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Jean-Paul Chaput fbeef95c0f Added support for MOSIS 180nm SCMOS technology (SCN6M_DEEP).
* New: In CRL Core, added configuration for SCMOS_DEEP symbolic technology
   up to 180nm "scmos_deep_018". It is postfixed "_018" because it is not
   yet compliant with 130nm (asymetrical VIA metal extensions).
     Added the associated real technology SCN6M_DEEP (TSMC 180nm).
2014-08-03 16:36:21 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput e5f3f5d89a Unsolved bug, add_definitions() doesn't work in Etesian CMakeLists.txt
* Bug: In Etesian CMakeLists.txt cannot get add_definitions() to work
   to enable/disable Coloquinte. As a workaroud, it's moved into the
   FindCOLOQUINTE.cmake itself. Cannot make any sense of it.
2014-08-03 16:30:36 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f434ea4faa cgt now returns correct success/failure value to the UNIX shell. 2014-08-03 16:27:19 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 206309ddd9 No longer directly use C++ exported symbols in configuration files.
* Change: In CRL Core, in Alliance.py, no longer requires the
    configuration file to uses symbols from CRL.Environment or
    CRL.RoutingLayerGauge. This way the <alliance.conf> file can be
    parsed by a different parser.
      In <alliance.conf>, for the various technologies, make uses
    of the new C++ independent constants.
* New: In CRL Core, in helpers/__init__.py, provide a "Dots" class
    (rewrite the C++ one in pure Python).
2014-08-03 16:25:26 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput b081d07bfc More strict detection of the configuration files install directory.
* Change: In Bootstrap, in FindBoostrap.cmake, install in system-wide
    directories /etc or /opt only if the the installation path is
    exactly /usr or /opt and not only beginning with it.
2014-08-03 16:17:13 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 51a1615d92 Do not display H/V edge capacity on one column/row design. 2014-08-01 17:22:06 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput e01f943367 Added ASCII/GDSII export capability in Unicorn.
* New: In Unicorn, in ExportCellDialog and UnicornGui add an entry to
    call the ASCII/GDSII export driver.
* New: In CRL Core, in AgdsDriver, checks for off-grid coordinates (that
    is non-integer one) and round them with a warning. This is most
    likely that the layout is flawed but it will at leat generate a
    readable ASCII/GDSII file.
2014-07-31 19:40:23 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 0fab6087fa Start of Alliance/Python encapsulation layer.
* New: In Cumulus, new Alliance.py module (*not* a plugin) providing
    an encapsulation for Alliance command line tools. The other main
    feature is that it provides a "Makefile like" behavior. Based on
    the command dependencies a DAG is contructed, then a static
    ordering of the commands. Commands are then executed to rebuild
    outdated target.
      The Alliance environment supplied to the commands is read from
    the Coriolis configuration file <alliance.conf>.
      For this first evaluation version, only <boom>, <boog> and
    <loon> support are provided.
      It still not clear how to encapsulate the Coriolis tools in
    the same way.
* Change: In CRL Core, in helpers/__init__.py, change the way the static
    initialization (module) is done. All the commands are put inside
    a "staticInitialization()" function, which is then explicitly
    called by others. This is a better solution agains *no* or *twice*
    initialization. Modificate <coriolisInit.py> accordingly (as
    <Alliance.py> from Cumulus.
2014-07-27 16:23:27 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput a2ba6c2904 Support for Windows/Cygwin, part 3.
* Change: In CRL Core/Cyclop, Hurricane/PyHApplication and vlsisapd/ConfEditorMain,
    disable the use of GtkStyle under Cygwin.
2014-07-23 16:53:43 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 09f515c62a Support for Windows/Cygwin, part 2.
* Change: In bootstrap, in ccb, builder and coriolisEnv.py, correct detection
    of the windows architecture (32 or 64 bits). Under Cygwin, add the
    directory of the dll into the PATH also. Uses "site-package" as the
    location of Python modules (*not* "dist-package").
