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Jean-Paul Chaput 6fd383ad51 Make FLUTE an independant tool in the Coriolis git repository.
* Change: To allow multiple tools, and not only Knik, to link and use
    FLUTE, remove it from Knik and put it at top level.
      Bootsrap must compile this new tool and the library must be
    included in all CMakeLists.txt depending on Knik (and soon
    Anabatic).
2019-02-12 12:48:52 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput fcd6d69a2f Analog integration part II. Analog place & route (slicing tree).
* Change: In Hurricane::CellWidget, set the minimal size to 350 pixels
    to fit my normal DPI secondary screen...
* Change: In Hurricane::Error(), reactivate the backtrace generation by
    default. Seriously slow down the program each time an Error is to
    be constructed.
* Bug: In Analog::Device::preCreate(), check for NULL Technology before
    attempting to use it.
* Change: In Hurricane/Analog, remove all '*Arguments*' classes and their
    Python interface. It was an obsoleted way of passing devices parameters
    to the Python layout generators (located in Oroshi). Now we just get
    them straight from the Device with the getParamter() method.
* Change: In CRL::System CTOR, add Python pathes for Oroshi & Karakaze.
* Change: In Oroshi/Python/WIP_*.py layout generator scripts, remove
    all uses of the "Arguments". Directly access the parameters through
    the device itself. Make the checkCoherency() with identical arguments
    as of layout().
* New: Bora tool that performs analog place & route. Based on a slicing
    tree representation. It is the thesis work of Eric Lao.
      Code beautyfication and some programming cleanup.
* New: Karakaze tool, provide the Python base class AnalogDesign used
    to build an analog design. Create/configure devices and assemble
    them in a slicing tree.
* Change: In Unicorn/cgt.py, display the stack trace in case of an
    ImportError exception as well as for other exceptions.
      Add Bora to the set for included tool engines.
2018-10-18 18:10:01 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 3f73b9d033 Anlog integration part I. Atomic devices support (transistors).
* Change: In boostrap, remove support for Chams.
* New: In Hurricane::Technology, added support for DTR rules, UnitRule,
    PhysicalRule and TwoLayersPhysicalrule. Added devices descriptors and
    models descriptors (for Spice). Spice description is not used yet
    but kept anyway in case of future use.
* New: Hurricane::Analog whole library and it's Python interface. This
    provides support for transistors, capacitors and resistors. Only
    transistor support is fully implemented as of now.
* New: In CRL/python/coriolisInit.py, read configuration files for the
    Analog extension (analog.conf & devices.conf). Thoses are optionals
    and a simple warning is issued if not found.
      Added helpers/AnalogTechno.py DTR loading helper.
      Add analog configuration files for 180/scn6m_deep_09.
* New: Oroshi tool that provides actual layout drawing for transistors.
2018-10-01 16:52:17 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 399a2e3c48 Merge branch 'devel_stratus' of ssh://bop-t/users/largo2/git/coriolis into devel_anabatic
Conflicts:
	documentation/CMakeLists.txt
	documentation/_templates/indexcontent.html
	documentation/index.rst
	katana/src/katana/RoutingEvent.h
	stratus1/CMakeLists.txt
2018-08-19 13:27:09 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput c5034a9156 Typo in CMakeLists.txt : AND instead of "and". 2018-06-06 23:22:18 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 767407736d Add a fully generated documentation in the git repository.
* Change: In all tools supplying documentation, as we use some specific
    software to create the doc, they may not be available, or worse, be
    and incompatible version. So, by default, we install the files shipped
    with the git repository. To force a full doc rebuild, use the "--doc"
    flag of ccb.py.
2018-06-06 18:42:26 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 95aba574a5 Happy New Year 2018 ! Update license years... 2018-01-06 17:55:44 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 21ec6fdbad Correct the doxygen CSS to be compliant with 1.8.13+. 2017-12-03 03:19:10 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2b9c929f80 Compliance with cmake 3.0 (Debian 9.2). Corrects all warnings. 2017-12-02 14:30:05 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 89dfc2179c Compliance with c++11 and clang 3.8.1 (Debian 9.2). 2017-12-02 14:25:03 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 51b3a11739 In Kite & Katana, segments may have been moved outside terminals.
