CHANGELOG

   1
   2 List of major changes and improvements between releases
   3 =======================================================
   4
   5
   6 Yosys 0.8 .. Yosys 0.8-dev
   7 --------------------------
   8
   9  * Various
  10     - Added $changed support to read_verilog
  11     - Added "write_edif -attrprop"
  12     - Added "ice40_unlut" pass
  13     - Added "opt_lut" pass
  14     - Added "synth_ice40 -relut"
  15     - Added "synth_ice40 -noabc"
  16     - Added "gate2lut.v" techmap rule
  17     - Added "rename -src"
  18     - Added "equiv_opt" pass
  19     - Added "read_aiger" frontend
  20     - Added "abc9" pass for timing-aware techmapping (experimental, FPGA only, no FFs)
  21     - Added "synth_xilinx -abc9" (experimental)
  22     - Added "synth_ice40 -abc9" (experimental)
  23     - Added "synth -abc9" (experimental)
  24     - "synth_xilinx" to now infer hard shift registers, using new "shregmap -tech xilinx"
  25
  26
  27 Yosys 0.7 .. Yosys 0.8
  28 ----------------------
  29
  30  * Various
  31     - Many bugfixes and small improvements
  32     - Strip debug symbols from installed binary
  33     - Replace -ignore_redef with -[no]overwrite in front-ends
  34     - Added write_verilog hex dump support, add -nohex option
  35     - Added "write_verilog -decimal"
  36     - Added "scc -set_attr"
  37     - Added "verilog_defines" command
  38     - Remeber defines from one read_verilog to next
  39     - Added support for hierarchical defparam
  40     - Added FIRRTL back-end
  41     - Improved ABC default scripts
  42     - Added "design -reset-vlog"
  43     - Added "yosys -W regex", "yosys -w regex", and "yosys -e regex"
  44     - Added Verilog $rtoi and $itor support
  45     - Added "check -initdrv"
  46     - Added "read_blif -wideports"
  47     - Added support for systemVerilog "++" and "--" operators
  48     - Added support for SystemVerilog unique, unique0, and priority case
  49     - Added "write_edif" options for edif "flavors"
  50     - Added support for resetall compiler directive
  51     - Added simple C beck-end (bitwise combinatorical only atm)
  52     - Added $_ANDNOT_ and $_ORNOT_ cell types
  53     - Added cell library aliases to "abc -g"
  54     - Added "setundef -anyseq"
  55     - Added "chtype" command
  56     - Added "design -import"
  57     - Added "write_table" command
  58     - Added "read_json" command
  59     - Added "sim" command
  60     - Added "extract_fa" and "extract_reduce" commands
  61     - Added "extract_counter" command
  62     - Added "opt_demorgan" command
  63     - Added support for $size and $bits SystemVerilog functions
  64     - Added "blackbox" command
  65     - Added "ltp" command
  66     - Added support for editline as replacement for readline
  67     - Added warnings for driver-driver conflicts between FFs (and other cells) and constants
  68     - Added "yosys -E" for creating Makefile dependencies files
  69     - Added "synth -noshare"
  70     - Added "memory_nordff"
  71     - Added "setundef -undef -expose -anyconst"
  72     - Added "expose -input"
  73     - Added specify/specparam parser support (simply ignore them)
  74     - Added "write_blif -inames -iattr"
  75     - Added "hierarchy -simcheck"
  76     - Added an option to statically link abc into yosys
  77     - Added protobuf back-end
  78     - Added BLIF parsing support for .conn and .cname
  79     - Added read_verilog error checking for reg/wire/logic misuse
  80     - Added "make coverage" and ENABLE_GCOV build option
  81
  82  * Changes in Yosys APIs
  83     - Added ConstEval defaultval feature
  84     - Added {get,set}_src_attribute() methods on RTLIL::AttrObject
  85     - Added SigSpec::is_fully_ones() and Const::is_fully_ones()
  86     - Added log_file_warning() and log_file_error() functions
  87
  88  * Formal Verification
  89     - Added "write_aiger"
