* New: In KatanaEngine::digitalInit(), when using a "VH,2RL" style,
protect all RoutingPads of each net, because unlike "2RL+" style,
the standard cell RoutingPads are not in a "below" layer only
used inside the cell, but on the V layer. So the area of the RP,
even if not fully used to connect, must be protected.
* Change: In NegociateOverlapCost(), when computing cost from a fixed
or blockage, do not set the infinite flag if it's the *same* net.
* New: In KatanaEngine::protectRoutingPads(), add a new "flags" argument
to pass on whether we want to protect the the RP candidates or just
the non-used ones.
* Change: In protectRoutingpad(), change the formula (again) to compute
the berth to give to a fixed segment... Should really try to
summarize all the case.
* Change: In TrackFixedSegment::getNet(), no longer return the blockage
net if the real net is tagged as clock.
Previously, the relevant NetBuilder and routing strategies where
directly guessed from the RoutingGauge traits. This is no longer
doable as the combinations increases. Now to configure both the
global and detailed router we need three "parameters" :
1. The routing gauge itself (tells which layers are in which
directions) and how to make the VIAs.
2. The NetBuilder to use, they are identified by strings.
Currently we support:
* "HV,3RL+", for all SxLib derived standard cells.
* "VH,2RL", for hybrid routing (over the cell, but terminals
are also in the first RL).
* "2RL-", for strict channel routing.
* "VH,3RL+", an attempt for FreePDK 45, not optimized enough
to be considered as usable.
3. The routing style, mostly affect the way the GCell grid will be
built.
* VH : first RL is V.
* HV : first RL is H.
* OTH : Run in full over-the-cell mode (needs at least 3RL).
* Channel : Run in *strict* channel routing mode (no routing over
the standard cells).
* Hybrid : Create channels, but can use H tracks over the
standard cells.
Thoses three parameters are partly overlapping and must be sets in
a consistent manner, otherwise strange results may occurs.
* New: CRL::RoutingGauge::getFirstRoutingGauge(), to get the lowest
layer available for routing (not a PinOnly, not a PowerSupply).
* Change: In CRL::RoutingGauge::isHV() and isVH(), were previously
always returning false when the gauge was 2RL only. Now, check
on the first usable RL.
* Bug: In cumulus/plugins.block.configuration._loadRoutingGauge(),
there was a bad computation of the deep RLs when the top layer
was not defined. Occured for 2RL gauges only.
* Bug: In Anabatic::RpsInRow::slacken() (LayerAssign), forgotten curly braces
in the test to skip METAL2 terminals.
* Change: In Etestian::BloatChannel::getDx(), adjust the bloating
policy to converge on Arlet6502. Always ensure that there is
a 50% ratio between terminal used V-tracks and free ones.
If there is more than 80% of terminals, add one more track.
* Bug: In AnabaticEngine & KatanaEngine, KatanaEngine is a derived
class of AnabaticEngine. They uses Anabatic::Configuration
and Katana::Configuration that also derives from each other.
I though I had made one configuration attribute in the base
class that was using the right Configuration. But no. I did
have two configurations attributes, one in AnabaticEngine and
one in KatanaEngine, the later "shadowing" the former. As a
results, parameters modified in AnabaticEngine, *after* the
initial creation of the tool *where never seen* at Katana
level (due to it's own duplicate). What a mess.
Now there is only one attribute in the *base* class Anabatic,
which is created through a new virtual function _createConfiguration()
called in _postCreate() which allocate the right Configuration
according to the dynamic type of the tool (KatanaEngine).
In KatanaEngine, access the configuration through the
attribute (_configuration) and not the accessor (getConfiguration()).
* Bug: In KatanaEngine, no longer directly use the _configuration attribute
(which is not accessible anyway) but the getConfiguration() accessor.
The accessor perform a static_cast from the Super::getConfiguration()
into Katana::Configuration.
Complete cleanup of the various configuration accessors.
* New: AnabaticEngine::setupNetBuilder(), perform an early check
of the requested NetBuilderStyle. The NetBuilderStyle is just a
string that will be matched against the (hard-coded) supported
NetBuilders. Then check the topological characteristics against
the capabilities of the gauge (HV, VH and so on).
Still a bit too hard-coded for now.
This function has been split from AnabaticEngine::_loadGrByNet().
* Change: AnabaticEngine::isChannelStyle() renamed from isChannelMode().
* New: In Anabatic::Configuration, two new attributes to select the
topology and routing style:
- _netBuilderStyle to explicitely select the NetBuilder to use.
It's a string, which is provided by each NetBuilder.
- _routingStyle to define how the overall routing will work.
It's a set of flags (StyleFlags):
* VH : first RL is V.
* HV : first RL is H.
* OTH : Run in full over-the-cell mode (needs at least 3RL).
* Channel : Run in *strict* channel routing mode (no routing over
the standard cells).
* Hybrid : Create channels, but can use H tracks over the
standard cells.
* New: In anabatic/Constants, add StyleFlags to define how the router
should operate (see above).
* Bug: In Anabatic::GCell, in CTOR, no reason to set up the HChannelGCell flag.
* Bug: In Anabatic::GCell::updateDensity(), when computing layers non contiguous
saturation, do not systematically skip RL 0, but only if it's PinOnly.
* Change: In Anabatic::NetBuilder, rename isTwoMetal by isStrictChannel.
* Change: In Anabatic::NetBuilderHV, rename doRp_AccessNorthPin() in
doRp_AccessNorthSouthPin(). More accurate.
* Bug: In NetBuilderHV::_do_1G_xM1_1PinM2(), the wires to connect the M1
terminals where created *twice*. Uterly stupid, there where placed in
overlap by the router!
* New: In AnabaticEngine, new accessors to the NetBuilderStyle and
RoutingStyle, proxies towards Configuration.
* Bug: In Manipulator::relax(), if there are two doglegs to be done, but
they are in the same GCell, only do one (the conflicting interval)
is short.
* Change: In Katana::Session, rename isChannelMode() into isChannelStyle().
* Change: In TrackSegment::isUnbreakable() and isStrap(), return false
when the base segment is a *weak global* (aligned with a global one).
* Change: In Katana::Row::createChannel(), correctly distinguish between
*strict channel* style and *hybrid* style. Tag the GCells as std cells
row or channels only in the former case.
* Update: In CRL/node600/phenitec/kite.py, update the routing gauge to
the new format. So now we can use again SxLib-2M (channel routing
SxLib for two metal technologies).
* Change: In CRL::BlifParser, if a master cell is not found in the
AllianceFramework, then try in the Blif supplied libraries.
This is used to load the zero, one and tie cells.
Add a Blif::getCell() static function to look into the Blif
supplied libraries.
* Change: In CRL::LefImport, sometimes there can be discrepencies between
the LEF ROUTING layers and the Coriolis routing gauge. Now ignore
routing layers that are *not* presents in the Coriolis gauge.
* Change: In AnabaticEngine, moved routingMode attribute from KatanaEngine,
as some setup operations needs it.
* Change: In AutoSegment::canReduce(), allow fixed segments to be reduced
if they are "jumpers" (turn+turn and top+top or bot+bot).
This case arise on the edge of routing channels for fixed wires
to connect terminals.
* Change: In AutoSegment::getTopologicalinfos(), compute differently the
(leftBound,rightBound) interval when in channel mode.
In over-the-cell mode, this interval is the one of the whole
GCells under the wire. In channel mode, for fixed wires (that is,
verticals connecteds to cells) this interval is reduced to half
the GCell height, on the connected side of said channel.
This allows Manipulator::_insertToTrack() to issue disantangling
requests (push left/push right) for fixed segments that are face
to face in the channel.
* Change: In Anabatic::Configuration CTOR, allow the cellGauge to have a
different name from the routingGauge. Now if the cell gauge that
should match the routing gauge is not found, fallback to the
name set in "anabatic.cellGauge" parameter.
