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yosys -- Yosys Open SYnthesis Suite



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yosys – Yosys Open SYnthesis Suite

===================================



This is a framework for RTL synthesis tools. It currently has

extensive Verilog-2005 support and provides a basic set of

synthesis algorithms for various application domains.



Yosys can be adapted to perform any synthesis job by combining

the existing passes (algorithms) using synthesis scripts and

adding additional passes as needed by extending the yosys C++

code base.



Yosys is free software licensed under the ISC license (a GPL

compatible license that is similar in terms to the MIT license

or the 2-clause BSD license).



Web Site and Other Resources

============================



More information and documentation can be found on the Yosys web site:

- https://yosyshq.net/yosys/



The "Documentation" page on the web site contains links to more resources,

including a manual that even describes some of the Yosys internals:

- https://yosyshq.net/yosys/documentation.html



The directory `guidelines` contains additional information

for people interested in using the Yosys C++ APIs.



Users interested in formal verification might want to use the formal verification

front-end for Yosys, SymbiYosys:

- https://symbiyosys.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

- https://github.com/YosysHQ/SymbiYosys



Installation

============



Yosys is part of the [Tabby CAD Suite](https://www.yosyshq.com/tabby-cad-datasheet) and the [OSS CAD Suite](https://github.com/YosysHQ/oss-cad-suite-build)! The easiest way to use yosys is to install the binary software suite, which contains all required dependencies and related tools.



* [Contact YosysHQ](https://www.yosyshq.com/contact) for a [Tabby CAD Suite](https://www.yosyshq.com/tabby-cad-datasheet) Evaluation License and download link

* OR go to https://github.com/YosysHQ/oss-cad-suite-build/releases to download the free OSS CAD Suite

* Follow the [Install Instructions on GitHub](https://github.com/YosysHQ/oss-cad-suite-build#installation)



Make sure to get a Tabby CAD Suite Evaluation License if you need features such as industry-grade SystemVerilog and VHDL parsers!



For more information about the difference between Tabby CAD Suite and the OSS CAD Suite, please visit https://www.yosyshq.com/tabby-cad-datasheet



Many Linux distributions also provide Yosys binaries, some more up to date than others. Check with your package manager!



Building from Source

====================



You need a C++ compiler with C++17 support (up-to-date CLANG or GCC is

recommended) and some standard tools such as GNU Flex, GNU Bison, and GNU Make.

TCL, readline and libffi are optional (see ``ENABLE_*`` settings in Makefile).

Xdot (graphviz) is used by the ``show`` command in yosys to display schematics.



For example on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS the following commands will install all

prerequisites for building yosys:



	$ sudo apt-get install build-essential clang bison flex \

		libreadline-dev gawk tcl-dev libffi-dev git \

		graphviz xdot pkg-config python3 libboost-system-dev \

		libboost-python-dev libboost-filesystem-dev zlib1g-dev



Similarily, on Mac OS X Homebrew can be used to install dependencies (from within cloned yosys repository):



	$ brew tap Homebrew/bundle && brew bundle



or MacPorts:



	$ sudo port install bison flex readline gawk libffi \

		git graphviz pkgconfig python36 boost zlib tcl



On FreeBSD use the following command to install all prerequisites:



	# pkg install bison flex readline gawk libffi\

		git graphviz pkgconf python3 python36 tcl-wrapper boost-libs



On FreeBSD system use gmake instead of make. To run tests use:

    % MAKE=gmake CC=cc gmake test



For Cygwin use the following command to install all prerequisites, or select these additional packages:



	setup-x86_64.exe -q --packages=bison,flex,gcc-core,gcc-g++,git,libffi-devel,libreadline-devel,make,pkg-config,python3,tcl-devel,boost-build,zlib-devel



The environment variable `CXX` can be used to control the C++ compiler used, or

run one of the following:



	$ make config-clang

	$ make config-gcc



Note that these will result in `make` ignoring the `CXX` environment variable,

unless `CXX` is assigned in the call to make, e.g.



  $ make CXX=$CXX



For other compilers and build configurations it might be

necessary to make some changes to the config section of the

Makefile.



	$ vi Makefile            # ..or..

	$ vi Makefile.conf



To build Yosys simply type 'make' in this directory.



	$ make

	$ sudo make install



Note that this also downloads, builds and installs ABC (using yosys-abc

as executable name).



Tests are located in the tests subdirectory and can be executed using the test target. Note that you need gawk as well as a recent version of iverilog (i.e. build from git). Then, execute tests via:



	$ make test



To use a separate (out-of-tree) build directory, provide a path to the Makefile.



