Integrate new features and bug fixes so the Arlet 6502 benchs successfully
passes real DRC with reference industrial tools. Short summary:
* Manage minimum area for VIAs in Katana::Tracks.
* Allow different wire width for wires perpandicular to the prefered
routing direction.
* StackedVIAs used in the clock tree no longer assume an uniform
routing grid (same offset & pitch all the way up).
* Some hard-coded patches in PowerRails for FlexLib.
* New: In CRL/symbolic/cmos/kite.py & cmos45/kite.py, update the
RoutingLayerGauges by adding the new PWireWidth parameter.
Always zero in case of symbolic layout (too fine tuning).
* New: In CRL::RoutingGauge, add accessor to PWireWidth parameter.
Modify the clone method.
* New: In CRL::RoutingLayerGauge, add new parameter "PWireWidth"
to give the width of a wire when it not drawn in the prefered
routing direction. If it is set to zero, the normal width is
used.
* New: In CRL::PyRoutingGauge, export the updated constructor
interface. It is *not* backward compatible, one must add the
PWireWidth parameter in the various kite.py configuration
files (in etc/).
* Change: In AnabaticEngine::_gutAnabatic(), disable the minimum
area detection mechanism, replaced by a more complete one in
Katana::Track. Left commented out for now, but will be removed
in the future.
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoContact::updateLayer(), now systematically
calls setLayerAndWidth() to potentially resize the VIAs. This is
needed in real mode as VIAs are *not* macro-generated but have
their real final size.
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoContact::setLayerAndWidth(), select the
width and height of the contact using the gauge wire width *and*
perpandicular *wire width*.
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoSegment::_initialize(), the "VIA to same cap"
to PWireWidth/2, this will be the size of the VIA in the
non-preferred direction at the end cap (non-square in real mode).
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoSegment::getExtensionCap(), makes different
cases for symbolic and real. Use raw length in real, add half the
wire width in symbolic.
Add a flag to get the extension cap *only*, not increased of
half the minimal spacing.
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoSegment::bloatStackedStrap(), enhanced,
but finally unused...
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment::create(), use the PWireWidth when
the segment is not in the preferred routing direction (and of
minimal width).
* New: In Anabatic::Configuration, add new getPWirewidth(),
DPHorizontalWidth() and DPVerticalWidth() accessors.
* Change: In AnabaticEngine::setupPreRouteds(), skip components in
in "cut" material. We are only interested in objects containing
some metal (happens in real mode when VIAs cuts are really there).
* New: In Katana::PowerRailsPlanes::Rail::doLayout(), add an hard-coded
patch that artificially enlarge the *wide wire* so the spacing for
wide wire is enforced. For now, two pitches on each side for
"FlexLib" gauge.
* New: In Katana::Track, add support to find and correct small wire
chunks so they respect the minimum area rules.
Two helper functions:
* ::hasSameLayerTurn(), to find if a a TrackElement as non-zero length
perpandicular is same layer connected to it.
* ::toFoundryGrid(), to ensure that all coordinates will be on the
foundry grid (may move in a more shared location).
* ::expandToMinArea(), try to expand, *in the routing direction*
the too small wire so it respect the minimal area. Check for the
free space in the track.
Track::minExpandArea() go through all the TrackElements in the track
to look for too small ones and correct them.
* Change: In Katana::RoutingPlane, add an accessor to get the tracks.
* New: In KatanaEngine::finalizeLayout(), add a post-treatment to find
for minimal area violations.
* Change: In cumulus/plugins.block.configuration.GaugeConf, add a
routingBb attribute that will serve as a common reference to all
the functions calculation track positions. We must not have two
different reference for the core and the corona. The reference
is always the corona when we working on a complete chip.
* New: In cumulus/plugins.block.configuration.GaugeConf.getTrack(),
Simplified and more reliable way of getting tracks positions.
Use the routingBb.
* New: In cumulus/plugins.block.configuration.GaugeConf.rpAccess(),
Make use of getTrack() to get every metal strap on the right
X/Y position.
* New: In cumulus/plugins.block.configuration.GaugeConf.expandMinArea(),
As those wires are left alone by the router, it is our responsability
to abide by the minimal area rule here. Hence the code duplication
from the router (bad).
Mainly wires made for the clock tree, I mean.
* Bug: In cumulus/plugins.chip.configuration.ChipConf.setupICore(),
the core instance must be placed on the GCell grid, defined by the
slice height (X *and* Y).
* Bug: In cumulus/plugins.chip.corona.Builder(), forgot to use bigvia
for the corners of the inner ring.