Case occur when we try to match with CORE sites from LEF files.
* Change: In Etesian::Configuration CTOR, same change as in the
Anabatic configuration.
* Change: In Anabatic::GCell::updateDensity(), never set the GoStraight
flag in channel mode. This flag makes sense when there is at least
4 routing layers (so we have 2 contiguous free of blockages).
* Bug: In Anabatic::Session::_getNearestGridpoint(), sometimes the nearest on
grid point is outside the constraint box. Now force the point
to remains inside constraints even if offgrid.
* Change: In Katana::DataNegociate::update(), perpandiculars that are
either reduced or in non-preferred routing direction should not
trigger a bug message.
* Change: In KatanaEngine::_check(), do not check for fixed, horizontal
non-prefs AutoSegments in channel mode (avoid false bug display).
* Bug: In Manipulator::_forceToTrack(), slighty shrink (-1) the interval
to free. The intersection function of intervals returns true when
the two intervals *exactly* touches (1.vMax == 2.vMin). But in
this specific case, they are not *overlapping* and no action
should be taken...
* Bug: In Manipulator::_insertInTrack(), do not reject the track when
we are overlapping a fixed vertical segment in channel mode.
(Hmm, maybe already corrected by the previous one).
* Change: In Katana::NegociateOverlapCost(), in channel mode, do
not put two overlaping vertical fixed segments into infinite cost.
This happens when two cell connected verticals are face to face in
a channel. We want them negociated the track (by shrinking their
length) instead of excluding it right away.
* Change: In NegociateWindow::createTrackSegment(), in channel mode,
do not attempt to create a track segment over a fixed and reduced
AutoSegment.
Do not attempt to put a non-preferred AutoSegment on a Track
either.
* Bug: In RoutingEvent::revalidate(), the number of availables tracks
was badly computed when in the pure constraint case, when there
was only one it was reporting zero.
* Change: In TrackElements::TrackElements_Perpandicular::Locator,
do not issue a bug when an non-pref or reduced AutoSegment do not
have an associated TrackElement.
* Change: In TrackSegmentCost::update(), do not issue a bug when a
perpandicular is reduded or non-pref and do not have a TrackElement.
* Change: In AutoHorizontal::setDuSource() & ::setDuTarget() (& AutoVertical),
check that the requested "du" is less than a pitch (this is not an
upper bound). Issue a warning if not true.
* Change: In AutoSegment::revalidate(), when passing the previous span
interval to expandToMinLength(), if we are in creation stage, make
it empty because it has no sense yet and can lead to a lock in a
too narrow span.
Change the coupled behavior of expandToMinLength() vs.
unexpandToMinLength(), the call to "unexpand" will be done on
AutoSegments that are flagged with SegAtMinArea, instead of
using the return value of "expand". This way we control across
multiple revalidate() if a segment can be "unexpanded".
* Bug: In AutoSegment::expandToMinLength(), not only try to shift left
if we are beyoond the max bound but also to the right if we are
below the min bound.
the span on the target and source were miscalculated, we must
add the half-minimal distance to get the span inside the Track.
* Change: In AutoSegment::isMiddleStack(), rename into isNearMinArea()
as we check for any *small length* set of AutoSegments and not
only the one part of a middle stack. In some rare instances,
two aligned segments can nevertheless be too short.
* Bug: In AutoSegment::reduceDoglegLayer(), when finding a reduced
segment also reset it's duSource & duTarget because it will
no longer be an isolated strip of metal.
* Change: In AutoHorizontal::updateOrient(), when there is a
source/target swap, no need to exchange the dxSource and
dxTarget extentions.
* Change: In AutoHorizontal::setDuSource() & ::setDuTarget(), check
for du bigger than the pitch, which should never occur and
display a warning.
Same modification in AutoVertical.
* Change: In Track::repair(), now invalidate the shifted segments
to ensure cache coherency with the TrackElement.
Do not take AutoSegment in non-preferred direction into
account, and especially do not try to resize them.
Now, invalidate the corrected segments (see below).
* Change: In KatanaEngine::finalizeLayout(), move the track repair
stage from here into NegociateWidow::run(). This way we avoid
the false warning about segment overlap in the data-base final
check. The false warning was because the AutoSegment where
shifted but not invalidated/revalidated leading to a cache
incoherency in the TrackElement. Now they *are* invalidated
and updated.
* Bug: In Track::checkMinArea(), do not check for minimal area when
a segment is overlapping a same net neighbor. To avoid false
minimum area violation warnings.
The decoupling of the cell gauge and the routing gauge implies that
the METAL2 & METAL3 terminals of macro blocks cannot be aligned on
the routing tracks anymore. That is, an horizontal METAL2 terminal
will not be on a track axis, but offgrid, so we no longer can use
a METAL2 horizontal segment to connect to it. Making an adjustement
between the offgrid terminal and the on-grid segment has proven
too complex and generating difficult configuration for the router.
Moreover, METLA2 terminal could be fully inside a METAL2 blockage.
So now, when the gauges are decoupled, we connect the METAL2 and
METAL3 the same way we do for METAL1: *from above* in the perpandicular
direction and using a *sliding* VIA. We assume that those kind of
terminals in upper metals are quite long.
* New: In Hurricane::Rectilinear, export the isNonRectangle() method
to the Python interface.
* New: In CRL::RoutingGauge, add function isSuperPitched() with the
associated boolean attribute. Set to true when each pitch of
each layer is independant (not low fractional multiples).
* New: In AnabaticEngine, add the ability to temporarily disable the
canonize() operation (mainly used in dogleg creation).
* New: In AutoSegment::canonize(), do nothing if the operation is
disabled by AnabaticEngine.
* Bug: In Session::_revalidateTopology(), disable the canonization
during the topology updating of a net. Too early canonization
was occuring in makeDogleg() leading to incoherencies when
performing the later canonization stage over the complete net.
Mostly occured in the initial build stage of the net.
* New: In GCell, add function postGlobalAnnotate(), if a layer
is fully blocked (above 0.9), typically, under a blockage,
add a further capacity decrease of 2 on the edges. So we may
handle a modicum of doglegs.
* Bug; In GCell::addBlockage(), removeContact(), removeHSegment()
and removeVSegment(), forgot to set the Invalidated flag.
This may have lead to innacurate densities.
* Change: In GCell::updateDensity(), more complex setting of the
GoStraight flag. This flag is now set if we don't have two
*contiguous* below 60% of density. We need free contiguous
layers to make doglegs.
* New: In NetBuilder, now manage a current state flag along
with the state flag of the *source* GCell. This flag is used
to tell if the GCell needs it's *global* routing to be done
using the upper layers (METAL4 & METAL5) instead of the
lower ones.
* New: In NetBuilder::setStartHook(), set the state flag of the
GCell to ToUpperRouting when processing a global routing
articulation and one of the base layer is obstructed
above 0.9.
In GCell with terminals, also set ToUpperRouting when there
are some in METAL2 / METAL3 and the gauge is not super-pitched.
* New: In NetBuilder, function isInsideBlockage(), to check if a
terminal is completely or partially enclosed in a blockage.
* Change: In NetBuilderHV::doRp_AutoContact(), remove support for
trying to put on grid misaligned METAL2/METAL3.
Instead systematically access them from above.
Do not cover with fixed protection terminals that are already
enclosed in blockages.
* Bug: In NetBuilderHV::doRp_AutoContact(), always add the terminal
contact in the requested GCell and not the target/source one,
in case the terminal span several GCells.
* Change: In NetBuilderHV::doRp_Access(), create the local wiring
according to the RoutingPad layer.
* Change: In NetBuilderHV::_do_xG(), _do_2G(),
create the global wiring in upper layers, according to the
ToUpperRouting flag.
* Change: In NetBuilderHV::_do_xG_xM3(), now delegate to
_do_xG_xM3_baseRouting() and _do_xG_xM3_upperRouting() if the
density at terminal level is above 0.5.
