Writing parameters into VCD files makes the values available to waveform
tools. This can be done easily enough by writing out a $dumpadd section
at the beginning of the file that sets the parameter values. We don't need
to track the values over change, because by definition they do not change.
This changes the typical vcd output as well, so a few of the regression tests
need to be adjusted to account for this.
Also, while tracking this down, found and fixed the vvp/README.txt documention
for the .param/x records.
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.
In vvp, create the .var/str variable for representing strings, and
handle strings in the $display system task.
Add to vvp threads the concept of a stack of strings. This is going to
be how complex objects are to me handled in the future: forth-like
operation stacks. Also add the first two instructions to minimally get
strings to work.
In the parser, handle the variable declaration and make it available
to the ivl_target.h code generator. The vvp code generator can use this
information to generate the code for new vvp support.
BOOL values have a specific cast from LOGIC, this node takes care
of it. Also arrange for the elaboration to insert them in the right
planes and for the code generator to generate them.
Create the .var/2u and .var/2s variable records and give them
basic implementations. Make available to VPI the proper types
for the SystemVerilog types that these variables represent.
This patch adds two new opcodes and the infrastructure needed to call
system functions as tasks. The normal %vpi_call will generate an error
if a system function is called as a task. %vpi_call/w will generate a
warning and will ignore any value returned by the function. %vpi_call/i
will ignore the system function return value and will not print a
message. Adding this is a feature request and is supported in
SystemVerilog. Next I need to add flags to control this depending on
the compiler generation and possibly other flags.
I may leave the cast to void (%vpi_call/i) functionality unimplemented
for now.
To match the behaviour of other simulators, delayed bit-based signals
should have the value 'x' and delayed real valued signals should have
the value 0.0 until the true initial value has propagated. This patch
provides this behaviour.
The vvp thread word storage had previously been changed to always store
64-bit values, but some instructions still only operate on native long
values. This patch ensures all instructions that modify thread words
support 64-bit values.
This is mostly a minor definition change in the parsing of literal
numbers by the vvp lexor. Allow for 64bit numbers in the .delay
records, and have the code generator also able to cope with the
situation.
Functions that appear in continuous assignment expressions and that
have hidden dependencies or side effects need to be re-evaluated
whenever any input to the expression changes. This patch adds support
in the compiler and vvp runtime to enable this. This is currently
activated for any system function call that has no arguments. The
user may also force it to be used for any user function by passing
the option -gstrict-ca-eval to the compiler driver.
This patch also removes the -dautomatic option which was used for
gaining confidence in the code that supports automatic tasks and
functions. It is believed that the testsuite provides reasonable
fault coverage, and further tests can be added if bugs are found.
This patch adds .cast/int and updates .cast/real to act as a local
(temporary) net and to support either a signed or unsigned input.
The vvp_vector4_t class not can convert an arbitrarily sized double
to a vector value. This removes the restriction of lround().
Also document the new statements.
This is not a solution to all the problems, but is a better catch-all
then what is currently there. Allow the index field to be a T<> that
accesses the thread to get the address index.
Note that the lexor.lex currently returns the T<> as a T_SYMBOL, and the
users of T_SYMBOL objects need to interpret the meaning. This is
probably not the best idea, in light of all the other *<> formats that
now exist.
The memory opcodes %assign/mv, %load/mv and %set/mv
were removed by a previous patch. This one removes
the documentation from opcodes.txt. It also removes
the documentation for the .mem* statements for the
same reason.
Arrays of nets that have all their words collapsed together can become
a collapsed array as a whole. Add support for this case in the vvp code
generator and runtime.
more general concept of arrays. The NetMemory and NetEMemory
classes are removed from the ivl core program, and the IVL_LPM_RAM
lpm type is removed from the ivl_target API.
Stephen Williams
Cary R
Larry Doolittle
Martin Whitaker
Maciej Suminski
Martin Whitaker
Arun Persaud
steve