	$ mkdir build; cd build

	$ make -f ../Makefile



Out-of-tree builds require a clean source tree.



Getting Started

===============



Yosys can be used with the interactive command shell, with

synthesis scripts or with command line arguments. Let's perform

a simple synthesis job using the interactive command shell:



	$ ./yosys

	yosys>



the command ``help`` can be used to print a list of all available

commands and ``help `` to print details on the specified command:



	yosys> help help



reading and elaborating the design using the Verilog frontend:



	yosys> read -sv tests/simple/fiedler-cooley.v

	yosys> hierarchy -top up3down5



writing the design to the console in the RTLIL format used by Yosys

internally:



	yosys> write_rtlil



convert processes (``always`` blocks) to netlist elements and perform

some simple optimizations:



	yosys> proc; opt



display design netlist using ``xdot``:



	yosys> show



the same thing using ``gv`` as postscript viewer:



	yosys> show -format ps -viewer gv



translating netlist to gate logic and perform some simple optimizations:



	yosys> techmap; opt



write design netlist to a new Verilog file:



	yosys> write_verilog synth.v



or using a simple synthesis script:



	$ cat synth.ys

	read -sv tests/simple/fiedler-cooley.v

	hierarchy -top up3down5

	proc; opt; techmap; opt

	write_verilog synth.v



	$ ./yosys synth.ys



If ABC is enabled in the Yosys build configuration and a cell library is given

in the liberty file ``mycells.lib``, the following synthesis script will

synthesize for the given cell library:



	# read design

	read -sv tests/simple/fiedler-cooley.v

	hierarchy -top up3down5



	# the high-level stuff

	proc; fsm; opt; memory; opt



	# mapping to internal cell library

	techmap; opt



	# mapping flip-flops to mycells.lib

	dfflibmap -liberty mycells.lib



	# mapping logic to mycells.lib

	abc -liberty mycells.lib



	# cleanup

	clean



If you do not have a liberty file but want to test this synthesis script,

you can use the file ``examples/cmos/cmos_cells.lib`` from the yosys sources

as simple example.



Liberty file downloads for and information about free and open ASIC standard

cell libraries can be found here:



- http://www.vlsitechnology.org/html/libraries.html

- http://www.vlsitechnology.org/synopsys/vsclib013.lib



The command ``synth`` provides a good default synthesis script (see

``help synth``):



	read -sv tests/simple/fiedler-cooley.v

	synth -top up3down5



	# mapping to target cells

	dfflibmap -liberty mycells.lib

	abc -liberty mycells.lib

	clean



The command ``prep`` provides a good default word-level synthesis script, as

used in SMT-based formal verification.



Unsupported Verilog-2005 Features

=================================



The following Verilog-2005 features are not supported by

Yosys and there are currently no plans to add support

for them:



- Non-synthesizable language features as defined in

	IEC 62142(E):2005 / IEEE Std. 1364.1(E):2002



- The ``tri``, ``triand`` and ``trior`` net types



- The ``config`` and ``disable`` keywords and library map files



Verilog Attributes and non-standard features

============================================



- The ``full_case`` attribute on case statements is supported

  (also the non-standard ``// synopsys full_case`` directive)



- The ``parallel_case`` attribute on case statements is supported

  (also the non-standard ``// synopsys parallel_case`` directive)



- The ``// synopsys translate_off`` and ``// synopsys translate_on``

  directives are also supported (but the use of ``` `ifdef .. `endif ```

  is strongly recommended instead).



- The ``nomem2reg`` attribute on modules or arrays prohibits the

  automatic early conversion of arrays to separate registers. This

  is potentially dangerous. Usually the front-end has good reasons

  for converting an array to a list of registers. Prohibiting this

  step will likely result in incorrect synthesis results.



- The ``mem2reg`` attribute on modules or arrays forces the early

  conversion of arrays to separate registers.



- The ``nomeminit`` attribute on modules or arrays prohibits the

  creation of initialized memories. This effectively puts ``mem2reg``

  on all memories that are written to in an ``initial`` block and

  are not ROMs.



- The ``nolatches`` attribute on modules or always-blocks

  prohibits the generation of logic-loops for latches. Instead

  all not explicitly assigned values default to x-bits. This does

  not affect clocked storage elements such as flip-flops.



- The ``nosync`` attribute on registers prohibits the generation of a

  storage element. The register itself will always have all bits set

  to 'x' (undefined). The variable may only be used as blocking assigned

  temporary variable within an always block. This is mostly used internally

  by Yosys to synthesize Verilog functions and access arrays.