* New: NetBuilderHV::_do_xG_xM3_baseRouting() and
_do_xG_xM3_upperRouting() separated function to manage the
local routing.
* Change: In NetBuilder::_do_globalSegment(), if the currently
processed GCell or it's source is in ToUpperRouting mode,
move up the global segment. Do *not* use the moveUp() function
which would create doglegs unwanted at this stage.
* New: In KatanaEngine::annotateGlobalGraph(), call postGlobalAnnotate()
on the GCell after the blockages have been taken into accound to
add the penalty.
* Bug: In Track::getPrevious(), correctly manage the 0 value for the
index argument. Strange it didn't show earlier.
Same goes for Track::expandFreeInterval().
* Bug: In CRL::MeasureSet::toStringHeaders(), check and issue a warning
if a measure label ends with a "." (dot).
* Change: In CRL::ToolEngine::getMeasure(), return the data measure
by pointer instead of by reference (easier to manipulate afterwards).
* New: In EtesianEngine::place(), add the placement runtime (under label
"placeT") to the measure set.
* New: In KatanaEngine::dumpMeasures(), add the Etesian runtime to the
set of measures.
WARNING: We are partially duplicating the informations pertaining
to the Alliance catalog (stored in the Catalog property)
directly into the Cell. This is needed for Flexlib which
is not using the Alliance loading mechanim. Ideally the
Catalog information should be moved into the Cell.
* New: In Cell, add new state flags Diode, PowerFeed (in addition to
Pad & Feed).
Export flags setter/getter to Python. For Flexlib usage.
* Change: In AllianceFramework::getInstancesCount(), correctly skip
Diode & Feeds based on Cell flags. Those flags must correctly
be set in the various Flexlib_fix.py scripts.
* New: In AllianceFramework::getInstancesCount(), add a flag TerminalNetlist
to stop recursion on "terminal for netlist" instance level. This is to
avoid counting physical only or non-routed instances inside hard macros,
like SRAM blocks. This was leading to an overstimation of the "size"
in number of gates of the routing problem.
* Change: In KatanaEngine CTOR, call for the terminal for netlist number of
gates...
* New: In AnabaticEngine::printMeasures(), re-enable runtime & memory
footprint in measurements.
* Bug: In Anabatic::AutoSegment CTOR, correct computation of the initial
number of global segments. We were relying on the "global" flag,
which is *not* set at this stage. Now compare source and target
GCells.
* New: In KatanaEngine::runGlobalRouter(), store H-ovE & V-ovE in
measurements.
* New: In KatanaEngine CTOR, add the number of gates (flattened) to
the measurments.
* New: In KatanaEngine::runNegociate(), add the number of GCells to
the measurements.
* Change: In KatanaEngine::printCompletion(), compute the wirelengths
in either lambdas (symbolic) or *nanometers* (real).
* New: In cumulus/plugins.block.Block, add a setting to request the
Katana measurements dumping: "cfg.katana.dumpMeasures"
* Bug: In KatanaEngine::annotateGlobalGraph(), the minimum track reservation
was not applied correctly. Instead of adding the *difference* between
the minimum and the current reservation, the minimum was simply added.
Leading to too high reservation. And loss of control about what we
were doing on the edges capacities...
Really stupid.
* New: Python/C++ API level:
* Write a new C++/template wrapper to get rid of boost::python
* The int & long Python type are now merged. So a C/C++ level,
it became "PyLong_X" (remove "PyInt_X") and at Python code
level, it became "int" (remove "long").
* Change: VLSISAPD finally defunct.
* Configuration is now integrated as a Hurricane component,
makes use of the new C++/template wrapper.
* vlsisapd is now defunct. Keep it in the source for now as
some remaining non essential code may have to be ported in
the future.
* Note: Python code (copy of the migration howto):
* New print function syntax print().
* Changed "dict.has_key(k)" for "k" in dict.
* Changed "except Exception, e" for "except Exception as e".
* The division "/" is now the floating point division, even if
both operand are integers. So 3/2 now gives 1.5 and no longer 1.
The integer division is now "//" : 1 = 3//2. So have to carefully
review the code to update. Most of the time we want to use "//".
We must never change to float for long that, in fact, represents
DbU (exposed as Python int type).
* execfile() must be replaced by exec(open("file").read()).
* iter().__next__() becomes iter(x).__next__().
* __getslice__() has been removed, integrated to __getitem__().
* The formating used for str(type(o)) has changed, so In Stratus,
have to update them ("<class 'MyClass'>" instead of "MyClass").
* the "types" module no longer supply values for default types
like str (types.StringType) or list (types.StringType).
Must use "isinstance()" where they were occuring.
* Remove the 'L' to indicate "long integer" (like "12L"), now
all Python integer are long.
* Change in bootstrap:
* Ported Coriolis builder (ccb) to Python3.
* Ported Coriolis socInstaller.py to Python3.
* Note: In PyQt4+Python3, QVariant no longer exists. Use None or
directly convert using the python syntax: bool(x), int(x), ...
By default, it is a string (str).
* Note: PyQt4 bindings & Python3 under SL7.
* In order to compile user's must upgrade to my own rebuild of
PyQt 4 & 5 bindings 4.19.21-1.el7.soc.
* Bug: In cumulus/plugins.block.htree.HTree.splitNet(), set the root
buffer of the H-Tree to the original signal (mainly: top clock).
Strangely, it was only done when working in full chip mode.
* In KatanaEngine:
- Former situation:
Each RoutingEvent did store the routing stage it was in. And it
was misnamed "mode".
- New organization:
The routing stage is stored in KatanaEngine itself. It can be
accessed through a proxy in Session.
* Change: In DataNegociate::update(), when in Realign stage and computing
non-preferred perpnadicular routing *do not* expand of one pitch
outside the RoutingPad range.
* New: In Track::repair(), short gaps between segments of the same
nets where occuring and being not detected. This was causing
DRC minimal distance violations. Now, fuse the segments when
they are too close. Done by extenting the duSource of the
rightmost one to the leftlost one.
Create ancillary class GapSet to manage the gaps of the
various segment of the same net.
We use the segments extensions (dxTarget & dyTarget) to enlarge if
needed the segments. This new implementation is completely at
Anabatic level and should not be seen (i.e. managed) at Katana level.
* Change: In AutoHorizontal & AutoVertical, change the semantic of
getSourceU() and getTargetU(). formerly they where the end
position of the segment (with extension included), now they
gives the position of the anchor contacts, that is the axis
of the perpandiculars.
* New: AutoSegment::getLength() is still a proxy toward the
Segment::getLength() which returns the length of segment with
dxSource & dxTarget. We introduce a getAnchoredlength()
which returns the length between the centers of the S/T
anchors. That is axis to axis.
This is this length which is now used througout Anabatic.
* New: In AutoSegment::_extentionCaps, add a fourth item to hold
the segment minimal length (to respect minimal area given
the wire width).
* New: In AutoSegment::getExtensionCap(), if the segment has
a non-zero S/T extension, returns it instead of the S/T
contact extension *if it is greated*. The check of the
extension can be disabled by the Flag::NoSegExt flag.
* Change: In AutoSegment::isMiddleStack(), security check on
the presence of source and targets. More accurate detection
of perpandicular in "same layer" with a non-zero length,
So the area is OK, even with a short segment.
* New: AutoSegment::expandToMinLength(), check if a segment is
under the minimal length and expand it if need be by playing
with the dxTarget & dxSource. Tag minimal segments with the
AutoSegment::SegAtMinArea flag. Also try to keep the segment
*inside* it's former (supposedly wider) interval.
* New: AutoSegment::unexpandToMinLength(), to be called on a
formerly minimal sized segment which as grown up. Reset
it's S/T extensions to zero and unset the flag SegAtMinArea.
* Change: In AutoHorizontal::updateOrient(), when the extension
are non-zero, also swap them if needed, to keep the exact
footprint of the segment.
