- Bug: During the packaging stage, DESTDIR must be appended to the
pathes prepended to CMAKE_MODULE_PATH.
* ./stratus:
- Bug: In dpgen_RF1.py, small typo for the python executable if the module
is to be run stand-alone. Never show in normal uses.
- Bug: In ROM_encours & dpen_ROM, correct bad indentation.
- New: Install a general index for the HTML documentation.
- Bug: In cyclop CMakeLists, forgot to list all the needed libraries for
the linker.
- New: Support of Python installation layout under Ubuntu 10.04.
lib/python2.6/dist-packages
- New: "debian" directory holding the paraphernalia needed to create a
Debian/Ubuntu package.
- New: In buildCoriolis, add a Debian packaging method.
- Change: In coriolis2.spec, the build/install procedure now makes uses of
the top-level Makefile.
- Change: In FindBoostrap, detection of the distribution type. Finally not
needed but kept here, just in case. Based on "lsb_release".
- Change: In FindPythonSitePackages, simplificate the detection of the Python
site-package directory. No longer on-the-fly generate a python script.
- New: In NegociateWindow/RoutingEvent, adds a more comprehensive stage
"Repair". Perform in three stage: first try to place with a relaxed
constraint (one GCell on each side). Second try to minimize the faulty
segment. Third perform another "repack perpandicular" but this time
the faulty segment is re-inserted *before* any of it's perpandiculars.
- New: In RoutingEvent::cacheAxisHint(), when a segment has a parent, that
is comes for a "moveUp()", uses the parent axis hint as it's own.
- New: In State::slackenTopology(), in the global FSM, adds a special
operation when reaching MaximumSlack: forceOverLocals(), try to insert
the global on track containing only local segments. Should tend to
concentrate locals on a small set of shared tracks. Most useful on the
highest layers.
- New: In State::slackenTopology(), in the "MoveUp" state, try to find the
more appropriate segment to move up (Manipulator::desaturate()).
Effectively move up the longest segment fully enclosing the one we are
processing.
- New: In State::slackenTopology(), add a check for fully blocked segments
in the local segment FSM. Calls State::solveFullBlocked().
- New: In KiteEngine::createGlobalGraph(), decrease the vertical capacity
of one track inside the core. Helps smooth the vertical density.
- Change: In Manipulator::insertInTrack(), when a track is freed for a
to be inserted changes the priorities so that the segment is immediatly
inserted. Parallels ripeds and theirs perpandiculars are replaced
only *after*. This is the opposite of the previous behavior.
- Change: In NegociateWindow::NegociateOverlapCost(), account the costs
of terminals only for deep depth layers (M1, M2 & M3).
- Change: In RoutingEvent::insertInTrack(), expand the excluded interval
by a half-pitch (2.5l) instead of one lambda.
- Change: In State::State(), do not uses DiscardGlobal if the ripup count
exceed 5. Case of the "Strap" segments that can be ripped a lot
before changing state.
- Change: In State::_processNegociate(), no longer lock into position
(fixed) the local terminal segments as a last resort.
- Change: In RoutingEvent::_processNegociate(), no longer ripup perpandiculars
when a segment is inserted in a free space. Reduce the number of
events whithout degrading the routing quality.
- Change: In State::conflictSolve1_v1b(), if getLongestConflict() is nul,
ignore the track, the conflict must occurs on another track.
- Change: In TrackCost, add a flag support. First uses, a flags to prevent
a local of the topmost layer to ripup a global which is in moveUp
state.
- Bug: In State::solveFullBlockage(), after have been freed, reset the
segment state to "moveUp".
- Bug: In manipulator::minimize(), the axisHint was miscalculated if the
punctual span was empty.
- New: In LayerAssignement & GCell, perform layer assignment on whole net
trunk, instead on a segment by segment basis.
- New: In GCell, fragmentation analysis. When a layer change is requested,
it allows to check if the additionnal perpandiculars created to
maintain connexity will not over fragment the layer. This is particu-
larly critical for M3->M5 which create M4 in perpandiculars, and M4
may be subject to very dense configuration.
- New: In AutoSegment & LoadGrByNet, adds a flags telling if the net's
degree equal 2. Has not proven to be useful yet.
- New: In AutoSegment, adds a flag telling if the segment is the perpan-
dicular part of a dogleg. Has not proven useful yet.
- Change: In RoutingLayerGauge, no longer throw exception when the position
requested it outside the track grid. Instead returns first/last track
index.
- New: In ExceptionWidget, mimic more closely the behavior of a QDialog.
Uses QTextEdit/QTextDocument for the trace. Static "all in one" methods,
build from various exceptions/Errors & QString. Automatic window centering
when the trace is displayed.
- Bug: In doc/stratus, correct rendering of images under LaTeX & HTML. Latex2HTML
requires the file extension (.png) to be present while latex don't want them.
Build alternate sources with the \latexhtml macro so both are happy.
- New: In RoutingEvent, while routing a full chip, transient full blockages
may happens due to the initial position of some perpandiculars on theirs
optimal positions. Check for it and perform a "ripupPerpandicular" with
the perpandiculars re-routed first (on normal operation, this is the
reverse).
- Change: In NegociateWindow::NegociateOverlapCost(), do not account terminals
if the layer is *above* METAL3 as it is unlikely that it's truly directly
connected to a terminal (true at least for our designs).
