A tiny Open POWER ISA softcore written in VHDL 2008
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Anton Blanchard 467630573c Dump CTR, LR and CR on sim termination, and update our tests
Right now our test cases fold the SPRs into the GPRs. That makes
debugging fails more difficult than it needs to be, so print
out the CTR, LR and CR.

We still need to print the XER, but that is in two spots in microwatt
and will take some more work.

This also adds many instructions to the tests that we have added
lately including overflow instructions, CR logicals and mt/mfxer.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@linux.ibm.com>
5 years ago
fpga Add SPI configuration to Xilinx constraint files 5 years ago
hello_world Rebuild hello world assuming a 50MHz clock 5 years ago
media Add title image 5 years ago
scripts Dump CTR, LR and CR on sim termination, and update our tests 5 years ago
sim-unisim Add a debug (DMI) bus and a JTAG interface to it on Xilinx FPGAs 5 years ago
tests Dump CTR, LR and CR on sim termination, and update our tests 5 years ago
.gitignore Update gitignore for new test bench build files 5 years ago
.travis.yml Allow a full make check on Travis 5 years ago
LICENSE Initial import of microwatt 5 years ago
Makefile sprs: Store common SPRs in register file 5 years ago
README.md Point to upstream micropython 5 years ago
cache_ram.vhdl dcache: Introduce an extra cycle latency to make timing 5 years ago
common.vhdl sprs: Store common SPRs in register file 5 years ago
control.vhdl control: Fix build issue with Fedora 31 version of GHDL 5 years ago
core.vhdl Dump CTR, LR and CR on sim termination, and update our tests 5 years ago
core_debug.vhdl fetch/icache: Fit icache in BRAM 5 years ago
core_tb.vhdl ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
countzero.vhdl countzero: Reorganize to have fewer levels of logic and fewer LUTs 5 years ago
countzero_tb.vhdl countzero: Add a testbench 5 years ago
cr_file.vhdl Dump CTR, LR and CR on sim termination, and update our tests 5 years ago
cr_hazard.vhdl sprs: Store common SPRs in register file 5 years ago
crhelpers.vhdl crhelpers: Constraint "crnum" integer 5 years ago
dcache.vhdl Add basic XER support 5 years ago
dcache_tb.vhdl ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
decode1.vhdl Implement CRNOR and friends 5 years ago
decode2.vhdl decode2: Minor cleanup 5 years ago
decode_types.vhdl sprs: Store common SPRs in register file 5 years ago
divider.vhdl divider: Fix overflow calculation 5 years ago
divider_tb.vhdl writeback: Do data formatting and condition recording in writeback 5 years ago
dmi_dtm_dummy.vhdl Fix build issue in dmi_dtm_dummy.vhdl 5 years ago
dmi_dtm_tb.vhdl ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
dmi_dtm_xilinx.vhdl Don't reset JTAG request register asynchronously 5 years ago
execute1.vhdl Implement CRNOR and friends 5 years ago
fetch1.vhdl fetch/icache: Fit icache in BRAM 5 years ago
fetch2.vhdl fetch2: Remove blank line 5 years ago
glibc_random.vhdl Reformat glibc_random 5 years ago
glibc_random_helpers.vhdl Reformat glibc_random 5 years ago
gpr_hazard.vhdl sprs: Store common SPRs in register file 5 years ago
helpers.vhdl execute: Copy XER[SO] to CR for cmp[i] and cmpl[i] instructions 5 years ago
icache.vhdl Move log2/ispow2 to a utils package 5 years ago
icache_tb.vhdl ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
icache_test.bin icache_tb: Improve test and include test file 5 years ago
insn_helpers.vhdl Implement CRNOR and friends 5 years ago
loadstore1.vhdl Add basic XER support 5 years ago
logical.vhdl Consolidate logical instructions 5 years ago
microwatt.core ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
multiply.vhdl Add basic XER support 5 years ago
multiply_tb.vhdl writeback: Do data formatting and condition recording in writeback 5 years ago
plru.vhdl plru: Improve sensitivity list 5 years ago
plru_tb.vhdl plru: Add a simple PLRU module 5 years ago
ppc_fx_insns.vhdl sprs: Store common SPRs in register file 5 years ago
register_file.vhdl Dump CTR, LR and CR on sim termination, and update our tests 5 years ago
rotator.vhdl Add a rotate/mask/shift unit and use it in execute1 5 years ago
rotator_tb.vhdl Add a rotate/mask/shift unit and use it in execute1 5 years ago
sim_bram.vhdl ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
sim_bram_helpers.vhdl ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
sim_bram_helpers_c.c ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
sim_console.vhdl Reformat sim_console 5 years ago
sim_console_c.c Make sim poll non-blocking 5 years ago
sim_jtag.vhdl Add jtag support in simulation via a socket 5 years ago
sim_jtag_socket.vhdl Add jtag support in simulation via a socket 5 years ago
sim_jtag_socket_c.c debug/sim: Make connect/disconnect messages quieter 5 years ago
sim_uart.vhdl Share soc.vhdl between FPGA and sim 5 years ago
soc.vhdl wb_arbiter: Make arbiter size parametric 5 years ago
utils.vhdl Move log2/ispow2 to a utils package 5 years ago
wishbone_arbiter.vhdl wb_arbiter: Early master selection 5 years ago
wishbone_bram_tb.bin ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
wishbone_bram_tb.vhdl ram: Rework main RAM interface 5 years ago
wishbone_bram_wrapper.vhdl ram: Ack stores early 5 years ago
wishbone_debug_master.vhdl wb_debug: Add wishbone pipelining support 5 years ago
wishbone_types.vhdl wb_arbiter: Make arbiter size parametric 5 years ago
writeback.vhdl sprs: Store common SPRs in register file 5 years ago