* New: In AutoSegment::revalidate(), check that the segment
respect the minimal length (area), and expand it if needed.
Conversely, if the segment has grown up from a minimal
length state, reset it's extensions to zero.
* Change: In Anabatic::Session::revalidate(), invalidateds
segments are now sorted in such a way that the "middle stack"
ones are revalidateds last. Not recall 100% why...
* New: In Katana::TrackCost, add a computation of the free interval
length we are into (if any). Not used yet, keep it for future
use.
* Change: In KatanaEngine::finalizeLayout(), remove the call to
segments minimum area protection. It is now obsoleted by the
new implementation in Anabatic.
* Change: In Track::check(), call the minimum size/area checker
Track::checkMinArea().
* Bug: In KatanaEngine::annotateGlobalGraph(), overlapping blockages or
fixed segments where taken into account as separate ones. This was
making the edge capacity reservation too high. Creating false
zero-capacity edges at some points.
Didn't show up until now because we did not have overlaps.
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 Katana::Configuration, two new parameters hTrackReservedMin
and same for V. Forced decrease of all edges capacities, to use
when the global router is too optimistic...
* Bug: In EtesianEngine::place(), reset the placement *only* if we are
*not* placing a sub-block *and* the top cell abutment box is empty.
* Bug: In EtesianEngine::place(), set the instance placement status of
all intermediate instances to PLACED, so the AP driver will save
them (we were having partially saved layout when using hierarchical
designs).
* Bug: In EtesianEngine::resetPlacement(), reset the PLACED flag and
the abutment box on the top cell or sub-block to be placed.
* New: In Anabatic::NetBuilderHV(), added configurations to manage
one Pin M3 + one M1 terminal plus 2 & 3 globals:
* _do_2G_1M1_1PinM3()
* _do_3G_1M1_1PinM3()
They were occuring for the first time in soclayout/experiment7
in the "flat" approach.
* New: In Katana::runNegociate(), mark the newly routed netlist as
"NetlistTerminal" so it is not placed and routed *again* when
reused as an instance (mostly interract with Etesian).
* Bug: In CRL::VstParserGrammar & VstParserScanner, when loading the
instances models, we where loading both logical & physical views.
This was causing cases of reentrency of the parser, with reset
of the lexer static dictionary, leading to memory corruption.
Now the identifiers are stored in the YaccState of each
parsed cell and we only recursively call for the logical view.
* Change: In CRL::ApParser::_parseInstance(), recursively load the
physical views as they are no longer loaded by the Vst parser.
* Change: In CRL::AllianceFramework::getCell(), sets the
TerminalNetlist flag from the state (mode 'C' in CATAL) onto
the cell.
* Change: In EtesianEngine::loadLeafcelllayouts(), new functions to
load the layouts of the leaf cells if only the netlist has been
loaded.
This commit contains two set of features that should have been commited
separately.
1. Compliance with clang 5.0.1, tested with the RedHat collection
llvm-toolset-7. This allow Coriolis to be compiled under Darwin (MacOS)
with Xcode & macports. The bootstrap install system has been modificated
accordingly.
2. The basic support for routing density driven placement. Related
features are:
* Bloat property. Each Occurrence of an Instance can be individually
bloated. This property not attached to any tool to allow the placer and
router to share it as wanted. Nevertheless, it is defined in Etesian.
* BloatProfile in Katana, add individual Bloat properties to Instances
occurrences based on the East & North overflowed edges of each GCell.
* Support in ToolEngine for a "pass number" of a tool. This pass number
is mainly used to make "per pass" measurements. The MeasureSet system
is improved accordingly to support multiple values of a same measure.
* Embryo of "P&R Conductor" to perform the place & route loop until the
design is successfully placed. May be the first brick of a Silicon
Compiler.
* Change: In boostrap/FindBoostrap.cmake, in setup_boost(), added tag to
the python component for macport (ex: python27).
* Change: In boostrap/build.conf, put etesian before anabatic for
instance occurrence BloatProperty dependency.
Added option support for the "llvm-toolset-7" collection to build
against clang 5.0.1.
* Bug: In Hurricane::getRecord( const pair<T,U>& ), the getSlot<> templates
for first & second arguments must be called with <const T> and <const U>
as the pair itself is const (and not simply <T> & <U>).
* Change: In Hurricane::getSlot() temlate, only use "string" arguments and
not const string&, simpler for template argument deduction.
* Bug: In Hurricane::AnalogCellExtension, the StandardPrivateProperty<>
template has a static member "_name". Clang did show that the template
for this static number has to be put inside the namespace where the
template *is defined* (i.e. Hurricane) instead of the namespace where
it is instanciated (i.e. Analog).
* Bug: In Isobar, Matrix_FromListOfList(), PyInt_AsPlacementStatus() must
be put outside the C linkage back in the Isobar C++ namespace (clang).
* Bug: In Hurricane::DBo::~DBo, and derived add a throw() specification
(clang).
* Bug: In Hurricane::RegularLayer::getEnclosure() & setEnclosure(), change
signature so it matches the one of the base class (clang).
* Bug: In Hurricane::CellPrinter, use double brackets for initializer list
(clang).
* Change: In Hurricane::Breakpoint, reverse the meaning of the error level.
Only error level *lesser or equal* than the stop level will be enabled.
* Bug: In CRL/python/helpers/__init__.loadUserSettings(), must put the
current working directory in the sys.path as in certain configuration
it may not be included.
* Bug: In CRL::ApDriver, DumpSegments(), no longer generate segments when
encountering a RoutingPad on a top-level Pin Occurrence. The segment
was generated in the wrong direction, creating DRC violations on the
"mips_core_flat" example.
* Change: In CRL::Measures, partial re-design of the measurements management.
Now, each kind of measure can accept multiple values put in a vector.
The index is intented to match a tool run number.
* Change: In CRL::Histogram, add support for multiple sets of datas,
indexeds with tool run number.
* Change: In CRL::ToolEngine, add support for multiple pass number, add
addMeasure<> templates for the various data-types.
* Change: In CRL::gdsDriver & CRL::gdsParser(), comment out unused GDS record
name constants.
* New: Etesian::BloatProperty, property to attach to Instance occurrences
that contains the extra number of pitch to add to the cell width.
* Bug: In AutoSegment::CompareByDepthLength, the segment length comparison
was wrong, it was always returning true, which broke the "strick weak
ordering" of the comparison.
This was producing a core-dump in GCell::updateDensity() when sorting
a vector<>. The end() iterator was being dereferenced, leading to the
problem.
* Bug: In Katana::DataSymmetric::checkPairing(), the test for segments
whose axis is perpandicular to the symmetry axis was wrong
("!=" instead of "-").
* New: In Katana/GlobalRoute, new ::selectSegments(), selectOverloadedgcells()
and selectBloatedInstances() to automatically select segments from
overloaded edges, overloaded GCells and bloated cells.
* Change: In KatanaEngine, return a more detailed success state, distinguish
between global and detailed.
Add support for multiple routing iterations.
* New: In cumulus/python/plugins/ConductorPlugin.py, embryo of routing
driven placement.
This commit degrades the run success rate of ARMv2a to 87% (40 iters).
* New: In CRLcore/etc/.../kite.conf, add configuration parameters:
katana.termSatReservedlocal
katana.termSatthreshold
for the new edge capacity computation system.
* New: In CRLcore/etc/symbolic/phenitec06/, add support for N. Shimizu
small I/O pads (supplied in phlib80). Tune various parameters of
Anabatic/Katana to increase routing success.
* Change: In CRLcore/alliance/ap/ApParser, make Pin external components,
so RoutingPad will be build upon in global routing.
Do not complain when a I/O pad has a physical instance that did
not exists in the netlist. Just create it (appeared in phlib80).
When no netlist instance exists in a pad, the pad Cell is still
considered as terminal.
* New: In Etesian::BloatCells, new profile named "3metals" better suited
for two routing metals technologies (i.e. Phenitec).
