The Cheby project aims at defining a file format to describe the HW/SW interface (the memory map), and a set of tools to generate HDL, drivers, documentation... from these files.
The Cheby project is the successor of the Cheburashka and Wbgen tools.
Currently the tools are command-line tools.
The Cheby tools are written in Python, so you could use the standard approach:
$ python setup.py install [--user]
Add --user to install in user directory instead of a system wide
installation.
Python version 3 is recommended.
There is a user guide in the doc/ directory. It contains a getting started part with an example.
To build the documentation, simply run make from within the doc/ directory.
Please note that the documentation build process requires asciidoc and asciidoctor.
The documentation for the extensions are in doc/extensions directory.
Cheby is GPLv3, see the LICENSE file.
Code generated by Cheby is under your license (the one of the source file).
Add option --gen-c-bit-struct to generate C structs for register bit fields (github PR #63)
Add generation of field widths in constant files (github PR #50)
Remove sampling of internal write acknowledge to allow consecutive single cycle access (github PR #49)
Add documented 'all' value for pipeline (issue#127)
Handle address-space in --pretty-print and --print-simple (issue#124)
Add support for any construct in an address-space (issue#129)
Output comments for 'repeat' when iogroup is true (issue#130)
Fix crash in doc generation for nested repeat (issue#67, github PR #4)
Add support for Latex generation (github PR #5)
Add support for the APB bus (github PR #11)
Add support for EDGE4
Add support for memories with multiple registers
Add support for 'simple-32' bus.
Fix the final padding comment for memories
Inner C struct tag can be prefixed by root name if x-c-header:prefix-struct is set.
Rationalize comment output in --gen-c
Fix a crash when address lines are not used by cernbus (issue#95)
Improve markdown generation (use both comment and description attributes)
Fix incorrect C struct generation (--gen-c) for unaligned repeat and memory blocks (issue#99)
Add Gena DSP files generation (switches --gen-gena-dsp*) (issue#100)
Fix Gena codefield/enum names generation (issue#102)
Unused HDL signals are removed (issue#86)
Use a deterministic order for includes in --gen-c (issue#103)
Do not print empty records in vhdl (could happen for iogroups without inputs or without outputs).
Do not continuously ack wrong sram memory requests.
Remove a trailing space in verilog generated code.
Add and document option --header.
Fix incorrect access to a submap using cern-be bus in generated HDL.
Fix a crash in --gen-gena-dsp in case of submap with enums (issue#106)
Emit an error message on empty 'iogroup' (issue#106)
Split long vhdl lines in process sensitivity list.
Avoid a crash during REST generation on missing root description (issue#112)
wbgen2cheby: fix address values for FIFO registers.
Add x-hdl:pipeline to control pipelining of the root.
Add root:version for versionning.
Add attribute 'constant' to registers to get the value of version, map-version or ident-code.
Fix --gen-gena-regctrl generation for inline multi-word register (issue#32)
gena2cheby: do not generate duplicate x-gena:preset attribute (issue#33)
Improve comments generation on ports (issue#35)
gena2cheby: set 'interface' to 'include' if 'include=int' was set (issue#23)
Add support for memories with ro access (issue#22)
Add attribute include for submaps (issue#36)
Add memory and repeat nodes to replace array (issue#39)
Add interface attribute to memory.
Ignore gena 'resize' attribute for --gen-hdl (issue#40).
Add autoclear port type.
Fix duplicate/incorrect assignments for --gen-hdl in case of holes and non ordered fields (issue#41).
Fix pipeline for null-address buses (issue#41)
Support or-clr (aka 'srff' in Cheburashka) type.
Fix crash while generating hdl for a single register with cernbus (issue#45)
Correctly handle Rst polarity of CERN-BE bus (issue#47). IMPORTANT: this is incompatible with previous Cheby behaviour.
gena2cheby now put the ident-code, map-version and semantic-mem-map-version to the x-gena section instead of the x-cern-info section.
A new section x-map-info is now supported at the root with 2 attributes: ident and memmap-version. Values are written to the consts file.
Support added for enumerated types.
The tool gena2cheby now discards empty note, description and comment.