      Use gnu++0x under Cygwin instead of c++11.
* Change: In Etesian, if Coloquinte is not found, do not stop the compilation,
    just disable the tool altogether.
* Change: In Hurricane, In Backtrace, disable backtrace under Cygwin as it
    uses features specific of the glibc.
* Change: In Knik, use HUGE_VAL instead of HUGE (not present under Cygwin),
    add the <cmath> header.
* Change: In Unicorn, Coloquinte no longer stops the compilation.
2014-07-23 00:55:50 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 520b9ae382 Restore support for both Qt4 & Qt5.
* Change: In bootstrap, in ccb & builder, build by default with Qt4 and
    provide a --qt5 command line switch to enable Qt5.
      FindBootstrap.cmake now provides a qtX_wrap_cpp() macros to be
    independant of the version of Qt being used.
      Add all thoses options to the graphical interface to the builder.
* Change: In all the tools using Qt, switch to the qtX_*() macros from
    FindBootstrap.cmake.
* Change: In Hurricane, in CellViewer, revert to the Qt4 way of connecting
    signal/slots for backward compatibility.
2014-07-22 11:06:26 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 25e82fc701 Complete replacement of the Chip placement Python scripts.
Finally get rid of the demonic code from Wu Yifei...
* New: In Isobar, added encapsulation of Interval (don't know how have
    forgotten it for so long).
* Change: In Isobar, In PyLayer, new PyLink_LayerDerived() function to
    create/link the C++ object to the correct derived class and not the
    base one (PyLayer) which then prevent to use the specialized methods.
    Must replace PyLink_Layer() througout all the code.
* Change: In Isobar, in PyPoint the "setX()" & "setY()" methods where
    still capitalized.
* Change: In Isobar, in PyQuery, complete the exportation of the C++
    interface. remove the code belonging to a more "boost" way of
    building the Python interface (will do that in a far future).
* New: In CRL Core, In PyAllianceFramework, export isPad() method.
* Change: In Unicorn, in unicornInit.py, protect the loading of each
    single plugin by a "try" / "except" clause to the failing of one
    plugins do not stop the loading of the next one.
      Pass the same dictionnary argument to unicornHook() as for
    ScripMain(), this is more uniform this way.
* New: In Cumulus, complete replacement of the chip placement scripts
    from Wu Yifei (at last!). The clock-tree integration is still to
    be done.
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2014-07-21 13:18:34 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput d0d045b55b Starting to implement support for Windows/Cygwin.
* New: In all to CMakeLists.txt, disable the warning about deprecated
   WIN32 under cygwin.
* New: In boostrap, in ccb.py, coriolisEnv.py and builder/Configuration.py
   add recognition in uname for the values returned under Windows/Cygwin.
* New: In Documenation, in UsersGuide.rst add some informations about
   Cygwin and a section for the devel branch.
2014-07-13 13:14:49 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 0cced62851 Kite is now deterministic, given a global routing.
* Bug: In Kite, in TrackCost, the boolean attribute "_forGlobal" was not
    initialized in the constructor causing the non-deterministic behavior.
    Arrrrgggghhhhhh.
* Bug: In Kite, in PyKiteEngine, forgot to perform the
    "balanceGlobalDensity()" in the layer assign Python wrapper, another
    cause for non-determinism.
* Change: In Kite, In KiteEngine, print the configuration at the same
    point as in the python script (to get identical output).
2014-07-07 00:42:38 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput e29221274e Add a Python hook into Kite. Python support for DebugSession.
* New: In Isobar, export the DebugSession mechanism.
* New: In Kite, In KiteEngine, add the ability to run a Python script
    (hook) after the initialization of the KiteEngine.
2014-07-05 18:02:51 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 9e3f9e4082 Simplificate and generalize the way to pass arguments to Python scrips.
* New: In Isobar::Script, scripts arguments are now passed through a
    "keywords" argument (Python: **kw), that is a dictionnary.