* New: In Anabatic::RawGCellsUnder, new CTOR which take only source &
target points instead of a segment. Needed to manage wide segment for
which the axis to consider is not that of the segment (one axis for
each track it intersect).
* New: In Anabatic::GCell, add a RoutingPad count attribute, for Edge
reservation computation.
* New: In AnabaticEngine::computeEdgeCapacities(), instead of decreasing
all edges of a fixed amount (hTrackReservedLocal), guess the GCell
cluttering from the number of RoutingPads that it contains.
For non-saturated GCells, the four edges are decreased by the number
of RoutingPads. We use the maximum from the two neigboring GCells.
The hTrackReservedLocal parameter is now used only as a *maximum*
that the edge reservation can reach.
If a GCell is saturated (more than 8 RoutingPads, the saturation is
propagated horizontally to 2 neigboring GCells).
* Change: In AutoContactTerminal::getNativeConstraintBox(), use a more
flexible gauge name matching for terminal vertical extensions correction.
Namely, match all "msxlib*" kind of gauges.
* Change: In AutoSegment::setAxis(), add the ability to force the axis
position, even if it is a non-canonical segment. Maybe needed in the
initialisation steo, before the first canonisation is performed.
* New: In NetBuilder, added new methods _do_1G_1PinM1() and _do_2G_1PinM1(),
to manage coronas for Phenitec designs.
To avoid various side effects from segments being too close from
the north / east side of the routing area, make those segments fixeds.
* Change: In KatanaEngine::annotateGlobalGraph(), the management of wide
wires was wrong. The axis to use to find the underlying GCells is the
one of the track, not of the segment. This was creating bad edge
capacity computation under the power ring of a block and subsequently
routing failures.
* New: In Kanata::Manipulator, added method reprocessParallels(), not used
though, but keep it anyway, might be of use later...
* New: In Kanata::Manipulator, added method avoidBlockage() for terminal
METAL2 in non-preferred direction, restrict the terminal and turn
constraint box at the current position of the perpandicular, so it
doesn't create a deadlock in METAL2.
* Change: In SegmentFsm::conflictSolveByPlaceds(), if we cannot break
using the whole overlap, try the first atomic overlap.
* New: In SegmentFsm::_slackenStrap(), manage conflict between a non-prefered
segment and a blockage, this when to call avoidBlockage()...
* New: In Katana::Configuration, management of the new edge computation
parameters:
katana.termSatReservedlocal
katana.termSatthreshold
* New: In Cumulus/plugins/Core2Chip, support for Phenitec I/O pads.
* Change: In Hurricane::Cell_LeafInstanceOccurrences, add the ability to
walkthrough the leaf of one specific top-level instance.
* Change: In Hurricane::Cell_NonLeafInstanceOccurrences, add the ability to
walkthrough the leaf of one specific top-level instance.
* Change: In Hurricane::Cell:
getLeafInstanceOccurrences() and getNonLeafInstanceOccurrences(), now
have a parameter Instance* to select the leafs we want to walk through.
If set NULL (default value) browse through all the instances,
as before.
* Change: In Hurricane::DeepNet, add forgotten Inspector support.
* New: In EtesianEngine, add a "block" (and Instance) attribute to allow
the placement of one specific bloc. If we want to place the core of
a chip and take into account the external terminals (if they are not
already fixed as Pins at the edge of *said* block). We must place
the core *in the context* of it's instanciation in the corona.
Note for G. Gouvine : Pin & external RP should be taken into account
starting at line 629 of EtesianEngine.cpp...
* New: In cumulus/plugins/chip/Chip.py, make use of the new block
placement feature of ETesian.
* Bug: In KatanaEngine::create(), perform a pre-check to prevent trying to
route whole chip, which is forbidden an leads to annoying core-dumps.
Routing must take place "at most" at Corona level.
* Bug: In KatanaEngine::PowerRails, create a plane for METAL1 blockage.
Not completely sure this was a bug...
* Change: In Hurricane::SharedName, replace the incremental Id by a hash key.
This is to ensure better deterministic properties. Between use cases,
additional strings may have to be allocated, shitfing the ids. Even if
hash can be duplicated, we should be able to ensure that the absolute
order in map table should be preserved. Supplemental strings are inserted
in a way that keep the previous order.
* Change: In CRL/etc/symbolic/cmos/kite.conf, add "katabatic.routingGauge"
default parameter value ("sxlib").
* Change: In CRL/etc/common/technology.conf, define minimal spacing for
symbolic layers too (added for METAL4 only for now).
* Change: In CRL::Histogram, extend support to dynamically sized histograms.
Add a text pretty print with table and pseudo-curve.
* Change: In Cumulus/plugins/ClockTreePlugin, create blockage under the
block corona corners so the global router do not draw wire under them.
This was creating deadlock for the detailed router.
When the abutment has to be computed, directly use Etesian to do it
instead of duplicating the computation in the Python plugin.
* New: In Etesian, as Coloquinte seems reluctant to evenly spread the
standard cells, we trick it by making them bigger during the placement
stage. Furthermore, we do not not uniformely increase the size of the
cells but create a "bloating profile" based on cell size, cell name
or it's density of terminals. Currently only two profiles are defined,
"disabled" which does nothing and "nsxlib" targeted on 4 metal layer
technologies (aka AMS 350nm, c35b4).
* Bug: In Knik::MatrixVertex, load the default routing gauge using the
configuration parameter "katabatic.routingGauge" as the default one
may not be the first registered one.
* New: In AnabaticEngine::setupNetDatas(), build a dynamic historgram of
the nets terminal numbers.
* Bug: In Anabatic::AutoContact::Invalidate(), always invalidate the
contact cache when topology is invalidated. In case of multiple
invalidations, if the first did not invalidate the cache, later one
that may need it where not allowed to do so. The end result was correct
nonetheless, but it did generate annoying error messages.
* Bug: In Anabatic::AutoContactTurn::updateTopology(), bad computation
of the contact's depth when delta == 2.
* Bug: In Anabatic::Gcell::getCapacity(), was always returning the west
edge capacity, even for the westermost GCell, should be the east
edge in that case.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, introduce a new measure "distance to
terminal". This is the minimal number of segments separating the
current one from the nearest RoutingPad. This replace the previous
"strong terminal" and "weak terminal" flags.
This distance is used by Katana to sort the events, we route the
segments *from* the RoutingPads *outward*. The idea being that if we
cannot event connect to the RoutingPad, there is no points continuing
as thoses segments are the more constraineds. This gives an order close
to the simple ascending metals but with better results.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, introduce a new flag "Unbreakable", disable
dogleg making on those segments. mainly intended for local segments
directly connecteds to RoutingPads (distance == 0).
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, more aggressive reducing of segments.
Now the only case where a segment cannot be reduced is when it is
one horizontal branch in a HTee or a vertical on a VTee. Check if,
when not accounted the source & target VIAs are still connex, if so,
allow reducing.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoContact, new state flags CntVDogleg & CntHDogleg
mainly to prevent making doglegs twice on a turn contact. This is to
limit over-fragmentation. If one dogleg doesn't solve the problem,
making a second one will make things worse only...
* Bug: In Anabatic::Configuration::selectRpcomponent(), we were choosing
the component with the *smallest* span instead of the *bigger* one.
* New: In Anabatic::GCell, introduce a new flag "GoStraight" to tell that
no turn go be made inside those GCells. Mainly used underneath a block
corona.
* New: In AnabaticEngine::layerAssign(), new GCellRps & RpsInRow to manage
GCells with too many terminals. Slacken at least one RoutingPad access
when there is more than 8 RoutingPad in the GCell (slacken or change
a vertical METAL2 (non-preferred) into a METAL3).
* Change: In Anabatic::NetBuilderHV, allow the use of terminal connection
in non-preferred direction. That is, vertical METAL2 directly connected
to the RoutingPad (then a horizontal METAL2). This alllows for short
dogleg without clutering the METAL3 layer (critical for AMS c35b4).