Attribute 'x-hdl:port' is now allowed in a register without fields. A warning is emitted. (issue#58)
Attribute 'constant' is not allowed in a register with fields and properly diagnosticed. (issue#57)
Attribute 'x-hdl:type' can now be added to 'reg' and inherited by the fields. A field can overwrite the attribute. (issue#59)
Emit warnings when 'x-hdl:busgroup' is ignored. (issue#60)
For wbgen2cheby, WRITE_READ access is handled like READ_WRITE (issue #63).
Styles 'vhdl-ohwr' and 'vhdl-orig' have been added for --consts-style.
'x-hdl:type: or-clr-out' has been added. It behaves like 'or-clr' and also outputs the current value.
'x-hdl:name-suffix' has been added at root. It adds a suffix to the name for hdl module name.
Fix generation of multiword rmw without common visual library (issue #68)
Registers smaller than a word are now correctly handled by gen-hdl (issue #66)
Attribute 'x-hdl:block_prefix' has been renamed 'x-hdl:block-prefix'. Likewise 'x-hdl:reg_prefix' has been renamed 'x-hdl:reg-prefix' (issue #65).
Name collisions are now reported (instead of being generated in the hdl file) (issue #65).
Improve error message for incorrect preset attribute on a register when a field is present (issue #71).
Fix crash for --gen-gena-regctrl if the address space is only one
register (issue #70).
A warning is now emitted if 'x-gena:resize' is present on a register with fields, as it is useless (issue #69).
Only 'true' and 'false' (without the quote) are now considered as boolean in the YAML file. 'yes' and 'no' aren't anymore (issue #73).
The error message for incorrect type on gena codefields has been improved (issue #73).
It is now possible to use 'x-hdl:block-prefix' and 'x-hdl:reg-prefix' on block nodes.
Incorrect HDL generation for larger than word register with autoclear fixed (issue #75).
Fix name generation for register without field when reg-prefix is False.
Fix crash on 'align' for 'submap'; it is allowed only for included submaps (issue #76).
Python constants generation added with --consts-style=python.
The behaviour of x-hdl:autoclear has changed: the output is now
delayed by 1 cycle to be aligned with other potential register fields
in the same register.
For internal rams, cheby now instantiate cheby_dpssram instead of
wbgen2_dpssram. This improves verilog support. A definition of
cheby_dpssram and cheby_pkg is provided in general_cores.
Add attribute x-hdl:bus-granularity for memory-map.
Do not emit axi4-lite address bus if address lines are not used (issue#77)
Generate enums in constants (issue#78)
Always ack writes to read-only memories (issue#79)
Fix crash on empty but sized blocks (issue#82)
Add suppot for multi-word memories.
Add dual-clock attribute for memories.
Add support for x-hdl/bus-attribute=Xilinx on axi4-lite and cern-be-vme buses (issue#83)
Handle memories smaller than the bus size for sram bus (issue#87)
Handle ro and wo modes for sram bus (issue#87)
Reduce memory width when element size is larger than bus width.
Fix memory data width mismatch (issue#89)
Add 'systemverilog' style to '--gen-consts'.
Always ack invalid sram bus accesses to avoid latches.
Add a license file.
Avoid a crash on an empty block (issue#92)
Avoid incorrect generated code for memories whose width is smaller than the bus width (issue#90)
Add x-hdl:port to specify how ports are generated for registers (issue#11)
Add --c-style=arm to follow the CMSIS style (merge!10)
Support all submap cases, rework generated logic.
Add x-hdl:read-ack and x-hdl:write-ack attributes.
Add option '-i' to gena2cheby (to display ignored constructs).
Add option '-q' to gena2cheby (to not generate output).
Add 'note' as a common attribute.
For '--gen-gena-regctrl', add missing Rd/WrError signals in Area mux sensitivity lists.
Handle large addresses (up to 32 bits).
'x_gena' has been renamed to 'x-gena' for uniformity.
Full translation of Cheburashka map by gena2cheby.
Add a 'do not edit' header to hdl generated files.
Fix byte and word address in comments for gena memmap file.
Use synchronous reset for expanded RMW and SRFF in generated regctrl code.
Size and repeat attributes are now a string with k/M/G suffixes allowed.
The attribute semantic-mem-map-version now generates a constant in Gena memmap file.
Handle x-gena.packages and gen.const attributes.
Handle x-gena.suppress-port attribute.
