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Jean-Paul Chaput 63a03bf11b Add a new RoutingLayerGauge type "PowerSupply".
* New: In CRL::RoutingLayerGauge, add a new kind of gauge "PowerSupply"
    to flag a layer which is dedicated to routing power supplies.
* New: In AllianceFramework, add management of PowerSupply gauge kind.
    Exported in the Python interface.
2021-03-02 12:17:40 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 29b57e86e5 DRC correct on Arlet6505 / TSMC C180.
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.
2020-11-23 23:07:15 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 8f0a8e5a3a Added support for loading user defined global routing in Anabatic.
* 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).
2020-09-30 11:55:39 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f130417232 Various bug fixes for Analog P&R. OK for GM/Chamla & OTA/Miller.
* Change: In CRL::RoutingLayerGauge::getHorizontalGauge(), when selecting
    the default gauge, try, if possible to avoid the PinOnly one.
      Same goes for the vertical one.
* Bug: In Katana::TrackCost CTOR, symmetric track axis position was wrong,
    was using the reference instead of the symmetric.
* Bug: In BoraEngine::updatePlacement(), set up the Dijkstra search halo
    to one pitch so it can use immediately neighboring channels.
* New: In BoraEngine, added python startup hook like in Katana. Mainly
    to setup debug nets.
2019-11-13 23:31:51 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 91f973c00f Improve the management of the I/O pad near the chip corner.
* Bug: In cumulus/plugins/PadsCorona.py, when a pad is at the beginning
    or at the end of the side, the pad corona terminal may be outside
    the corona range (not directly facing it). In that case, create a
    bend to reach it.
      Worse, in some case more than one (but likely no more), could be
    in that case, so not only do we create a bend but also make a
    shift in the bended segment so two consecutive ones are not on the
    same axis, causing shorts.
      If both end pads of a corner are in that case, we cannot prevent
    a short, so at least, issue a warning.
* Bug: In CRL::Vhdl, the Entity::VstUseConcat was not passed correctly
    along, so we did get a strange mix of conat and direct assignment.
* New: In Unicorn/cgt.py : added --vst-use-concat options to control
    the VST driver behavior.
2019-08-16 00:40:49 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 43629a6c1c Tweaking Layer & RoutingGauge management. Allow negative track indexes.
* Bug: In Hurricane python module, forgot to add the Segment type.
* Change: In Isobar/layer.getEnclosure() wrapper check and cast the Layer
    argument into BasicLayer.
* Change: In CRL::RoutingGauge::getLayerGauge(Layer*), getLayerType() and
    getLayerDirection() no longer check layer identity based on layer
    mask instead of just Layer* pointer. To allow a unified call wether
    the layer is real or symbolic.
* Change: In CRL::RoutingLayerGauge::getTrackIndex() and getTrackPositon(),
    no longer consider negative indexes as invalid and reset them to
    zero. The check for out of bound index is now left to Anabatic &
    Katana.
* Change: In CRL/RoutingGauge.getRoutingLayer() and getContactLayer(),
    more detailed error message.
* Change: In CRL/RoutingLayerGauge.getTrackIndex() and getTrackPosition(),
    indexes are now signed long instead of unsigned.
2019-05-10 11:52:42 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 94044992ef Pin management implemented for NetBuilderHV.
* Bug: In Katana::Track::expandFreeInterval(), the OutsideElement case was
    not handled correctly, the end index must be increased in that case.
    As a result, this function was returning too short an interval.
      This was affecting the computation of perpandicular free interval
    in DataNegociate::update() for perpandicular fixed but not in a track.
* New: In Anabatic::NetBuilder and NetBuilderVH, now manage GCells with
    one Pin, and up to three globals. Used to put terminals at the
    edge of a block.
* New: In EtesianEngine, now manage placed Pins.
    (done through extractInstanceName())
* Change: In CRL::RoutingGauge::getHorizontalGauge() no longer skip PinOnly
    gauges to find the reference one (same goes for vertical).