  90     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --aig"
  91     - Added "always <positive_int>" to .smtc format
  92     - Added $cover cell type and support for cover properties
  93     - Added $fair/$live cell type and support for liveness properties
  94     - Added smtbmc support for memory vcd dumping
  95     - Added "chformal" command
  96     - Added "write_smt2 -stbv" and "write_smt2 -stdt"
  97     - Fix equiv_simple, old behavior now available with "equiv_simple -short"
  98     - Change to Yices2 as default SMT solver (it is GPL now)
  99     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --presat" (now default in SymbiYosys)
 100     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --smtc-init --smtc-top --noinit"
 101     - Added a brand new "write_btor" command for BTOR2
 102     - Added clk2fflogic memory support and other improvements
 103     - Added "async memory write" support to write_smt2
 104     - Simulate clock toggling in yosys-smtbmc VCD output
 105     - Added $allseq/$allconst cells for EA-solving
 106     - Make -nordff the default in "prep"
 107     - Added (* gclk *) attribute
 108     - Added "async2sync" pass for single-clock designs with async resets
 109
 110  * Verific support
 111     - Many improvements in Verific front-end
 112     - Added proper handling of concurent SVA properties
 113     - Map "const" and "rand const" to $anyseq/$anyconst
 114     - Added "verific -import -flatten" and "verific -import -extnets"
 115     - Added "verific -vlog-incdir -vlog-define -vlog-libdir"
 116     - Remove PSL support (because PSL has been removed in upstream Verific)
 117     - Improve integration with "hierarchy" command design elaboration
 118     - Added YOSYS_NOVERIFIC for running non-verific test cases with verific bin
 119     - Added simpilied "read" command that automatically uses verific if available
 120     - Added "verific -set-<severity> <msg_id>.."
 121     - Added "verific -work <libname>"
 122
 123  * New back-ends
 124     - Added initial Coolrunner-II support
 125     - Added initial eASIC support
 126     - Added initial ECP5 support
 127
 128  * GreenPAK Support
 129     - Added support for GP_DLATCH, GP_SPI, GP_DCMx, GP_COUNTx, etc.
 130
 131  * iCE40 Support
 132     - Add "synth_ice40 -vpr"
 133     - Add "synth_ice40 -nodffe"
 134     - Add "synth_ice40 -json"
 135     - Add Support for UltraPlus cells
 136
 137  * MAX10 and Cyclone IV Support
 138     - Added initial version of metacommand "synth_intel".
 139     - Improved write_verilog command to produce VQM netlist for Quartus Prime.
 140     - Added support for MAX10 FPGA family synthesis.
 141     - Added support for Cyclone IV family synthesis.
 142     - Added example of implementation for DE2i-150 board.
 143     - Added example of implementation for MAX10 development kit.
 144     - Added LFSR example from Asic World.
 145     - Added "dffinit -highlow" for mapping to Intel primitives
 146
 147
 148 Yosys 0.6 .. Yosys 0.7
 149 ----------------------
 150
 151  * Various
 152     - Added "yosys -D" feature
 153     - Added support for installed plugins in $(DATDIR)/plugins/
 154     - Renamed opt_const to opt_expr
 155     - Renamed opt_share to opt_merge
 156     - Added "prep -flatten" and "synth -flatten"
 157     - Added "prep -auto-top" and "synth -auto-top"
 158     - Using "mfs" and "lutpack" in ABC lut mapping
 159     - Support for abstract modules in chparam
 160     - Cleanup abstract modules at end of "hierarchy -top"
 161     - Added tristate buffer support to iopadmap
 162     - Added opt_expr support for div/mod by power-of-two
 163     - Added "select -assert-min <N> -assert-max <N>"
 164     - Added "attrmvcp" pass
 165     - Added "attrmap" command
 166     - Added "tee +INT -INT"
 167     - Added "zinit" pass
 168     - Added "setparam -type"
 169     - Added "shregmap" pass
 170     - Added "setundef -init"
