- reimplement using a sparecell
- reimplement using newest open_pdks
!important using openlane pre odb with some local patches which
most if not all are merged in the current head of openlane however
still takes effort to update the interactive script to be latest
openlane compatible
!important override abstract lef generated by openlane. openlane
generates lef and mag that contain def BLOCKAGE layers that cause
congestions during top level routing
- remove unused port in chip_io
- move the rest of chip_io power ports to the USE_POWER_PINS guard
- add caravel_power_routing cell guarded by TOP_ROUTING ifdef
~ update the following views:
def
mag
verilog
spef(all corners)
+ add the ability to override the interactive script filename
+ add the ability to run openlane regression using regression.config
file
~ change GRT ADJUSTMENT values
~ change pointers to some files for workarounds
!important the interactive script still needs updates
!important this was done using old openlane v0.22 and its matching
pdk
!important known workarounds:
- a custom techlef is used where large metal spacing rules are the
only ones present to avoid violations by the router
- some odd behaviour happening when a macro has a lef view
with a non zero origin. so the power routing cell is (temporarily)
modified to have a zero origin and its placement has been shifted
which doesn't match the power routing mag.
- the old openlane doesn't generate multi spef corners. they
are generated using timing-scripts repo
includes RTL change inside the padframe definition to remove one
previously unnoticed hard-wired connection between VDDIO and a
3.3V domain digital input pin.
* Effectively reverted the change to add spare logic blocks near each
of the GPIO control blocks by changing the definition of
NUM_SPARE_BLOCKS to 4 (the original number of spare logic blocks)
for both caravel and caravan top level RTL verilog modules.
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
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- rtl updated
~ add one column to the right to pass placement congestion
~ density adjusted (probably has no effect)
+ manually add isosubstrate layer in mag and gds from older iterations
!important still need to run dynamic simulations
!important depends on some updates to openlane
!important need to be able to recreate using newer openlane versions
* Added enough spare logic blocks to have the existing four above
the processor, plus one each per GPIO (38 for caravel, 27 for
caravan).
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
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Co-authored-by: Jeff DiCorpo <42048757+jeffdi@users.noreply.github.com>
* Removed the SRAM read-only interface by wrapping all related code
in an ifdef for "USE_SRAM_RO_INTERFACE", which is undefined.
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
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to caravel_netlists.v when attempting to determine if the
verification testbenches could be run from caravel referencing
caravel_mgmt_soc_litex instead of the other way around. This file
has been reverted back to its original form.
This reverts commit 577cc12fe0.
Reverting the change from issue #16. After some discussion, it has
been decided that it is up to the user to implement the pull-up and
pull-down modes correctly by setting the output enable and driving
the output to the appropriate value. Note that this should be well
documented, if by nothing else than a validation testbench that
excercises a user pull-up and pull-down input mode.
zero level outputs when the user project area is powered down.
That allows the synthesis tools to buffer these outputs. The
protection from floating inputs is left as-is, but all logic that
was unnecessary to be specified by gate instances has been changed
to RTL. This leaves only a handful of signals (logic analyzer input,
user IRQ, and wishbone data out and acknowledge out) to be handled
by explicit logic gate instances.
the left hand side of caravan from gpio_defaults_block_14 to
gpio_defaults_block_25. Otherwise, the script that generates the
custom user configuration won't be able to change the defaults
for GPIO 25.
- high level changes:
* add larger buffers on output ports
* add buffers on input ports
* adjust sdc file increasing output load and setting a high transition
- detailed changes:
* add interactive script for openlane where the order of events is a bit shuffled
- to add obstruction before pdn
- to manually insert buffers on some ports
- to manually remove buffers inserted by synthesis on for example serial_clock_out
* change openlane config adding extra row and columns to increase the space and fit the
added buffers
* change config to enable buffering
* increase density for better placement?
* change the cell exclude list. some excluded cells didn't make sense
* ef decap cells break dynamic sims?