README.md

Microwatt

Microwatt

A tiny Open POWER ISA softcore written in VHDL 2008. It aims to be simple and easy to understand.

Simulation using ghdl

MicroPython running on Microwatt

You can try out Microwatt/Micropython without hardware by using the ghdl simulator. If you want to build directly for a hardware target board, see below.

  • Build micropython. If you aren't building on a ppc64le box you will need a cross compiler. If it isn't available on your distro grab the powerpc64le-power8 toolchain from https://toolchains.bootlin.com
git clone https://github.com/micropython/micropython.git
cd micropython
cd ports/powerpc
make -j$(nproc)
cd ../../../
  • Microwatt uses ghdl for simulation. Either install this from your distro or build it. Next build microwatt:
git clone https://github.com/antonblanchard/microwatt
cd microwatt
make
  • Link in the micropython image:
ln -s ../micropython/ports/powerpc/build/firmware.bin main_ram.bin
  • Now run microwatt, sending debug output to /dev/null:
./core_tb > /dev/null

Synthesis on Xilinx FPGAs using Vivado

  • Install Vivado (I'm using the free 2019.1 webpack edition).

  • Setup Vivado paths:

source /opt/Xilinx/Vivado/2019.1/settings64.sh
  • Install FuseSoC:
pip3 install --user -U fusesoc

Fedora users can get FuseSoC package via

sudo dnf copr enable sharkcz/danny
sudo dnf install fusesoc
  • Create a working directory and point FuseSoC at microwatt:
mkdir microwatt-fusesoc
cd microwatt-fusesoc
fusesoc library add microwatt /path/to/microwatt/
  • Build using FuseSoC. For hello world (Replace nexys_video with your FPGA board such as --target=arty_a7-100):
fusesoc run --target=nexys_video microwatt --memory_size=8192 --ram_init_file=/path/to/microwatt/fpga/hello_world.hex

You should then be able to see output via the serial port of the board (/dev/ttyUSB1, 115200 for example assuming standard clock speeds). There is a know bug where initial output may not be sent - try the reset (not programming button on your board if you don't see anything.

  • To build micropython (currently requires 1MB of BRAM eg an Artix-7 A200):
fusesoc run --target=nexys_video microwatt

Testing

  • A simple test suite containing random execution test cases and a couple of micropython test cases can be run with:
make -j$(nproc) check

Issues

This is functional, but very simple. We still have quite a lot to do:

  • There are a few instructions still to be implemented
  • Need to add caches and bypassing (in progress)
  • Need to add supervisor state (in progress)