 171     - Added "nlutmap -assert"
 172     - Added $sop cell type and "abc -sop -I <num> -P <num>"
 173     - Added "dc2" to default ABC scripts
 174     - Added "deminout"
 175     - Added "insbuf" command
 176     - Added "prep -nomem"
 177     - Added "opt_rmdff -keepdc"
 178     - Added "prep -nokeepdc"
 179     - Added initial version of "synth_gowin"
 180     - Added "fsm_expand -full"
 181     - Added support for fsm_encoding="user"
 182     - Many improvements in GreenPAK4 support
 183     - Added black box modules for all Xilinx 7-series lib cells
 184     - Added synth_ice40 support for latches via logic loops
 185     - Fixed ice40_opt lut unmapping, added "ice40_opt -unlut"
 186
 187  * Build System
 188     - Added ABCEXTERNAL and ABCURL make variables
 189     - Added BINDIR, LIBDIR, and DATDIR make variables
 190     - Added PKG_CONFIG make variable
 191     - Added SEED make variable (for "make test")
 192     - Added YOSYS_VER_STR make variable
 193     - Updated min GCC requirement to GCC 4.8
 194     - Updated required Bison version to Bison 3.x
 195
 196  * Internal APIs
 197     - Added ast.h to exported headers
 198     - Added ScriptPass helper class for script-like passes
 199     - Added CellEdgesDatabase API
 200
 201  * Front-ends and Back-ends
 202     - Added filename glob support to all front-ends
 203     - Added avail (black-box) module params to ilang format
 204     - Added $display %m support
 205     - Added support for $stop Verilog system task
 206     - Added support for SystemVerilog packages
 207     - Fixed procedural assignments to non-unique lvalues, e.g. {y,y} = {a,b}
 208     - Added support for "active high" and "active low" latches in read_blif and write_blif
 209     - Use init value "2" for all uninitialized FFs in BLIF back-end
 210     - Added "read_blif -sop"
 211     - Added "write_blif -noalias"
 212     - Added various write_blif options for VTR support
 213     - write_json: also write module attributes.
 214     - Added "write_verilog -nodec -nostr -defparam"
 215     - Added "read_verilog -norestrict -assume-asserts"
 216     - Added support for bus interfaces to "read_liberty -lib"
 217     - Added liberty parser support for types within cell decls
 218     - Added "write_verilog -renameprefix -v"
 219     - Added "write_edif -nogndvcc"
 220
 221  * Formal Verification
 222     - Support for hierarchical designs in smt2 back-end
 223     - Yosys-smtbmc: Support for hierarchical VCD dumping
 224     - Added $initstate cell type and vlog function
 225     - Added $anyconst and $anyseq cell types and vlog functions
 226     - Added printing of code loc of failed asserts to yosys-smtbmc
 227     - Added memory_memx pass, "memory -memx", and "prep -memx"
 228     - Added "proc_mux -ifx"
 229     - Added "yosys-smtbmc -g"
 230     - Deprecated "write_smt2 -regs" (by default on now)
 231     - Made "write_smt2 -bv -mem" default, added "write_smt2 -nobv -nomem"
 232     - Added support for memories to smtio.py
 233     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --dump-vlogtb"
 234     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --smtc --dump-smtc"
 235     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --dump-all"
 236     - Added assertpmux command
 237     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --unroll"
 238     - Added $past, $stable, $rose, $fell SVA functions
 239     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --noinfo and --dummy"
 240     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --noincr"
 241     - Added "yosys-smtbmc --cex <filename>"
 242     - Added $ff and $_FF_ cell types
 243     - Added $global_clock verilog syntax support for creating $ff cells
 244     - Added clk2fflogic
 245
 246
 247 Yosys 0.5 .. Yosys 0.6
 248 ----------------------
 249
 250  * Various
 251      - Added Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