* add custom pdn script for to duplicate the old pdn
- misc changes:
* fix openlane makefile to properly detect interactive script
!important still need to run dynamic simulations
!important depends on some updates to openlane
Corrected the pad constant connections to all be in the correct domain
(1.8V or 3.3V). Created a new "constant_block" module that generates
a single constant 1 and 0 value in the 1.8V domain, and used 7 of these
in the chip_io (and chip_io_alt) modules to create the 1.8V domain
constant signals for the seven pads belonging to the management (clock,
reset, flash SPI, and management GPIO).
inputs that are permanently tied low or high come from either
the local "TIE" pad connections (if they are in the 3.3V
domain) or from a constant one wire in the 1.8V domain that
is generated in the gpio_control_block module and exported
to the chip_io (or chip_io_alt) module.
from the data and replace them with a single flop clocked on the
negative edge of the serial clock. This will completely avoid hold
violations by ensuring that the block's output data bit does not
change anywhere near the clock rising edge, so clocks do not have
to be tightly aligned among all of the GPIO blocks.
does not pass through an inverter, so that the input can remain
unconnected. Rewired the existing implementation to use an
alternative gate that has an inverting input so that the
user_gpio_out signal can be left undriven when the GPIOs are in
the management enable state. This is a simple logic refactoring
and does not change the logic function. The manual rewiring has
been confirmed by LVS, but at least one GL simulation should be
run to confirm that the logic function remains the same as before.
* Corrects four signals which were missing from the caravan top level
(management output and output enable to GPIO 0 and 1---these errors
would have prevented the houskeeping SPI from working on caravel).
Corrected RTL verilog (source of the error), GL verilog, and layout.
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
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* (1) Modified the .magicrc file to set a default for PDK if not set in the
environment. (2) Fixed the user ID programming layout to not leave holes
behind when the script moves the vias around (similar to the handling of
the GPIO defaults block). (3) Added substrate isolation to gpio_control_block
and fixed the path references to the standard cells. (4) Fixed the four
missing routes on the Caravan top level. (5) Reinstated the large rendered
labels for the pads on both caravel and caravan. (6) Corrected the top
level gate-level netlist for caravan to add the missing pins to the
management core wrapper. (7) Did the same for the caravan top level RTL.
(8) Created scripts to run full LVS including extracting the management
core wrapper and reading all gate-level verilog submodules. (9) Moved all
of the LVS scripts to the scripts directory.
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
* Made the changes from pull request #73 as they did not get merged
successfully, and if merged now they will generate conflicts with
this pull request in scripts/set_user_id.py. So it's easier to
just manually add them to this pull request.
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* - update caravan configuration
* change correct gpio_default blocks instance names
* implement powerrouting work around
* place spare logic blocks
* keep the history of runs and sym link last/final one
* - update caravan mag, def and gl views
- add fake power routing cell in the rtl as a placeholder for openlane
to prevent routing on that cell
- fix some syntax errors in chip_io_alt
- match simple_por lef pins with mag by regenerating it
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
* add caravan power routing lef
* - update mag and def view of caravan
- add_macro_placement for fake cell
* Added back the power routing to Caravan, fixed DRC errors, ran LVS,
corrected placement of isolated substrate regions, and replaced the
signal routing for the analog lines. Be aware that merging with
main may cause issues with the mgmt_protect.mag file and its
subcells mprj2_logic_high.mag and mprj_logic_high.mag. It may be
worth cherry-picking the files to merge and exclude those layouts.
Co-authored-by: kareem <kareem.farid@efabless.com>
Co-authored-by: kareefardi <kareefardi@users.noreply.github.com>
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* Fix syntax error in gpio_control_block
Fixed syntax error that was only visible when running iverilog for simulation
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
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* REVERT ME: temporarily match simple_por pin in verilog with lef
* - update configs
- add patch file for power routing def
* - update the following caravel toplevel views
- gl
- mag
- def
- add caravel power routing def
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
* update gl mag and def for caravel
* Revert "REVERT ME: temporarily match simple_por pin in verilog with lef"
This reverts commit b70c27c69f.
* update caravel gds
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
* Added text and logo cells back into the caravel top level. Put an
isolated ground marker layer on the xres_buf layout. Corrected
the power supply pin names on the gate level verilog netlist of
simple_por in caravel.v. Updated the copyright block text.
Corrected DRC errors in the top level routing.
Co-authored-by: Tim Edwards <tim@opencircuitdesign.com>
* - add openlane patch file to for input buffering workaround
- update configuration of mgmt protect
* mgmt_protect updated
* mgmt_protect updated
* remove some via3 to fix power shorts
Co-authored-by: Marwan Abbas <marwan@ciic.c.catx-ext-efabless.internal>
* Corrected the issue reported on the github issue tracker (#34)
in which the use of "clocking" as an instance name in caravel and
caravan conflicts with the system verilog keyword of the same
name.
