Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
155 lines (104 loc) · 5.07 KB

config.md

File metadata and controls

155 lines (104 loc) · 5.07 KB
Raw

RISCV-FORMAL Configuration Macros

The riscv-formal insn models and checkers are configured using a few Verilog pre-processor macros. They must be defined bofore reading any riscv-formal verilog files. The first riscv-formal verilog file read after defining the macros must be rvfi_macros.vh.

Example configuration:

`define RISCV_FORMAL
`define RISCV_FORMAL_NRET 1
`define RISCV_FORMAL_XLEN 32
`define RISCV_FORMAL_ILEN 32
`define RISCV_FORMAL_COMPRESSED
`define RISCV_FORMAL_ALIGNED_MEM

Defining RISCV_FORMAL, RISCV_FORMAL_NRET, RISCV_FORMAL_XLEN, and RISCV_FORMAL_ILEN is mandatory.

RISCV_FORMAL

This macro should be set whenever riscv-formal is used. It is actually never used by any of the riscv-formal Verilog files, it can be used by cores under test to enable or disable generation of the RVFI ports.

RISCV_FORMAL_NRET

The number of channels for the RVFI port (and thus the theoretical maximum number of instructions the core can retire via RVFI in one cycle).

RISCV_FORMAL_XLEN

The width of integer registers in the ISA implemented by the core under test. Valid values are 32, 64, and 128. Only 32 is fully supported at the moment.

RISCV_FORMAL_ILEN

The maximum width of an instruction retired by the core. For cores supporting fused instructions this is the maximum length of a complete fused instruction.

RISCV_FORMAL_UMODE

This macro must be defined when the core under tests supports U-mode.

RISCV_FORMAL_SMODE

This macro must be defined when the core under tests supports S-mode.

RISCV_FORMAL_COMPRESSED

For cores supporting the RISC-V Compressed ISA this define must be set.

RISCV_FORMAL_ALTOPS

This macro must be defined if the core under tests implements alternative arithmetic semantic.

RISCV_FORMAL_ALIGNED_MEM

Cores that only have hardware support for word-aligned memory access may choose to retire memory load/store operations for smaller units (half-words, bytes) word aligned with the appropiate rmask/wmask values to select the correct bytes. In this case the RISCV_FORMAL_ALIGNED_MEM macro must be defined.

RISCV_FORMAL_BLACKBOX_REGS

When checking for correct implementation of the RISC-V instructions ("insncheck") it is possible to black-box the processor register file. This macro may be used in the core under test to black-box the register file.

RISCV_FORMAL_BLACKBOX_ALU

When checking for consistency of the stream of retired instructions (such as "regcheck") it is possible to black-box the actual ALU operations. This macro may be used in the core under test to black-box the ALU.

RISCV_FORMAL_FAIRNESS

When checking for liveness of the core, then the peripherals and abstractions used in the check must guarantee fairness. This macro should be tested by the peripherals and abstractions to decide if fairness guarantees should be enabled.

RISCV_FORMAL_VALIDADDR(addr)

Set this to an expression of addr that evaluates to 1 when the given address is a valid physical address for the processor under test.

RISCV_FORMAL_WAITINSN(insn)

Set this to an expression of insn that evaluates to 1 when the given instruction is a wait instruction similar to WFI. (WFI does not need to be recognized by the expression. This is for non-standard instructions in addition to WFI.)

RISCV_FORMAL_PMA_MAP

Set this to the name of a module that takes an address as input and outputs the PMA info for that address. The exact interface of such a module is not entirely defined yet.

Macros defined by rvfi_macros.vh

The Verilog file rvfi_macros.vh defines a few useful helper macros.

RVFI_WIRES, RVFI_OUTPUTS, RVFI_INPUTS, RVFI_CONN

Macros to declare wires, output ports, or input ports for all rvfi_* signals. The last macro is for creating the proper connections on module instances. This macros can be useful for routing the rvfi_* signals through the design hierarchy.

rvformal_rand_reg and rvformal_rand_const_reg

Macros for defining unconstrained signals (rvformal_rand_reg) or constant signals with an unconstrained initial value (rvformal_rand_const_reg).

Usage example:

`rvformal_rand_reg [7:0] anyseq;
`rvformal_rand_const_reg [7:0] anyconst;

For formal verification with Yosys (i.e. when YOSYS is defined), this will be converted to the following code:

rand reg [7:0] anyseq;
rand const reg [7:0] anyconst;

For simulation (i.e. when SIMULATION is defined), this will be converted to:

reg [7:0] anyseq;
reg [7:0] anyconst;

And otherwise (for use with any formal verification tool):

wire [7:0] anyseq;
reg [7:0] anyconst;