By instantiating the LUTRAM cell directly, we avoid a trip through
altsyncram, which speeds up Quartus synthesis time. This also gives
a little more flexibility, as Yosys can build RAMs out of individual
32x1 LUTRAM cells.
While working on this, I discovered that the mem_init0 parameter of
<family>_mlab_cell gets ignored by Quartus.
By operating at a layer of abstraction over the rather clumsy Intel primitives,
we can avoid special hacks like `dffinit -highlow` in favour of simple techmapping.
This also makes the primitives much easier to manipulate, and more descriptive
(no more cyclonev_lcell_comb to mean anything from a LUT2 to a LUT6).
This commit tries to carefully follow the documented behavior of LSE
and Synplify. It will use `syn_ramstyle` attribute if there are any
write ports, and `syn_romstyle` attribute otherwise.
* LSE supports both `syn_ramstyle` and `syn_romstyle`.
* Synplify only supports `syn_ramstyle`, with same values as LSE.
* Synplify also supports `syn_rw_conflict_logic`, which is not
documented as supported for LSE.
Limitations of the Yosys implementation:
* LSE/Synplify support `syn_ramstyle="block_ram,no_rw_check"`
syntax to turn off insertion of transparency logic. There is
currently no way to support multiple valued attributes in
memory_bram. It is also not clear if that is a good idea, since
it can cause sim/synth mismatches.
* LSE/Synplify/1364.1 support block ROM inference from full case
statements. Yosys does not currently perform this transformation.
* LSE/Synplify propagate `syn_ramstyle`/`syn_romstyle` attributes
from the module to the inner memories. There is currently no way
to do this in Yosys (attrmvcp only works on cells and wires).
This commit tries to carefully follow the documented behavior of LSE
and Synplify. It will use `syn_ramstyle` attribute if there are any
write ports, and `syn_romstyle` attribute otherwise.
* LSE supports both `syn_ramstyle` and `syn_romstyle`.
* Synplify only supports `syn_ramstyle`, with same values as LSE.
* Synplify also supports `syn_rw_conflict_logic`, which is not
documented as supported for LSE.
Limitations of the Yosys implementation:
* LSE/Synplify appear to interpret attribute values insensitive
to case. There is currently no way to do this in Yosys (attrmap
can only change case of attribute names).
* LSE/Synplify support `syn_ramstyle="block_ram,no_rw_check"`
syntax to turn off insertion of transparency logic. There is
currently no way to support multiple valued attributes in
memory_bram. It is also not clear if that is a good idea, since
it can cause sim/synth mismatches.
* LSE/Synplify/1364.1 support block ROM inference from full case
statements. Yosys does not currently perform this transformation.
* LSE/Synplify propagate `syn_ramstyle`/`syn_romstyle` attributes
from the module to the inner memories. There is currently no way
to do this in Yosys (attrmvcp only works on cells and wires).
Eddie Hung
Miodrag Milanovic
Marcelina Kościelnicka
Dan Ravensloft
whitequark
N. Engelhardt
Claire Wolf
Alberto Gonzalez