() to search for a deepnet
    given a path and a leaf net. This method is slow and must not be
    used too often. Introduced for Kite::BuildPowerRails().
* Change: In CRL Core, in cmos/alliance.conf, modify the clock name
    pattern to match the sub-clock signals in the datapath operators.
* Bug: In Etesian, do not blindly reset the top cell abutment-box.
    Do it only if it's empty, otherwise keep it.
* Bug: In Kite, in buildPowerRails(), in getRootNet() the management
    of clock nets was incomplete. The case of unrouted clock nets
    that where not connected to the top core clock net, like the
    one in the datapath registers was faulty. They were partly
    recognized as unrouteds and partly as blockage generating a
    routing deadlock: routage impossible due to blockage generated
    from itself...
* New: In Stratus1, add a buildModel() utility function to automate
    the model generation and allow a call by the model name (string).
* Change: In Unicorn, in cgt.py, display the Alliance environement.
2015-02-25 22:22:16 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 6d366a08bc Etesian integration with Chip & ClockTree plugins.
* New: In Hurricane, in DebugSession, add a new method to activate the
    trace inconditionally with a certain level.
* New: In Hurricane, in HyperNet, allow copy construction as there is
    no reason to disallow it and we need it now.
* New: In Hurricane, in Cell::flattenNets(), add a new option to prevent
    the flattening of the clock net(s). For more safety perform the
    DeepNet creation *outside* the Collection loop.
* Bug: In Hurricane, in Cell_HyperNetRootNetOccurrences, skip the
    DeepNets because they are the result of another flattening operation.
* New: In Isobar, in PyBasicLayer, export C++ method getBlockageLayer().
* New: In Isobar, in PyRoutingGauge, export C++ method getLayerPitch(),
    needed by Cumulus plugins.
* New: In Etesian, EtesianEngine::findYSpin() to look for the Y orientation
    if some cells are already placed. Typically the buffers of a clock
    tree.
      Pass the correct orienation to row_compatible_orientation().
      Do not try to add feeds in the ISPD05 benchmarks. For now the
    benchmarks are detected through their names (unreliable).
* Change: In Knik, in KnikEngine::initGlobalRouting(), allow the clock
    to be routed as an ordinary signal when the clock tree is not
    used.
* New: In Kite, in BuildPowerRails, management & detection for the
    pre-routed clock.
      In KiteEngine constructor, early initialization of the blockage
    net to avoid later troubles in BuildPowerRails.
* New: In Cumulus, in ChipPlugin, add support for Etesian plus new
    configuration parameter 'clockTree.placerEngine' to select between
    Mauka and Etesian.
* New: In Cumulus, in BlockCorona, add blockages in the vertical sides
    in the vertical layer to prevent the router to use the vertical
    tracks in under the prower lines (for example, blockage in M3
    with power line M5).
      In Cumulus, in ChipConf add attribute to access the blockage net.
* New: In Cumulus, when the clock tree is disabled, do not generate
    the last rail around the block (the clock rail).
* Bug: In Cumulus, in ChipConf use the clock pad to guess the clock
    signals and *not* the power pad.
      Add more meaningful error messages if a pad global signal is
    not found (implicit connexion by name).
* Bug: In Cumulus, in ClockTree, compute correctly the cells Y spin,
    that is *from the bottom of the cell AB* (not from 'zero').
2015-02-24 13:13:17 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput b18219d807 Integration of the latest Coloquinte in Etesian & misc modifs.
* New: In Bootstrap, in Builder & coriolisEnv.py support for RHEL7/SL7.
    The sub-directory name is 'el7_64'.
      In qt_setup() add QtSvg to list of Qt5 & Qt4 used libraries.
* New: In Hurricane, In Cell add a placeholder for flags. First use to
    store whether the Nets have been transhierarchically flatteneds.
* New: In Hurricane, In NetRoutingState add an Unconnected flag for
    more accurate diagnosis.
* New: Hurricane, in CellViewer add an entry menu for stress tests.
    The script must be named "stressScript.py" in the cwd.
* Change: In CRL Core, in display.conf add a scaling parameter for the
    display threhold of the layer. This way we can adapt to different
    standard cells height.
* Change: In CRL Core, in ISPD05 bookshelf loader, use the pitch of the
    cell gauge instead of a hard-wired 5.0.
* Change: In Cumulus, in ClockTreePlugin, add support for Etesian placer
    and a new configuration parameter to choose between Mauka/Etesian.
* New: In Etesian, support for the latest Coloquinte.
    Add feed insertion stage.
* Bug: In Kite, In BuildPowerRails, check that _ck is not NULL before
    tring to access it's name...
* Change: In Kite, check if the Cell has it's Nets flattened before
    doing it (or not).
2015-02-01 23:24:13 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 978315c017 Compliance with Clang 3.4 (RHEL7, MacOS).
* New: In Bootstrap, added support for RHEL7 in ccb.py & coriolisEnv.py.
