Making the scope type NESTED_MODULE was just plain wrong, because
it didn't really encapsulate the meaning of program blocks OR
nested modules. So instead create nested_module() and program_block()
flags and use those to test scope constraints.
An important advantage of program blocks is its ability to nest
within a module. This winds up also allowing modules to nest, which
is legal but presumably less used feature.
A NetScope object currently has two lists of parameters, 'parameters'
and 'localparams'. However, user-declared localparams are stored in
the 'parameters' list, and 'localparams' is only used for adding
genvar values to the parameter list. There seems no good reason to
maintain separate lists, as the lists are merged before being passed
to the target DLL. This is most likely a hang-over from older code.
The vvp target code generator may not elide a BUFZ if the output of
the BUFZ is connected to a net that is the subject of a procedural
force statement.
This patch adds code to the compiler so that a constant string
in a structural context can maintain the string property. This
is needed but not currently implemented in vvp (it's still
converted to a number). A pending patch for the vlog95 target
does use this new information.
This patch adds code that allows the targets to determine if a logical
gate came from a continuous assignment. This helps some of the targets
generate code that more closely matches the input.
It also reworks/simplifies the synthesis of && and || since the
compiler has already converted the two operands to single bit form
and fixes a mismatched delete from a previous patch.
This patch adds some preliminary module port information to the ivl
interface. This may change as I investigate exactly what is needed.
It also fixes a few minor bugs (a missed local variable and spacing)
This patch adds support to the compiler/ivl interface for getting the
original UDP definition port names. ivl_udp_port() was added to get
this information.
This patch fixes a bunch of objects to have the correct file/line
information. It also adds support for getting file/line information
for events (named events have a definition line).
This patch adds/fixes the following:
Adds file/line information to a UDP definition.
Prints an error message if a UDP is passed signals wider than 1 bit.
A UDP should supports a range, but the compiler currently does not.
Add scope information for constants.
Fix the Icarus extension UDP table entry element 'h' to use h.
The ivl_udp_init() value is a char not unsigned.
Add FILE_NAME() for a bunch more of the ivl interface objects.
This patch fixes a small bug found with the vlog95 back end. A root scope
should define is_cell instead of leaving it undefined. Normally I would
expect a root scope to not be a cell, but I don't think the standard
prohibits this from happening, so copy the value from the definition.
The compiler currently performs parameter expression elaboration before
performing parameter overrides. This means that the information needed
to correctly determine the expression type and width may not be available
at the time elaboration is performed. This patch reworks the code to
delay elaboration until after all overrides have been performed. It
also provides a new -g option that controls how the width of parameter
expressions is calculated when the parameter itself is unsized.
This gets the enumeration type through to the ivl_target API so
that code generators can do something with it. Generate stub
output with tgt-stub, and generate the proper vvp run time to
make simple enumerations work from end to end.
This patch covers more than it should. It removes many of the -Wextra
warnings in the main ivl directory. It also makes some minor code
improvements, adds support for constant logicals in eval_tree (&&/||),
adds support for correctly sign extending === and !==, it starts to
standardize the eval_tree debug messages and fixes a strength bug
in the target interface (found with -Wextra). The rest of the warnings
and eval_tree() rework will need to come as a second patch.
In ivl_alloc.h we redefine malloc(), realloc() and calloc() to have
standard error checking. We don't want to do this for anything that
comes from the standard headers. This specifically doesn't work if
a C++ header files does std::malloc, etc.
Also change to -W instead of -Wextra since that is more portable. I
plan to add a check from -Wextra and use it when available since it
is more descriptive.
This patch changes all the iterator code to use a prefix ++ instead
of postfix since it is more efficient (no need for a temporary). It
is likely that the compiler could optimize this away, but lets make
it efficient from the start.
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.