 252      - Various improvements in dict<> and pool<>
 253      - Added hashlib::mfp and refactored SigMap
 254      - Improved support for reals as module parameters
 255      - Various improvements in SMT2 back-end
 256      - Added "keep_hierarchy" attribute
 257      - Verilog front-end: define `BLACKBOX in -lib mode
 258      - Added API for converting internal cells to AIGs
 259      - Added ENABLE_LIBYOSYS Makefile option
 260      - Removed "techmap -share_map" (use "-map +/filename" instead)
 261      - Switched all Python scripts to Python 3
 262      - Added support for $display()/$write() and $finish() to Verilog front-end
 263      - Added "yosys-smtbmc" formal verification flow
 264      - Added options for clang sanitizers to Makefile
 265
 266  * New commands and options
 267      - Added "scc -expect <N> -nofeedback"
 268      - Added "proc_dlatch"
 269      - Added "check"
 270      - Added "select %xe %cie %coe %M %C %R"
 271      - Added "sat -dump_json" (WaveJSON format)
 272      - Added "sat -tempinduct-baseonly -tempinduct-inductonly"
 273      - Added "sat -stepsize" and "sat -tempinduct-step"
 274      - Added "sat -show-regs -show-public -show-all"
 275      - Added "write_json" (Native Yosys JSON format)
 276      - Added "write_blif -attr"
 277      - Added "dffinit"
 278      - Added "chparam"
 279      - Added "muxcover"
 280      - Added "pmuxtree"
 281      - Added memory_bram "make_outreg" feature
 282      - Added "splice -wires"
 283      - Added "dff2dffe -direct-match"
 284      - Added simplemap $lut support
 285      - Added "read_blif"
 286      - Added "opt_share -share_all"
 287      - Added "aigmap"
 288      - Added "write_smt2 -mem -regs -wires"
 289      - Added "memory -nordff"
 290      - Added "write_smv"
 291      - Added "synth -nordff -noalumacc"
 292      - Added "rename -top new_name"
 293      - Added "opt_const -clkinv"
 294      - Added "synth -nofsm"
 295      - Added "miter -assert"
 296      - Added "read_verilog -noautowire"
 297      - Added "read_verilog -nodpi"
 298      - Added "tribuf"
 299      - Added "lut2mux"
 300      - Added "nlutmap"
 301      - Added "qwp"
 302      - Added "test_cell -noeval"
 303      - Added "edgetypes"
 304      - Added "equiv_struct"
 305      - Added "equiv_purge"
 306      - Added "equiv_mark"
 307      - Added "equiv_add -try -cell"
 308      - Added "singleton"
 309      - Added "abc -g -luts"
 310      - Added "torder"
 311      - Added "write_blif -cname"
 312      - Added "submod -copy"
 313      - Added "dffsr2dff"
 314      - Added "stat -liberty"
 315
 316  * Synthesis metacommands
 317      - Various improvements in synth_xilinx
 318      - Added synth_ice40 and synth_greenpak4
 319      - Added "prep" metacommand for "synthesis lite"
 320
 321  * Cell library changes
 322      - Added cell types to "help" system
 323      - Added $meminit cell type
 324      - Added $assume cell type
 325      - Added $_MUX4_, $_MUX8_, and $_MUX16_ cells
 326      - Added $tribuf and $_TBUF_ cell types
 327      - Added read-enable to memory model
 328
 329  * YosysJS
 330      - Various improvements in emscripten build
 331      - Added alternative webworker-based JS API
 332      - Added a few example applications
 333
 334
 335 Yosys 0.4 .. Yosys 0.5
 336 ----------------------
 337
 338  * API changes
 339      - Added log_warning()
 340      - Added eval_select_args() and eval_select_op()
 341      - Added cell->known(), cell->input(portname), cell->output(portname)
 342      - Skip blackbox modules in design->selected_modules()
 343      - Replaced std::map<> and std::set<> with dict<> and pool<>
 344      - New SigSpec::extend() is what used to be SigSpec::extend_u0()
 345      - Added YS_OVERRIDE, YS_FINAL, YS_ATTRIBUTE, YS_NORETURN
 346
 347  * Cell library changes
 348      - Added flip-flops with enable ($dffe etc.)