* Bug: In Kite::NegociateWidow and Katana::NegociateWindow, when creating
    the TrackSegment from the AutoSegment, we put it on the nearest track
    from its current position. But it may happens that the nearest track
    is outside the terminal constraint interval (in the case of "nsxlib").
    Add the terminal constraint interval check.
      This was not affecting the routing result because the segment was
    put inside the right interval afterwards. It was only generating
    disgraceful transient error messages...
2017-11-17 11:17:21 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput a033e3ba98 More doc unification and cleanup. 2017-07-17 19:12:18 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput c339e5c9e3 Check for any version of Python 2, instead of 2.7. 2017-07-11 17:52:58 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput c44c6b13f3 Adjust Katana event sort. CMake detection of Python 2.7 only.
* Change: In all top CMakeLists.txt, force the use of Python 2.7 as
    we do not compile against 3.x flavors. Do not use the "EXACT"
    flags as it will not recognize 2.7.x versions.
* Change: In Katana::RoutingEvent::Key::Compare(), preliminary
    experiments shows that the best sorting order is:
      - Lower layer first (i.e. M2 -> M3 -> M4 -> ... )
      - Longer segments first.
      The later seems to be counter-intuitive. Guess is that placing
    the small ones first generate a more important fragmentation of
    the big ones. They are placed too early and are difficult to move
    afterwards.
      Another feature to test is *not* inserting pushed left/right
    segments if they are not *already* routed.
* Change: In PyKatanaEngine.runNegociate() now takes a flag argument,
    provided through the new PyKatanaFlags exported object.
    (doChip.py must be changed accordingly)
2017-05-11 17:26:56 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f1b2035cb0 Support for profiling the priority of events in Kite & Katana.
* New: In Katana::Configuration, added "katana.profileEventCosts" to
    triggers the event's profiling.
* New: In Katana::NegociateWindow::_negociate(), save a profiling
    trace of all the events and their priority, separated by metal,
    for later analysis (see doChip.py in alliance-check-toolkit).
* New: In Katana::RoutingEvent::Key::Compare(), start implementing
    new segment freedom degree functions.
* Change: In Hurricane::Net::_getString(), put a more complete
    information about the Net instead of just only it's name.
* Bug: In Katana, reorder the various stages so that they are
    executed in the exact same sequence as in "doChip.py" so now
    routing in graphic mode and text mode gives exactly the same
    results.
* Bug: In Katana::PyKatanaEngine, runGlobalRouter do not take any
    argument.
2017-05-09 18:33:55 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f8b9957d20 Bug: reduced segments where axis was not set when placed.
* Bug: In Kite::RoutingEvent::_processNegociate(), on insertion in free
    space of a reduced segment (less than one pitch) no insert event
    was generated, but the axis was not set to the selected track, leaving
    the segment at it's former place.
      Now, generate an insert event, but in Kite::Session::_revalidate()
    filter them so that reduced segments are not inserted in tracks but
    only have their axis set.
      Correction also applied on Katana.
* Bug: In Kite::wipeoutRouting(), the removal was incomplete. We need to
    remove anchored Contacts, but in a second stage. This is a fragile
    workaround as it require that there is only one level of anchoring.
2017-02-06 20:58:57 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput d175e1b27a Correct way too slow clock-tree. Backport Katana fixes to Kite.
* Bug: In Hurricane::Net::setExternal(), do not perform an UpdateSession
    inside this function, it leads to unbearibly slow operation in the
    clock-tree plugin.
* Bug: In Kite, backport corrections done in Katana and also relevant
    for Kite.
* New: In Cumulus.ChipPlugin.py add support for Python profiling with
    cProfile. Disabled under normal operation, but will certainly come in
    handy sometimes.
2016-12-02 00:13:17 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 9808fb12b2 Solve the template lookup problem in tstream.
* Bug: In Hurricane, in tstream (Commons.h), in the *template* overload of
    operator<<(), do not use the operator<<() of ostream as it will be
    looked up in "stage 1" (template definition) and so will miss all the
    overloads added later and built over getString<>(). Instead, make use
    of getString<>(), which, as another template will be looked up in
    "stage 2" (template instanciation) and at that point will have all the
    needed template specialisation of getString<>().
      We also need to define new stream manipulators to be able to create
    a matching template overload not dependant from the implementation.