   In coriolisEnv.py, under RHEL6, directly launch a shell under
   devtoolset-2 (do not put it in .bashrc).
* Change: All tools, compliance with Clang 3.2.
   - Call using namespace std *after* at least one include of std has
     been used.
   - In Utilities.h define both const and non-cont overload for operator<<
     of mstream (this was the true cause of the Banner display problem).
   - No longer use defaults arguments in templates, instead create two
     separated overloads.
   - Put template static attributes allocation outside of namespaces
     (this one I'm not sure how to justify).
   - Protect by NDEBUG variables that are only needed in assert().
   - In PyInterval getUnion() & getIntersection() we where silently
     overwriting the "self" object (interval).
   - In Mauka, *do no* overload _postCreate() and add an argument, breaks
     the virtual function mechanism. Rename it into _maukaPostCreate().
     Idem for SubRow().
   - In Katabatic::GCell(), invalidate() overload a Go funtion but is
     used for different purpose at this level. Rename it invalidateCt()
     (invalidate *ConTents*).
   - Miscellaneous small cleanup.
2014-12-09 23:49:46 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput b98e6a968a Kite, Pin are not pre-route, do not use _vdde when routing a block.
* Bug: In Kite, in KiteEngine::BuildPreRouteds(), Pin (sub-class of
    Contact) must not be considered as a component triggering the
    *already routed* state.
* Bug: In Kite, in BuildPreRouteds (GlobalNetTable), when de design
    is *not* a full chip, do not try to compare net with _vdde/_vsse.
2014-10-05 12:21:02 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput dbf87493eb In Kite, Segments where not rescheduled in some cases of moveUp().
* Bug: In Kite, in TrackSegment::_postDogleg() when called through
    TrackSegment::moveUp(), if no dogleg are created, that is the
    segment is "pivoted up" (for example a M3 connected to only
    M4 that is pivoted to M5), the segment was *not* rescheduled as
    it ough to be. The end result was a M5 in a M3 track...
* Change: In Kite, in Track::checkOverlaps() in case of further
    problems, also check that TrackSegments and Track are in the
    same layer.
2014-10-03 16:04:12 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput c244c9ce70 Group all the user configuration file under a ".coriolis/" directory.
* Change: In CRL Core, in coriolisInit.py now read the configuration
    files from a ".coriolis2/" directory. This is to avoid too many
    dot files in the user's directory. Files have also been renamed:
       .coriolis2.conf         ==>  .coriolis2/settings.conf
       .coriolis2_techno.conf  ==>  .coriolis2/techno.conf
* Change: In Kite, in kiteInit.py follow the same policy as CRL Core
    for configuration file.
       .coriolis2.kite.py      ==>  .coriolis2/kite.py
2014-09-27 17:40:35 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 1f9ae36554 Bug fixes for MOSIS SCMOS_DEEP support.
* Change: In Hurricane, the NetRoutingProperty is moved into Hurricane
    from Katabatic. Needed for Knik to be able to access thoses
    informations.
* Change: In Hurricane, in RoutingPad::setOnBestComponent(), now in
    case of identical area, select the component of lowest id.
    This should not be needed if the component ordering was fully
    deterministic as it should be (will investigate later).
      This is to ensure that the choosen component is always the
    same, especially between save/load of a global routing.
* Bug: In Katabatic, in AutoContactHTee::updateTopology(), invalidate
    the segments only if the topology is valid (no NULL in the
    cached segments).
* Bug: In Katabatic, in GCellTopology::construct(), throw an error
    if the topology is bad instead of trying to continue (and core
    dump later... ).
* Bug: In Kite, in BuildPowerRails, distinguish the name of the master
    net in the pad (for vddi, vssi, vdde, vsse, ck, cki & cko) and the
    name of the net in the *chip* netlist. Must use the later to make
    comparison as they may differs.
* Change: In Knik, in save/load solution, exclude nets that are not
    globally routed by Knik. That is which NetRoutingProperty is not
    *Automatic*.
* Bug: In Cumulus, in chip.BlockPower take account of the layer
    width extention to sligthy shrink the connector thus avoiding a
    notch with standart cell in some cases.
* Change: In Cumulus, in chip.ClockTree disable the use of fixed Steiner
    trees for the leaf clocks, as it seems overconstrained for the
    router. First move was to lower them in M2/M3 (instead of M3/M4)
    but that was not sufficent.
* New: In Cumulus, RSavePlugin for recursively saving a physical
    hierarchy.
* New: In documentation, first embryo for RDS file. Should have been
    in Alliance git, but I prefer to keep newest doc in Coriolis.
2014-09-21 16:44:37 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2c345c9033 Various improvement & bug correction in Katabatic & Kite.
* Bug: In Katabatic, in AutoContactTurn::cacheAttach() unset the
    "cache invalidated" flag *only* if the h1 & v1 component are
    sets. This is needed because we can attach *before* the first
    cache revalidation (in the initial building stage).
