From cb615a0f20f9e825798a1c3aafee90e807aadfa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:49:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] --- 3d_gpu/architecture/decoder.mdwn | 23 +++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/3d_gpu/architecture/decoder.mdwn b/3d_gpu/architecture/decoder.mdwn index 6cb94fcb6..c0fef826f 100644 --- a/3d_gpu/architecture/decoder.mdwn +++ b/3d_gpu/architecture/decoder.mdwn @@ -191,55 +191,54 @@ In this way, different sections of the instruction are successively decoded (maj # second explanation / walkthrough -``` we (manually) extracted the pseudo-code from the v3.0B specification (took 2 days): -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=libreriscv.git;a=blob;f=openpower/isa/fixedlogical.mdwn;hb=HEAD + then wrote a parser and language translator (aka compiler) to convert those code-fragments to python: -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=soc.git;a=tree;f=src/soc/decoder/pseudo;hb=HEAD + then went to a lot of trouble over the course of several months to co-simulate them, update them, and make them accurate according to the actual spec: -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=libreriscv.git;a=blob;f=openpower/isa/fixedarith.mdwn;h=470a833ca2b8a826f5511c4122114583ef169e55;hb=HEAD#l721 + and created a fully-functioning python-based OpenPOWER ISA simulator: -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=soc.git;a=blob;f=src/soc/decoder/isa/caller.py;hb=HEAD + there is absolutely no reason why this language-translator (aka compiler) here -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=soc.git;a=blob;f=src/soc/decoder/pseudo/parser.py;hb=HEAD + should not be joined by another compiler, targetting c for use inside the linux kernel or, another compiler which auto-generates c++ for use inside power-gem5, such that this: -https://github.com/power-gem5/gem5/blob/cae53531103ebc5bccddf874db85f2659b64000a/src/arch/power/isa/decoder.isa#L1214 + becomes an absolute breeze to update. note that we maintain a decoder which is based on Microwatt: we extracted microwatt's decode1.vhdl into CSV files, and parse them in python as hierarchical recursive data structures: -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=soc.git;a=blob;f=src/soc/decoder/power_decoder.py;hb=HEAD + where the actual CSV files that it reads are here: -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=libreriscv.git;a=tree;f=openpower/isatables;hb=HEAD + this is then combined with *another* table that was extracted from the OpenPOWER v3.0B PDF: -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=libreriscv.git;a=blob;f=openpower/isatables/fields.text;hb=HEAD + (the parser for that recognises "vertical bars" as being field-separators): -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=soc.git;a=blob;f=src/soc/decoder/power_fields.py;hb=HEAD + and FINALLY - and this is about the only major piece of code that actually involves any kind of manual code - again it is based on Microwatt decode2.vhdl - we put everything together to turn a binary opcode into "something that needs to be executed": -https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=soc.git;a=blob;f=src/soc/decoder/power_decoder2.py;hb=HEAD + so our OpenPOWER simulator is actually based on: -- 2.30.2