Done in NetBuilderHV::doRp_Access(), with a new UseNonPref flag.
Perform some other tweaking on METAL1 access topologies, to also
minimize METAL3 use.
* New: In AnabaticEngine::computeNetConstraints(), also compute the
distance to RoutingPad for segments. Set the Unbreakable flag, based
on the distance and segment length (local, short global or long global).
New local function "propagateDistanceFromRp()".
* Change: In AnabaticEngine.h, the sorting class for NetData, SparsityOrder,
is modificated so net with a degree superior to 10 are sorted first,
whatever their sparsity. This is to work in tandem with GlobalRouting.
* New: In Katana::TrackSegmentNonPref, introduce a class to manage segment
in non-preferred routing direction. Mostly intended for small METAL2
vertical directly connected to RoutingPad. Modifications to manage
this new variant all through Katana.
* Change: In Katana::GlobalRoute, DigitalDistance honor the GoStraight flag
of the GCell. Do not make bend inside thoses GCells.
* Change: In KatanaEngine::runGlobalRouter(), high degree nets (>= 10) are
routed first and whitout the global routing estimation. There should be
few of them so they wont create saturations and we want them as straight
as possible. Detour are for long be-points.
Set the saerch halo to one GCell in the initial routing stage (before
ripup).
* Bug: In KatanaEngine & NegociateWindow, call _computeCagedconstraints()
inside NegociateWindow::run(), as segments are inserted into tracks
only at that point so we cannot make the computation earlier.
* Change: In Katana::Manipulator::repackPerpandiculars(), add a flag to
select whether to replace the perpandiculars *after* or *before* the
current segment.
* Change: In Katana::NegociateWindow::NegociateOverlapCost(), when the
segment is fully enclosed inside a global, the longest overlap cost
is set to the shortest global hoverhang (before or after).
When the cost is for a global, set an infinite cost if the overlapping
segment has a RP distance less or equal to 1 (this is an access segment).
* Bug: In Katana::PowerRailsPlane::Rail::doLayout(), correct computation of
the segments extension cap.
* New: In Katana::QueryPowerRails::addToPowerRail(), add support for Pad.
* Change: In Katana/PreProcess::protectCagedTerminals(), apply the contraints
to any turn connected to the first segment of the RoutingPad so the
perpandicular constraints got propagated to the perpandicular segment...
* Change: In RoutingEvent, cache the "distance to RP" value.
* Change: In RoutingEvent::Key::compare(), sort *first* on distance to
RoutingPad, then layer depth. If both distance to RoutingPad is null,
then sort on segment length.
* Change: In RoutingEvent::_processRepair(), try a repack perpandicular with
perpandiculars first (then with perpandicular last, then give up).
* Change: In SegmentFsm::bindToTrack() and moveToTrack(), set an axis hint
when creating the insertion event.
* Change: In SegmentFsm::_slackenStrap(), add a step through slacken between
minimize and maximum slack (wihch directly end up in unimplemented).
* Change: In Session::_addInsertEvent(), add an axis parameter needed when
the axis of the segment is not the one of the track (case of wide
segments or non-preferred direction).
* Bug: In Track::_preDestroy(), bad management of the TrackElement reference
count. Destroy the segment only when reaching zero...
* Bug: In Track::expandFreeIneterval(), forgotten to manage case when there
is a set of overlaping segments at the "end" of the track, the
EndIsTrackMax was not set.
* Change: In TrackCost::Compare, increase the cost when an overlaping
segment is at it's ripup limit. We should try *not* to rip it up if
we can. Add a dedicated flag "AtRipupLimit".
* Change: In TrackElement, add proxies for isUnbreakable(), new function
updateTrackSpan().
* New: In TrackFixedSegment CTOR, when a supply wire of METAL2 or above is
found, make the underlying GCells "GoStraight".
* New: In TrackElement::canDogleg(GCell*), check for already done perpandicular
dogleg on source/target (reject if so).
* Bug: In Anabatic::Edge::getDistance(), remove the additionnal 0.1
added to horizontal edges. This was for testing before the hScaling
parameter was added (to the distance computation in GlobalRoute).
* New: Anabatic::Path_Edges, collectio to walkthrough all the edges
between two node. More complex than in Knik as we are no longer
using a regular grid. We may request the north bound path or south
bound path.
Collection returned by AnabaticEngine::getEdgesUnderPath().
* New: In Anabatic::NetData, add a new flag GlobalEstimated to tell if
the net RMST has been computed (using FLUTE).
* New: In Anabatic::PriorityQueue, used to sort Vertexes by increasing
distances, add a new criterion to be used in case of distance
equality. The attractor which should be the center of the search
area. In case of equality, we choose the Vertex which is closest
to the attractor. Give a small improvement, and more "dendritic"
trees.
For a more simple implementation of the comparison function it is
made as a static member (so no two Dijkstra objects at the same
time...).
* Change: In Anabatic::Edge, make the estimate occupance a floating
point number instead of an integer.
* New: In Katana::GlobalRoute, finally implement the estimated congestion
driven router. Net RMST estimated using FLUTE.
Use the historic cost from Knik implementation and not the one
given in Damien's thesis, which seems not be the same and a bit
strange.
* New: In KatanaEngine, add the ability to exclude nets from routing,
and export it to Python.
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 Hurricane::Entity, add an id counter limit and a memory size
limit. The two limits are checked only when a new Entity object is
created. This should help avoiding massive memory links.
* New: In CRL Core, add a "crlcore.groundName" and a "crlcore.powerName"
parameter to specify the name of the ground/power signals to be
created if they are missing in a Cell. For Alliance libraries it
would be "vss" & "vdd" (default values), but for real technologies,
it is often "gnd!" & "vdd!".
The Blif parser is modificated to make use of it.
* Bug: In AnabaticEngine::unify(), set the resulting unified segment in
the center of the GCells common side. Gcells under a segment are
found by using the edge that cover the segment axis. When we have
a "bend" GCell stack and the axis is wrong, they could be ommited.
This was causing deleted segments to be not removed from some
Edges, then core dump.
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoSegment::create(), smarter choosing of the
reference contact, select the fixed or terminal one instead of
always the source one.
* New: In Anabatic::Edge::isEnding(), new function to check if a
segment going through an Edge is starting/ending in either source
or target GCell of the edge (active only when running in channel
mode).
* New: In Anabatic::Edge::add(), a segment takes part in the occupancy
only if it is not ending in either source or target (channel mode
only). The occupancy due to terminal is pre-computed in Katana.
* New: In Anabatic::Edge::ripup(), in channel mode, never ripup a
segment which is ending in either source or target (we *have* to
access this edge to connect to the terminal).
* Bug: In Anabatic::GCell::hcut() and vcut(), force the update of
the Edge which is on the side that will get splitted by the cut.
It's capacity will be reduced to it must be updated.
* Change: In Anabatic::GCell::updateGContacts() add a flag to conditionnally
update horizontals or verticals only. We may require only a partial
update when resizing the GCell in only one direction.
This, again, related to the fact that we compute the GCells under
a segment thanks to it's axis position, so we need to be very careful
when modificating axis.
* Change: In Katana::Block::resizeChannels(), only update GContact vertical
position. Do not disturb X positions of segments.
* Bug: In Katana::GlobalRoute::DigitalDistance, in channel mode, some
Edges can have a zero capacity, but still be reachable if the net has
a terminal in either source or target. Look for this case and return
a distance of zero instead of "unreachable". This was causing the
global routing not to complete in channel mode.
For computing the edge distance, makes the vertical edges much more
long (10 times) than the horizontal ones as the vertical capacity is
very limited. Hard coded for now, should make it a parameter in the
future.
* Change: In KatanaEngine::annotateGlobalGraph(), decrease the capacity
of edges with reserveCapacity for each terminal inside a GCell.