* Bug: In Katabatic, in AutoSegment::getPPitch() out of bound access
    of the top of the RoutingGauge, in case of a top layer segment
    with a spin top flag (maybe this shouldn't happen?).
* Change: In Kite, in SegmentFsm::conflictSolveByPlaceds() take
    account as conflicting other global, global, blockage *and*
    now fixeds.
* Change: In Cumulus, in px2mpx.py more accurate way of transforming
    the pad blockages.
2014-09-14 18:54:10 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput a3963716b1 Correction in plugins to support msxlib compatible pads.
* New: In CRL Core, in helpers & alliance.conf, set and read a "PAD"
    variable to define the pad model name extension ("px" for "sxlib
    and "pxr" for vsxlib, this is provisional).
* New: In CRL Core, in plugin.conf, add parameters to define the name
    of used for power & clock supply. We may remove the extention in
    the future (to be more coherent with the previous modification).
* New: In Cumulus, in chip.Configuration.GaugeConf._rpAccess(), no
    longer place the accessing contact *at the center* of the
    RoutingPad. It works under sxlib because buffers & registers all
    have same size terminals. But this is not true under vsxlib,
    leading to misaligned contacts & wires. Now systematically place
    on the slice midlle track (maybe with one pitch above or below).
      This is still very weak as we do not check if the terminal
    reach were the contact is being put. Has to be strenthened in
    the future.
* New: In Cumulus, in chip.Configuration.ChipConf, read the new
    clock & power pad parameters.
* Change: In Isobar (and all other Python wrappers), uses PyLong instead
    of PyInt for DbU conversions. In PyHurricane argument converter,
    automatically check for both PyLong and then PyInt.
* Change: In Cumulus, in chip.PadsCorona, more accurate error message
    in case of discrepency in global net connections (i.e. no net
    of the same name in instance model and instance model owner.
* Change: In Kite, in BuildPowerRails, when looking up at the pads
    model name to find "pck_" or "pvddeck_", do not compare the
    extension part. But we still use hard-coded stem pad names,
    maybe we shouldn't.
* Bug: In Katabatic, in GCellConfiguration::_do_xG_xM1_xM3(), there
    was a loop in the search of the best N/E initial RoutingPad.
* Bug: In Kite, in KiteEngine::protectRoutingPads(), *do not* protect
    RoutingPads of fixed nets, they are already through the
    BuildPowerRails stage (and it's causing scary overlap warning
    messages).
* Bug: In Cumulus, in ClockTree.HTreeNode.addLeaf(), do not create
    deep-plug when the core is flat (not sub-modules). All the new
    nets are at core level.
* Bug: In Cumulus, in ChipPlugin.PlaceCore.doFloorplan(), ensure
    that the core is aligned on the GCell grid (i.e. the slice
    grid of the overall chip).
* Bug: In Kite, in GCellTopology::_do_xG_xM1_xM3(), infinite loop
    while looking for the bigger N-E RoutingPad. Forgot to decrement
    the index...
2014-09-13 17:45:30 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f85159bdb4 More accurate error message in Python module importation. 2014-09-07 23:16:04 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 51a3236962 Add management of fixed wires to Kite (for chip ClockTree)
* Change: In Hurricane, in Plug::setNet(), more informative error messages.
* Change: In Hurricane, In Segment, more informative error messages.
* Change: In Hurricane, In DeepNet, accessor for the Net occurrence.
* Bug: In Katabatic, in AutoSegment::create(), error message uses correct
    variables (vertical was using horizontal)...
* Change: In Kite, in BuildPowerRails, already existing wiring in instances
    is copied up as blockage. Uses blockage layer instead of true layer
    (it was a bug).
* Change: In Kite, in BuildPreRouted, consider as manual global routing
    nets with only default wiring (default size wire & contacts).
    Non-default routing is flagged as fixed (with the NetRoutingState
    property).
2014-08-15 19:26:49 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 6588902780 Correct edge capacity display in debug mode. 2014-08-03 16:38:57 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 09f515c62a Support for Windows/Cygwin, part 2.
* Change: In bootstrap, in ccb, builder and coriolisEnv.py, correct detection
    of the windows architecture (32 or 64 bits). Under Cygwin, add the
    directory of the dll into the PATH also. Uses "site-package" as the
    location of Python modules (*not* "dist-package").
      Use gnu++0x under Cygwin instead of c++11.
* Change: In Etesian, if Coloquinte is not found, do not stop the compilation,
    just disable the tool altogether.
* Change: In Hurricane, In Backtrace, disable backtrace under Cygwin as it
    uses features specific of the glibc.
* Change: In Knik, use HUGE_VAL instead of HUGE (not present under Cygwin),
    add the <cmath> header.
* Change: In Unicorn, Coloquinte no longer stops the compilation.
2014-07-23 00:55:50 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 520b9ae382 Restore support for both Qt4 & Qt5.
