This Arch API dates from when we were first working out how to
implement placement validity checking, and in practice is little used by
the core parts of placer1/HeAP and the Arch implementation involves a
lot of duplication with isBelLocationValid.
In the short term; placement validity checking is better served by the
combination of checkBelAvail and isValidBelForCellType before placement;
followed by isBelLocationValid after placement (potentially after
moving/swapping multiple cells).
Longer term, removing this API makes things a bit cleaner for a new
validity checking API.
Signed-off-by: gatecat <gatecat@ds0.me>
This makes the Arch API clearer and also allows a base implementation of
functions to reduce the amount of complexity to get a basic Arch up and
running.
Currently this only implements these for functions that don't return a
range. Range-returning functions will require more work in order due to
the current 'duck typing' approach (probably a struct that contains the
range types combined with templating.)
Signed-off-by: D. Shah <dave@ds0.me>
This makes the difference clearer between the general arch API that
everyone must implement; and helper functions specific to one arch.
Signed-off-by: D. Shah <dave@ds0.me>
This is a complete implementation of IdStringList for ECP5; excluding
the GUI (which you will have to disable for it to build).
Signed-off-by: D. Shah <dave@ds0.me>
This uses the new IdStringList API to store bel names for the ECP5. Note
that other arches and the GUI do not yet build with this
proof-of-concept patch.
getBelByName still uses the old implementation and could be more
efficiently implemented with further development.
Signed-off-by: D. Shah <dave@ds0.me>
This replaces RelPtrs and a separate length field with a Rust-style
slice containing both a pointer and a length; with bounds checking
always enforced.
Thus iterating over these structures is both cleaner and safer.
Signed-off-by: D. Shah <dave@ds0.me>
These operations are meaningless for a data structure that references
another structure relative to its location.
Signed-off-by: David Shah <dave@ds0.me>
It has not actually been implemented in any router for over 2.5 years and causes nothing more than confusion. It can always be added back if it forms part of a future solution; possibly as part of a more general database structure rethink.
Signed-off-by: David Shah <dave@ds0.me>