- Change: In RoutingEvent::State, add a "fullBlocked" flag to perform the
full blockage direction while building the state object.
- Change: In RoutingEvent::cacheAxisHint(), when the TrackSegment has parent,
uses the parent current axis position and not it's axis hint.
- Change: In Manipulator::insertInTrack(), when the overlapped segment is a
Local and is completly enclosed (shrinkLeft & shrinkRight), no longer
rip it up but force a shrink left/right instead.
- Bug: In RoutingEvent, the event sorting function was sorting in the *wrong*
order! The less prioritary first! With the correct sort, we won an
additionnal 30% in speed (total: 69%). From the "reference" time we have
a 3.2 speed-up. And we can successfully process denser designs...
- New: In GCell, compute a "fragmentation" indice, the average free track
length, the more fragmented, the smaller the indice.
- New: In AutoSegment::canMoveUp(), when requested, not only check for free
(parallel) track in the up layer but also check that the begin/end
local segments created to maintain layer connexity do not creates too
much fragmentation. This fragment could prove critical in higly dense
GCells.
- Change: In LayerAssign, disable the ::rpDesaturate() steps, after optimization
the router can handle 10 terminals per GCells in M2 without problem.
And ::rpDesaturate() must uses GCell::stepNetDesaturate() and *not*
directly ::stepDesaturate().
- Bug: In GraphicMaukaEngine::doQuadriPart(), performs a quadri-partition
only if there is more than 4*instanceStopCriterions Cells (trans-
hierarchically computeds).
- Bug: In Grid::Grid(), uses trans-hierarchical iterators to compute the
sum of "instance width" instead of the "flat" ones.
- Bug: In Grid::rectangularShape(), uses "minWith" parameter *only* if it's
different from DbU::Max.
- New: In BuildPowerRails, special processing for the power ring segments.
The "diagonal" of vias at each corner is causing a misbehavior of the
routing algorithm (due to fully saturated GCells in one direction).
As a temporary fix, extend the segments so they form a "square corner".
(problem arise on "d_in_i(22)").
- New: In RoutingEvent::_processNegociate, disable the "isForcedToHint()"
feature. No noticeable loss of quality or speed.
- New: In TrackElement/TrackSegment, wraps the AutoSegment parent's mechanism.
Allows to gets the DataNegociate of either the segment or it's parent.
- New: State::solveFullBlockages(), dedicated method to solves the case when
all the allowed tracks of a segment are blocked, tries to moves up
local segments and to break-up global ones.
- New: RoutingEventLoop, a more sophisticated way to detect looping.
Maintain a dynamic histogram of the last N (default 10) segments routeds,
with the count of how many times they have occurred. If that count
exeed 40, we *may* be facing a loop.
- Change: In State::conflictSolve1, implement new policy. The global segments
no more can be broken by local ones. The idea behind is that breaking
a global on the request of a local will only produce more cluttering
in the GCell. Globals must be keep straigth pass through, especially
inside near-saturated GCells. Globals breaking however can occurs at
another global's request.
- Change: In TrackCost, implement the new policy about locals segments that
cannot break globals segments. The sorting class now accept flags to
modulate the sorting function. Two options avalaibles: IgnoreAxisWeigth
(to uses for strap segments) and DiscardGlobals (to uses with locals).
- Change: In TrackCost, the "distance to fixed" have now an upper bound of
50 lambdas (no need to be greater because it means it's outside the
begin & en GCells). Take account not only of fixed segment, but also
of placed segments which makes bound.
- Bug: In Track::_check(), while calling each individual TrackSegment check,
uses it as the *first* argument of the "or", otherwise it may not be
called.
- Bug: In ProtectRoutingPad, loop over segment Collections while modificating
it was producing non-deterministic results. The fact that a collection
must be not modificated while beeing iterated is becoming a more and more
painful problem.
- New: In AutoSegment, adds a "_parent" attribute to keep track of the fragmentation
processus. Currently used only for strap segments, points to the original
segment in the appropriate direction (before the split).
- New: In GCell & LayerAssign, new method of layer assignment. Move up
the whole net trunk if only one of it's segment is inside an over-saturated
GCell. AutoSegment are moved up only if there is at least 2 free tracks
remaining on the upper level.
- Change: In Session::_canonize(), uses the lowest segment Id as canonical.
More reliable than geometricals criterions in the end. Assuming that the
segments are being created in deterministic order, which *should* be the
case consediring the way we are walking through the global routing.
- Change: In AutoSegment, completly suppress the CompareCanonical(), replace
it by the much simpler CompareId().
- Change: In GCell::rpDesaturate(), stops desaturation when bottom density
is under 0.5, otherwise we are causing a severe imbalance in M2/M4
densities. All wires pushed up to M4...
- Change: In ChipTools, for the Pad's RoutingPad, reslect the best component
using the one in the lowest layer. To avoid problem when splitting
AutoContact as we expect the base Contact to be on the lower layer.
- Bug: In GCellConfiguration::_GCell_xG_xL1_xL3(), add H/V alignement constraints
in fork case. This allow NE/SW contact to be splitted correctly later.
- Bug: In AutoContact::split(), the connexity on the splitted contacts was
not correctly restored, leading to canonization and parentage looping
errors. This was concealed by the Kite Track::_check() bug (incomplete
individual TrackSegment checking).
Jean-Paul Chaput
Damien Dupuis