When multiple words in one array were connected to the same nexus as a
single word array, the code generator was sometimes failing to generate
all the necessary aliases. This was highly dependent on the elaboration
order.
This fix should be more robust, but there are currently no tests in the
test suite that cause the compiler to generate whole-array aliases, and
I can't think of a way to make it do so as we don't yet support unpacked
arrays in module ports, so that branch of the code is currently untested.
SystemVerilog supports type parameters. These are similar to value
parameters, but they allow to pass a type to a module or similar when
instantiating it.
E.g.
```
module A #(parameter type T = int);
endmodule
module B;
A #(.T(real)) i_a;
endmodule
```
Add support for handling type parameters.
For the vlog95 and vhdl backends type parameters, similar to typedefs, get
replaced with their actual value. For modules with non-local type
parameters for each module instance a unique module or architecture is
generated with the actual type.
Querying type parameters through VPI is not yet supported.
Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
The `netdarray_t` type implements the `packed_width()` method by returning
the packed width of the element type. It is the only non-packed type that
implements the method.
This triggers an assert in the vlog95 backend for tasks with dynamic array
typed parameters. And while the vlog95 backend does not support dynamic
array types it should not result in a crash, just an error message.
The only place that relies on the behavior that the packed width of the
element type is returned is in the vvp backend where variable declarations
are generated. Update that code to query the packed width of the element
type instead and then remove the `packed_width()` implementation for the
`netdarray_t` type.
This fixes the assert in the vlog95 backend. But it is also nicer from an
architectural perspective as this brings the type in line with the other
types in terms of behavior.
Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
If all three rise/fall/decay delay values are constant, we can use
the vvp .delay statement variant that takes three literal numbers.
If not, we have to use the variant that takes three net inputs. If
some of the delay values are constant, we need to create constant
drivers for those delay inputs.
The .scope needs to be aware of return types so that the %call/vec4
function knows how to intialize the return value. We also need to
extend the %ret/vec4 to support writing parts of the return value.
This goes all the way down to the vvp level, where we create support
for arrays of objects, generate the new code in the -tvvp code
generator, and elaborate the arrays in the first place.
When for example assigning to foo[<x>] within a contitional, and
doing synthesis, we need to create a NetSubstitute device to manage
the l-value bit selects.
This generates an EQZ LPM device that carries the case-z-ness to
the code generator.
Also add to the vvp code generator support for the EQZ device so
that the synthesis results can be simulated.
Account for the wildcard devices in the sizer.
" characters in strings must be escaped when the compiler writes a
quoted string to a vvp script. This patch fixes up a few places where
this wasn't being done.
Emit the elaborated class methods. Also generate root scopes to
represent the classes in order to hold the methods. These scopes
can also in the future be used to implement static properties.
Martin Whitaker
Paul Rigge
Cary R
mole99
Ethan Sifferman
Lars-Peter Clausen
Scott Mansell
Stephen Williams
Michele Castellana
Johann Klammer
Martin Whitaker
Larry Doolittle