[libre-riscv-dev] [Bug 178] first coriolis2 tutorial, workflow and "test project" page

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Tuesday, February 11, 2020, Jean-Paul Chaput <Jean-Paul.Chaput at lip6.fr>
wrote:

> On Tue, 2020-02-11 at 17:04 +0000, bugzilla-daemon at libre-riscv.org wrote:
> > http://bugs.libre-riscv.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178
> >
> > --- Comment #1 from Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> ---
> > ok tobias i've created a soclayout repo:
> > git clone  gitolite3 at libre-riscv.org:soclayout.git
> >
> > can i suggest copying the alliance-check-toolkit/benchs/6502/cmos
> directory, it
> > looks dead simple?
>
>   No problem. This is all free (GPLed).
>
> > we don't however want to use verilog, we want ilang, so the
> synthesis-yosys.mk
> > file will need changing.
>
>   Can you supply me with a ".il" or a deterministic way to produce one
>   and I will integrate it to alliance-check-toolkit.


it is actually possible to import verilog, output ilang, and of course then
simply read it back in.

i will however do one tomorrow, it will not be a full chip just a circuit

or i tell you what, if you are happy to assume nmigen is installed then the
basic example alu.oy would be a good one to add.

that you just do python3 nmigen/examples/basic/alu.py gen -t ilang > alu.il

then use the "read_ilang" command from there.

the top level is always called top in nmigen (there may be a way to ask for
an explicit name).


>   My vision of alliance-check-toolkit is to gather all kinds of designs
> o one  in it to server as regression tests / benchmarks / examples.


good idea


>
> > i just managed to verify that the following (manually-run) yosys
> > commands will work:
> >
> > set liberty_file
> > /home/chroot/coriolis/home/lkcl/alliance/install/cells/sxlib/sxlib.lib
> > read_ilang part_sig_add.il
> > hierarchy -check -top top
> > synth -top top
> > dfflibmap -liberty $liberty_file
> > abc -liberty $liberty_file
> > clean
> > write_blif test.blif
> >
> > and ta-daaa, it produced a blif file!
> >
> > if you can modify the mk/synthesis-yosys.mk file that comes with the
> 6502/cmos
> > to take into account we are using ilang, that would make a great start.
>
>   Yes, see above.
>
> > we can then pick a simple module as a starting point and go from there.
> >
> > later we can do another one with, say, the ARM chip, which has actual
> > GPIO pads.
>
>   I've also remembered that Coriolis is almost completely configured to
>   use MOSIS scn6m_deep "real" technology which is a 180nm one.
>   It can be used to check the whole toolchain down to real layout.


okaay.  how do we do that?


>   Thanks to Pr. Shimizu who did make the RDS file.
>   You can then see your design in GDS under Magic.


niice. that's where we need to go.

l.



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