2019-03-10 13:25:43 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 4a65a8d4e7 Added GDSII driver. Bug in Blif parser.
* New: In CRL, implement a true GDSII driver. The driver is directly under
    CRL and do not use an intermediate structure in vlsisapd. The ASCII
    GDSII is removed.
      Huge polygons are not supported yet. Have to be split up in
    sub-polygons of less than 4000 vertexes.
      Symbolic layout can be exported to give a rough idea of the layout
    but RDS expension is not applied. Symbolic composite layers are
    expansed into their basic layers so the design *looks* normal.
* Deprecated: In CRL, remove all traces of the old XML configuration
    parsers. No one needs them now, including Chams.
* Bug: In CRL::BlifParser, before blindly loading the model of a subckt
    from disk with AllianceFramework, checks if it is in the Catalog
    first. Load with AllianceFramework only cells that are in the
    Catalog.
      This prevent a file of the same name than a model to be loaded
    shadowing the later defintion of the model in the Blif file.
      All this is due to the fact that Blif could be non-ordered for
    the models...
* Change: In Hurricane::BasicLayer, the "extract number" is replaced
    by a GdsLayer and GdsDatatype to generate accurate GDS files.
    Even if datatype is 0 most of the time.
      Update all the "technology.conf" files in CRL to provide those
    two numbers.
2018-05-15 13:12:00 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 592c098ab2 Basic support for FreePDK 45 completed.
* New: In Commons, inspector support for std::pair<T,U>.
* New: In Hurricane::Layer, ContactLayer & ViaLayer, support for non
    square VIAs. The hole (cut) remains square, but the various metal
    extensions can now be different in X and Y. The ::getEnclosure()
    method now takes a flag EnclosureH / EnclosureV.
* New: In Hurricane::DbU, inspector support for:
         std::pair<DbU::Unit,DbU::Unit>
	 std::array<DbU::Unit,3>
     Must be defined here as DbU do not exists yet in Commons.h
* Bug: In Hurricane::Interval::getSize(), when the interval is "full span",
    do not return the difference between min and max, but directly DbU::Max.
    (the previous result was -1 !)
* New: In CRL Core Python/Technology.py, support for non square VIAs in
    the configuration files. Applied to FreePDK 45.
* New: In CRL::RoutingGauge, added a "symbolic" flag to tell if a gauge
    is for symbolic layout or not. Exported to Python.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoHorizontal::updatePosition(), differentiated
    computation for soure or target taking account of the VIA extension
    in the right segment metal (due to non-square VIAs).
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoHorizontal::_makeDogleg(), the dogleg is
    UP for HV gauges and DOWN for VH.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment::_initialize(), create a cache of the
    various extension length for each layer (viaToTop, viaToBottom,
    viaToSame).
      New implementation of getExtensionCap() using the previous cached
    extension table. See updatePositions().
      New static functions to access the extension cache in the header:
    getViaTotopCap() ...
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, in various update methods, updateOrient()
    must always be called *before* updatePositions() as extensions are
    dependant on source/target.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment::getEndAxes() compute the position of the
    first source and last target position (center/axes) on an *aligned*
    set of segments.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, add a new state flag SegAxisFixed to
    signal segments that can be put on only one track. Specific case
    to VH gauge for a M1 vertical terminal with a M2 vertical segment.
    The M2 is effectively bound to the M1 axis position.
* Bug: In Anabatic::NetBuilderVH::_do_xG_xM1_xM3(), in case of E/W global
    and only one RoutingPad the connexion to the RoutingPad was duplicated.
    It was valid, but totally stupid.
* Bug: In Anabatic::Session::_canonize(), for an aligned segment set,
    intersect the user constraints from all segments instead of only
    considering the canonical one.
      Issue a warning about too tight constraints only for symbolic
    gauges. It may be correct for the real ones.
* New: In Katata::DataNegociate::update(), more accurate computation
    of the perpandicular free interval. Use segment extension cap
    calculation. Create a special case for fixed axis segments allowing
    them to find alternative free interval, try under source and under
    target as they are likely to be draggable segments.