* Change: In bootstrap, in ccb & builder, build by default with Qt4 and
    provide a --qt5 command line switch to enable Qt5.
      FindBootstrap.cmake now provides a qtX_wrap_cpp() macros to be
    independant of the version of Qt being used.
      Add all thoses options to the graphical interface to the builder.
* Change: In all the tools using Qt, switch to the qtX_*() macros from
    FindBootstrap.cmake.
* Change: In Hurricane, in CellViewer, revert to the Qt4 way of connecting
    signal/slots for backward compatibility.
2014-07-22 11:06:26 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput d0d045b55b Starting to implement support for Windows/Cygwin.
* New: In all to CMakeLists.txt, disable the warning about deprecated
   WIN32 under cygwin.
* New: In boostrap, in ccb.py, coriolisEnv.py and builder/Configuration.py
   add recognition in uname for the values returned under Windows/Cygwin.
* New: In Documenation, in UsersGuide.rst add some informations about
   Cygwin and a section for the devel branch.
2014-07-13 13:14:49 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 0cced62851 Kite is now deterministic, given a global routing.
* Bug: In Kite, in TrackCost, the boolean attribute "_forGlobal" was not
    initialized in the constructor causing the non-deterministic behavior.
    Arrrrgggghhhhhh.
* Bug: In Kite, in PyKiteEngine, forgot to perform the
    "balanceGlobalDensity()" in the layer assign Python wrapper, another
    cause for non-determinism.
* Change: In Kite, In KiteEngine, print the configuration at the same
    point as in the python script (to get identical output).
2014-07-07 00:42:38 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput e29221274e Add a Python hook into Kite. Python support for DebugSession.
* New: In Isobar, export the DebugSession mechanism.
* New: In Kite, In KiteEngine, add the ability to run a Python script
    (hook) after the initialization of the KiteEngine.
2014-07-05 18:02:51 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2b243fc0ca In protectCagedTerminal() check that the METAL3 track is free.
* New: In Kite, in protectCagedTerminal(), check that the perpandicular
    top METAL3 track is free before inserting the fixed protection.
    They are added *after* the Pre-Routed stage and therefore we have
    to check they do not cross.
* Change: In Kite, in NegociateWindow, print statistics before fixing
    segment in the pre-routed stage to get correct results.
* Change, In CRL Core, in Measures when an addMeasure is performed
    twice, let the new data erase the previous one (instead of keeping
    the previous one).
2014-07-03 00:26:15 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 20d25b2053 Add NetRoutingState (Property) on Nets to tell Kite what to do.
* New: In Katabatic, add the ability to decorate some (i.e. few) nets
    with a state that indicate to Katabatic & Kite what to do with it.
    The possible states are:
    1. Fixed : all the wire are in fixed positions. The router cannot
       move them and account them as obstacles.
    2. ManualGlobalRoute : a user-defined topology is supplied. The
       wires still have to be detailed route in "Detailed Pre-Route"
       but will be skipped for the global routing and fixed for the
       general Detailed route.
    3. AutomaticGlobalRoute : ordinary nets, to be global routed then
       detail routed.
    4. Excluded : do not try to global or detail route thoses nets.
    5. MixedPreRoute : mask combining Fixed and ManualGlobalRoute.
      Not all nets have this property, only those that needs a special
    processing.
      To ease the access to the state, it is nested inside a
    PrivateProperty in the net (NetRoutingProperty), with an extension
    access class (NetRoutingExtension).
* New: In Kite, take account of NetRoutingState. Pointers to the
    net's states are strored inside an internal map for faster access.
    The property is *not* deleted when Kite is destroyed. The property
    will remains until the Net itself is destroyed.
      As a consequence, the lists that where passed to high level
    function are removed as the information can now be accessed directly
    through the net NetRoutingProperty.
* New: In Unicorn, in CgtMain, comply with the update interface.
* New: In documentation, update the User's Guide to explain the Pre-routed
    step of Kite.
2014-07-02 14:36:58 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 01b97626a8 Support for Python plugins in CellViewer/Unicorn. ClockTree plugin.
* New: In Hurricane, in CellViewer, create a simpler API to graft menu
    and actions into the menubar. Mainly addToMenu() which take care of
    the QAction creation but also locate the relevant QMenu, base on
    the Qt object name. Regroup all the widget & action creation inside
    the body of the constructor, this way almost all actions can be
    removed from the attributes of the CellViewer.
      addToMenu() is supplied in three flavors:
        1. For C++ callbacks in GraphicToolEngines (with a binded
           member function method).
        2. For running Python scripts to be used by the plugin system.
        3. To insert separator in menus (to give a more homogeneous
           look).
    Remove the last remnants of Stratus scripts (unificated with basic
    Python scripts).
* New: In Hurricane, in PyCellViewer, export the interface to graft
    Python scripts into the CellViewer menu tree.
* Change: In Etesian, in GraphicEtesianEngine, use the new API to
    graft menus & callbacks into the CellViewer.