* Bug: In cumulus/plugins.chip.pads.corona._createCoreWire(), hard-coded
patch for LibreSOCIO, the power/ground connectors toward the core
are too wide and can create DRC errors when put side by side.
Shrink them by the minimal distance.
* New: In Hurricane::NetRoutingProperty, add and change the meaning
of the following flags:
- ManualGlobalRoute : now means that a global routing *trunk*
is present, made of "gmetalh", "gmetalv" & "gcontact".
- Manualdetailroute : added, get the former meaning of
ManualGlobalRoute, that is, the detailed routing is
already present for this net, but can be changed by the
detailed router. Implies that it respect the Terminal,
HTee & VTee structuration.
* New: Add Anabatic::Diskstra::loadFixedGlobal(), to account
a manually global net into the edges capacities.
* New: In Anabatic::Edges::ripup(), exclude manually global routed
segments from the ripup. Change the segment sorting function
so that thoses segments are put in head of list (considered
as "smaller").
* Change: In AnabaticEngine::setupPreRouteds(), now detect manual
global routed and manual detail routed signals, and tag them
accordingly.
* New: In AnabaticEngine::Configuration & Session, add proxies
for the global routing layers ("gmetalh", "gmetalv", "gcontact").
* New: In Anabatic::Constants, add flags for global fixed and
detail routed nets.
* Change: In KatanaEngine::updateEstimateDensity(), now use int64_t
for flute coordinates.
* New: Add CRL::RoutingGauge::hasLayer(), to know if a layer is
managed by the gauge (comparison by mask).
* Bug: In CRL/etc/symbolic/cmos/plugins.conf, rails dimensions are no
longer expressed directly in lambda. Must be created using helper.l().
* Change: In CRL::ApParser, slightly more smart management of Pin width.
Must normalize Pin behavior between Alliance & Hurricane as in
Alliance they have only one dimension.
* Change: In CRL::LefImport, if a net name end with "!", assume it's a
global one. Have to check this naming convention.
* Change: In Anabatic::NetBuilderHV::_do_1G_1PinM3() & _do_1G_1PinM2()
now implemented. Needed for the corona routing support.
* Change: In AnabaticEngine::setupPreRouted(), exclude segments outside
the abutment box.
* Change: In KatanaEngine::PowerRails, remove the I/O pad support as now
we route only inside the Corona. So only one vdd/vss/ck are supported.
* New: In cumulus/plugins/ChipPlugin.py, complete rewrite of the chip
support:
* Uncouple pad I/O ring whith real cells (foundry) from a symbolic
core. A new intermediate level "corona" is introduced to handle
the real/symbolic transition.
* Ability to explicitly setup position of the pads on the chip side
in case of uneven distribution.
* Enable clock tree to be build with 3 metal only (M2 to M4) instead
of (M2 to M5).
The short net mode degrade the routing in some cases. This will be
fixed in a next batch of commits.
* New: In Hurricane::NetRoutingProperty, added "ShortNet" flag for Nets
that are completly inside *one* GCell.
* Bug: In CRL::BlifParser::Model::staticInit(), when looking for the
output of zero and one cell, also skip the blockage net (as well as
automatic and supplies).
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, added "ShortNet" flag to know if the
segment is part of a short net (fully included in *one* GCell).
Also add accessor/mutators for the _analogMode flag (was it ever
used before?).
* New: In Anabatic::NetBuilder::singleGCell(), if a RoutingPad is
vertically small, add a vertical segment to give it some slack.
* New: In Anabatic::Dijkstra::_materialize(), detect "short net" as
they have only one GCell in their source list...
* Bug: In AnabaticEngine::_loadGrbyNet(), reset the AutoSegment
"short net" and "analog mode" creation flags between two different
nets.
* New: In Katana::Configuration, added dedicated ripup for short net
segmnts.
* New: In Katana: partially implemented support for "short dogleg", that
is dogleg that are always kept in same metal because they connect
neighboring perpandicular tracks. Not finished neither activated
yet.
* New: In Katana::TreckElement and derived, export the the *short net*
support from AutoSegment.
* Bug: In Katana::RoutingEvent::_processRepair(), when a segment is
successfully inserted, re-process any perpandicular that is in
repair state, as it may have a new chance to be placed.
* New: In Katana::SegmentFsm::slackenTopology(), always reject short nets.
* Bug: In Katana::Track::check(), correctly handle wide segments instead
of issuing false check messages.
* Change: In Anabatic::setupPreRouteds(), routed DeepNets can have
components both at Occurrence root net devel and at top level.