* Change: In Katana::Manipulator::relax(), use the extension cap value
    to compute the axis of the perpandicular segemnts.
* Change: In Katana::Manipulator::moveUp(), now move up the whole set
    of aligned segments instead of just the canonical one.
* Change: In Katana::NegociateWindow::loadRoutingPads(), more accurate
    TrackMarkers insertions for fixed terminals.
* New: In Katana::RoutingEvent::Key::Compare::operator(), segments with
    fixed axis are processed prior to any others.
* New: In Katana::RoutingEventLoop, store segment pointers instead of
    ids to generate more accurate error messages.
* Change: In Katana::RoutingPlane::create(), perform local track
    assignment only for HV gauges.
* Change: In Katana::SegmentFsm::_slackenLocal(), add a "dragMinimize"
    step in the automaton. Mutliple states transitions can occurs in
    a row if an action fails.
* New: In Katana::Session::_toIntervalAxis(), normalize interval
    bounds so they are on track positions (by shrinking the interval).
* Bug: In Katana::TrackMarker CTOR, the weigh computation was wrong.
2018-02-17 20:27:38 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 95aba574a5 Happy New Year 2018 ! Update license years... 2018-01-06 17:55:44 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 24d8fe5957 Cleaner support for real technologies (Hurricane, CRL Core configuration).
* Change: In Hurricane::Technology, in all the layer connexity methods
    (getLayers(), getMetalAbove(), getCutAbove(), getViaBetween(), ...)
    the "useWorking" parameter is replaced by a more accurate "useSymbolic".
      BEHAVIOR CHANGE: formerly, if a symbolic layer was requested, and
    none was found, NULL was returned. Now, if the symbolic layer is not
    found, we try to return the associated real one (same layer mask,
    but not flagged as symbolic, and usually with a lowercase name).
      All thoses changes have been propagated to Python bindings.
* Change: In Hurricane::BasicLayer and derived classes, rename the
    "isWorking" attribute into "isSymbolic" (to match the technology
    renaming).
* Change: In Hurricane::Cell::flattenNets(), ignore power, ground and
    blockage nets for the flatten.
* Change: In CRL Core, in coriolisInit.py and Technology.py helpers,
    rename the tables describing the technology as follow:
      - symbolicLayersTable --> compositeLayersTable
      - workingLayersTable  --> symbolicLayersTable
      - symbolicRulesTable  --> layersExtensionsTable
    This is to give the table names a more clearer semantic after
    merging real technologies configurations (testbench AMS c35b4).
      In particular, we need to define a composite layer for the
    real VIAs, and not only the symbolic ones. And with correct
    enclosures expressed in real dimensions (microns).
2017-12-27 13:13:29 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput e51ff95337 Support for non-square routing pitch. Allow loading of "foreign" cells.
* New: In CRL Core, AllianceFramework::getCell(), adds a new Catalog::State
    flags to request the loading of a "foreign" cell. That is, a Cell which
    is *not* in the Alliance libraries, but in *any* library starting from
    the root library. This is a temporary hack to allow the Blif parser to
    run.
* New: In CRL Core, RoutingGauge::getHorizontalGauge() and
    RoutingGauge::getVerticalGauge() to avoid relying on either metal names
    or depth to know the vertical and horizontal default routing
    informations. They return the metal layers gauges *closests* to the
    substrate which are likely to have the lesser pitch.
* New: In CRL Core, BlifParser, new configuration parameters:
    "etesian.cell.zero" & "etesian.cell.one" to figure out what are the
    tielow and tiehigh cells (instead of having the ones from sxlib
    hardwired).
* New: In Etesian, add support for non-square routing pitchs, that is,
    the lowest vertical and horizontal pitches are not equal. Needs to
    work with two pitches (H & V) instead of one.
      The Configuration associated class now also provides the
    RoutingGauge (not only the CellGauge).