* Change: In Mauka, in GraphicMaukaEngine, use the new API to
    graft menus & callbacks into the CellViewer.
* Change: In Kite, in GraphicKiteEngine, use the new API to
    graft menus & callbacks into the CellViewer.
* New: In Cumulus, install Python scripts as plugins for Unicorn under
    <PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES>/cumulus/plugins/.
* New: In Unicorn, in UnicornGui, make uses of the new API for creating
    menus in the CellViewer. Creates the stem menu for the P&R tools.
      Add a Python initialization mechanism to read the plugins
    installeds into <PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES>/cumulus/plugins/.
2014-06-25 19:50:34 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput ff21d3c8a2 Implementation of pre-routing support (for clock-tree compliance).
* New: In Katabatic, in <AutoContact>, this class is no longer derived
    from ExtentionGo. With the simplificated AutoContacts, there is no
    reason to do so, and it will save some QuadTree insertions/deletions.
      New factory function AutoContact::createFrom(Contact*) which try to
    build an AutoContact on top of a Hurricane::Contact. Of course that
    base contact *must fit* into one of the predefined Contact
    configurations (Terminal, Turn, HTee or VTee).
      NOTE: This implies that the pre-routed segments & contacts *are*
    correctly articulated, which is not the case when a Cell is read
    from disk in "ap" format. The pre-routing feature must be used for
    now without any re-read from disk. We will implement a re-articulating
    pre-process in the future.
* Change: In Katabatic, in <AutoContact> derived classes, the ::updateCache()
    method now display an accurate error message if a segment is connected
    but has no AutoSegment conterpart (i.e. the lookup fails).
* New: In Katabatic, in <AutoSegment>, the ::computeOptimal() method is
    short-circuited for pre-routed segments, the optimal axis position is
    considered to be the one it is currently on (i.e. we trust the designer).
* New: In Katabatic, in <KatabaticEngine>, the ::loadGlobalRouting()
    method now accept a map of excluded nets (same as Knik). This map is
    the one of pre-routed nets.
* New: In Katabatic, in layer assignment, do not try to displace fixed
    segments...
* New: In Katabatic, in <AutoSegment>, new flag SegUserDefined and related
    methods to know if a segment comes from the global router (Knik) or
    is pre-routed (supplied by the user).
* New: In Kite, In <BuildPowerRails>, support (exclusion) for pre-routed
    nets.
* New: In Kite, In <GraphicKiteEngine> new menu entry for running the
    router on pre-routed nets ("Detailed Pre-Route"), also integrated
    in the all-on-one route command.
* New: In Kite, In KiteEngine, new method ::_initDataBase() that group
    all the initialisation steps. It is a mix of calls between Knik and
    Kite initializations which are intertwinneds (may have to devellop
    a shared common base at a later point). It creates the Knik grid,
    then the Katabatic grid, then load pre-routed wires and power rails
    and protect isolated RoutingPads.
      Add support for a map of pre-routed nets (to be excluded for
    Knik calls).
      The method "::run()" now uses function flags, firstly to know if
    it is managing pre-routed wires or general purposes ones.
* New: In Kite, in <NegociateWindow>, the "::run()" methods has now two
    modes. The normal one and the 'KtPreRoutedStage' that is for routing
    pre-routed nets. When in pre-route stage, the wires are fixed at the
    end of this step.
* New: In Kite, in <TrackElement> add decorator for AutoSegment
    isUsedDefined().
* New: In Kite, in <TrackSegment>, the various ::canDogleg() methods
    returns false for a pre-routed (user-defined segment).
* New: In Kite, in PyKiteEngine, added new method runNegociatePreRouted().
2014-06-21 20:16:47 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2a1c7e181e Express "xEdgeCapacity" ratio as "xTracksReservedLocal" a number of tracks.
* Change: In Kite, Katabatic & Knik, express the number of tracks truly
    available to the global router by the number of tracks reserved to
    the local routage inside a GCell. Replace the ratio parameter
    "hEdgeCapacity" by an integer parameter "hTracksReservedLocal"
    (duplicate for verticals).
      It is more explicit to give directly the number of tracks that
    are to be used locally, and potentially saves us from rouding
    problems when calculating the number of availables tracks.
      Note: we cannot do that for the layer saturateRatio as it
    uses the density ratio that take account local wires, leading
    to fractional results.
* Change: In Katabatic, in <GCellGrid>, rename checkEdgeSaturation()
    into checkEdgeOverflow(), more explicit.
* Change: In Knik, in <Graph>, display the computed capacities of the
    lower left node edges (should be the same througout all the grid).
* Change: In Unicorn, in <cgt.py>, uses the new parameters names for
    edge density.
2014-06-10 16:58:52 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 6939025a0d Correction of SoC.css, adjust the look of the class index big letters. 2014-06-10 00:04:48 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput cd9d3fc4b6 ExtensionCap support and source/target terminal flags in Katabatic & Kite.