Both north and south edges are decreased as we a terminal will
block both north and south edges.
As a counterpart, the Edge capacity is not decreased when the
global router connect to a terminal.
* Change: In Katana::RoutingEvent::revalidate(), when in repair stage,
do not expand the slack for horizontal segments in channel mode.
So they may not overlap the standard cell row.
* Bug: In Stratus documentation, do not use the french option in babel,
the documentation is in english!
* New: In Documentation, added Hurricane/Python tutorial, part for drawing
layout.
* New: In Anabatic::Edge::ripup(), sort edges to ripup by decreasing
length so the longest gets riped up first.
In two metals mode, ripup all segments *except* those who have
terminal contact in the GCell, because they must use it anyway.
* Bug: In Anabatic::GCell::getEdgeAt(), the size hint flag was not
correctly selected, leading to the use of an edge in the wrong
side. So deleted segments where not deleted from their edges,
leading to core dump. Don't understand how it can have not shown
until now.
* New: In KatanaEngine::annotateGlobalGraph(), for two metal gauges,
decrease the edge capacity on both north and south side for each
terminal in the GCell. As a terminal must be accessed through
north or south it blocks the whole vertical track (hence both
edges).
* New: In Anabatic::EdgeCapacity, dedicated object to manage the capacities
of an edge by layer. This needed now because with real technologies
layers capacities differs (unlike with symbolic technologies).
This object is separated to be shared between Edges with identical
characteristics (direction+interval). Deletion is automatic and
done through refcounting. All the already allocateds EdgeCapacity
are kept into a set in the AnabaticEngine (key is (direction,interval)).
* New: In Anabatic::Edge, capacities are stored in a shared EdgeCapacity
object. The total capacity can be annotated (i.e. decreased).
EdgeCapacity attribute is created during the materialize() call.
The capacities are computed at this time.
The incCapacity() function is renamed in reserveCapacity().
* New: In Anabatic::AnabaticEngine, added attribute _edgeCapacitiesLut
to store the shared EdgeCapacity.
Lookup/Creation of an EdgeCapacity is done through _createCapacity().
* Change: In Anabatic::Constants, rename Flags::IllimitedCapacity into
Flags::InfiniteCapacity. Add Flags::NullCapacity (both for Edges).
* Change: In Anabatic::GCell, implement a by depth (for layer) getCapacity().
This modification did expose a bug in the density calculation :
per depth density where divided by the complete density instead of the
density's depth. This was leading to greatly underestimated densities.
Thoses underestimations where preventing Dijkstra and layer assignement
to manage congestion correctly (in fact, it was acting as if there
never was congestion).
Also avoid a divide by zero (thus -NAN showing in densities).
* Change: In Anabatic::GCell, rename setEdgeOccupancy() into the more
accurate forceEdgesCapacities().
Note for Eric: only the first Edge on each side has it's capacity
forced. What if there's more than one Edge ?
* New: In Anabatic::NetBuilder, set all the attributes as private and
create accessors and mutators.
Finish virtualising all GCell build methods and transfer them
into the NetBuilderHV class.
Build methods now return a boolean to tell if the GCell was
processed or not, to allow cascading in the "big switch".
Reorganise the "big switch" in separate sections only partially
cascading.
Truly fuse the *big switch* for channel routing and over-the-cells.
Create a new method "_do_globalSegment()" to delagate the
drawing of global segments between two GCell to the derived classes.
* New: In AnabaticEngine::invalidateRoutingPads() this method is a temporary
workaround for a Hurricane problems. When an instance is moved, the
RoutingPads that use it must be moved accordingly, but they are not
invalidated so they stay in the wrong QuadTree.
New method ::_resizeMatrix() to be called when the associated Cell
is resized.
* Bug: In AutoHorizontal::getConstraints() and AutoVertical::getConstraints(),
the *target* constraints where never merged.
* Change: In AutoHorizontal::getCells() and AutoVertical::getGCells(),
now return a boolean to tell if it was ok (must not encounter a NULL
GCell while progessing from source to target).
* New: In Anabatic::Configuration and Anabatic:Session, create new methods:
- getDHorizontalLayer()
- getDhorizontalDepth()
- getDHorizontalWidth()
- getDHorizontalPitch()
And so on for Vertical and Contact.
They supply depth-independant informations about the H/V layers to
build the initial detailed routing.
The AutoSegment::create() methods have been modificated accordingly.
* New: In Anabatic::GCell, add two new types "StdCellRow" and "ChannelRow"
for implementing 2-Metal blocks.
Rename the GCell::setXY() method in GCell::setSouthWestCorner(),
move the contents of GCell::updateContactsPosition() into it and
suppress it.
WARNING: In case of a GCell shrink this may cause problems. But for
now we only expand...
New method GCell::getNetCount() to count the number of Net going
though the GCell.
* Change: In Anabatic::Edge, add specific support for capacity of 2-Metal
routing channels.
* Change: In Anabatic::Dijsktra various methods, replace the "gcell->isMatrix()"
calls by "not gcell->isAnalog()". Add more check so that the methods
pertaining to the analog routing (GRData) are not called in digital
mode.
* New: In Anabatic::Dijkstra::materialize(), add support for 2-Metal specific
cases. That is, always break in case of vertical pass-through or
U-turn. The global routing must always be broken in H-Channel.
* New: In Anabatic::GCell & Anabatic::Edge, make use of the Session mechanism
to ensure the revalidation. The "::revalidate()" method is then moved
as "::materialize()" (overload of Go) and "::_invalidate()" becomes
"::invalidate()"
* Change: In LoadGlobalRouting, cosmetic rename of SortHkByX in SortHookByX.
* New: In GCellTopology, added support for building 2-Metal topologies.
* ForkStack is now an object attribute as many methods do need it.
* To push segments/hook on the stack, a new method "push()" is
available. Perform NULL and fromHook checking. Can also setup
_southWestContact or _northEastContact if it is the "from" edge.
* N/S/E/W edges are now vector as in digital channel mode there
can be more than one.
* Added build topological build methods:
- doRp_2m_Access() RoutingPad stem access.
- _do_2m_1G_1M1() North or south access.
- _do_2m_2G_1M1() North AND south access.
- _do_2m_xG() H-Channel routing.
* New: In Anabatic::Matrix, new ::resize() function, as Cell can be resizeds.
* New: In Anabatic::Vertex, new static method ::getValueString() for a
friendly text rendering.
* New: In Katana::DigitalDistance, support for channel routing.
* Change: In KatanaEngine::digitalSetup() and KatanaEngine::runGlobalrouter(),
for channel routing, calls to setupPowerRails() and
protectRoutingPads() must be called after the core block has
been fully dimensionned.
::runGlobalrouter() contains the code tasked with the grid creation
and channel sizing.
* New: In KatanaEngine: Added support for core block, for 2-Metal routing.
May be expanded for over-the-cell routing in the future.
Added methods :
- isDigitalMode()
- isAnalogMode()
- isMixedMode()
- isChannelMode()
- getBlock() / addBlock()
- setupChannelMode()
- createChannel()
* New: In Katana, new class Block to manage core blocks and perform
channel routing.
* New: In Katana::Session, new convenience method "isOpen()".
* Bug: In Anabatic::Dijsktra, correct the indentation in cdebug calls
(lots of them causing a big shift right).
* New: In Anabatic::TrackSegment, new helper structure SideStack to
manage a set of aligned GCells and their various sides sizes.
* Change: In Anabatic::TrackSegment::computeOptimal(), more accurate
computation of attractors from global segments and variable size
GCells using SideStack.
* Change: In Katana::DataSymmetric::checkPairing(), increase the tolerance
for misaligned symmetrics from 2 to 5 tracks (should be enough for our
narrow channel routing).
* New: In Katana::TrackSegment, add a first flag to enable locking of
priority. If it is set, calls to either "computePriority()" or
"forcePriority()" will have no effect. Added the uint32_t flags
paraphernalia.
