[libre-riscv-dev] daily kan-ban update 01jun2020

[Cole Poirier]

On Jun 2 2020, at 3:11 am, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 1:23 AM Cole Poirier <colepoirier at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Today (actual):
>> 
>> Spent today reading the parts of OPENPOWER ISA v3.1 related to traps,
>> not finished yet. I don't understand very much currently, but I think
>> that this will progress as I read and investigate further, however,
>> since I don't think I can read the spec well enough to understand
>> what I
>> have to implement for fu/trap/main_stage, if someone else has the
>> time I
>> think they should do it. Otherwise, I'll continue to work away at
>> understanding enough of the spec to be able to implement the trap pipeline.
> 
> it is not in the least bit necessary to "understand" the spec.  i do not.
> 
> what *is* necessary is to understand how to translate microwatt VHDL
> source code into nmigen.
> 
> and to TRUST that microwatt is correct.
> 
> this is why i have put in code-snippets from microwatt into the bugreport.
> 
> this turns an exercise that would take months if not years by a factor
> of approximately TEN.
> 
> quotes understanding quotes comes later.
> 
> l.

Aha! Thanks for this course correction Luke. I reviewed the comments on
the bug report yesterday, but I will now review it again with this fresh
knowledge, and get to work translating the microwatt VHDL into nmigen
for the trap pipeline.

Cole