    To avoid name clashes, we prefix a 't'. For now, only 'tsetw()' is
    refined.
      As a side effect, we cannot directly print bit-fields into the stream,
    we must go through an intermediate variable (happens once in AutoContact).
2016-07-19 16:02:55 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f68ac4d0e6 Argh. cdebug was slowing down the program too much.
* Change: In Hurricane Commons.h, even when cdebug print nothing, it slow
    down the program (three times for Kite!). Create a macro cdebug_log
    which calls cdebug *only* if the debug level is active.
2016-06-11 21:56:12 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 82cff69d9f Complete rewrite of the trace system (now a stream).
* Change: In Hurricane, in Flags add operator overload for "int" type
    and not only "unsigned int". Otherwise the compiler complaints about
    ambiguous overload when using enum values which are considered as
    "int".
      Simpler code for the BaseFlags::contains() method.
      Added implicit conversion from BaseFlags toward bool type.
* Change: In Hurricane, in Commons, complete replacement of the previous
    two trace systems (trace & ltrace) by a stream-based one.
    As it is a true object it is much less fragile than the one based
    on defines (but maybe a little slower).
      Define a reservation table for the trace levels for all the
    Coriolis & Chams components.
* Change: All tools, use the new trace system.
2016-05-17 23:00:06 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 798d1edb34 Bug corrections in Katabatic & Kite, bad bound index computation.
* In Katabatic, in GCellConfiguration, added support to 3G_2M2 (generic).
* In Katabatic, in GCellGrid, in getUSide() we were not using the correct
    contant set (Constant namespace instead of Kb...) so the size returned
    was always X. It doesn't show if the chip is square...
* In Kite, in Track::getBeginIndex(), if the position requested was enclosed
    in same net segments, we were going one index too far in the "previous"
    direction.
* In Kite, in Track::getOverlapBounds() we where going one index too far
    in the "next" direction while computing the "end" index.
2016-04-13 18:42:55 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 2a40fa7d92 New "obstacleDw" for Kite.
* New: In CRL Core, in RoutingLayerGauge, adds a new parameter "obstacleDw".
    It represents the distance to add from the *edge* of a blockage segment
    to the next *axis* of a routing track. This was previously computed as
    the pitch minus the mimimum half wire width. This works if the pitch
    is *equal* to the wire width plus the minimal distance (edge to edge).
    But if the wire width is less, than it leads to too great a distance
    around obstacles, making them bigger than they are. And potentially
    blocking everything. To summarize:
         before:  obstacleDw = pitch - wireWidth/2  (deduced)
         after:   obstacleDw = explicitly setup, usually:
                               pitch - max(wireWidth)/2
      Modify the Alliance configuration helper and the various kite.conf
    file accordingly.
* New: In Kite, in BuildPowerRails, make use of "obstacleDw" to compute
    the footprint of a blockage.
2016-04-13 18:21:09 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 6ad644fac2 New relation for slaved ABs. Do *not* delete blockage nets.
* Change: In Hurricane, in DataBase::CellDepths() the recursion stop
    criterion must be Cell::isLeaf() and not Cell::isTerminal() as
    the second one can be used to hide some levels of hierarchy,
    and we want all of them in a blob.
* New: In Hurricane, in Cell, create a new Slaveds relation to keep
    track of all the Cells with a slaved abutment box. This work is
    incomplete as we do not manage the behavior in case of merge or
    Cell destruction or slaving Cells with aready slaveds ones.
      Modify Cell::setAbutmentBox() to work in both autonomous and
    slaved mode.
* New: In Hurricane, in Net, add a new type of Net: BLOCKAGE this
    avoid us to be dependant on the framework pattern recognition.
    (change propagated to the Python support)
* New: In CRL Core, in the various drivers, recognize blockage nets
    as such and set their type accordingly.
* Change: In CRL, in Toolbox::deleteEmptyNets(), preserve blockage
    Nets. This was the cause of crashs in Kite::BuildPowerRails() as
    we where trying to use a deleted blockage net...
* Bug: In Hurricane, in NetAlias, do not write NetAlias as a name
    but as a type. They were not read back and moreover staying in
    the JSON parser stack.
2016-03-30 17:47:00 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput a78882fd5b Clocks in BLIF parser. In RSavePlugin, flags to select views to save.
