From: Cesar Strauss <cestrauss@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 11:56:24 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: Add a Single R/W Port SRAM model
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Add a Single R/W Port SRAM model

Begin making unit tests by checking with Yosys.
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diff --git a/src/soc/regfile/sram_wrapper.py b/src/soc/regfile/sram_wrapper.py
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPLv3+
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Cesar Strauss <cestrauss@gmail.com>
+# Sponsored by NLnet and NGI POINTER under EU Grants 871528 and 957073
+# Part of the Libre-SOC Project.
+
+"""
+Wrapper around a single port (1R or 1W) SRAM, to make a multi-port regfile.
+
+This SRAM primitive has one cycle delay for reads, and, after a write,
+it reads the value just written. The goal is to use it to make at least an
+1W2R regfile.
+
+See https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781 and
+https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502
+"""
+
+import unittest
+
+from nmigen import Elaboratable, Module, Memory, Signal
+from nmigen.back import rtlil
+
+from nmutil.formaltest import FHDLTestCase
+
+
+class SinglePortSRAM(Elaboratable):
+    """
+    Model of a single port SRAM, which can be simulated, verified and/or
+    synthesized to an FPGA.
+
+    :param addr_width: width of the address bus
+    :param data_width: width of the data bus
+    :param we_width: number of write enable lines
+    """
+    def __init__(self, addr_width, data_width, we_width):
+        self.addr_width = addr_width
+        self.data_width = data_width
+        self.we_width = we_width
+        self.d = Signal(data_width)
+        """ write data"""
+        self.q = Signal(data_width)
+        """read data"""
+        self.a = Signal(addr_width)
+        """ read/write address"""
+        self.we = Signal(we_width)
+        """write enable"""
+
+    def elaborate(self, _):
+        m = Module()
+        # backing memory
+        depth = 1 << self.addr_width
+        granularity = self.data_width // self.we_width
+        mem = Memory(width=self.data_width, depth=depth)
+        # create read and write ports
+        # By connecting the same address to both ports, they behave, in fact,
+        # as a single, "half-duplex" port.
+        # The transparent attribute means that, on a write, we read the new
+        # value, on the next cycle
+        # Note that nmigen memories have a one cycle delay, for reads,
+        # by default
+        m.submodules.rdport = rdport = mem.read_port(transparent=True)
+        m.submodules.wrport = wrport = mem.write_port(granularity=granularity)
+        # duplicate the address to both ports
+        m.d.comb += wrport.addr.eq(self.a)
+        m.d.comb += rdport.addr.eq(self.a)
+        # write enable
+        m.d.comb += wrport.en.eq(self.we)
+        # read and write data
+        m.d.comb += wrport.data.eq(self.d)
+        m.d.comb += self.q.eq(rdport.data)
+        return m
+
+    def ports(self):
+        return [
+            self.d,
+            self.a,
+            self.we,
+            self.q
+        ]
+
+
+def create_ilang(dut, ports, test_name):
+    vl = rtlil.convert(dut, name=test_name, ports=ports)
+    with open("%s.il" % test_name, "w") as f:
+        f.write(vl)
+
+
+class SinglePortSRAMTestCase(FHDLTestCase):
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_simple_rtlil():
+        """
+        Generate a simple SRAM. Try ``read_rtlil mem_simple.il; proc; show``
+        from a yosys prompt, to see the memory primitives, and
+        ``read_rtlil mem_simple.il; synth; show`` to see it implemented as
+        flip-flop RAM
+        """
+        dut = SinglePortSRAM(2, 4, 2)
+        create_ilang(dut, dut.ports(), "mem_simple")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_blkram_rtlil():
+        """
+        Generates a bigger SRAM.
+        Try ``read_rtlil mem_blkram.il; synth_ecp5; show`` from a yosys
+        prompt, to see it implemented as block RAM
+        """
+        dut = SinglePortSRAM(10, 16, 2)
+        create_ilang(dut, dut.ports(), "mem_blkram")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()