    To add *any* Python object to that dictionnary, uses the new
    method Script::addKwArgument(const char* key, PyObject*).
      The "cell" and "editor" variables are now passed that way.
    This means that, for the editor, the old way of inserting
    a symbol in the module global dictionary is no longer used
    and the Python scripts must be modificateds.
* New: In Hurricane::PyCellViewer, create the Python link function
    for translation from Hurricane to Python.
* New: In Unicorn, modifications for the new argument passing for
    the Python scripts.
2014-07-05 15:49:32 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2b243fc0ca In protectCagedTerminal() check that the METAL3 track is free.
* New: In Kite, in protectCagedTerminal(), check that the perpandicular
    top METAL3 track is free before inserting the fixed protection.
    They are added *after* the Pre-Routed stage and therefore we have
    to check they do not cross.
* Change: In Kite, in NegociateWindow, print statistics before fixing
    segment in the pre-routed stage to get correct results.
* Change, In CRL Core, in Measures when an addMeasure is performed
    twice, let the new data erase the previous one (instead of keeping
    the previous one).
2014-07-03 00:26:15 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 20d25b2053 Add NetRoutingState (Property) on Nets to tell Kite what to do.
* New: In Katabatic, add the ability to decorate some (i.e. few) nets
    with a state that indicate to Katabatic & Kite what to do with it.
    The possible states are:
    1. Fixed : all the wire are in fixed positions. The router cannot
       move them and account them as obstacles.
    2. ManualGlobalRoute : a user-defined topology is supplied. The
       wires still have to be detailed route in "Detailed Pre-Route"
       but will be skipped for the global routing and fixed for the
       general Detailed route.
    3. AutomaticGlobalRoute : ordinary nets, to be global routed then
       detail routed.
    4. Excluded : do not try to global or detail route thoses nets.
    5. MixedPreRoute : mask combining Fixed and ManualGlobalRoute.
      Not all nets have this property, only those that needs a special
    processing.
      To ease the access to the state, it is nested inside a
    PrivateProperty in the net (NetRoutingProperty), with an extension
    access class (NetRoutingExtension).
* New: In Kite, take account of NetRoutingState. Pointers to the
    net's states are strored inside an internal map for faster access.
    The property is *not* deleted when Kite is destroyed. The property
    will remains until the Net itself is destroyed.
      As a consequence, the lists that where passed to high level
    function are removed as the information can now be accessed directly
    through the net NetRoutingProperty.
* New: In Unicorn, in CgtMain, comply with the update interface.
* New: In documentation, update the User's Guide to explain the Pre-routed
    step of Kite.
2014-07-02 14:36:58 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 7296dcd6fb Make the Python interface closely mirroring the C++ one.
* Change: In Isobar, the Python interface was not exactly mirroring the
    C++ one, now it is the case. The Python code should look likes almost
    exactly like the C++ one, the only differences remaining being due
    to the languages respective syntaxes. Note that in the case of
    constructor functions, it leads to a slightly longer notation in
    Python that it could have been (mimic the ".create()" static
    member). Main modifications:
    1. Mirror the static constructor syntax with create():
          Cell( ... )   ==>  Cell.create( ... )
    2. Correct hierarchy for constants in Instance, Net, Pin
       & Transformation. For example:
          Hurricane.PlacementStatusFIXED
                     ==> Hurricane.Instance.PlacementStatus.FIXED
          Hurricane.OrientationID
                     ==> Hurricane.Transformation.Orientation.ID
          Hurricane.TypeLOGICAL  ==>  Hurricane.Net.Type.LOGICAL
          Hurricane.DirectionIN  ==>  Hurricane.Net.Direction.IN
* Change: In CRL Core, correction to match the improved Python API
    in the configutation helpers.
* Change: In Cumulus, correction to match the improved Python API.
* Change: In Stratus, correction to match the improved Python API.
* Change: In Documenation, update for the new Python interface
    (both user's guide & examples).
* Note: We must port those changes into Chams for it to continue
   to run.