* Bug: In CRL Core, in BlifParser, recognize clocks (Alliance patterns).
* Change: In Cumulus, in RSavePlugin, "kw" manage a new "views" to
    specify which views must be saved. Physical by default, but sometimes
    we need logical as well. If the design contains uniquified cells,
    save the logical view.
      In ClockTree, abort the clock tree building if the design has no
    top level clock.
* Change: In Katabatic, in GCellTopology, adds 2G_5M1 configuration.
* Bug: Kite, in BuildPowerRails, if we are not in a chip the nets
   composing the H-Tree must be protecteds be blockages.
2016-03-26 11:59:32 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 1ef4bc122f Forgot to catch Bug exception. GCell manage 5 terminals of a Net.
* Bug: In Hurricane, in HApplication, ExceptionWidget ans PyHurricane.h,
    forgot to catch the Hurricane::Bug exception which was leading to
    terminate() without explanations.
* Change: In Katabatic, In GCellTopology, now support one GCell with
    five metal1 terminal of the same net. This unlikely configuration
    did appear in the SNX for the first time...
2016-03-17 16:54:53 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 13c3efdefd In Katabatic, the layer assignment move up part of Net trunks.
* In Katabatic, in AutoSegment::canMoveUp(), adds the ability to reject
    the move up if the density of the depth we comes from is below 0.6
    in all the GCells, activated with the KbChecklowDensity flag.
* In Katabatic, In LayerAssign, new method moveUpNetTrunk2() which,
    unlike the previous one, move up only the part of the Net trunk
    which is connex to the seed segment. Use the canMoveUp with
    low density checking to avoid unbalancing higher metal layers.
* In Kite, in SegmentFsm, use the canMoveUp() with low density checking.
2016-03-15 18:06:43 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 33355f0e54 Various bugs in the virtual flattening mechanism.
* Bug: In Hurricane, in Cell::flattenNets(), addition to the topHyperNets
    vector was done *inside* the components loop, resulting in multiple
    additions of the same top net. This was leading to the RoutingPads
    created multiple times on the same connectors. Hence the conflict in
    KiteEngine::protectRoutingPads().
* Change: In Hurricane, in Cell::flattenNets(), do not create RoutingPads
    or build rings on already routed Nets. A Net is considered already
    routed if it has at least one Segment. This way we avoid Rubbers to
    be drawn over routed Nets.
* Change: In Hurricane, in DeepNet, do not build RoutingPads & rings on
    already routed Nets (same condition as in Cell::flattenNets()).
* New: In Hurricane, in HyperNet, new collection of all component
    occurrences of an HyperNet. May or may not (default) include
    components from the leaf cells.
2016-03-13 19:35:56 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 1dafcbc882 UTurn management in Katabatic & Kite.
* New: in Katabatic, in AutoSegment, recognize segments that are U-turn.
    That is, based on two turn Contacts and going both top or bottom.
* New: In Kite, manage one pitch U-turn by making them diseapear from
    the tracks. And make them same-metal when saving. Add a pack stage
    to try to compact U-turn.
2016-03-06 12:37:30 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput b209871ee6 Update copyright to 2016 for Knik, Katabatic & Kite. 2016-03-06 12:36:18 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput fce97bb1d9 Corrections in how to access pads terminals in Katabatic/Kite.
* Change: In Katabatic, in GCellTopology::doRp_AccessPad(), if the supporting
    RoutingPad is big (more than two pitch), do not put the access
    contact in the center but on the edge. This is to avoid cut violations
    between the VIAs and the matrix of VIAs that may be generated under the
    RoutingPad itself.
* Change: In Kite, in TrackSegment destructor, if the legnth of the wire,
    without extensions is less than one picth, enlarge it so it encompass
    it's source & target VIAs (to avoid notches).
* Bug: In Kite, in Track destructor, the TrackElements where detacheds,
    but not deleted, causing a memory link.
2016-03-02 17:15:58 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 9db97608cb More clever way of taking into account constraints on caged terminals.
* Change: In vlsispad, in Dots, add an enable/disable flag because when printing
    into a cmess, it is only the base class ostream which is took into account
    as none of it's methods are virtuals (silly me).
* Bug: In Etesian, print into cmess instead of cout and make use of the Dots
    enabling feature.
* New: In Katabatic, added AutoContact::migrateConstraintBox() to transfert
    constraint from one contact to another.