Placement management:
* Change: In <metis>, always disable the hMetis support regardless of
    it being detected or not as the placer is still unable manage the
    final bin contents.

Routing gauge management:
* Bug: In CRL Core, <vsclib/alliance.conf>, set the correct pitches and
    size for the routing layers and the cell gauge.
* Change: In Katabatic & Kite, extract the correct extension cap for each
    routing layer from the layers characteristics (cache then in
    Katabatic::Configuration).
* Change: In Katabatic, <AutoSegment>, create segment with the wire width
    defined in the gauge. For AutoSegment created on already existing
    Segment from the global routing, adjust the width.
* Change: In Katabatic, <AutoSegment>, more accurate information about how
    a segment is connected to terminal via source and/or target.
    The flag SegStrongTerminal is splitted into SegSourceTerminal and
    SegSourceTarget (but still used as a mask). So now we can know by
    which end an AutoSegment is connected to a terminal.
* Change: In Katabatic, ::doRp_Access(), create constraint freeing segments
    not only when HSmall but also when VSmall (more critical for <vsclib>).
    Otherwise we may see AutoSegments with incompatible source/target
    constraints.
* Change: In Kite, BuildPowerRails, do not create blockage on PinOnly
    layers *but* still create power rails planes. This is a temporary
    workaround for <vsclib> where the METAL1 blockages overlaps the
    terminals (it was fine for Nero, but they shouldn't for Kite).
* Change: In Kite, <RoutingEvent>, if a TrackSegment is overconstrained,
    directly bybass it's slackening state to DataNegociate::Slacken.
    Also rename the flag "_canHandleConstraints" to "_overConstrained",
    seems clearer to me.

Miscellaneous:
* Change: In CRL Core, <Utilities>, add a "pass-though" capability on the
    mstream to temporarily make them print everything.
2014-05-25 15:00:35 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2dd36b9624 Support of RoutingGauge, part 2.
In Katabatic & Kite, remove all hard-coded values related to track pitches.
* New: In <Session>, add more convenience function to access RoutingGauge
    characteristics.
* New: In <AutoSegment>, <AutoContact>, add support for the "depth spin",
    that is, if the source/target contacts are going "top" or "down".
    Used to compute the perpandicular pitch. Need a small modification
    of the revalidation mechanism. The observers of <AutoSegment> are
    notified when the spin changes.
* New: In <AutoSegment>, the getPPitch() method allow to compute the
    "perpandicular pitch". For now it is simply the greatest from the
    source perpandicular pitch and the target perpandicular pitch.
    Make uses of the "depth spin".
* New: In <TrackElement>, <TrackSegment>, cache the perpandicular pitch.
    Updated through the notification from the observable.
2014-05-19 17:58:38 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput dda3f99fd8 Update documentation for compliance with doxygen 1.8.5.
When upgrading from doxygen 1.5.x to 1.8.5 the way the documentation
is generated has underwent many changes, particularly in the headers.
* Change: In <header.html>, must include the javascripts <jquery.js>
    and <dynsections.js>.
* In <CMakeLists.txt>, as the header is customized, doxygen seems not
    copy some files like the javascripts and some images (open.png,
    closed.png). So we copy them from doxygen installation and make
    the CMakeLists.txt install them. I hope they will not change too
    much in the future.
* In <doxyfile>, disable markdown support as it do not interpret
    correctly the formating we already adopted (with a left margin
    to put command into). Use HTML_EXTRA_STYLESHEET instead of
    HTML_STYLESHEET. Enable the index (DISABLE_INDEX=NO), for the
    top header. Enable dot for inheritance diagram. Set the
    EXAMPLE_PATH=. to include the synthetic hierarchy.
    Correct the tag inclusion (faulty path in some places).
* In <SoC.css>, create style for the new header generated by doxygen.
* In the documentation, move the synthetic hierarchy into a module.
2014-05-13 16:30:41 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput c8bcfdf174 Improved UpdateSession & exception catching. Start of RoutingGauge implem.
Miscellaneous:
* Change: In <crlcore>, in display.conf use the same display threshold
    for both METAL2 & METAL3.
      In alliance.conf, the side of VIAs in the gauge is 2l (not 3l).
      In kite.conf, separate edge densities for H/V.
* Change: In <Cell>, in flattenNets() use flag as argument, not a
    boolean. Do not create rings for clock or supply nets.
* Change: In <DeepNet>, in _createRoutingPads() do not create rings
    for clock or supply net (duplicated policy as in Cell::flattenNets()).
* Bug: In <ControllerWidget>, at last find the bad signal disconnect
    that was causing ungraceful messages.
* Change: In <knik>, in Edge display occupancy/capacity in the string
    name. Improved display progress and debugging capabilities.

Improved exception catch & breakpoint managment:
* Bug: In <PaletteWidget>, in updateExtensions() replace the calls to
    deleteLayer() by delete. This cause the widget to be immediatly
    erased instead of waiting for the event queue to be completly
    processed. This was causing the widget to be left in a incoherent
    state when stoping at a breakpoint.