      Use a new Configuration setting "etesian.feedNames" to set up
    the names of the filler cells. This a string of comma separated
    cell names.
* New: In Anabatic, Session::_getNearestGridPoint(), use the new
    non-square grid scheme.
2017-11-26 20:31:38 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2a40fa7d92 New "obstacleDw" for Kite.
* New: In CRL Core, in RoutingLayerGauge, adds a new parameter "obstacleDw".
    It represents the distance to add from the *edge* of a blockage segment
    to the next *axis* of a routing track. This was previously computed as
    the pitch minus the mimimum half wire width. This works if the pitch
    is *equal* to the wire width plus the minimal distance (edge to edge).
    But if the wire width is less, than it leads to too great a distance
    around obstacles, making them bigger than they are. And potentially
    blocking everything. To summarize:
         before:  obstacleDw = pitch - wireWidth/2  (deduced)
         after:   obstacleDw = explicitly setup, usually:
                               pitch - max(wireWidth)/2
      Modify the Alliance configuration helper and the various kite.conf
    file accordingly.
* New: In Kite, in BuildPowerRails, make use of "obstacleDw" to compute
    the footprint of a blockage.
2016-04-13 18:21:09 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 0efe75af00 Implementation of DataBase native save/restore in JSON (step 3).
* Test: post-receive hook on server should send mail [1].
* New: In VLSISAPD, in Parameter, callback have now a tag, which the
    pointer to the caller. This allow for the callback removal when
    the caller is destroyed.
* New: In VLSISAPD, in WidgetDescription, when associated to a parameter,
    the destructor must remove the associated callback function on
    the Parameter.
* New: In Hurricane, added JSON support for Configuration, separated
    from vlsisapd, as the support is not available at this point.
    JSON support for Configuration, Parameter & LayoutDescription.
* Change: In Hurricane, in JsonStack, the stack of JsonObjects has been
    displaced here from HurricaneHandler. This way, all
    JsonObject::toData() can access the JsonOjects in the context
    of the parser.
* New: In Hurricane, in DBo::toJson() added support for Entity by
    reference (ids).
* New: In Hurricane, added JSON support for all Layer sub-class types.
* New: In Hurricane, in Technology, export the Layers, but must be
   sorted by increasing mask value.
* New: In Hurricane, in Entity, added support for Entity by reference (ids).
* New: In Hurricane, in DataBase, added technology full support.
* New: In Hurricane, In JsonNet, move the ring rebuild management from
    JsonStack to JsonNet.
* New: In Hurricane, added JSON support for NetAlias, NetExternalcomponents
    (not cleanly implemented as a Relation).
* New: In Hurricane, new method Cell::fromJson() to load a cell from
    a JSON file.
* New: In Hurricane, In Graphics, make it an observable, for when JSON
    fully reload the graphic state, it must be able to notify other
    objects (namely the Controller).
* New: In Hurricane, in ControllerWidget, observe the Graphics to regenerate
    the palette as needed. New method ControllerTab::graphicsUpdated().
* New: In Hurricane, in RawDrawingStyle added a destructor to release the
    Qt pen/brush. Added JSON support for HSVr, DrawingStyle, DrawingGroup,
    & DisplayStyle.
* New: In Hurricane, in GraphicsWidget, rewrite correctly the readGraphics()
    to erase the previous widgets and re-create the new ones.
* New: In Hurricane, in PaletteWidget, correct re-creation of the layout/widgets
    in case of Graphics change.
* New: In CRL Core, in System, register the parameters callbacks with
    the address of the object, for later deletion.
* New: In CRL Core, in AllianceFramework, make it observable, to notify
    library changes. For the AllianceFramework creation, now allow to
    completly bypass the Python initialization system, when we expect
    to restore it from a full blob. Added methods to sets the default
    RoutingGauge & CellGauge.
* New: In CRL Core, added JSON suppport for CellGauge, RoutingLayerGauge
    & RoutingGauge.