      New flag for AutoContact, CntWeakTerminal for AutoContact which are at
    the other of a segment directly connected to a terminal. They may hold
    special constraints in case of caged terminals (computed in Kite).
      In AutoHorizontal & AutoVertical, in ::_makeDogleg(), transfert flags
    and constraints when breaking a segment directly connected to a terminal.
* New: In Kite, in protectCagedTerminals(), uses cross constraint on the
    AutoContact opposite to the ContactTerminal (CntWeakTerminal) instead
    of moving up one terminal over two consecutives. This is simpler without
    degrading the routing quality.
2015-08-18 15:42:28 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput ed557d9027 Added support for "same layer" dogleg. Big fix for pad routing.
* Change: In Knik, in Vertex, add a "blocked" flag to signal disabled
    vertexes in the grid (must not be used by the global router).
      Modificate the Graph::getVertex() method so that when a vertex
    is geometrically queried, if is a blocked one, return a non-blocked
    neighbor. This mechanism is introduced to, at last, prevent the
    global router to go *under* the pad in case of a commplete chip.
* New: In Katabatic, in AutoSegment, a new state has been added: "reduced".
    A reduced segment is in the same layer as it's perpandiculars.
    To be reduced, a segments has to be connected on source & target to
    AutoContactTurn, both of the perpandiculars must be of the same layer
    (below or above) and it's length must not exceed one pitch in the
    perpandicular direction.
      To reduce an AutoSegment, call ::reduce() and to revert the state,
    call ::raise(). Two associated predicates are associated:
    ::canReduce() and ::mustRaise().
      Note: No two adjacent segments can be reduced at the same time.
* Bug: In Katabatic, in GCellTopology, add a new method ::doRp_AccessPad()
    to connect to the pads. Create wiring, fixed and non managed by
    Katabatic, to connect the pad connector layer to the lowest routing
    layers (depth 1 & 2). The former implementation was sometimes leading
    to gaps (sheared contact) that *must not* occurs during the building
    stage.
      Remark: This bug did put under the light the fact that the initial
    wiring must be created without gaps. Gaps are closed by making doglegs
    on contacts. But this mechanism could only work when the database if
    fully initialised (the cache is up to date). Otherwise various problems
    arise, in the canonization process for example.
* New: In Katabatic, in AutoContactTerminal::getNativeConstraintBox(),
    when anchored on a RoutingPad, now take account the potential rotation
    of the Path's transformation. Here again, for the chip's pads.
* New: In Kite, support for reduced AutoSegment. TrackSegment associateds
    to reduced AutoSegment are *not* inserted into track to become
    effectively invisibles. When a segment becomes reduced, a TrackEvent
    is generated to remove it. Conversely when it is raised a RoutingEvent
    is created/rescheduled to insert it. All this is mostly managed inside
    the Session::revalidate() method.
* New: In Kite, in KiteEngine::createGlobalGraph(), in case of a chip,
    mark all global routing vertexes (Knik) that are under a pad, as blockeds.
* Bug: In Cumulus, in PadsCorona.Side.getAxis(), inversion between X and
    Y coordinate of the chip size. Did not show until a non-square chip
    was routed (i.e. our MIPS R3000).
* Change: In Stratus1, in st_placement.py add the ClockBuffer class for
    backward compatibility with the MIPS32 bench. Have to review this
    functionnality coming from the deprecated placeAndroute.py.
      In st_instance.py, no longer creates the Plug ring of a Net.
    In my opinion it just clutter the display until the P&R is called.
    Can re-enable later as an option (in Unicorn).
* Change: In Unicorn, in cgt.py, more reliable way of loading then running
    user supplied scripts. Borrowed from alliance-checker-toolkit doChip.py	.
2015-08-16 23:29:28 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 61f2b8630f More resilient KiteEngine::wipeoutRouting(). Added to graphic menus.
* Change: In KiteEngine::wipeoutRouting(), remove only the Contacts
    that are *not* anchored. Any other will be indirectly destroyed.
* New: In GraphicKiteEngine, add an encapsulation and a menu for
    wipeoutRouting().
2015-06-22 23:04:54 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 09d4e488ba In Cell, separate flattenNets() and createRoutingPadRings().