 349      - Added $equiv cells for equivalence checking framework
 350
 351  * Various
 352      - Updated ABC to hg rev 61ad5f908c03
 353      - Added clock domain partitioning to ABC pass
 354      - Improved plugin building (see "yosys-config --build")
 355      - Added ENABLE_NDEBUG Makefile flag for high-performance builds
 356      - Added "yosys -d", "yosys -L" and other driver improvements
 357      - Added support for multi-bit (array) cell ports to "write_edif"
 358      - Now printing most output to stdout, not stderr
 359      - Added "onehot" attribute (set by "fsm_map")
 360      - Various performance improvements
 361      - Vastly improved Xilinx flow
 362      - Added "make unsintall"
 363
 364  * Equivalence checking
 365      - Added equivalence checking commands:
 366          equiv_make equiv_simple equiv_status
 367          equiv_induct equiv_miter
 368          equiv_add equiv_remove
 369
 370  * Block RAM support:
 371      - Added "memory_bram" command
 372      - Added BRAM support to Xilinx flow
 373
 374  * Other New Commands and Options
 375      - Added "dff2dffe"
 376      - Added "fsm -encfile"
 377      - Added "dfflibmap -prepare"
 378      - Added "write_blid -unbuf -undef -blackbox"
 379      - Added "write_smt2" for writing SMT-LIBv2 files
 380      - Added "test_cell -w -muxdiv"
 381      - Added "select -read"
 382
 383
 384 Yosys 0.3.0 .. Yosys 0.4
 385 ------------------------
 386
 387  * Platform Support
 388      - Added support for mxe-based cross-builds for win32
 389      - Added sourcecode-export as VisualStudio project
 390      - Added experimental EMCC (JavaScript) support
 391
 392  * Verilog Frontend
 393      - Added -sv option for SystemVerilog (and automatic *.sv file support)
 394      - Added support for real-valued constants and constant expressions
 395      - Added support for non-standard "via_celltype" attribute on task/func
 396      - Added support for non-standard "module mod_name(...);" syntax
 397      - Added support for non-standard """ macro bodies
 398      - Added support for array with more than one dimension
 399      - Added support for $readmemh and $readmemb
 400      - Added support for DPI functions
 401
 402  * Changes in internal cell library
 403      - Added $shift and $shiftx cell types
 404      - Added $alu, $lcu, $fa and $macc cell types
 405      - Removed $bu0 and $safe_pmux cell types
 406      - $mem/$memwr WR_EN input is now a per-data-bit enable signal
 407      - Added $_NAND_ $_NOR_ $_XNOR_ $_AOI3_ $_OAI3_ $_AOI4_ $_OAI4_
 408      - Renamed ports of $lut cells (from I->O to A->Y)
 409      - Renamed $_INV_ to $_NOT_
 410
 411  * Changes for simple synthesis flows
 412      - There is now a "synth" command with a recommended default script
 413      - Many improvements in synthesis of arithmetic functions to gates
 414          - Multipliers and adders with many operands are using carry-save adder trees
 415          - Remaining adders are now implemented using Brent-Kung carry look-ahead adders
 416      - Various new high-level optimizations on RTL netlist
 417      - Various improvements in FSM optimization
 418      - Updated ABC to hg 5b5af75f1dda (from 2014-11-07)
 419
 420  * Changes in internal APIs and RTLIL
 421      - Added log_id() and log_cell() helper functions
 422      - Added function-like cell creation helpers
 423      - Added GetSize() function (like .size() but with int)
 424      - Major refactoring of RTLIL::Module and related classes
 425      - Major refactoring of RTLIL::SigSpec and related classes
 426      - Now RTLIL::IdString is essentially an int
 427      - Added macros for code coverage counters
 428      - Added some Makefile magic for pretty make logs
 429      - Added "kernel/yosys.h" with all the core definitions
 430      - Changed a lot of code from FILE* to c++ streams
 431      - Added RTLIL::Monitor API and "trace" command
 432      - Added "Yosys" C++ namespace
 433
 434  * Changes relevant to SAT solving
 435      - Added ezSAT::keep_cnf() and ezSAT::non_incremental()
 436      - Added native ezSAT support for vector shift ops
 437      - Updated MiniSAT to git 37dc6c67e2 (from 2013-09-25)
 438
 439  * New commands (or large improvements to commands)
 440      - Added "synth" command with default script
 441      - Added "share" (finally some real resource sharing)
 442      - Added "memory_share" (reduce number of ports on memories)
 443      - Added "wreduce" and "alumacc" commands
 444      - Added "opt -keepdc -fine -full -fast"
 445      - Added some "test_*" commands
 446
 447  * Various other changes
 448      - Added %D and %c select operators
 449      - Added support for labels in yosys scripts
 450      - Added support for here-documents in yosys scripts
 451      - Support "+/" prefix for files from proc_share_dir
 452      - Added "autoidx" statement to ilang language
