A tiny Open POWER ISA softcore written in VHDL 2008
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Benjamin Herrenschmidt e3941109af console: Cleanup console API
Use a more generic console_init() instead of potato_uart_init(),
and do the same for interrupt control. There should be no
change in behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
4 years ago
.github/workflows Move from travis to github workflow 5 years ago
constraints Initial support for ghdl synthesis 5 years ago
fpga uart: Import and hook up opencore 16550 compatible UART 4 years ago
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openocd flash-arty: update error message (#203) 5 years ago
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scripts Add core logging 5 years ago
sim-unisim Add a debug (DMI) bus and a JTAG interface to it on Xilinx FPGAs 5 years ago
tests console: Cleanup console API 4 years ago
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cache_ram.vhdl dcache: Rework RAM wrapper to synthetize better on Xilinx 5 years ago
common.vhdl ex1: Add SPR_TBU support 4 years ago
control.vhdl core: Use a busy signal rather than a stall 5 years ago
core.vhdl Make LOG_LENGTH configurable per FPGA variant 4 years ago
core_debug.vhdl Make LOG_LENGTH configurable per FPGA variant 4 years ago
core_dram_tb.vhdl soc: Rename wb_dram_ctrl to wb_ext_io and rework decoding 5 years ago
core_flash_tb.vhdl soc: Don't require dram wishbones signals to be wired by toplevel 5 years ago
core_tb.vhdl soc: Don't require dram wishbones signals to be wired by toplevel 5 years ago
countzero.vhdl countzero: Add a register to help make timing 5 years ago
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cr_file.vhdl Add core logging 5 years ago
cr_hazard.vhdl core: Use a busy signal rather than a stall 5 years ago
crhelpers.vhdl crhelpers: Constraint "crnum" integer 5 years ago
dcache.vhdl dcache: Reduce back-to-back store latency from 3 cycles to 2 5 years ago
dcache_tb.vhdl Exit cleanly from testbench on success 5 years ago
decode1.vhdl core: Implement a simple branch predictor 5 years ago
decode2.vhdl core: Implement a simple branch predictor 5 years ago
decode_types.vhdl core: Do addpcis using the main adder (#189) 5 years ago
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microwatt.core uart: Import and hook up opencore 16550 compatible UART 4 years ago
mmu.vhdl mmu: Take an extra cycle to do TLB invalidations 5 years ago
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plru.vhdl plru: Improve sensitivity list 5 years ago
plru_tb.vhdl Exit cleanly from testbench on success 5 years ago
ppc_fx_insns.vhdl core: Implement a simple branch predictor 5 years ago
register_file.vhdl Add core logging 5 years ago
rotator.vhdl Implement the extswsli instruction 5 years ago
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spi_flash_ctrl.vhdl spi: Add SPI Flash controller 5 years ago
spi_rxtx.vhdl spi: Add SPI Flash controller 5 years ago
sync_fifo.vhdl litedram: Add an L2 cache with store queue 5 years ago
syscon.vhdl uart: Import and hook up opencore 16550 compatible UART 4 years ago
utils.vhdl litedram: Add support for booting without BRAM 5 years ago
wishbone_arbiter.vhdl wb_arbiter: Early master selection 5 years ago
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wishbone_bram_wrapper.vhdl Add log2ceil and use it in bram code 5 years ago
wishbone_debug_master.vhdl wishbone_debug_master: Fix address auto-increment for memory writes 5 years ago
wishbone_types.vhdl soc: Don't require dram wishbones signals to be wired by toplevel 5 years ago
writeback.vhdl core: Use a busy signal rather than a stall 5 years ago
xics.vhdl xics: Add support for reduced priority field size 4 years ago
xilinx-mult.vhdl multiply: Use DSP48 slices for multiplication on Xilinx FPGAs 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. You may need to set the CROSS_COMPILE environment variable to the prefix used for your cross compilers. The default is powerpc64le-linux-gnu-.
git clone https://github.com/micropython/micropython.git
cd micropython
cd ports/powerpc
make -j$(nproc)
cd ../../../

A prebuilt micropython image is also available in the micropython/ directory.

  • Microwatt uses ghdl for simulation. Either install this from your distro or build it. Microwatt requires ghdl to be built with the LLVM or gcc backend, which not all distros do (Fedora does, Debian/Ubuntu appears not to). ghdl with the LLVM backend is likely easier to build.

    If building ghdl from scratch is too much for you, the microwatt Makefile supports using Docker or Podman.

  • Next build microwatt:

git clone https://github.com/antonblanchard/microwatt
cd microwatt
make

To build using Docker:

make DOCKER=1

and to build using Podman:

make PODMAN=1
  • Link in the micropython image:
ln -s ../micropython/ports/powerpc/build/firmware.bin main_ram.bin

Or if you were using the pre-built image:

ln -s micropython/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=16384 --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)