* New: In Hurricane, in Cell, no longer create rings of RoutingPads when
    flattening the nets. Put that functionnality into a separate method
    ::createRoutingPadRings().
      This allow to perform the Net flattening in Etesian *without*
    the rings, which slow it down. Then the rings are created by
    Knik/Kite. This also solves the double ring creation when doing
    P&R of a complete chip (rings where created twice: in the core
    block for Etesian and at chip level for Kite).
* Change: In Etesian, slight beautification of the printed informations.
    (psychorigid me)
2015-06-21 17:47:28 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput e2fcfcb699 Rationalization of Cell's flags. Compilation warnings hunt.
* New: In Hurricane, dedicated class BaseFlags to wrap a set of flags.
    Similar to the Mask class, only with a slightly different semantic.
    Encapsulation of <unsigned int>.
      Also provide support for the Inspector, to have a human-readable
    display of the flags.
* Change: In Hurricane, in Cell, regroup all the flags under a Flags
    sub-class of Cell. No more mixing between booleans and bit flags.
    (first use of BaseClass).
* In Hurricane, CRL Core & Knik, many small corrections to suppress
    annoying warning messages at compile time.
      Most noticeably, Bison errors in VstParserGrammar generated by
    rules and token with mismatched return value type. This was not
    problematic because the badly defined return value where not used.
    But still...
2015-06-10 15:49:58 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 701487247d Bug in VHDL portmap. Too strict checking in Kite & Etesian ::setViewer().
* Bug: In CRL Core, in VectorPortMap::VhdlPortMap(), if the connection
    was made to *non-contiguous* bits of an otherwise *contiguous* vector,
    it was using a span instead of the separate bits. Now check that
    bits are contiguous (delta: +1/-1) and the delta do not change of
    sign.
* Change: In Etesian & Kite, the Python interface function ::setViewer()
    was checking that the argument was indeed a CellViewer, but in text
    mode it is None. Now, silently ignore the argument if it cannot be
    converted into CellViewer.
2015-06-08 12:01:32 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 51043df640 Merge "collections" branch from <github> (G. Gouvine).
* New: In Hurricane, in Collection add simple STL iterator support.
    So now the C++11 "for" instruction can be used instead of the
    in-house "forEach".
      Example:
         forEach ( Component*, icomponent, net->getComponents() ) {
           cout << (*icomponent) << endl;
         }
      Become:
         for ( Component icomponent : net->getComponents() ) {
           cout << icomponent << endl;
         }
2015-06-08 11:51:09 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 6ecdaf2539 More accurate routing guiding under a block corona.
* New: In Kite, in BuildPowerRails more accurate GCell density computation
    under the pad area, to limit the overloaded messages.
* New: In Cumulus, In BlockCorona, remove the vertical METAL3 blockages
    and replace them by horizontal blockages completly enclosing the
    corona big vias in all layers. This way the I/O wires that goes
    through the corona are guided to be straight and do not creates
    unsolvable doglegs due to the presence of big vias.
* Change: In Kite & Etesian, small typo: refactor the method
    "::wipeOutRouting()" into "::wipeoutRouting()" (indulge me, I'm a
    code maniac).
2015-06-06 18:22:48 +02:00
Gabriel Gouvine 63b1f5abb0 Basic STL-compliant collections
Ported etesian and kite to use them
2015-05-28 14:20:32 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput f8a72288aa Better handling of exceptions between C++ & Python. Misc. checks.
* Bug: In Hurricane, in PyHurricane.h the macro HCATCH was not catching
    standard STL exceptions. This was the source of the cryptic message:
        "Fatal Python error: Py_EndInterpreter: thread still has a frame"
    The Python interpreter was interrupted uncleanly bypassing it's own
    exceptions mechanism.
      In PyViewer, the Viewer *do not* inherit from a base class (in the
    Python export).
* New: In Hurricane, in DbU, compute maximum values (in double) for
    grid, lambda & physical (in meter) so now the DbU::toGrid(),
    DbU::toLambda() & DbU::toPhysical() methods can check for out of
    bound values, and throw an exception.
* Change: In Hurricane, ExceptionWidget::catchAllWrapper() now returns
    a boolean, set to <true> if an exception has been catched. Allow
    callers to interrupt themselves if a problem has occured.