* Change: In Documenation, update the Python script support part.
2014-06-29 14:26:59 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 01b97626a8 Support for Python plugins in CellViewer/Unicorn. ClockTree plugin.
* New: In Hurricane, in CellViewer, create a simpler API to graft menu
    and actions into the menubar. Mainly addToMenu() which take care of
    the QAction creation but also locate the relevant QMenu, base on
    the Qt object name. Regroup all the widget & action creation inside
    the body of the constructor, this way almost all actions can be
    removed from the attributes of the CellViewer.
      addToMenu() is supplied in three flavors:
        1. For C++ callbacks in GraphicToolEngines (with a binded
           member function method).
        2. For running Python scripts to be used by the plugin system.
        3. To insert separator in menus (to give a more homogeneous
           look).
    Remove the last remnants of Stratus scripts (unificated with basic
    Python scripts).
* New: In Hurricane, in PyCellViewer, export the interface to graft
    Python scripts into the CellViewer menu tree.
* Change: In Etesian, in GraphicEtesianEngine, use the new API to
    graft menus & callbacks into the CellViewer.
* Change: In Mauka, in GraphicMaukaEngine, use the new API to
    graft menus & callbacks into the CellViewer.
* Change: In Kite, in GraphicKiteEngine, use the new API to
    graft menus & callbacks into the CellViewer.
* New: In Cumulus, install Python scripts as plugins for Unicorn under
    <PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES>/cumulus/plugins/.
* New: In Unicorn, in UnicornGui, make uses of the new API for creating
    menus in the CellViewer. Creates the stem menu for the P&R tools.
      Add a Python initialization mechanism to read the plugins
    installeds into <PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES>/cumulus/plugins/.
2014-06-25 19:50:34 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput ff21d3c8a2 Implementation of pre-routing support (for clock-tree compliance).
* New: In Katabatic, in <AutoContact>, this class is no longer derived
    from ExtentionGo. With the simplificated AutoContacts, there is no
    reason to do so, and it will save some QuadTree insertions/deletions.
      New factory function AutoContact::createFrom(Contact*) which try to
    build an AutoContact on top of a Hurricane::Contact. Of course that
    base contact *must fit* into one of the predefined Contact
    configurations (Terminal, Turn, HTee or VTee).
      NOTE: This implies that the pre-routed segments & contacts *are*
    correctly articulated, which is not the case when a Cell is read
    from disk in "ap" format. The pre-routing feature must be used for
    now without any re-read from disk. We will implement a re-articulating
    pre-process in the future.
* Change: In Katabatic, in <AutoContact> derived classes, the ::updateCache()
    method now display an accurate error message if a segment is connected
    but has no AutoSegment conterpart (i.e. the lookup fails).
* New: In Katabatic, in <AutoSegment>, the ::computeOptimal() method is
    short-circuited for pre-routed segments, the optimal axis position is
    considered to be the one it is currently on (i.e. we trust the designer).
* New: In Katabatic, in <KatabaticEngine>, the ::loadGlobalRouting()
    method now accept a map of excluded nets (same as Knik). This map is
    the one of pre-routed nets.
* New: In Katabatic, in layer assignment, do not try to displace fixed
    segments...
* New: In Katabatic, in <AutoSegment>, new flag SegUserDefined and related
    methods to know if a segment comes from the global router (Knik) or
    is pre-routed (supplied by the user).
* New: In Kite, In <BuildPowerRails>, support (exclusion) for pre-routed
    nets.
* New: In Kite, In <GraphicKiteEngine> new menu entry for running the
    router on pre-routed nets ("Detailed Pre-Route"), also integrated
    in the all-on-one route command.
* New: In Kite, In KiteEngine, new method ::_initDataBase() that group
    all the initialisation steps. It is a mix of calls between Knik and
    Kite initializations which are intertwinneds (may have to devellop
    a shared common base at a later point). It creates the Knik grid,
    then the Katabatic grid, then load pre-routed wires and power rails
    and protect isolated RoutingPads.