* New: In ::computeNetPriority(), overall function to control the call
of TrackSegment::computeAlignedPriority(). The call is done from
NegociateWindow::run().
* New: Katana::TrackSegment::computeAlignedPriority(), order the
TrackSegments aligneds through doglegs to the one with the highest
priority is routed first and others progressively from him. Done by
forcing an ever decreasing priority on the aligneds ones.
The amount of decrease is small so the aligned segments got routed
(ordered) in close, if not contiguous, sequence. Priority is locked
for the order to remain.
* Bug: In Katana::TrackSegment::computePriority(), correct computation
of the priority when there is more than 10 free tracks
(a DbU::toLambda() call was missing, leading to very big priorities).
* Change: In katana::TrackCost CTOR, do not compute a distance to fixed
in the case of analog segments, this is backfiring.
Slight change of the compare function when delta differs. Seems
to improve a little.
* New: In Anabatic_AutoSegments collection, added a Flag to the constructors
to allow different behavior between digital and analog modes.
For "Aligneds" and "Perpandiculars" collections, now manage a new
Flag WithDoglegs to follow aligned globals through local doglegs
(for analog nets).
Adjust the log level of collections to 144 (formerly 145).
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, new flag SegAnalog for segments that are
part of an analog net.
Note that with this flag, we reach the 32 bits limit...
* Change: In Anabatic::Constants, Flags are now declared as BaseFlags
objects and *not* uint64_t. This avoids overload resolution problems with
arithmetical overload of the operators.
The BaseFlags/Flags types are now completly "isolated" from the
uint64_t, it has the advantage of showing where unwanted previous implicit
conversions where occuring.
* Change: In Katana::Constants, Flags values are now of BaseFlags type instead
of uint64_t.
* Change: In Anabatic::Dijkstra, lots of log cleanup.
* Change: In Anabatic::GCell::getSide(), make the "shrink" parameter visible
to allow to substract the topmost and rightmost track for axis span
computation in AutoSegment::computeOptimal(). Used for analog mode.
* Change: In NetRoutingState, added a flag for analog mode. Use uint32_t
for the flags type.
* New: In Isobar, export the NetRoutingState and NetRoutingExtension objects.
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoSegments collections, change the type of all
the flags that where in "unsigned int" (32 bits) to Flags (uint64_t)
as there is now more than 32 flags for functions.
* New: In Ababatic::Constants, added new flag Flags::WithPerpands, which
makes the number of flags tip over 32 bits, thus making mandatory
to uses Flags and not unsigned int.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegments_Perpandiculars, manage a new flag
Flags::WithDoglegs to allow to propagate through global segments that
are connecteds via doglegs on local segments. Meaning that there is
a good chance that they could be aligned.
Slighly change the way we propagate on aligned segments: no longer
check for VTee or HTee, but only for same direction and layer as
master.
* New: In Anabatic & Katana, replace all the "int", "long" and their
variants by the less implementation ambiguous "int32_t", "int64_t"
(and variant). This should help to better detect bit trucation in
flags.
Use the type to give a hint about the flags kind:
- Type "Flags", for flags shared among Anabatic & Katana
functions/methods (may also appear in some objects states).
- Type "uint32_t" for flags belonging to an object internal
state of from Hurricane functions flags (those should be
grouped in a Flag subclass in a perfect world).
* Change: In Hurricane::BaseFlags, store flags in uint64_t instead of
unsigned int because we start to need more than 32 different flags
in some tools.
* New: In ::getString() & ::getRecord() templates, add support for
std::array<>.
* Change: In CRL::ToolEngine, add support for timer (time & memory
measurements) displaced from Katabatic. This way all ToolEngine
can use this feature. The _postCreate() method display the
memory just after ToolEngine allocation.
* Change: In Etesian::EtesianEngine, make use of the ToolEngine
builtin timer (remove the local one). Forgot to call the base
class _postCreate() and _preDestroy().
* Change: In Anabatic::AnabaticEngine, make use of the ToolEngine
builtin timer (remove the local one).
* New: In Anabatic, new AutoSegments_Connecteds() collection. This
Collection allows a deterministic walkthough *all* the AutoSegments
connected either to source or target of one AutoSegment.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoContactTerminal::isEndPoint() to check if an
AutoContactTerminal is the *only one* anchored on a RoutingPad,
thus being a true "end point" and not a kind of feed-through.
* New: In Katana::KatanaEngine, added support for symmetric nets.
Created new class DataSymmetric to store symmetric information
of a net (mainly the paired AutoSegments).
Added KatanaEngine::runSymmetricRouter(), for now only build
the DataSymmetric informations. More to come...
* Change: In Katana::GraphicKatanaEngine::_runTest(), now perform
symmetric information building the non-symmetric routing.
* Change: In Hurricane::Timer, measuring memory usage through the increase
of sbrk() gives erroneous results. Under Linux, now read the
/proc/[pid]/statm which gives the real size of the virtual memory
of the process. There is also code for reading /proc/[pid]/mmap
but it gives only the resident size of the process (i.e. swapped
pages are *not* accounteds).
* Change: In Katabatic, Anabatic, Kite & Katana now reports the total
memory size of the program.
* Change: In bootstrap/FindBootstrap.cmake, new setup_qwt() macro to
link with the Qwt library build with Qt 5 *or* Qt 4 and not the
first found.
* Change: In Hurricane/DbU, uses <int64_t> instead of <long> to always be
sure that we use 64 bits integers for coordinates.
* Change: In Katana/KatanaEngine::_gutKatana() checks that the
RoutingPlanes have been allocateds before trying to delete them.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, introduce a the kind (associated to a
flag) "LongLocal". Analog GCells can be very wide, so at least some
carefuly choosen long local segments must be took into account as
attractors in the computation of the optimal axis.
* New: In Anabatic::AutoSegment::computeOptimal(), take LongLocal into
account as attractors.
* Change: In ::GCellTopology constructors compare the layers of the
RoutingPads using layer masks instead of Layer pointers. Allows to
find both "METALx" (symbolic) and "metalX" (real).
* Change: In ::GCellTopology::_doHChannel(), _doChannel(), _doStrut()
and _doDevice(), tag long locals as "LongLocal". This need to be
reviewed as it as bind done a bit too quickly.
* Change: In Anabatic::AutoSegment, due too a much bigger span of the
analogic GCells the _optimalMin & _optimalMax bitfields must use
16 bits instead of 8 (they where overflowed).
* New: In Katana, reorganisation of the initialization procedure to fit
both digital and analogic cases. Create an analogInit() method.
* Change: In Katana::RoutingEvent, the _tracksNb and _tracksFree bitfields
where too short for the Analog GCell size, now uses 16 bits instead of
6.
* Bug: In Katana::GraphicKatanEngine::drawGCell(), skip drawing of a
GCell if *both* width and height are under 150 pixels.
* New: In Katana::Session, add a new isOpen() method.
* Bug: In Anabatic::RawGCellsUnder, *again*, the north and east borders
of the whole area *are* includeds (shut up disgraceful warning).
* New: In Anabatic::GCell, add a display mode to select between boundary
display (for analogic) and density display (for numeric).
* Bug: In KatanaEngine::runGlobalRouter(), do not check if an Edge cannot
be desatured when the vector or overloaded Edges is empty.
(one less disgraceful warning)
* New: In GraphicKatanaEngine::drawGCell(), support for drawing the GCells
in density mode. Use the fire scale and the MaxDensity mode.
Setup the GCell drawing mode in GraphicKatanaEngine::initGCell().
* Change: In GraphicKatanaEngine::drawEdge(), adjust the various thresholds
for showing the Edge and its label.
* New: In CRL Core, adds "anabatic.gcell.displayMode" to the set of Anabatic
parameters.
Adjust the showing threshold for GCells in "display.conf" so when the
zoom level is low, we still can see the density map.
Jean-Paul Chaput
EricLaoGitHub