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
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correctly no matter how the "gpio_defaults_block.mag" and
"gl/gpio_defaults_block.v" are defined. Previously it assumed
that they both defined all bits as zero, which was not the case
for the layout. Now both define bit value 0x0402 and the script
can flip bits either direction as needed in both verilog and
layout
it was configured for the caravel_pico SoC, with the housekeeping
SPI able to access the upper 256-word section of the memory if the
CSB bit in the housekeeping control register is cleared. This
testbench tests both access through housekeeping and access directly
from the SoC through the memory-mapped address.
architecture type passed to gcc as the value to the '-march='
option an environment variable, setting that environment variable
to "rv32imc" by default, and overriding it with "rv32ic" specifically
for the new caravel_pico without the multiplier and divider option,
on testbenches "mem" and "storage" which both have multiplies in the
C code.
caravel_pico repository. The issue is that each SoC implementation
defines its own modules and therefore needs its own includes. The
implication is that this file now needs to exist in every SoC
implementation's verilog/gl/ directory.
connections to the core side VCCD1 and VSSD1 on the clamped3 pads.
Also added scripts for running LVS on chip_io to the mag/ directory,
and revised the scripts so that they will only re-run extraction if
there is no netlist file in the mag/ directory.
gate-level simulations from running. Corrected caravan_netlists.v,
which did not have the same change made yesterday to caravel_netlists.v
for the DLL.
knowledge and which went undetected since before MPW-one. Modified
the "pll" and "sysctrl" testbenches so that they run and measure
something useful. Both exercise the clock monitoring on GPIO
outputs functions. The PLL test also runs the digital locked
loop (behavioral verilog). The PLL test overlaps sysctrl, but
"pll" cannot be run on gate level verilog, whereas "sysctrl" can.
(input for monitoring) changed from being connected directly to the
user project (where it shouldn't be) to the same signal on the input
side of the management protect block (where it should be). This is
functionally the same. Checked for any other signals connected
directly from the user project to any block other than mgmt_protect,
didn't find any (good). Modified the gate-level netlists and top-level
layouts for caravel and caravan with the corresponding change. This
was the only change affecting layout. Also: Revised the "pll"
testbench. This is still ongoing work. Also: Fixed the way the
pins on I/O pads are declared in chip_io.v, mprj_io.v, and pads.v, so
that it isn't so bizarre. Most of this change is functionally
agnostic (just a change in the way the ifdefs work), but did fix an
incorrect ifdef that causes the whole user power domain to be broken.
which is now done through setting an environment variable to point to the
location of the management SoC wrapper. Added the missing user project
wrappers to the GL directory (copied from the original caravel repository),
and also the GL version of chip_io_alt. Modified the caravan_netlists and
caravel_netlists files to import the correct list of gate level netlists,
which has been reduced by moving "include" statements for components of the
management SoC into the management SoC repository (e.g., caravel_pico).
the change in the implementation of the serial loader, which split the load
signal out as a separate bit, and therefore had a separate bit-bang entry).
to housekeeping and the management core wrapper to separate the
wb_cyc_i signal and connect to new signal hk_cyc_o on the
management core. Also: Fixed a dangling input (user_clock) on
the housekeeping (minor error caused by the earlier refactoring
and unnoticed because there is no testbench covering that
function).
blocks; that is, there are special versions of the block for the
first 6 GPIO pins. That should allow the GL netlists to simulate,
although the end goal is to have the gen_gpio_defaults.py script
modify the GL netlists to exactly match the configuration, as is
done for the .mag layouts.
add a separate signal for the houskeeping wb_cyc_i wishbone signal,
instead of combining it with the user project's wb_cyc_i. This
change makes it compatible with the LiteX implementation of the
wishbone bus.
to resolve the problem with the typo that caused the propagated
GPIO serial load, reset, and clock signals to get scrambled on the
user2 side. Caravel is now LVS clean again (Caravan needs layout
work).
verilog for both caravel and caravan. Hand-edited the RTL and GL netlists to
correct this; still need to correct the layouts. The error causes the user1
side clock, load, and reset buffers to drive the user2 side as well as the user1
side, making a huge mess of the routing. Will route this by hand.
Fixed rstb_h, which was being input to low-voltage blocks. (2)
Fixed flash_csb_ieb_core and flash_clk_ieb_core, which were not
output from housekeeping as they should be; the solution was
to tie the INP_DIS lines low at the pad by connecting them to
the TIE_LO_ESD line. This should probably be addressed in
housekeeping but would change the current pinout.
problems that had been fixed recently in caravel, and which cause
the caravan testbench to break, but which were not noticed; (2)
corrected the count of gpio_control_block modules, which was one
off, with two of them overlapping (not sure how that even passes
simulation, but it did); (3) fixed a power connection in the
caravel chip_io, which should have caused chip_io to fail LVS,
so apparently LVS was not run on chip_io. . .
got removed from its net by a chang in the LEF view of an I/O pad, and
a lack of declaration of an array to attach to pwr_ctrl_out in the
verilog, which is valid verilog but netgen can't know the bus size
without the no-connect net being declared. The remaining issue has to
do with separation of ground domains in the mgmt_protect block.