* Bug: In Kite & Etesian, in the Python wrapper, send a Python exception
    if catchAllwrapper() did return true, instead of continuing...
* Change: In Kite & Etesian, adds a setViewer() method (exported in Python)
    to use the graphical ExceptionWidget when in graphic mode.
* Bug: In Cumulus, in PadsCorona.py the check for the core vs. chip size
    was not returning False when invalid.
* New: In CRL Core, in Vst driver, add a support IEEE VHDL. Inactive for
    now as I don't see clearly the policy for selecting it or not.
      Remove the code of the old Vst driver.
      In Blif parser, check for non-existent models (incomplete or
    corrupted Blif file). Found by G. Gouvine.
* New: Added extras file for IDE-like support under Emacs.
2015-05-20 14:03:59 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput a2d4f01ca3 New Library Manager Widget. Access with Tools menu or CTRL+M.
* New: In CRL Core, created a LibraryManager widget. It provides a
    composite information based on what is present, for each
    Alliance library:
    1. - A Cell in memory, without Catalog::State.
    2. - A Catalog::State, with or whithout the Cell in memory.
    3. - The files of the Cell in the librariy's directory.
    4. - A file with a format referenced for one of the importers.
      File type recognition is based *only* on the file extension,
    so it may easily confused. Be careful about what you put in
    the library's directory.
      One of the big limitation is that it will not display Hurricane
    libraries that do not have the AllianceLibrary extension.
      This widget is put in a separate library <libmanager>, included
    in the default CRLCORE_LIBRARIES.
* Change: In CRL Core, in State (through the loader), now sets the
    InMemory flag (event if nobody uses it yet...). Display it in
    the state _getString().
      In AllianceFramework, new getAllianceLibraries() method.
      In CatalogExtension, make the static method "get()" publicly
    accessible, for sometimes we want the whole State.
* Bug: In vlsisapd, in Path, the pathcache was not rebuild when it
    should, leading to incorrect results.
* New: In vlsisapd, in Path, added a listdir() method to access the
    contents of a directory and a stat() method to poll the status
    of a file/directory.
      Rename the ".string()" method in ".toString()" to avoid
    tricky name resolution with std::string, refactor in all the
    other tools.
* Change: In Hurricane, in Controller, no longer oversize the fonts
    of the table's headers.
* New: In Unicorn, in UnicornGui, integrate LibraryManager.
2015-05-09 17:03:17 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 731d435a35 Merge the routing-driven version of Etesian (github/RoutingDriven) 2015-04-25 17:24:53 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 770b1fbbbc Support for Uniquification. Rewrite of the Blif parser.
* New: In Hurricane, In NetAlias & Net, add an AliasList collection to
    iterate over all the aliases names (this *not* include the main
    net name).
* New: In Hurricane, In Cell, Instance & Net add support for cloning and
    uniquification (update documentation).
      All Cells that are uniquified from a given model are kept in an
    Uniquify relation. This relation allows to get all the clones and
    generate unique clone names by adding a "_uXX" suffix.
* Bug: In Hurricane, the Cell::_isFlattenLeaf attribute was not initialized
    in the constructor.
* Change: In CRL Core, in AllianceFramework::getCell(), no longer destroy
    a partially loaded Cell in case of parser failure, let the incomplete
    Cell be.
* New: In CRL Core, in ApParser, if all the instances are placed, sets the
    Cell::Placed flag.
* Change: In CRL Core, in BlifParser, complete rewrite of the parser.
    Not so good an idea afterwards...
* New: In Etesian, uniquify the design before placing.
* Change: In Kite, display the list of unrouted wired after all other
    statistics.
2015-04-25 16:52:18 +02:00
Gabriel Gouvine bded70971e Taking into account the configuration flag + wipeout routing function 2015-04-23 16:14:06 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 4023481da3 Add a state to Cell to know if is placed and/or routed.
* New: In Hurricane, In Cell, add Placed and Routed flags to know the
    state of the Cell.
* Change: In CRL Core, In ApDriver, do not save the RoutingPads as
    external connectors if the design is *not* routed (create
    conflics on reload with the newly generated RoutingPads).
* Change: In Etesian, set the Placed flag on the Cell.
* Change: In Kite, set the Routed flag on the Cell.
* Change: In Cumulus, in RSavePluginAll, save the layout only if it
    has a bounding box.