- The ``nowrshmsk`` attribute on a register prohibits the generation of

  shift-and-mask type circuits for writing to bit slices of that register.



- The ``onehot`` attribute on wires mark them as one-hot state register. This

  is used for example for memory port sharing and set by the fsm_map pass.



- The ``blackbox`` attribute on modules is used to mark empty stub modules

  that have the same ports as the real thing but do not contain information

  on the internal configuration. This modules are only used by the synthesis

  passes to identify input and output ports of cells. The Verilog backend

  also does not output blackbox modules on default. ``read_verilog``, unless

  called with ``-noblackbox`` will automatically set the blackbox attribute

  on any empty module it reads.



- The ``noblackbox`` attribute set on an empty module prevents ``read_verilog``

  from automatically setting the blackbox attribute on the module.



- The ``whitebox`` attribute on modules triggers the same behavior as

  ``blackbox``, but is for whitebox modules, i.e. library modules that

  contain a behavioral model of the cell type.



- The ``lib_whitebox`` attribute overwrites ``whitebox`` when ``read_verilog``

  is run in `-lib` mode. Otherwise it's automatically removed.



- The ``dynports`` attribute is used by the Verilog front-end to mark modules

  that have ports with a width that depends on a parameter.



- The ``hdlname`` attribute is used by some passes to document the original

  (HDL) name of a module when renaming a module. It should contain a single

  name, or, when describing a hierarchical name in a flattened design, multiple

  names separated by a single space character.



- The ``keep`` attribute on cells and wires is used to mark objects that should

  never be removed by the optimizer. This is used for example for cells that

  have hidden connections that are not part of the netlist, such as IO pads.

  Setting the ``keep`` attribute on a module has the same effect as setting it

  on all instances of the module.



- The ``keep_hierarchy`` attribute on cells and modules keeps the ``flatten``

  command from flattening the indicated cells and modules.



- The ``init`` attribute on wires is set by the frontend when a register is

  initialized "FPGA-style" with ``reg foo = val``. It can be used during

  synthesis to add the necessary reset logic.



- The ``top`` attribute on a module marks this module as the top of the

  design hierarchy. The ``hierarchy`` command sets this attribute when called

  with ``-top``. Other commands, such as ``flatten`` and various backends

  use this attribute to determine the top module.



- The ``src`` attribute is set on cells and wires created by to the string

  ``:`` by the HDL front-end and is then carried

  through the synthesis. When entities are combined, a new |-separated

  string is created that contains all the string from the original entities.



- The ``defaultvalue`` attribute is used to store default values for

  module inputs. The attribute is attached to the input wire by the HDL

  front-end when the input is declared with a default value.



- The ``parameter`` and ``localparam`` attributes are used to mark wires

  that represent module parameters or localparams (when the HDL front-end

  is run in ``-pwires`` mode).



- Wires marked with the ``hierconn`` attribute are connected to wires with the

  same name (format ``cell_name.identifier``) when they are imported from

  sub-modules by ``flatten``.



- The ``clkbuf_driver`` attribute can be set on an output port of a blackbox

  module to mark it as a clock buffer output, and thus prevent ``clkbufmap``

  from inserting another clock buffer on a net driven by such output.



- The ``clkbuf_sink`` attribute can be set on an input port of a module to

  request clock buffer insertion by the ``clkbufmap`` pass.



- The ``clkbuf_inv`` attribute can be set on an output port of a module

  with the value set to the name of an input port of that module.  When

  the ``clkbufmap`` would otherwise insert a clock buffer on this output,

  it will instead try inserting the clock buffer on the input port (this

  is used to implement clock inverter cells that clock buffer insertion

  will "see through").



- The ``clkbuf_inhibit`` is the default attribute to set on a wire to prevent

  automatic clock buffer insertion by ``clkbufmap``. This behaviour can be

  overridden by providing a custom selection to ``clkbufmap``.



- The ``invertible_pin`` attribute can be set on a port to mark it as

  invertible via a cell parameter.  The name of the inversion parameter

  is specified as the value of this attribute.  The value of the inversion

  parameter must be of the same width as the port, with 1 indicating

  an inverted bit and 0 indicating a non-inverted bit.



- The ``iopad_external_pin`` attribute on a blackbox module's port marks

  it as the external-facing pin of an I/O pad, and prevents ``iopadmap``

  from inserting another pad cell on it.



- The module attribute ``abc9_lut`` is an integer attribute indicating to

  `abc9` that this module describes a LUT with an area cost of this value, and

  propagation delays described using `specify` statements.



