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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../PythonCpp/DbU.html">6. Encapsulating DbU</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../RDS/RDSpage.html">Symbolic Layout</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="../RDS/RDSpage.html#the-rds-file">The RDS File</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="../RDS/RDSpage.html#the-mbk-to-rds-segment-table">The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MBK_TO_RDS_SEGMENT</span></code> table</a></li>
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<div class="section" id="coriolis-configuration-initialisation">
<h1>Coriolis Configuration &amp; Initialisation<a class="headerlink" href="#coriolis-configuration-initialisation" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<div class="section" id="general-software-architecture">
<h2>General Software Architecture<a class="headerlink" href="#general-software-architecture" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p><span class="sc">Coriolis</span> has been build with respect of the classical paradigm that the
computational instensive parts have been written in C++, and almost
everything else in <span class="sc">Python</span>. To build the <span class="sc">Python</span> interface we used
two methods:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>For self-contained modules <span class="cb">boost::python</span> (mainly in <span class="cb">vlsisapd</span>).</li>
<li>For all modules based on <span class="sc">Hurricane</span>, we created our own wrappers due
to very specific requirements such as shared functions between modules
or C++/<span class="sc">Python</span> secure bi-directional object deletion.</li>
</ul>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last"><strong>Python Documentation:</strong>
Most of the documentation is related to the C++ API and implemetation of
the tools. However, the <span class="sc">Python</span> bindings have been created so they
mimic <em>as closely as possible</em> the C++ interface, so the documentation
applies to both languages with only minor syntactic changes.</p>
</div>
<p> <a class="reference internal" href="../_images/Coriolis-Soft-Schema.png"><img alt="Coriolis Software Schematic" class="align-middle" src="../_images/Coriolis-Soft-Schema.png" style="width: 60%;" /></a> </p>
<p>All configuration &amp; initialization files are Python scripts, despite their
<span class="cb">.conf</span> extention. From a syntactic point of view, there is no difference
between the system-wide configuration files and the user&#8217;s configuration,
they use the same Python helpers.
<span class="raw-html"><br class="medskip"/></span></p>
<p>Configuration is done in two stages:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li>Selecting the technology.</li>
<li>Loading the complete configuration for the given technology
and the user&#8217;s settings.</li>
</ol>
<p></p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="first-stage-technology-selection">
<h2>First Stage: Technology Selection<a class="headerlink" href="#first-stage-technology-selection" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p> <span class="raw-html"><p class="noindent"></p></span>
The initialization process is done by executing, in order, the following file(s):</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="8%" />
<col width="39%" />
<col width="53%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Order</th>
<th class="head">Meaning</th>
<th class="head">File</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td>The system setting</td>
<td><span class="cb">/etc/coriolis2/techno.conf</span></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><strong>2</strong></td>
<td>The user&#8217;s global setting</td>
<td><span class="cb">${HOME}/.coriolis2/techno.py</span></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><strong>3</strong></td>
<td>The user&#8217;s local setting</td>
<td><span class="cb">&lt;CWD&gt;/.coriolis2/techno.py</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Thoses files must provides only one variable, the name of the technology. Each technology
will provide configuration for both the symbolic part and the real part. <span class="sc">Coriolis</span> can
work with purely symbolic technology (<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">symbolic/cmos</span></code>) in that case, the real technology
part is a dummy one.</p>
<p>For example, to use <span class="sc">mosis</span> 180nm:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># -*- Mode:Python -*-</span>
<span class="n">technology</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;180/scn6m_deep_09&#39;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="second-stage-technology-configuration-loading">
<h2>Second Stage: Technology Configuration Loading<a class="headerlink" href="#second-stage-technology-configuration-loading" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p> <span class="raw-html"><p class="noindent"></p></span>
The <span class="cb">technology</span> variable is set by the first stage and it&#8217;s the name of the
technology. A directory of that name, with all the configuration files,
must exists in the configuration directory (<span class="cb">/etc/coriolis2</span>).
In addition to the technology-specific directories, a <span class="cb">common/</span> directory is
there to provides a trunk for all the identical datas across the various technologies.
The initialization process is done by executing, in order, the following file(s):</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="8%" />
<col width="39%" />
<col width="53%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Order</th>
<th class="head">Meaning</th>
<th class="head">File</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td>The system initialization</td>
<td><span class="cb">/etc/coriolis2/&lt;technology&gt;/&lt;TOOL&gt;.conf</span></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><strong>2</strong></td>
<td>The user&#8217;s global initialization</td>
<td><span class="cb">${HOME}/.coriolis2/settings.py</span></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><strong>3</strong></td>
<td>The user&#8217;s local initialization</td>
<td><span class="cb">&lt;CWD&gt;/.coriolis2/settings.py</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p><em>The loading policy is not hard-coded.</em> It is implemented
at Python level in <span class="cb">/etc/coriolis2/coriolisInit.py</span>, and thus may be easily
amended to whatever site policy.</p>
<p>The truly mandatory requirement is the existence of <span class="cb">coriolisInit.py</span>
which <em>must</em> contain a <span class="cb">coriolisConfigure()</span> function with no argument.</p>
<p>The <span class="cb">coriolisInit.py</span> script execution is triggered by the <em>import</em> of
the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CRL</span></code> module:</p>
<div class="code python last highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sys</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">os.path</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">Cfg</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">Hurricane</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">CRL</span> <span class="c1"># Triggers execution of &quot;coriolisInit.py&quot;.</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">Viewer</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="configuration-helpers">
<h2>Configuration Helpers<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration-helpers" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>To ease the writing of configuration files, a set of small helpers
is available. They allow to setup the configuration parameters through
simple assembly of tuples. The helpers are installed under the directory:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">install</span><span class="o">&gt;/</span><span class="n">etc</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">coriolis2</span><span class="o">/</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Where <span class="cb">&lt;install&gt;/</span> is the root of the installation.</p>
<p></p>
<div class="section" id="alliance-helper">
<span id="id1"></span><h3><span class="sc">Alliance</span> Helper<a class="headerlink" href="#alliance-helper" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>The configuration file must provide an <span class="cb">allianceConfig</span> tuple as shown below.