If no nets remains to route, set the tool state to EngineDriving,
which prevent any further work (except for finalize).
* New: In Anabatic::AutoContact and the derived classes, manages wide
wires. The contact self dimension itself according to the segments
it is connected to. Special case for the AutoContactTerminal which
also read the size of the component it is anchored upon.
New refresh method "updateSize()" and flag CntInvalidatedWidth.
to compute the size.
In AutoContactTerminal, compute the constraint box according to
the width of the segment.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, flags are now implemented as "static const"
attributes of the class. The flags are stored into a uint64_t as
they are more than 32.
Added new flag "SegWide" and associated predicates.
* Change: In GCellTopology::_doHChannel() and GCellTopology::_doVChannel(),
uses the simpler overload of AutoSegment::create() in order to detect
the wire width automatically.
* New: In Katana::Manipulator, split insertToTrack() and forceToTrack()
into a one-track method and a segment level method that iterate over
the track span of the segment.
* New: In Katana::SegmentFsm, for each cost in the table, now allow access
to a specific track. So the base functions have now two parameters:
"icost" and "itrack" (has a cost can have multiple tracks in the case
of wide segments).
* Change: In Katana::TrackElement, remove the index of the element inside
it's track, as for a wide segment it will not be meaningful for the
non-base track. This means that we have to use the Track::find()
method each time instead.
Remove the wide flag, as it is a duplicate of the one in AutoSegment.
Added a getTrackCount() method to tell the number of track the
segment is inserted into. Needed in the Track destroy step to delete
a segment only when the last track that refers it is destroyed.
Added getSymmetricAxis() to correct the computation of the symmetric
base track in case of wide segment as the base track is not centered
but the the leftmost one.
* Change: In Track::insert() insert wide segments in their whole track span.
* Change: In TrackCost, create an array of costs according to the segment
track span.
* Change: In TrackSegment::create(), now activate the factory and create
wide segments.
* Bug: In Katana::AutoSegments_Perpandicular, correct the debug indentation
problem (ever shifting to the right).
* Bug: In Hurricane, in StaticObservable::getObserver(), if the slot
pointer is NULL, do not try to access the owner. Returns NULL, so
the caller can be aware of the situation...
* Change: In Hurricane, in BreakpointWidget & ExceptionWidget some
cosmetic changes (fonts and window sizes).
* Bug: In Anabatic, In AutoHorizontal::getConstraints(), take into account
the constraints from the source AutoContact, as it holds the constraints
transmitted by the RoutingPads and sets up by propageConstraintsFromRp().
It is likely to be a bug affecting the original Katabatic as well.
* Change: In Anabatic, in RawGCellsUnder(), check that the segment is not
completly oustside the cell abutment box and truncate the coordinates
to the part that is inside. Use the "shrink" if we reach the east/north
border.
* Change: In Anabatic, in Configuration, no more decorator because we will
use a true derived relationship. Katana *derives* from *Anabatic* and do
not *decorate* it, so the Configuration can do the same. It also implies
that we directly create a Katana engine, not an Anabatic one.
* Change: In Anabatic, in Session, do not allow the opening of the Session
in a standalone fashion (with a static method). Instead it must be opened
using the relevant method of the Anabatic/Katana engine. This ensure we
are opening the right Session type.
* Change: In Anabatic, in AutoSegment_Aligneds() collection the seed segment
is not part of the collection by default, but will be included if the
Flags::WithSelf is set.
* Change: In Configuration, all the flags value are now defined in two steps.
Declared in the header and initialized in the module. This is to prevent
the fact that on some cases, in relation with the Python "extern C" part
modules, we need a true allocated variable. It was causing weird linking
problems.
A side effect is that they can no longer be used as entry is switches,
have to replace them by if/else.
* New: In Anabatic, new GCell::getNeighborAt() utility function.
* Bug: In Anabatic, in GCell::doGrid(), tag all the GCells of the grid with
the grid type... Back annote all the edges capacity (north & east) with
the reserved local capacity.
* New: Complete portage of Kite over Anabatic. The new engine is christened
"Katana" for Kite-Analogic. When it's capabilities and performances
will be on a part with Kite, it is to completly replace it (and take
back the "Kite" name). Preliminary tests seems to show that, contrary
to intuition (because built on a more complex/slower grid), it is even
slightly faster than Kite 8-).
* New: In Anabatic:
- In AnabaticEngine, create a new NetData information for storing
the static ordering of nets (for the global routing). The order
is the half perimeter of the search area divided by the number
of RoutingPads. The order is static once it as been computed in
the first place (even through ripup stages).
Jean-Paul Chaput