- The module attribute ``abc9_box`` is a boolean specifying a black/white-box

  definition, with propagation delays described using `specify` statements, for

  use by `abc9`.



- The port attribute ``abc9_carry`` marks the carry-in (if an input port) and

  carry-out (if output port) ports of a box. This information is necessary for

  `abc9` to preserve the integrity of carry-chains. Specifying this attribute

  onto a bus port will affect only its most significant bit.



- The module attribute ``abc9_flop`` is a boolean marking the module as a

  flip-flop. This allows `abc9` to analyse its contents in order to perform

  sequential synthesis.



- The frontend sets attributes ``always_comb``, ``always_latch`` and

  ``always_ff`` on processes derived from SystemVerilog style always blocks

  according to the type of the always. These are checked for correctness in

  ``proc_dlatch``.



- The cell attribute ``wildcard_port_conns`` represents wildcard port

  connections (SystemVerilog ``.*``). These are resolved to concrete

  connections to matching wires in ``hierarchy``.



- In addition to the ``(* ... *)`` attribute syntax, Yosys supports

  the non-standard ``{* ... *}`` attribute syntax to set default attributes

  for everything that comes after the ``{* ... *}`` statement. (Reset

  by adding an empty ``{* *}`` statement.)



- In module parameter and port declarations, and cell port and parameter

  lists, a trailing comma is ignored. This simplifies writing Verilog code

  generators a bit in some cases.



- Modules can be declared with ``module mod_name(...);`` (with three dots

  instead of a list of module ports). With this syntax it is sufficient

  to simply declare a module port as 'input' or 'output' in the module

  body.



- When defining a macro with `define, all text between triple double quotes

  is interpreted as macro body, even if it contains unescaped newlines. The

  triple double quotes are removed from the macro body. For example:



      `define MY_MACRO(a, b) """

         assign a = 23;

         assign b = 42;

      """



- The attribute ``via_celltype`` can be used to implement a Verilog task or

  function by instantiating the specified cell type. The value is the name

  of the cell type to use. For functions the name of the output port can

  be specified by appending it to the cell type separated by a whitespace.

  The body of the task or function is unused in this case and can be used

  to specify a behavioral model of the cell type for simulation. For example:



      module my_add3(A, B, C, Y);

        parameter WIDTH = 8;

        input [WIDTH-1:0] A, B, C;

        output [WIDTH-1:0] Y;

        ...

      endmodule



      module top;

        ...

        (* via_celltype = "my_add3 Y" *)

        (* via_celltype_defparam_WIDTH = 32 *)

        function [31:0] add3;

          input [31:0] A, B, C;

          begin

            add3 = A + B + C;

          end

        endfunction

        ...

      endmodule



- The ``wiretype`` attribute is added by the verilog parser for wires of a

  typedef'd type to indicate the type identifier.



- Various ``enum_value_{value}`` attributes are added to wires of an enumerated type

  to give a map of possible enum items to their values.



- The ``enum_base_type`` attribute is added to enum items to indicate which

  enum they belong to (enums -- anonymous and otherwise -- are

  automatically named with an auto-incrementing counter). Note that enums

  are currently not strongly typed.



- A limited subset of DPI-C functions is supported. The plugin mechanism

  (see ``help plugin``) can be used to load .so files with implementations

  of DPI-C routines. As a non-standard extension it is possible to specify

  a plugin alias using the ``:`` syntax. For example:



      module dpitest;

        import "DPI-C" function foo:round = real my_round (real);

        parameter real r = my_round(12.345);

      endmodule



      $ yosys -p 'plugin -a foo -i /lib/libm.so; read_verilog dpitest.v'



- Sized constants (the syntax ``'s?[bodh]``) support constant

  expressions as ````. If the expression is not a simple identifier, it

  must be put in parentheses. Examples: ``WIDTH'd42``, ``(4+2)'b101010``



- The system tasks ``$finish``, ``$stop`` and ``$display`` are supported in

  initial blocks in an unconditional context (only if/case statements on

  expressions over parameters and constant values are allowed). The intended

  use for this is synthesis-time DRC.



- There is limited support for converting ``specify`` .. ``endspecify``

  statements to special ``$specify2``, ``$specify3``, and ``$specrule`` cells,

  for use in blackboxes and whiteboxes. Use ``read_verilog -specify`` to

  enable this functionality. (By default these blocks are ignored.)



- The ``reprocess_after`` internal attribute is used by the Verilog frontend to

  mark cells with bindings which might depend on the specified instantiated

  module. Modules with such cells will be reprocessed during the ``hierarchy``

  pass once the referenced module definition(s) become available.