      Add support for a map of pre-routed nets (to be excluded for
    Knik calls).
      The method "::run()" now uses function flags, firstly to know if
    it is managing pre-routed wires or general purposes ones.
* New: In Kite, in <NegociateWindow>, the "::run()" methods has now two
    modes. The normal one and the 'KtPreRoutedStage' that is for routing
    pre-routed nets. When in pre-route stage, the wires are fixed at the
    end of this step.
* New: In Kite, in <TrackElement> add decorator for AutoSegment
    isUsedDefined().
* New: In Kite, in <TrackSegment>, the various ::canDogleg() methods
    returns false for a pre-routed (user-defined segment).
* New: In Kite, in PyKiteEngine, added new method runNegociatePreRouted().
2014-06-21 20:16:47 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput a6addb5c56 In Knik add support for excluded nets (not to be routeds).
* New: In Knik, in <KnikEngine>, the methods ::initGlobalRouting(), ::run()
    and ::Route() now accepts one argument, a reference to a map of not to
    be routed nets (the key being the name for fast search by name).
      This feature is introduced to prevent the routing of nets for which
    a global/detailed routing is already supplied by the designer. For now
    it applies to the clock tree.
2014-06-21 18:07:28 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 7a6dcd1527 Correctly print the margin in error messages. Suppress annoying CR. 2014-06-21 17:59:56 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2e939e5355 Cell::flattenNets() checks for already flattened top nets.
* Change: In Hurricane, in Cell::flattenNets(), do not flatten a *top net*
    if at least one RoutingPad is present. In that case, we assumes that
    the net has already been completly flattened.
* New: In Hurricane, in Entity, add an accessor to unique id counter.
2014-06-21 17:57:15 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2a1c7e181e Express "xEdgeCapacity" ratio as "xTracksReservedLocal" a number of tracks.
* Change: In Kite, Katabatic & Knik, express the number of tracks truly
    available to the global router by the number of tracks reserved to
    the local routage inside a GCell. Replace the ratio parameter
    "hEdgeCapacity" by an integer parameter "hTracksReservedLocal"
    (duplicate for verticals).
      It is more explicit to give directly the number of tracks that
    are to be used locally, and potentially saves us from rouding
    problems when calculating the number of availables tracks.
      Note: we cannot do that for the layer saturateRatio as it
    uses the density ratio that take account local wires, leading
    to fractional results.
* Change: In Katabatic, in <GCellGrid>, rename checkEdgeSaturation()
    into checkEdgeOverflow(), more explicit.
* Change: In Knik, in <Graph>, display the computed capacities of the
    lower left node edges (should be the same througout all the grid).
* Change: In Unicorn, in <cgt.py>, uses the new parameters names for
    edge density.
2014-06-10 16:58:52 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2af6e7eef1 Correct exception catching when creating invalid occurrence in Isobar.
* New: In CRL Core, in PyCellGauge, add the missing methods.
* Bug: In Isobar, PyOccurrence_create(), the HTRY/HCATCH block was not
    enclosing the constructor of Occurrence, which can throw exceptions.
    When an exception was thown the Python interpreter just terminate
    with the cryptic message:
      "Fatal Python error: Py_EndInterpreter: thread still has a frame"
    Reminder to myself: when such a message occurs, it means that the
    interpreter did encounter a problem, but it's related to the isobar
    interface.
2014-06-10 00:17:41 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput da5fb18971 Added support for Ninja in <ccb> (bootstrap). Minor fixes in CMakefiles. 2014-06-10 00:11:42 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 6939025a0d Correction of SoC.css, adjust the look of the class index big letters. 2014-06-10 00:04:48 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 1e1495e294 Correct a bug in the UpdateSession::close() mechanism.
* Bug: In Hurricane, UpdateSession::close(), when re-materializing, the
    cells must be notified <CellChanged> *after* all the Gos are
    re-materializeds. In fact they must also revalided according to the
    deepness of their instanciation (the deepest first). Has still to
    be done.