2015-04-16 16:52:33 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput ef9936e87c Support for Net alias names. Blif parser enhancements.
* New: In Hurricane, In Net & Cell, support for Net aliases names.
    Use a structure based on a simple ring of NetAliasHook. The Net
    holds a global map, sorted by names of all the aliases of all Nets.
    Elements NetAliasesHook of the map are slaves of ring whose master
    is an attribute of the Net (it is *not* in the map, as the primary
    name of the Net).
      In case of merge, the aliases of both Nets are merged and the
    name of the merged one become an alias.
      The Cell::getNet() looks in both the Net map and the aliases to
    find a Net by name.
* Bug: In CRL Core, in coriolisInit.py, reoder the loading of the
    configuration files so the real technology is read as early as
    possible to set up the <gridsPerLambda> factor before any lambda
    is actually computed...
* Bug: In CRL Core, in AcmSigda, do not try to fed the file when it
    has failed to be opened. Throw a clean exception instead.
* New: In CRL Core, in Toolbox, add a NamingScheme object to convert
    a design into VHDL compliant names (mainly from Blif/Verilog).
    This is extensible in any case.
* New: In CRL Core, in BlifParser, slightly more informative warning
    messages. Align the loading progress information on the other
    parsers.
      Add a capability to select which component of the design will
    be returned, if there are more than one. Use the "." as separator.
    For exemple you can request "Processor.Alu", which will load
    the "Alu" component from the design in "Processor.blif".
      To be able to save a Blif loaded design, systematically convert
    all the name for VHDL compliance, as it is the format used by
    the Coriolis native files (vst).
      Export the Blif parser to the Python interface.
* New: In Kite, In NegociateWindow, add a counter of the number of
    remaining events. Gives an idea of the ETA...
* New: In Unicorn, in cgt.by, add an option to load a Blif design from
    the command line.
* New: In Cumulus, new RSave plugin to save both netlist & layout.
    Partly redundant with the previous one. Have to better organize
    that later.
2015-04-16 15:40:02 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput d7ca2fb299 Correct the garbled screen when shifting right in CellWidget.
* Bug: In Hurricane, In CellViewer, pass by a temporary pixmap when
    shitfing right (and bottom). We were already using the AutoCopy
    buffer for the opposites moves... Seems that the drawPixmap()
    may have changed of implementation.
      Explanation of the diagonal lines, see QTBUG-31579 that affect
    Qt 4.8.5. Temporary work around, force the pen to have a width
    of 2 pixels (for _normalPen & _linePen).
* Change: In Hurricane, in CellViewer remove the redraw by whole
    strip mechanism (offsetVA).
* New: In Hurricane, In CellViewer::DrawingPLanes add a tracking of
    the brush offset to avoid small irregularities at the border of
    two separately drawed areas.
* Bug: In Hurricane, in Graphics, display a warning about the
    diagonal lines when using Qt 4.8.5.
2015-04-05 19:21:20 +02:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 1e73466199 Added new CMake macro add_python_module() and some cleanup. 2015-03-22 19:12:45 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput 5dc60415e7 Happy new year 2015! 2015-03-17 16:56:55 +01:00
Jean-Paul Chaput a7c4e8b02e Python Script launcher extended to accomodate Chams.
* New: In VLSISAPD, in Configuration, add a new priority level UserFile
    to distinguish between the system configuration files and the user's
    configuration files (which take precedence).
* New: In Hurricane, in Script (Python), improve the API to be able
    to support Chams (and remove the duplicate capability from it).
      Add separate functions to perform the initialize/run(s)/finalize
    cycle step by step.
* Change: In CRL Core, rename real technology <hcmos9> to <hcmos9gp>,
    it's offcial name from CMP/ST. This is the 130nm.
      Move the reading of the symbolic & real technologies names from
    coriolisInit.py to helpers.__init__.py, to be shared with
    chamsInit.py.
      To avoid a clash of names inside of helpers, the two variables
    of techno.py are renamed "symbolicTechnology" and "realTechnology".
      Move python init system from crlcore/src/crlcore to crlcore/python.
* New: In CRL Core, In Utilities, add site-packages/pharos to the
    PYTHONPATH.
* Change: In Kite, move python init system from kite/src/init to
    kite/python.
2015-03-17 16:31:24 +01:00