- The ``smtlib2_module`` attribute can be set on a blackbox module to specify a

  formal model directly using SMT-LIB 2. For such a module, the

  ``smtlib2_comb_expr`` attribute can be used on output ports to define their

  value using an SMT-LIB 2 expression. For example:



      (* blackbox *)

      (* smtlib2_module *)

      module submod(a, b);

        input [7:0] a;

        (* smtlib2_comb_expr = "(bvnot a)" *)

        output [7:0] b;

      endmodule



Non-standard or SystemVerilog features for formal verification

==============================================================



- Support for ``assert``, ``assume``, ``restrict``, and ``cover`` is enabled

  when ``read_verilog`` is called with ``-formal``.



- The system task ``$initstate`` evaluates to 1 in the initial state and

  to 0 otherwise.



- The system function ``$anyconst`` evaluates to any constant value. This is

  equivalent to declaring a reg as ``rand const``, but also works outside

  of checkers. (Yosys also supports ``rand const`` outside checkers.)



- The system function ``$anyseq`` evaluates to any value, possibly a different

  value in each cycle. This is equivalent to declaring a reg as ``rand``,

  but also works outside of checkers. (Yosys also supports ``rand``

  variables outside checkers.)



- The system functions ``$allconst`` and ``$allseq`` can be used to construct

  formal exist-forall problems. Assumptions only hold if the trace satisfies

  the assumption for all ``$allconst/$allseq`` values. For assertions and cover

  statements it is sufficient if just one ``$allconst/$allseq`` value triggers

  the property (similar to ``$anyconst/$anyseq``).



- Wires/registers declared using the ``anyconst/anyseq/allconst/allseq`` attribute

  (for example ``(* anyconst *) reg [7:0] foobar;``) will behave as if driven

  by a ``$anyconst/$anyseq/$allconst/$allseq`` function.



- The SystemVerilog tasks ``$past``, ``$stable``, ``$rose`` and ``$fell`` are

  supported in any clocked block.



- The syntax ``@($global_clock)`` can be used to create FFs that have no

  explicit clock input (``$ff`` cells). The same can be achieved by using

  ``@(posedge )`` or ``@(negedge )`` when ````

  is marked with the ``(* gclk *)`` Verilog attribute.



Supported features from SystemVerilog

=====================================



When ``read_verilog`` is called with ``-sv``, it accepts some language features

from SystemVerilog:



- The ``assert`` statement from SystemVerilog is supported in its most basic

  form. In module context: ``assert property ();`` and within an

  always block: ``assert();``. It is transformed to an ``$assert`` cell.



- The ``assume``, ``restrict``, and ``cover`` statements from SystemVerilog are

  also supported. The same limitations as with the ``assert`` statement apply.



- The keywords ``always_comb``, ``always_ff`` and ``always_latch``, ``logic``

  and ``bit`` are supported.



- Declaring free variables with ``rand`` and ``rand const`` is supported.



- Checkers without a port list that do not need to be instantiated (but instead

  behave like a named block) are supported.



- SystemVerilog packages are supported. Once a SystemVerilog file is read

  into a design with ``read_verilog``, all its packages are available to

  SystemVerilog files being read into the same design afterwards.



- typedefs are supported (including inside packages)

	- type casts are currently not supported



- enums are supported (including inside packages)

	- but are currently not strongly typed



- packed structs and unions are supported

	- arrays of packed structs/unions are currently not supported

	- structure literals are currently not supported



- multidimensional arrays are supported

	- array assignment of unpacked arrays is currently not supported

	- array literals are currently not supported



- SystemVerilog interfaces (SVIs) are supported. Modports for specifying whether

  ports are inputs or outputs are supported.



- Assignments within expressions are supported.



Building the documentation

==========================



Note that there is no need to build the manual if you just want to read it.

Simply visit https://yosys.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ instead.



In addition to those packages listed above for building Yosys from source, the

following are used for building the website: 



	$ sudo apt install pdf2svg faketime



PDFLaTeX, included with most LaTeX distributions, is also needed during the

build process for the website.  Or, run the following:



	$ sudo apt install texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra latexmk



The Python package, Sphinx, is needed along with those listed in

`docs/source/requirements.txt`:



	$ pip install -U sphinx -r docs/source/requirements.txt



From the root of the repository, run `make docs`.  This will build/rebuild yosys

as necessary before generating the website documentation from the yosys help

commands.  To build for pdf instead of html, call 

`make docs DOC_TARGET=latexpdf`.