* Bug: In <BreakpointWidget>, in execNoModal(), flush the main event
    loop (QApplication::flush()) *before* lauching the *local* event
    loop. This is to ensure all widgets are in their final state when
    waiting (especially <PaletteWidget>).
* Change: In <ExceptionWidget>, new method catchAllWrapper() to
    execute any std::function< void() > function/method with a "try"/
    "catch" wraparound and lauch the widget in case something is catch.
* New: In <hurricane>, support for a oberver pattern, backported from
    <katabatic> with an Obervable capable of being linked to any
    number of Obervers.
* New: In <Cell>, made it observable to detect Cell change, currently
    emit two kind of signals:
    - Cell::CellAboutToChange : *before* any change.
    - Cell::CellChanged : *after* the change has been completed.
* New: In <UpdateSession>, in Go::invalidate() add the Cell owning the
    Go to the UPDATOR_STACK (of course the cell is added only once).
    In addition, when the Cell is added, send a notification of
    Cell::CellAboutToChange to all it's observers. The slave instances
    are also invalidated.
      Conversely in UpdateSession::_preDestroy() for each invalidated
    Cell send a Cell::CellChanged notification to all observer.
      The UPDATOR_STACK has been slightly amended to accept Cell which
    are not Gos. Prior to this, the Cell where completly excluded from
    the UpdateSession mechanism, so it's instances where never actualised
    of anything referring to the Cell for that matter.
      Note: we use two different mechanisms to transmit a Cell change,
    observers and the slave instance map. I think at some point it
    should be unificated.
* Change: In <CellViewer>, make it a Cell observer to redraw when the
    cell is modificated (also update the palette).
      Uses the catchAllWrapper() to protect all critical actions.
* Change: In <GraphicTool>, no longer need of cellPreModificated and
    cellPostModificated signals. Now done through the Cell obersvers.
* Change: In <mauka>, <etesian> & <kite> now uses the catchAllWrapper
    method for protection (need to split methods in two, to be able
    to pass it as argument). No longer emit cellPreModificated and
    cellPostModificated.

Support for RoutingGauge in P&R:
* Bug: In <placeandroute.py>, the connection from the internal power
    ring to the connectors was not done correctly. Wrong contact layers
    leading to a gap.
* Change: In <BuildPowerRails>, detection of the corona signals based
    on how the "pck_px" pad is connected. No longer based on name
    matching.
* Change: In <placeandroute.py>, support for 2 routing metal only
    (3 metal in the technology).
* Change: In <katabatic> & <kite> support for a "top layer" limitation
    on the routing gauge, this allows to use only two routing metals
    (METAL2 & METAL3). Work in progress.
2014-04-20 19:30:07 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput fee45ef117 Qt5 porting, cleanup & Tidy.
Cleanup:
* Cleanup: In <vlsisapd/src/bookshelf>, remove unused file Bookshelf.cpp
    (may have been a parser once upon a time).
* Cleanup: In <hurricane>, in Cell::flattenNets() use flags instead of
    booleans to be more readable. Allow occurrence placement checking.
* New: In <crlcore> add Python wrapper for the Ispd05 loader.
* New: In <unicorn> add option for direct loading of ISPD05 designs.
* Bug: In <hurricane/src/viewer>, RecordModel must emit
    layoutAboutToBeChanged() before changing the record contents (and
    layoutChanged() afterwards).
2014-03-26 14:47:17 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 4842f21a2e Update to Qt 5, requires cmake 2.8.9. New placer: Etesian.
Update to Qt 5:
* Change: Now requires at least cmake 2.8.9.
* Change: CMakeLists.txt needs small changes. Qt modules must be found
    one by one (Core, Gui, Widgets). Must add "set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)"
    in the top file and replace "qt4" prefix in macros by "qt5".
    Added simpler macro "setup_qt()" in FindBootstrap.cmake.
* Change: No longer need to include <QGtkStyle> is is choosen by default
    according to the current desktop environment.
* Change: In <hurricane>, In HApplication, launch ExceptionWidget when
    a std::exception is catched instead of silently discarting it.

New placer Tool: Etesian
* New: <etesian> analytical placer. Encapsulate Coloquinte from
   Gabriel Gouvine.
* New: in <documentation>, add stub demonstration ToolEngine <smurf>.
   Needs to be commented.

Miscellaneous:
* New: in <boostrap> and <unicorn>, added support for Etesian, the new
    analytic placer. The tool itself will be added in the next commit.
* Bug: in <CellWidget>, when shifting the display buffer, we no longer
    can copy the buffer on itself (we should never have). Now go through
    a temporary one (PlaneId::AutoCopy) which is added to the
    DrawingPlanes. Affect "goLeft()" and "goUp()".
* Bug: In <CellWidget>, remove the WA_PaintOnScreen flag/attribute.