2014-05-27 15:41:32 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 70b896fc96 More configuration sharing.
* Change: In CRL Core, .../etc/, put all that's shared under .../common/,
    all layouts and some settings not technologically dependant.
2014-05-27 15:40:42 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput db4c811d75 Added a common configuartion part for kite.conf (containing the layout) 2014-05-26 14:22:19 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput cd9d3fc4b6 ExtensionCap support and source/target terminal flags in Katabatic & Kite.
Placement management:
* Change: In <metis>, always disable the hMetis support regardless of
    it being detected or not as the placer is still unable manage the
    final bin contents.

Routing gauge management:
* Bug: In CRL Core, <vsclib/alliance.conf>, set the correct pitches and
    size for the routing layers and the cell gauge.
* Change: In Katabatic & Kite, extract the correct extension cap for each
    routing layer from the layers characteristics (cache then in
    Katabatic::Configuration).
* Change: In Katabatic, <AutoSegment>, create segment with the wire width
    defined in the gauge. For AutoSegment created on already existing
    Segment from the global routing, adjust the width.
* Change: In Katabatic, <AutoSegment>, more accurate information about how
    a segment is connected to terminal via source and/or target.
    The flag SegStrongTerminal is splitted into SegSourceTerminal and
    SegSourceTarget (but still used as a mask). So now we can know by
    which end an AutoSegment is connected to a terminal.
* Change: In Katabatic, ::doRp_Access(), create constraint freeing segments
    not only when HSmall but also when VSmall (more critical for <vsclib>).
    Otherwise we may see AutoSegments with incompatible source/target
    constraints.
* Change: In Kite, BuildPowerRails, do not create blockage on PinOnly
    layers *but* still create power rails planes. This is a temporary
    workaround for <vsclib> where the METAL1 blockages overlaps the
    terminals (it was fine for Nero, but they shouldn't for Kite).
* Change: In Kite, <RoutingEvent>, if a TrackSegment is overconstrained,
    directly bybass it's slackening state to DataNegociate::Slacken.
    Also rename the flag "_canHandleConstraints" to "_overConstrained",
    seems clearer to me.

Miscellaneous:
* Change: In CRL Core, <Utilities>, add a "pass-though" capability on the
    mstream to temporarily make them print everything.
2014-05-25 15:00:35 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 8bc7bd38db Add a common/ to share the trunk of symbolic technologies configurations.
In CRL Core configuration files, "display.conf", "patterns.conf" and
"technology.conf" share most of their code. So that common part is put
into "common/" and sourced from the final configuration file.
Update the documentation according the the new initialization scheme.
2014-05-22 00:13:17 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 4439d3a142 Added support for multiple symbolic+real technology in configuration.
In CRL Core, the layout of the files under "/coriolis2/etc" changes.
Instead of having them directly under "etc", they are now replicated,
in subdirectories. Each subdirectory having the name of the associated
symbolic or real technology (they are kept separated). We have, for
now:
* etc/cmos/    : symbolic, the Alliance original one.
* etc/vsc200/  : symbolic, for G. Petley vsclib.
* etc/hcmos9/  : real, generic fake (130nm).
To tell which pair (symbolic,real) technologies must be used we create
a *second* (sigh) configuration file "coriolis2_techno.conf", and it's
hidden counterpart in the user's account, to set it up. It needs to be
separate because it is read as early as possible and select which set
of configuration files would be read.

Also add support up to METAL8 and POLY2 in CRL core and it's Alliance
parser/drivers.
2014-05-21 14:50:22 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput b98afd8385 Small typo in coriolisEnv.py. 2014-05-19 18:00:20 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2dd36b9624 Support of RoutingGauge, part 2.
In Katabatic & Kite, remove all hard-coded values related to track pitches.
* New: In <Session>, add more convenience function to access RoutingGauge
    characteristics.