 453      - Switched from "yosys-svgviewer" to "xdot"
 454      - Renamed "stdcells.v" to "techmap.v"
 455      - Various bug fixes and small improvements
 456      - Improved welcome and bye messages
 457
 458
 459 Yosys 0.2.0 .. Yosys 0.3.0
 460 --------------------------
 461
 462  * Driver program and overall behavior:
 463      - Added "design -push" and "design -pop"
 464      - Added "tee" command for redirecting log output
 465
 466  * Changes in the internal cell library:
 467      - Added $dlatchsr and $_DLATCHSR_???_ cell types
 468
 469  * Improvements in Verilog frontend:
 470      - Improved support for const functions (case, always, repeat)
 471      - The generate..endgenerate keywords are now optional
 472      - Added support for arrays of module instances
 473      - Added support for "`default_nettype" directive
 474      - Added support for "`line" directive
 475
 476  * Other front- and back-ends:
 477      - Various changes to "write_blif" options
 478      - Various improvements in EDIF backend
 479      - Added "vhdl2verilog" pseudo-front-end
 480      - Added "verific" pseudo-front-end
 481
 482  * Improvements in technology mapping:
 483      - Added support for recursive techmap
 484      - Added CONSTMSK and CONSTVAL features to techmap
 485      - Added _TECHMAP_CONNMAP_*_ feature to techmap
 486      - Added _TECHMAP_REPLACE_ feature to techmap
 487      - Added "connwrappers" command for wrap-extract-unwrap method
 488      - Added "extract -map %<design_name>" feature
 489      - Added "extract -ignore_param ..." and "extract -ignore_parameters"
 490      - Added "techmap -max_iter" option
 491
 492  * Improvements to "eval" and "sat" framework:
 493      - Now include a copy of Minisat (with build fixes applied)
 494      - Switched to Minisat::SimpSolver as SAT back-end
 495      - Added "sat -dump_vcd" feature
 496      - Added "sat -dump_cnf" feature
 497      - Added "sat -initsteps <N>" feature
 498      - Added "freduce -stop <N>" feature
 499      - Added "freduce -dump <prefix>" feature
 500
 501  * Integration with ABC:
 502      - Updated ABC rev to 7600ffb9340c
 503
 504  * Improvements in the internal APIs:
 505      - Added RTLIL::Module::add... helper methods
 506      - Various build fixes for OSX (Darwin) and OpenBSD
 507
 508
 509 Yosys 0.1.0 .. Yosys 0.2.0
 510 --------------------------
 511
 512  * Changes to the driver program:
 513      - Added "yosys -h" and "yosys -H"
 514      - Added support for backslash line continuation in scripts
 515      - Added support for #-comments in same line as command
 516      - Added "echo" and "log" commands
 517
 518  * Improvements in Verilog frontend:
 519      - Added support for local registers in named blocks
 520      - Added support for "case" in "generate" blocks
 521      - Added support for $clog2 system function
 522      - Added support for basic SystemVerilog assert statements
 523      - Added preprocessor support for macro arguments
 524      - Added preprocessor support for `elsif statement
 525      - Added "verilog_defaults" command
 526      - Added read_verilog -icells option
 527      - Added support for constant sizes from parameters
 528      - Added "read_verilog -setattr"
 529      - Added support for function returning 'integer'
 530      - Added limited support for function calls in parameter values
 531      - Added "read_verilog -defer" to suppress evaluation of modules with default parameters
 532
 533  * Other front- and back-ends:
 534      - Added BTOR backend
 535      - Added Liberty frontend
 536
 537  * Improvements in technology mapping:
 538      - The "dfflibmap" command now strongly prefers solutions with
 539            no inverters in clock paths
 540      - The "dfflibmap" command now prefers cells with smaller area
 541      - Added support for multiple -map options to techmap
 542      - Added "dfflibmap" support for //-comments in liberty files
 543      - Added "memory_unpack" command to revert "memory_collect"
 544      - Added standard techmap rule "techmap -share_map pmux2mux.v"
 545      - Added "iopadmap -bits"
 546      - Added "setundef" command
 547      - Added "hilomap" command
 548
 549  * Changes in the internal cell library:
 550      - Major rewrite of simlib.v for better compatibility with other tools
 551      - Added PRIORITY parameter to $memwr cells
 552      - Added TRANSPARENT parameter to $memrd cells
 553      - Added RD_TRANSPARENT parameter to $mem cells
 554      - Added $bu0 cell (always 0-extend, even undef MSB)
 555      - Added $assert cell type
 556      - Added $slice and $concat cell types
 557
 558  * Integration with ABC:
 559      - Updated ABC to hg rev 2058c8ccea68
 560      - Tighter integration of ABC build with Yosys build. The make
 561            targets 'make abc' and 'make install-abc' are now obsolete.
