Hi All.

I put together a small Perl script to generate vr_ad register definitions from SPIRIT (IP-XACT) XML.
If you've got not idea what IP-XACT is, have a look here http://www.spiritconsortium.org/, then start pestering your design manager to use it :-)

The script can filter out registers and override R/W access types if needed.

An example XML file is included with the package so that you can play with it, and there's a detailed README.txt as well.

Here's an example of the generated e code:

// Automatically generated from xdmac.xml
// DO NOT EDIT, or your changes may be lost
<'

import vr_ad/e/vr_ad_top;

// Component = XDMAC
// memoryMap = xdmac
extend vr_ad_map_kind : [XDMAC];

// addressBlock = dma_eth
extend vr_ad_reg_file_kind : [DMA_ETH];

extend DMA_ETH vr_ad_reg_file {
  keep size == 20;
  keep addressing_width_in_bytes == 4;
};

// Register = command
// Reset    = 0x00
reg_def COMMAND DMA_ETH 0x0 {
  // Field resv3 = command[31:29]
  reg_fld resv3 : uint(bits:3) : R : 0 : cov ;
  // Field transfer_size = command[28:19]
  reg_fld transfer_size : uint(bits:10) : RW : 0 : cov ;
  // Field dma_transfer_target = command[18:14]
  reg_fld dma_transfer_target : uint(bits:5) : RW : 0 : cov ;
  // Field resv2 = command[13:10]
  reg_fld resv2 : uint(bits:4) : R : 0 : cov ;
  // Field transmit_receive = command[9:9]
  reg_fld transmit_receive : uint(bits:1) : RW : 0 : cov ;
  // Field resv1 = command[8:5]
  reg_fld resv1 : uint(bits:4) : R : 0 : cov ;
  // Field dest_address_enable = command[4:4]
  reg_fld dest_address_enable : uint(bits:1) : RW : 0 : cov ;
  // Field source_address_enable = command[3:3]
  reg_fld source_address_enable : uint(bits:1) : RW : 0 : cov ;
  // Field word_size = command[2:0]
  reg_fld word_size : uint(bits:3) : R : 0 : cov ;
};

// Register = queue_exec
// Reset    = 0x00
reg_def QUEUE_EXEC DMA_ETH 0x10 {
  // Field resv = queue_exec[31:1]
  reg_fld resv : uint(bits:31) : R : 0 : cov ;
  // Field exec = queue_exec[0:0]
  reg_fld exec : uint(bits:1) : RW : 0 : cov ;
};

extend XDMAC vr_ad_map {
  dma_eth : DMA_ETH vr_ad_reg_file;

  post_generate() is also {
    add_with_offset(0x00, dma_eth);
    dma_eth.reset();
  };
}
'>

Any comments, please feed them back to me so I can enhance the script.
Note that this forum forces me to post a .zip file rather than .tgz, please be careful to unpack the file under Linux, not Windows, else the DOS linefeeds will corrupt the Perl and XML files.

Steve

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Included below is a simple utility you can include in your environment that allows you to collect some valuable statistics about your code base to allow you to better gauge the amount of work that might be required to migrate from Pgen to IntelliGen.  The ICFS statistics reported are of particular benefit as the utility not only identifies the approximate number of ICFSs in the environment, it also breaks the total number down according to generation contexts (structs/units and gen-on-the-fly statements) allowing you to better focus your migration efforts. 

IMPORTANT: Sometimes a given environment can trigger a large number of IntelliGen linting messages right off the bat.  Don't let this freak you out!  This does not mean that migration will be a long effort as quite often some slight changes to an environment remove a large number of identified issues.  I recently encountered a situation where a simple change to three locations in the environment, removed 500+ ICFSs!

The methods included in the utility can be used to report information on the following:
- Number of e modules
- Number of lines in the environment (including blanks and comments)
- Number and type of IntelliGen Guidelines linting messages
- Number of Inconsistently Connected Field Sets (ICFSs)
- Number of ICFS contexts and how many ICFSs per context
- Number of soft..select overlays found in the envioronment
- Number of Laces identified in the environment

To use the code below, simply load it before/after loading e-code and then
you can execute any of the following methods:

- sys.print_file_stats()             : prints # of lines and files
- sys.print_constraint_stats()   : prints # of constraints in the environment
- sys.print_guideline_stats()    : prints # of each type of linting message
- sys.print_icfs_stats()            : prints # of ICFSs, contexts and #ICFS/context
- sys.print_soft_select_stats() : prints # of soft select overlay issues
- sys.print_lace_stats()           : *Only works for SPMNv6.2s4 and later* prints # of laces identified in the environment

Each of the above calls to methods produces it's own log files (stored in the current working directory) containing relevant information for more detailed analysis.
- file_stats_log.elog : Output of "show modules" command
- constraint_log.elog : Output of the "show constraint" command
- guidelines_log.elog : Output of "gen lint -g" (with notification set to MAX_INT in order to get all warnings)
- icfs_log.elog       : Output of "gen lint -i" command
- soft_select_log.elog: Output of the "gen lint -s" command
- lace_log.elog       : Output of the "show lace" command

Happy generating!

Corey Goss

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