* New: In CRL Core, in LibraryManager, oberver AllianceFramework, to update
    the list of libraries in case of change (for JSON full reload).
2016-02-21 11:02:50 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 1b7bd9de36 Happy new year 2016! 2016-01-21 00:41:19 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput ed557d9027 Added support for "same layer" dogleg. Big fix for pad routing.
* Change: In Knik, in Vertex, add a "blocked" flag to signal disabled
    vertexes in the grid (must not be used by the global router).
      Modificate the Graph::getVertex() method so that when a vertex
    is geometrically queried, if is a blocked one, return a non-blocked
    neighbor. This mechanism is introduced to, at last, prevent the
    global router to go *under* the pad in case of a commplete chip.
* New: In Katabatic, in AutoSegment, a new state has been added: "reduced".
    A reduced segment is in the same layer as it's perpandiculars.
    To be reduced, a segments has to be connected on source & target to
    AutoContactTurn, both of the perpandiculars must be of the same layer
    (below or above) and it's length must not exceed one pitch in the
    perpandicular direction.
      To reduce an AutoSegment, call ::reduce() and to revert the state,
    call ::raise(). Two associated predicates are associated:
    ::canReduce() and ::mustRaise().
      Note: No two adjacent segments can be reduced at the same time.
* Bug: In Katabatic, in GCellTopology, add a new method ::doRp_AccessPad()
    to connect to the pads. Create wiring, fixed and non managed by
    Katabatic, to connect the pad connector layer to the lowest routing
    layers (depth 1 & 2). The former implementation was sometimes leading
    to gaps (sheared contact) that *must not* occurs during the building
    stage.
      Remark: This bug did put under the light the fact that the initial
    wiring must be created without gaps. Gaps are closed by making doglegs
    on contacts. But this mechanism could only work when the database if
    fully initialised (the cache is up to date). Otherwise various problems
    arise, in the canonization process for example.
* New: In Katabatic, in AutoContactTerminal::getNativeConstraintBox(),
    when anchored on a RoutingPad, now take account the potential rotation
    of the Path's transformation. Here again, for the chip's pads.
* New: In Kite, support for reduced AutoSegment. TrackSegment associateds
    to reduced AutoSegment are *not* inserted into track to become
    effectively invisibles. When a segment becomes reduced, a TrackEvent
    is generated to remove it. Conversely when it is raised a RoutingEvent
    is created/rescheduled to insert it. All this is mostly managed inside
    the Session::revalidate() method.
* New: In Kite, in KiteEngine::createGlobalGraph(), in case of a chip,
    mark all global routing vertexes (Knik) that are under a pad, as blockeds.
* Bug: In Cumulus, in PadsCorona.Side.getAxis(), inversion between X and
    Y coordinate of the chip size. Did not show until a non-square chip
    was routed (i.e. our MIPS R3000).
* Change: In Stratus1, in st_placement.py add the ClockBuffer class for
    backward compatibility with the MIPS32 bench. Have to review this
    functionnality coming from the deprecated placeAndroute.py.
      In st_instance.py, no longer creates the Plug ring of a Net.
    In my opinion it just clutter the display until the P&R is called.
    Can re-enable later as an option (in Unicorn).
* Change: In Unicorn, in cgt.py, more reliable way of loading then running
    user supplied scripts. Borrowed from alliance-checker-toolkit doChip.py	.
2015-08-16 23:29:28 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 5dc60415e7 Happy new year 2015! 2015-03-17 16:56:55 +01:00
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 c5d8077730 * ./hurricane/src/hviewer,
./coriolis/src/crlcore,
     ./coriolis/src/knik,
     ./coriolis/src/katabatic,
     ./coriolis/src/kite,
     ./coriolis/src/equinox,
     ./coriolis/src/solstice,
     ./coriolis/src/ispd:
     - SVN MOVE: Source tree simplification & uniformisation. Now all tools
         are at the same level, directly under the root of the repository.
         No more "coriolis/src".
2010-03-09 15:20:13 +00:00