Merge pull request #702 from smunaut/min_ce_use

Add option to only use DFFE is the resulting E signal would be use > N times

passes/techmap/dff2dffe.cc

@@ -263,10 +263,14 @@ struct Dff2dffePass : public Pass {
 		log("more feedback paths to $dffe cells. It also works on gate-level cells such as\n");
 		log("$_DFF_P_, $_DFF_N_ and $_MUX_.\n");
 		log("\n");
-		log("    -unmap\n");
+		log("    -unmap");
 		log("        operate in the opposite direction: replace $dffe cells with combinations\n");
 		log("        of $dff and $mux cells. the options below are ignore in unmap mode.\n");
 		log("\n");
+		log("    -unmap-mince N\n");
+		log("        Same as -unmap but only unmap $dffe where the clock enable port\n");
+		log("        signal is used by less $dffe than the specified number\n");
+		log("\n");
 		log("    -direct <internal_gate_type> <external_gate_type>\n");
 		log("        map directly to external gate type. <internal_gate_type> can\n");
 		log("        be any internal gate-level FF cell (except $_DFFE_??_). the\n");
@@ -289,6 +293,7 @@ struct Dff2dffePass : public Pass {
 		log_header(design, "Executing DFF2DFFE pass (transform $dff to $dffe where applicable).\n");
 
 		bool unmap_mode = false;
+		int min_ce_use = -1;
 		dict<IdString, IdString> direct_dict;
 
 		size_t argidx;
@@ -297,6 +302,11 @@ struct Dff2dffePass : public Pass {
 				unmap_mode = true;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (args[argidx] == "-unmap-mince" && argidx + 1 < args.size()) {
+				unmap_mode = true;
+				min_ce_use = std::stoi(args[++argidx]);
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (args[argidx] == "-direct" && argidx + 2 < args.size()) {
 				string direct_from = RTLIL::escape_id(args[++argidx]);
 				string direct_to = RTLIL::escape_id(args[++argidx]);
@@ -343,8 +353,21 @@ struct Dff2dffePass : public Pass {
 			if (!mod->has_processes_warn())
 			{
 				if (unmap_mode) {
+					SigMap sigmap(mod);
 					for (auto cell : mod->selected_cells()) {
 						if (cell->type == "$dffe") {
+							if (min_ce_use >= 0) {
+								int ce_use = 0;
+								for (auto cell_other : mod->selected_cells()) {
+									if (cell_other->type != cell->type)
+										continue;
+									if (sigmap(cell->getPort("\\EN")) == sigmap(cell_other->getPort("\\EN")))
+										ce_use++;
+								}
+								if (ce_use >= min_ce_use)
+									continue;
+							}
+
 							RTLIL::SigSpec tmp = mod->addWire(NEW_ID, GetSize(cell->getPort("\\D")));
 							mod->addDff(NEW_ID, cell->getPort("\\CLK"), tmp, cell->getPort("\\Q"), cell->getParam("\\CLK_POLARITY").as_bool());
 							if (cell->getParam("\\EN_POLARITY").as_bool())
@@ -355,6 +378,18 @@ struct Dff2dffePass : public Pass {
 							continue;
 						}
 						if (cell->type.substr(0, 7) == "$_DFFE_") {
+							if (min_ce_use >= 0) {
+								int ce_use = 0;
+								for (auto cell_other : mod->selected_cells()) {
+									if (cell_other->type != cell->type)
+										continue;
+									if (sigmap(cell->getPort("\\E")) == sigmap(cell_other->getPort("\\E")))
+										ce_use++;
+								}
+								if (ce_use >= min_ce_use)
+									continue;
+							}
+
 							bool clk_pol = cell->type.substr(7, 1) == "P";
 							bool en_pol = cell->type.substr(8, 1) == "P";
 							RTLIL::SigSpec tmp = mod->addWire(NEW_ID);

techlibs/ice40/synth_ice40.cc

@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ struct SynthIce40Pass : public ScriptPass
 		log("    -nodffe\n");
 		log("        do not use SB_DFFE* cells in output netlist\n");
 		log("\n");
+		log("    -dffe_min_ce_use <min_ce_use>\n");
+		log("        do not use SB_DFFE* cells if the resulting CE line would go to less\n");
+		log("        than min_ce_use SB_DFFE*in output netlist\n");
+		log("\n");
 		log("    -nobram\n");
 		log("        do not use SB_RAM40_4K* cells in output netlist\n");
 		log("\n");
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ struct SynthIce40Pass : public ScriptPass
 
 	string top_opt, blif_file, edif_file, json_file;
 	bool nocarry, nodffe, nobram, flatten, retime, abc2, vpr;
+	int min_ce_use;
 
 	void clear_flags() YS_OVERRIDE
 	{
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ struct SynthIce40Pass : public ScriptPass
 		json_file = "";
 		nocarry = false;
 		nodffe = false;
+		min_ce_use = -1;
 		nobram = false;
 		flatten = true;
 		retime = false;
@@ -155,6 +161,10 @@ struct SynthIce40Pass : public ScriptPass
 				nodffe = true;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (args[argidx] == "-dffe_min_ce_use" && argidx+1 < args.size()) {
+				min_ce_use = std::stoi(args[++argidx]);
+				continue;
+			}
 			if (args[argidx] == "-nobram") {
 				nobram = true;
 				continue;
@@ -228,6 +238,10 @@ struct SynthIce40Pass : public ScriptPass
 			run("dffsr2dff");
 			if (!nodffe)
 				run("dff2dffe -direct-match $_DFF_*");
+			if (min_ce_use >= 0) {
+				run("opt_merge");
+				run(stringf("dff2dffe -unmap-mince %d", min_ce_use));
+			}
 			run("techmap -D NO_LUT -map +/ice40/cells_map.v");
 			run("opt_expr -mux_undef");
 			run("simplemap");