 562      - Added support for passing FFs from one clock domain through ABC
 563      - Now always use BLIF as exchange format with ABC
 564      - Added support for "abc -script +<command_sequence>"
 565      - Improved standard ABC recipe
 566      - Added support for "keep" attribute to abc command
 567      - Added "abc -dff / -clk / -keepff" options
 568
 569  * Improvements to "eval" and "sat" framework:
 570      - Added support for "0" and "~0" in right-hand side -set expressions
 571      - Added "eval -set-undef" and "eval -table"
 572      - Added "sat -set-init" and "sat -set-init-*" for sequential problems
 573      - Added undef support to SAT solver, incl. various new "sat" options
 574      - Added correct support for === and !== for "eval" and "sat"
 575      - Added "sat -tempinduct" (default -seq is now non-induction sequential)
 576      - Added "sat -prove-asserts"
 577      - Complete rewrite of the 'freduce' command
 578      - Added "miter" command
 579      - Added "sat -show-inputs" and "sat -show-outputs"
 580      - Added "sat -ignore_unknown_cells" (now produce an error by default)
 581      - Added "sat -falsify"
 582      - Now "sat -verify" and "sat -falsify" can also be used without "-prove"
 583      - Added "expose" command
 584      - Added support for @<sel_name> to sat and eval signal expressions
 585
 586  * Changes in the 'make test' framework and auxiliary test tools:
 587      - Added autotest.sh -p and -f options
 588      - Replaced autotest.sh ISIM support with XSIM support
 589      - Added test cases for SAT framework
 590
 591  * Added "abbreviated IDs":
 592      - Now $<something>$foo can be abbreviated as $foo.
 593      - Usually this last part is a unique id (from RTLIL::autoidx)
 594      - This abbreviated IDs are now also used in "show" output
 595
 596  * Other changes to selection framework:
 597      - Now */ is optional in */<mode>:<arg> expressions
 598      - Added "select -assert-none" and "select -assert-any"
 599      - Added support for matching modules by attribute (A:<expr>)
 600      - Added "select -none"
 601      - Added support for r:<expr> pattern for matching cell parameters
 602      - Added support for !=, <, <=, >=, > for attribute and parameter matching
 603      - Added support for %s for selecting sub-modules
 604      - Added support for %m for expanding selections to whole modules
 605      - Added support for i:*, o:* and x:* pattern for selecting module ports
 606      - Added support for s:<expr> pattern for matching wire width
 607      - Added support for %a operation to select wire aliases
 608
 609  * Various other changes to commands and options:
 610      - The "ls" command now supports wildcards
 611      - Added "show -pause" and "show -format dot"
 612      - Added "show -color" support for cells
 613      - Added "show -label" and "show -notitle"
 614      - Added "dump -m" and "dump -n"
 615      - Added "history" command
 616      - Added "rename -hide"
 617      - Added "connect" command
 618      - Added "splitnets -driver"
 619      - Added "opt_const -mux_undef"
 620      - Added "opt_const -mux_bool"
 621      - Added "opt_const -undriven"
 622      - Added "opt -mux_undef -mux_bool -undriven -purge"
 623      - Added "hierarchy -libdir"
 624      - Added "hierarchy -purge_lib" (by default now do not remove lib cells)
 625      - Added "delete" command
 626      - Added "dump -append"
 627      - Added "setattr" and "setparam" commands
 628      - Added "design -stash/-copy-from/-copy-to"
 629      - Added "copy" command
 630      - Added "splice" command
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