    When it's on, no PaintEvent is transmitted to the CellWidget
    when it's the central widget of the <CellViewer> (QMainWindow).
    It's something I still don't understand from the doc of Qt.
* Change: In <AreaCommand>, use the PlaneId enumeration instead of a
    anonymous numerical index.
* Change: In <HApplication>, no longer catch and silently discard
    standartd exceptions but launch the ExceptionWidget...
    Suppress the now deprecated constructor with "Type" argument.
* Change: In <SelectionModel>, the "reset()" method is deprecated in
    Qt5, instead enclose the "clear()" by a "beginResetModel()" and
    "endResetModel()" pair.
* New: In <crlcore>, add support for ISPD05 benchmarks (in Bookshelf
    format). Forked from ISPD04 and not finished yet.
* Change: In <Mauka>, distinguish the Action string identifier from
    <Etesian>
* New: In <unicorn>, add entry for ISPD05 loader. Add entry for
    <Etesian> analytic placer.
2014-03-22 11:50:36 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f6ab7b87f0 Compliance with g++ 4.8.1, support for devtoolset-2
Details:
* New: in <bootstrap>: add support for devtoolset-2 in ccb. Run the
    cmake commands through 'scl', set shell environment variables
    BOOST_INCLUDEDIR & BOOST_LIBRARYDIR and disable the default
    system path search.
* Change: In various flex scanners add the %nounput to suppress
    compiler warnings.
* Change: Little cleanup for g++ 4.8.1 as it's more strict.
* Change: In various top CMakeLists.txt, suppress extraneous '/'
    after DESTDIR.
2014-03-15 10:47:37 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 14a5f5f7ef Documentation restructuration
Documentation restructuration:
* Bug: in <hurricane>: bad figure for transf-R1.
* Change, in <kite>: Remove deprecated configuration variables.
* New: documentation <tool> to regroup all documentation not directly
  related to one tool.
* Change, in <crlcore>, move the user's guide and the top doc index
  into <documentation>.
* New, in <documenation>: added Python script demo based on AM2901.
2014-03-11 12:21:31 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 34e0edfd61 Cleanup after SVN importation, <ccb> builder script adaptation.
Project hierarchy reorganisation:
* With svn, we were doing a tool by tool checkout, suppressing the
  whole repository hierarchy level.
* The tools were also grouped, inside one repository, into multiple
  projects (<bootstrap>, <vlsisapd>, <coriolis>).
* We do not want to split up each tool into a separate repository,
  given their tight integration (except for vlsisapd).
* We choose to simplify, and consider all tools in a svn repository
  one project. Due to the way Git clone repositories, the directory
  containing the project is now to be seen under "src/".

CMake modifications:
* Now that the <vlsisapd> and <bootstrap> projects are merged into
  coriolis, modificate the top CMakeLists.txt of each tool to uses
  only Coriolis (and bootstrap hard wired).

CCB compile script modifications:
* Uses the new source tree hierarchy, with the project directory
  inserted.
* Remove (comment) all parts relateds to svn managment.
* Git is sufficiently simple so that we do not want to integrate
  command shortcut into the script.

SVN cleanup:
* Remove the obsolete <chamsin> tool, that has become the full fledged
  <chams> project long time ago.
2014-02-26 18:24:41 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput bc7639b2c9 * ./kite:
- Bug: In Manipulator::insertInTrack(), no longer skip overlapping segment
        with an Id inferior to AutoSegment::maxId(). This counter is no longer
        used, and I don't remember this test was done in the first place.
2013-12-20 14:54:49 +00:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f2192ae3bd Forgotten doc files. 2013-12-04 02:51:02 +00:00
Jean-Paul Chaput ac85c0cca4 * ./kite:
- New: Whole replacement by Kite3.
2013-12-04 00:59:29 +00:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 23e61de0e3 * ./kite:
- New: In RoutingEvent::State, in the local segment FSM, if a local terminal
        segment is fully blocked, try at least one dog leg.
2012-12-22 18:22:54 +00:00
Jean-Paul Chaput de248581fd Forgotten to remove debug output. 2012-12-09 11:58:11 +00:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 73b2ba6105 * ./kite:
- Bug: In Cs1Candidate::consolidate(), the loop on the conflicting segment was
        going one step to far. "i" must be bound to _conflicts.size()-1. 
    - Change: kite-text is renamed into kite.bin. It features the router only
        with a subset of options consistent with cgt (python). Mainly used for
        debugging purposes (gdb, valgrind, ...).
2012-12-09 11:18:38 +00:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 619a1b9f72 * All Tools:
- New: Added FreeBSD/Ubuntu patches from Otacilio De Araujo
       (<otaciliodearaujo@gmail.com>).

  * ./kite:
    - New: Makes use of cbug to display the (scary) debug messages.
    - Change: Re-enable deletion of Knik in Kite destructor.
2012-12-03 08:29:28 +00:00