Like all the <span class="sc">Coriolis</span> configuration file, it is to be executed through <span class="sc">Python</span>,
so we can use it to perform a not so dumb search of the <span class="sc">Alliance</span> installation
directory. Our default policy is to try to read the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ALLIANCE_TOP</span></code> environment
variable, and if not found, default to <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/soc/alliance</span></code>.</p>
<div class="code python highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">os</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">helpers.Alliance</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">AddMode</span>
<span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">helpers.Alliance</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">Gauge</span>
<span class="n">allianceTop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">environ</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">has_key</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;ALLIANCE_TOP&#39;</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">allianceTop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">environ</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;ALLIANCE_TOP&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">isdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">allianceTop</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">allianceTop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">allianceTop</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">allianceTop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;/soc/alliance&#39;</span>
<span class="n">cellsTop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">allianceTop</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;/cells/&#39;</span>
<span class="n">allianceConfig</span> <span class="o">=</span> \
<span class="p">(</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;CATALOG&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;CATAL&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;WORKING_LIBRARY&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;.&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;SYSTEM_LIBRARY&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cellsTop</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;sxlib&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">AddMode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Append</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cellsTop</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;dp_sxlib&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">AddMode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Append</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cellsTop</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;ramlib&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">AddMode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Append</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cellsTop</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;romlib&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">AddMode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Append</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cellsTop</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;rflib&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">AddMode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Append</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cellsTop</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;rf2lib&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">AddMode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Append</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cellsTop</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;pxlib&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">AddMode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Append</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cellsTop</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;padlib&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">AddMode</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Append</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;IN_LO&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;vst&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;IN_PH&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;ap&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;OUT_LO&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;vst&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;OUT_PH&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;ap&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;POWER&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;vdd&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;GROUND&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;vss&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;CLOCK&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;.*ck.*|.*nck.*&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;BLOCKAGE&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;^blockage[Nn]et*&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">&#39;PAD&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;.*_px$&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p> <span class="raw-html"><p class="noindent"></p></span> The example above shows the system configuration file, with all the
available settings. Some important remarks about thoses settings:</p>
<ul>
<li><p class="first">In it&#8217;s configuration file, the user do not need to redefine all the settings,
just the one he wants to change. In most of the cases, the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SYSTEM_LIBRARY</span></code>,
the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">WORKING_LIBRARY</span></code> and the special net names (at this point there is not
much alternatives for the others settings).</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first"><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SYSTEM_LIBRARY</span></code> setting: Setting up the library search path.
Each library entry in the tuple will be added to the search path according
to the second parameter:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><span class="cb">AddMode::Append</span>: append to the search path.</li>
<li><span class="cb">AddMode::Prepend</span>: insert in head of the search path.</li>
<li><span class="cb">AddMode::Replace</span>: look for a library of the same name and replace
it, whithout changing the search path order. If no library of that name
already exists, it is appended.</li>
</ul>
<p>A library is identified by it&#8217;s name, this name is the last component of the
path name. For instance: <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/soc/alliance/sxlib</span></code> will be named <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sxlib</span></code>.
Implementing the <span class="sc">Alliance</span> specification, when looking for a <em>Cell</em> <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">name</span></code>,
the system will browse sequentially trought the library list and returns
the first <em>Cell</em> whose name match.</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">For <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">POWER</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">GROUND</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CLOCK</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">BLOCKAGE</span></code> net names, a regular
expression (<span class="sc">gnu</span> regexp) is expected.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>A typical user&#8217;s configuration file would be:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">os</span>
<span class="n">homeDir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getenv</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;HOME&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">allianceConfig</span> <span class="o">=</span> \
<span class="p">(</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;WORKING_LIBRARY&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">homeDir</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;/worklib&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;SYSTEM_LIBRARY&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">homeDir</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s1">&#39;/mylib&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Environment</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Append</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;POWER&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;vdd.*&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;GROUND&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;vss.*&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="tools-configuration-helpers">
<h3>Tools Configuration Helpers<a class="headerlink" href="#tools-configuration-helpers" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>All the tools uses the same helper to load their configuration (a.k.a.