SystemVerilog allows variables to be either variables or unresolved
nets, depending on how they are used. If they are assigned by
procedural code, then they are variables. If they are assigned
by a continuous assignment, they are unresolved nets. Note that
they cannot be both, and when they are unresolved nets they can
only be assigned once.
This patch adds a check in the vvp back end that a uwire has
at most one driver. Previously this was just converted (with
a warning message) to a wire just after elaboration.
This patch pushes delays for tranif gates to the code generator.
We still need to add checks for the number of delays, etc. For
now an error message is printed when a tranif gate is given a
non-zero delay.
Elaborate conditional assignments with BUFZ devices that do *NOT*
preserve strengths. Add a BUFT (transparent) device that can be
used in those cases where I really need a transparent buffer.
The functions (malloc, free, etc.) that used to be provided in
malloc.h are now provided in cstdlib for C++ files and stdlib.h for
C files. Since we require a C99 compliant compiler it makes sense
that malloc.h is no longer needed.
This patch also modifies all the C++ files to use the <c...>
version of the standard C header files (e.g. <cstdlib> vs
<stdlib.h>). Some of the files used the C++ version and others did
not. There are still a few other header changes that could be done,
but this takes care of much of it.
Child scopes need to be accessed quickly, so use O(LogN) maps for
the children instead of O(N) lists.
Also, ivl_net_const_s objects exist in huge abundance for some kinds
of designs, so put some effort into reducing their memory footprint.
If a signed signal is driving a part select in a CA and the width
is less than 32 bits. the value will be zero extended and will
not work for negative values. This patch adds a warning that this
could happen. This will be fixed in development.
This patch adds -g2001-noconfig command line flag. The compiler
already supported this with `begin_keywords. Document this in
the manual page and fix a few other issues.
Fix endgenerate to be a 2001 keyword and add a few missing
keywords at the appropriate standard level e.g.(unsigned).
Add uwire and deprecate wone. wone used to just convert without
a warning to a wire. uwire will display a warning that it is
being converted to a wire without a check. wone is converted to
a uwire with a warning and then prints the uwire message. The
uwire message will be replaced with a real check fairly soon.
This patch adds real functionality for `celldefine and pushes this
property to the run time which can access this with vpiCellInstance.
This is technically only available for a module, but all scopes
have the property and only modules should return true when the
'endmodule' is between a `celldefine and `endcelldefine directive.
When a pin array is virtual, dll_target::signal() doesn't need
to make a corresponding set of stub nexa.
This patch includes new detection of oversized arrays, configurable
with the ARRAY_SIZE_LIMIT flag. This limit only applies to devirtualized
arrays; virtual arrays are only limited by your architecture's
unsigned int type.
The concept and earlier versions of this patch have been successfully
stress-tested by multiple people. This one causes no testsuite
regressions on my machine.
Closes: pr2023076
Reduces resource usage when compiling large memories.
Normal usage patterns still create large nexus arrays
in t-dll.cc:dll_target::signal().
This patch is extensively tested; it shouldn't break anything.
The existing debug "optimizer" flag is (ab)used to control
message printing when large (>1000 element) arrays are
devirtualized or nexus-ized.
The new global variable disable_virtual_pins is available
to force allocation of Pin arrays when they are declared,
but no user interface is provided.
See extensive discussion on iverilog-devel, March 4-5 2009,
title "pr2023076: large memories".
Previously Icarus normalized the results so array [7:0] would
be the same as array [0:7]. This works just fine for
simulation, but the VPI calls can select the left or right
value and this was incorrect for the [7:0] case since it was
being normalized to [0:7]. This patch swaps the two values in
the a.out file and from this creates the previous first/last
values and a new flag that can be used to get the correct
left and right values for the VPI interface.
By not creating Nexus objects until necessary, we avoid creating a
lot of spurious objects. In fact, it is true that almost every
link that is created and connected to another link will create a
spurious Nexus object without this patch.
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.
Stephen Williams
Martin Whitaker
Cary R
Martin Whitaker
Larry Doolittle