(clock -> clock_core in caravel_clocking, VPWR -> vccd_core and
VGND -> vssd_core in the instances of modules that were pulled from
the management SoC to the top level).
longer in the PDK but have been folded into larger library files.
With the most recent push to open_pdks to fix an error in the I/O
verilog library, the verilog testbenches once again pass.
deleted "resetb_core_h" port label. Corrected the chip_io and chip_io_alt
verilog RTL files to replace the user area power supply clamp cells with
the new clamped3 cell from open_pdks.
three parameterized values used in the RTL verilog. Modified the
"user_defines.v" file to create verilog definitions that match the C-style
definitions from "defs.h", for convenience/simplicity.
fixed by moving from after the managment protect to before it, but
an inversion of the signal was missed, leading to an incorrect
wb_rst_i passed to housekeeping. (2) Revised the method to load
the serial GPIO data chain from a 2-pin, I2C-like method to a
more straightforward 3-pin method with separate reset, clock, and
load pins. The load pin propagates through the chaing like the
other two. Added a bit-bang signal for the load signal as well.
(3) Added an implied buffer after the data output of the GPIO
control block to ensure that the data arrives at the next control
block after the clock, to prevent hold violations.
incorrectly assigned to the clock on the user side of the managment
protect block, causing it to be undefined when the user area power
supply is down. The "hkspi_power" testbench which tests using the
housekeeping SPI while the user area power is grounded now works
correctly.
around the entire padframe. The vccd1 and vccd2 domains are local
to their respective pads, and any bus routing must be done inside
the padframe. This means that all pads operate on global vddio for
3.3V as before, but also global vccd for 1.8V. The user 1.8V voltage
domain only goes as far as the input to the GPIO control block.
to areas not part of the management SoC, including chip_io,
mgmt_protect, and mprj_ctrl and sysctrl_wb (which are now part of
housekeeping). The two housekeeping tests fail and need to be
debugged.
management SoC to the management protect block, and updated the
documentation to include the new wishbone interface for those
signals, and the additional signals on the management SoC pinout.
an unconnected wishbone bus (unconnected inputs). Added the missing
signals for the user IRQ enables to management protect (which have
to come from the management SoC).
implement the arbitration between SPI and back-door. The back-door
access flags when it is going to do a read or write, and the SPI
can have an invalid read or fail a write if the SPI is too fast,
but the wishbone access should be valid. As long as the SPI is
much slower than the core clock (say, 1MHz) then there should be no
contention, which means that contention can always be avoided simply
by slowing the SPI signaling down.
status) so that between rdstb and wrstb, the SPI signals when it is
about to read or write a byte. The back-door wishbone interface then
stalls the CPU during these periods. That allows the CPU to continue
running while the SPI is being accessed without data collisions and
without having to stall for the entire time CSB is held low.
Because SCK is asynchronous to the clock, rare collisions are still
possible; this is not expected to be an issue but might be worth
investigating.
via programming. The values for each of the GPIOs at power-up are
defined in the "user_defines.v" file. For the verilog, they are
applied as parameters. For the layout, they will need to be
separately defined cells for each of the GPIOs, or at least for
each set of unique default values.
since the original one was folded into the sysctrl testbench, but that
testbench no longer uses the SPI master. Moved the SPI master from being
an overlay of the housekeeping SPI to occupying GPIO pins 32 to 35.
Made GPIO 35 a bidirectional pin like 36 and 37 so that the output enable
from the SPI master can be used.
storage. Not all of these pass simulation checks. Added back the
bit-bang control of the GPIO programming. Added back the read-only
interface between the housekeeping module and the SRAM 2nd port.
Revised the memory map text document to reflect the addition of the
SRAM ports. There is not yet a testbench for the SRAM read-only
interface.
the 26 domain (now dedicated to the housekeeping module), with
2e0... now 261... and 2f0... now 262... Although this is not
strictly backwards-compatible, the addresses in defs.h have been
modified so that C code remains valid with a recompile.
Mohamed Shalan
Mohamed Hosni
mo-hosni
M0stafaRady
M0stafaRady
kareem
Tim Edwards
Jeff DiCorpo
Marwan Abbas
jeffdi
Kareem Farid
manarabdelaty