<em>Configuration Helper</em>). Currently the following configuration system-wide
configuration files are defined:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><span class="cb">misc.conf</span>: commons settings or not belonging specifically to a tool.</li>
<li><span class="cb">etesian.conf</span>: for the <span class="sc">Etesian</span> tool.</li>
<li><span class="cb">kite.conf</span>: for the <span class="sc">Kite</span> tool.</li>
<li><span class="cb">stratus1.conf</span>: for the <span class="sc">Stratus1</span> tool.</li>
</ul>
<p>Here is the contents of <span class="cb">etesian.conf</span>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Etesian parameters.</span>
<span class="n">parametersTable</span> <span class="o">=</span> \
<span class="p">(</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;etesian.aspectRatio&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypePercentage</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">100</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="s1">&#39;min&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;max&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">1000</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;etesian.spaceMargin&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypePercentage</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;etesian.uniformDensity&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeBool</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">False</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;etesian.routingDriven&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeBool</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">False</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;etesian.effort&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeEnumerate</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="s1">&#39;values&#39;</span><span class="p">:(</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Fast&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Standard&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;High&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Extreme&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;etesian.graphics&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeEnumerate</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="s1">&#39;values&#39;</span><span class="p">:(</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Show every step&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Show lower bound&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Show result only&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">layoutTable</span> <span class="o">=</span> \
<span class="p">(</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeTab</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Etesian&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;etesian&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeTitle</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Placement area&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeOption</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;etesian.aspectRatio&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Aspect Ratio, X/Y (%)&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeOption</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;etesian.spaceMargin&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Space Margin&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeRule</span> <span class="p">,)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeTitle</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Etesian - Placer&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeOption</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;etesian.uniformDensity&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Uniform density&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeOption</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;etesian.routingDriven&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Routing driven&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeOption</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;etesian.effort&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Placement effort&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeOption</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;etesian.graphics&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Placement view&quot;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">TypeRule</span> <span class="p">,)</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p></p>
<p>Taxonomy of the file:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>It must contains, at least, the two tables:<ul>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">parametersTable</span></code>, defines &amp; initialise the configuration variables.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">layoutTables</span></code>, defines how the various parameters will be displayed
in the configuration window (<a class="reference internal" href="ViewerTools.html#the-settings-tab"><span class="std std-ref">The Settings Tab</span></a>).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">parametersTable</span></code>, is a tuple (list) of tuples. Each entry in the list
describe a configuration parameter. In it&#8217;s simplest form, it&#8217;s a quadruplet
<span class="cb">(TypeOption, &#8216;paramId&#8217;, ParameterType, DefaultValue)</span> with:<ol class="arabic">
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypeOption</span></code>, tells that this tuple describe a parameter.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">paramId</span></code>, the identifier of the parameter. Identifiers are defined
by the tools. The list of parameters is detailed in each tool section.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ParameterType</span></code>, the kind of parameter. Could be:<ul>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypeBool</span></code>, boolean.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypeInt</span></code>, signed integer.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypeEnumerate</span></code>, enumerated type, needs extra entry.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypePercentage</span></code>, percentage, expressed between 0 and 100.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypeDouble</span></code>, float.</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypeString</span></code>, character string.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">DefaultValue</span></code>, the default value for that parameter.</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="hacking-the-configuration-files">
<h2>Hacking the Configuration Files<a class="headerlink" href="#hacking-the-configuration-files" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Asides from the symbols that gets used by the configuration helpers like
<span class="cb">allianceConfig</span> or <span class="cb">parametersTable</span>, you can put pretty much anything
in <span class="cb">&lt;CWD&gt;/.coriolis2/settings.py</span> (that is, written in <span class="sc">Python</span>).</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># -*- Mode:Python -*-</span>
<span class="n">defaultStyle</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Alliance.Classic [black]&#39;</span>
<span class="c1"># Regular Coriolis configuration.</span>
<span class="n">parametersTable</span> <span class="o">=</span> \
<span class="p">(</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;misc.catchCore&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeBool</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">False</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;misc.info&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeBool</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">False</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;misc.paranoid&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeBool</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">False</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;misc.bug&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeBool</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">False</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;misc.logMode&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeBool</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">True</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;misc.verboseLevel1&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeBool</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">False</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;misc.verboseLevel2&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeBool</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">True</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;misc.minTraceLevel&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeInt</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;misc.maxTraceLevel&#39;</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">TypeInt</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># Some ordinary Python script...</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">os</span>
<span class="nb">print</span> <span class="s1">&#39; o Cleaning up ClockTree previous run.&#39;</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">fileName</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">listdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;.&#39;</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">fileName</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">endswith</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;.ap&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="ow">or</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fileName</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">find</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;_clocked.&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">&gt;=</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="nb">print</span> <span class="s1">&#39; - &lt;</span><span class="si">%s</span><span class="s1">&gt;&#39;</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">fileName</span>
<span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">unlink</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">fileName</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="ScriptsPlugins.html#python-interface-to-coriolis"><span class="std std-ref">Python Interface for Hurricane / Coriolis</span></a> for more details those capabilities.</p>
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