* New: In <AutoSegment>, <AutoContact>, add support for the "depth spin",
    that is, if the source/target contacts are going "top" or "down".
    Used to compute the perpandicular pitch. Need a small modification
    of the revalidation mechanism. The observers of <AutoSegment> are
    notified when the spin changes.
* New: In <AutoSegment>, the getPPitch() method allow to compute the
    "perpandicular pitch". For now it is simply the greatest from the
    source perpandicular pitch and the target perpandicular pitch.
    Make uses of the "depth spin".
* New: In <TrackElement>, <TrackSegment>, cache the perpandicular pitch.
    Updated through the notification from the observable.
2014-05-19 17:58:38 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 65d2cc98b8 Small correction for latest gcc compiler (Fedora). 2014-05-14 10:44:14 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput c2f0be9d64 In User's Guide add a section about compiling under MacOS X. 2014-05-13 17:15:29 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 9fa65af1ec Add hash/rehash commands at the end of the scripts in <coriolisEnv.py>. 2014-05-13 17:13:55 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 724d92f816 Adding support for WOR_BIT in Net::Direction.
Modificate Alliance vst parser/drivers so now the wor_bit and wor_vector
are correctly loaded and written back (instead of degenrated into INOUT).
2014-05-13 17:11:48 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput dda3f99fd8 Update documentation for compliance with doxygen 1.8.5.
When upgrading from doxygen 1.5.x to 1.8.5 the way the documentation
is generated has underwent many changes, particularly in the headers.
* Change: In <header.html>, must include the javascripts <jquery.js>
    and <dynsections.js>.
* In <CMakeLists.txt>, as the header is customized, doxygen seems not
    copy some files like the javascripts and some images (open.png,
    closed.png). So we copy them from doxygen installation and make
    the CMakeLists.txt install them. I hope they will not change too
    much in the future.
* In <doxyfile>, disable markdown support as it do not interpret
    correctly the formating we already adopted (with a left margin
    to put command into). Use HTML_EXTRA_STYLESHEET instead of
    HTML_STYLESHEET. Enable the index (DISABLE_INDEX=NO), for the
    top header. Enable dot for inheritance diagram. Set the
    EXAMPLE_PATH=. to include the synthetic hierarchy.
    Correct the tag inclusion (faulty path in some places).
* In <SoC.css>, create style for the new header generated by doxygen.
* In the documentation, move the synthetic hierarchy into a module.
2014-05-13 16:30:41 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2081b7542a Correctly pass position informations between Etesian & Coloquinte. 2014-05-08 12:26:16 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput e364edca52 Take account of fixed placement in Bookshelf & Ispd 05 parser. 2014-05-07 23:12:37 +02:00
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 fee45ef117 Qt5 porting, cleanup & Tidy.
Cleanup:
* Cleanup: In <vlsisapd/src/bookshelf>, remove unused file Bookshelf.cpp
    (may have been a parser once upon a time).
* Cleanup: In <hurricane>, in Cell::flattenNets() use flags instead of
    booleans to be more readable. Allow occurrence placement checking.
* New: In <crlcore> add Python wrapper for the Ispd05 loader.
* New: In <unicorn> add option for direct loading of ISPD05 designs.
* Bug: In <hurricane/src/viewer>, RecordModel must emit
    layoutAboutToBeChanged() before changing the record contents (and
    layoutChanged() afterwards).
2014-03-26 14:47:17 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 9501b88110 First barebone implementation of Etesian. Support for ISPD05 benchmark.
Details:
* New: In <vlsispad/utilities>, new objet Dots for displaying a kind
    of progress bar.
* Change: In <vlsisapd/bookshelf>, keywords are now case-insensitive.
    Added a "strict syntax" option (to be disabled for ISPD05).
* New: First working implementation of Etesian, at least for ISPD05
    "bigblue1".
* Change: In <hurricane>, in Cell::flattenNets(), no longer display
    a warning if an instance is unplaced, this does not make sense
    when the circuit is not placed.
