From 18aabb38d34d773b5565c03a7891c2a451e174fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:43:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add comment on n_comb_stages --- src/ieee754/fpdiv/pipeline.py | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/ieee754/fpdiv/pipeline.py b/src/ieee754/fpdiv/pipeline.py index 4330df44..3662b215 100644 --- a/src/ieee754/fpdiv/pipeline.py +++ b/src/ieee754/fpdiv/pipeline.py @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ normpack - FPNormToPack ispec FPAddStage1Data the number of combinatorial StageChains (n_comb_stages) in FPDivStages is an argument arranged to get the length of the whole -pipeline down to sane numbers. +pipeline down to sane numbers. it specifies the number of "blocks" +that will be combinatorially chained together. the reason for keeping the number of stages down is that for every pipeline clock delay, a corresponding ReservationStation is needed. -- 2.30.2