A pulse is now generated for strobe-write (it was already the case for strobe-read).
wbgen2cheby now correctly place the write-strobe attribute (issue #28).
Synchronous reset are now generated by --gen-hdl instead of asynchronous one. (See http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/white_papers/wp231.pdf to understand why this improves optimization on FPGAs).
wbgen2cheby now supports the version attribute.
Add --gen-custom to support user defined pass (merge!4)
Fix SILECS compatibility bugs (merge!3, merge!5)
Explain workflow for '--gen-c' (issue#3)
Fix padding of structures to their size in --gen-c.
Add '--consts-style' for '--gen-consts', and support VHDL constants generation.
By default, '--gen-gena-regctrl' does not use anymore the CommonVisual components. Use '--gena-common-visual' option to use them (issue#2)
Size of blocks, arrays and submap are now generated by '-gen-consts' (issue#4)
Fix address of external submap in '--gen-doc' (issue#5)
Generate per word strobe signals.
Generate constants for preset values (issue#6)
Uniformize markdown and HTML output (merge!9)
Gena memmap generation: use full prefix for code fields (issue#7)
Macros are now generated by --gen-c for fields.
Handle unaligned register in HDL generation (issue#8)
Fix incorrect decoding for some nested register (issue#9)
Fix duplicate prefix in some names (issue#9)
Add word-endian attribute to specify the word endianness (issue#14)
Fix python3 incompatibility in setup.py (issue#16)
The argument '--version' has been added to the tool.
Attributes 'write-strobe' and 'read-strobe' of 'x-hdl' applies only to registers. Documentation has been clarified.
Fix an incorrect slice bound in HDL generation.
Fix reading of a rw field of type wire.
Set unused bit to 0 while reading a register.
Document root 'x-hdl' extensions.
Add --gen-silecs to generate SILECS files.
Add --gen-consts option to generate a constants file.
Syntax of options has changed. Options that generate contents accept the file as an optional argument. If there is no filename, the content is written on the standard output. The input must be specified with the -i/--input argument. So to generate vhdl code for the file example.cheby:
$ cheby --gen-hdl example.vhdl -i example.cheby
The cheby tool is now able to generate HTML or Markdown documentation. It also supports interconnect between AXI4 and WB.
This version offers backward compatiblity with wbgen files, and provides an setup.py installer.
You can use the wbgen2cheby tool to convert from wbgen.
Usage: wbgen2cheby FILE.wb > FILE.cheby
The tool generates on the standard output a cheby file that contains extensions for wbgen compatibility. You can then generate a VHDL file from this cheby file:
$ cheby --gen-wbgen-vhdl FILE.cheby > FILE.vhdl
The purpose of this version is to handle the Cheburashka files, to generate HDL, and to understand all the features available. Currently there is no real packaging.
Two tools are available:
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gena2cheby
Usage: gena2cheby FILE
Convert the Cheburashka/Gena file to the Cheby file format. The result is sent to the standard output. All valid files are supported, all the tags and attributes for generating HDL are converted. Some attributes are currently ignored; the next step is to define how they will be converted.
Note that included submaps are not converted (but the name extension is changed from .xml to .cheby).
The result follows the Cheby file format but many extensions (under the 'x_gena' name) are created to support features not defined in the Cheby core format.
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cheby
Usage: cheby --gen-gena-memmap FILE
Generate a VHDL memory map file from FILE. The result is sent to the standard output. The generated file is equivalent to the output of gena.py -m.
Usage: cheby --gen-gena-regctrl FILE
Generate a VHDL regctrl file from FILE. The result is sent to the standard output. The generated file is equivalent to the output of gena.py
Usage: cheby --print-memmap FILE
Usage: cheby --print-simple FILE
Display a textual description of the memory map described by FILE.
To create a new release:
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Run cheby tests (proto/tests.py)
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Run simulation tests (testfiles/tb)
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document changes and issues in this README.md file
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increase the version in cheby/init.py and in doc/cheby-ug.txt
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generate the pdf documentation
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tag the git tree using tag vX.Y.0
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push the tag (git push origin vX.Y.0)
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Announce on the cheby-codegen mailing list
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Update the wiki at https://gitlab.cern.ch/cohtdrivers/cheby/wikis/home