* New: In <crlcore>, Added translator for ISPD05 bookshelf, the
    circuit is *not* placed, unlike in ISPD04 and terminal nodes
    *are* true cells.
* New: In <unicorn>, added entry in import cell for ISPD05 benchmarks.
2014-03-25 00:59:12 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 4842f21a2e Update to Qt 5, requires cmake 2.8.9. New placer: Etesian.
Update to Qt 5:
* Change: Now requires at least cmake 2.8.9.
* Change: CMakeLists.txt needs small changes. Qt modules must be found
    one by one (Core, Gui, Widgets). Must add "set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)"
    in the top file and replace "qt4" prefix in macros by "qt5".
    Added simpler macro "setup_qt()" in FindBootstrap.cmake.
* Change: No longer need to include <QGtkStyle> is is choosen by default
    according to the current desktop environment.
* Change: In <hurricane>, In HApplication, launch ExceptionWidget when
    a std::exception is catched instead of silently discarting it.

New placer Tool: Etesian
* New: <etesian> analytical placer. Encapsulate Coloquinte from
   Gabriel Gouvine.
* New: in <documentation>, add stub demonstration ToolEngine <smurf>.
   Needs to be commented.

Miscellaneous:
* New: in <boostrap> and <unicorn>, added support for Etesian, the new
    analytic placer. The tool itself will be added in the next commit.
* Bug: in <CellWidget>, when shifting the display buffer, we no longer
    can copy the buffer on itself (we should never have). Now go through
    a temporary one (PlaneId::AutoCopy) which is added to the
    DrawingPlanes. Affect "goLeft()" and "goUp()".
* Bug: In <CellWidget>, remove the WA_PaintOnScreen flag/attribute.
    When it's on, no PaintEvent is transmitted to the CellWidget
    when it's the central widget of the <CellViewer> (QMainWindow).
    It's something I still don't understand from the doc of Qt.
* Change: In <AreaCommand>, use the PlaneId enumeration instead of a
    anonymous numerical index.
* Change: In <HApplication>, no longer catch and silently discard
    standartd exceptions but launch the ExceptionWidget...
    Suppress the now deprecated constructor with "Type" argument.
* Change: In <SelectionModel>, the "reset()" method is deprecated in
    Qt5, instead enclose the "clear()" by a "beginResetModel()" and
    "endResetModel()" pair.
* New: In <crlcore>, add support for ISPD05 benchmarks (in Bookshelf
    format). Forked from ISPD04 and not finished yet.
* Change: In <Mauka>, distinguish the Action string identifier from
    <Etesian>
* New: In <unicorn>, add entry for ISPD05 loader. Add entry for
    <Etesian> analytic placer.
2014-03-22 11:50:36 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f6ab7b87f0 Compliance with g++ 4.8.1, support for devtoolset-2
Details:
* New: in <bootstrap>: add support for devtoolset-2 in ccb. Run the
    cmake commands through 'scl', set shell environment variables
    BOOST_INCLUDEDIR & BOOST_LIBRARYDIR and disable the default
    system path search.
* Change: In various flex scanners add the %nounput to suppress
    compiler warnings.
* Change: Little cleanup for g++ 4.8.1 as it's more strict.
* Change: In various top CMakeLists.txt, suppress extraneous '/'
    after DESTDIR.
2014-03-15 10:47:37 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 39b6479457 Update Documentation release tag to 2.0.1
Details:
* Sync the release tag in the User's Guide to the one of the effective
  release.
2014-03-11 13:42:04 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 14a5f5f7ef Documentation restructuration
Documentation restructuration:
* Bug: in <hurricane>: bad figure for transf-R1.
* Change, in <kite>: Remove deprecated configuration variables.
* New: documentation <tool> to regroup all documentation not directly
  related to one tool.
* Change, in <crlcore>, move the user's guide and the top doc index
  into <documentation>.
* New, in <documenation>: added Python script demo based on AM2901.
2014-03-11 12:21:31 +01:00