//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // Filename: skidbuffer.v // {{{ // Project: wbuart32, a full featured UART with simulator // // Purpose: A basic SKID buffer. // // Skid buffers are required for high throughput AXI code, since the AXI // specification requires that all outputs be registered. This means // that, if there are any stall conditions calculated, it will take a clock // cycle before the stall can be propagated up stream. This means that // the data will need to be buffered for a cycle until the stall signal // can make it to the output. // // Handling that buffer is the purpose of this core. // // On one end of this core, you have the i_valid and i_data inputs to // connect to your bus interface. There's also a registered o_ready // signal to signal stalls for the bus interface. // // The other end of the core has the same basic interface, but it isn't // registered. This allows you to interact with the bus interfaces // as though they were combinatorial logic, by interacting with this half // of the core. // // If at any time the incoming !stall signal, i_ready, signals a stall, // the incoming data is placed into a buffer. Internally, that buffer // is held in r_data with the r_valid flag used to indicate that valid // data is within it. // // Parameters: // DW or data width // In order to make this core generic, the width of the data in the // skid buffer is parameterized // // OPT_LOWPOWER // Forces both o_data and r_data to zero if the respective *VALID // signal is also low. While this costs extra logic, it can also // be used to guarantee that any unused values aren't toggling and // therefore unnecessarily using power. // // This excess toggling can be particularly problematic if the // bus signals have a high fanout rate, or a long signal path // across an FPGA. // // OPT_OUTREG // Causes the outputs to be registered // // OPT_PASSTHROUGH // Turns the skid buffer into a passthrough. Used for formal // verification only. // // Creator: Dan Gisselquist, Ph.D. // Gisselquist Technology, LLC // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // }}} // Copyright (C) 2019-2024, Gisselquist Technology, LLC // {{{ // This program is free software (firmware): you can redistribute it and/or // modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published // by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at // your option) any later version. // // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT // ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTIBILITY or // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License // for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along // with this program. (It's in the $(ROOT)/doc directory. Run make with no // target there if the PDF file isn't present.) If not, see // for a copy. // // License: GPL, v3, as defined and found on www.gnu.org, // http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html // // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // `default_nettype none // }}} module skidbuffer #( // {{{ parameter [0:0] OPT_LOWPOWER = 0, parameter [0:0] OPT_OUTREG = 1, // parameter [0:0] OPT_PASSTHROUGH = 0, parameter DW = 8 // }}} ) ( // {{{ input wire i_clk, i_reset, input wire i_valid, output reg o_ready, input wire [DW-1:0] i_data, output reg o_valid, input wire i_ready, output reg [DW-1:0] o_data // }}} ); reg [DW-1:0] r_data; generate if (OPT_PASSTHROUGH) begin : PASSTHROUGH // {{{ always @(*) o_ready = i_ready; always @(*) o_valid = i_valid; always @(*) if (!i_valid && OPT_LOWPOWER) o_data = 0; else o_data = i_data; always @(*) r_data = 0; // }}} end else begin : LOGIC // We'll start with skid buffer itself // {{{ reg r_valid; // r_valid // {{{ initial r_valid = 0; always @(posedge i_clk) if (i_reset) r_valid <= 0; else if ((i_valid && o_ready) && (o_valid && !i_ready)) // We have incoming data, but the output is stalled r_valid <= 1; else if (i_ready) r_valid <= 0; // }}} // r_data // {{{ initial r_data = 0; always @(posedge i_clk) if (OPT_LOWPOWER && i_reset) r_data <= 0; else if (OPT_LOWPOWER && (!o_valid || i_ready)) r_data <= 0; else if ((!OPT_LOWPOWER || !OPT_OUTREG || i_valid) && o_ready) r_data <= i_data; // }}} // o_ready // {{{ always @(*) o_ready = !r_valid; // }}} // // And then move on to the output port // if (!OPT_OUTREG) begin always @(*) o_valid = !i_reset && (i_valid || r_valid); // }}} // o_data // {{{ always @(*) if (r_valid) o_data = r_data; else if (!OPT_LOWPOWER || i_valid) o_data = i_data; else o_data = 0; // }}} // }}} end else begin : REG_OUTPUT // Register our outputs // {{{ // o_valid // {{{ initial o_valid = 0; always @(posedge i_clk) if (i_reset) o_valid <= 0; else if (!o_valid || i_ready) o_valid <= (i_valid || r_valid); // }}} // o_data // {{{ initial o_data = 0; always @(posedge i_clk) if (OPT_LOWPOWER && i_reset) o_data <= 0; else if (!o_valid || i_ready) begin if (r_valid) o_data <= r_data; else if (!OPT_LOWPOWER || i_valid) o_data <= i_data; else o_data <= 0; end // }}} // }}} end // }}} end endgenerate `ifdef FORMAL `ifdef VERIFIC `define FORMAL_VERIFIC `endif `endif // `ifdef FORMAL_VERIFIC // Reset properties property RESET_CLEARS_IVALID; @(posedge i_clk) i_reset |=> !i_valid; endproperty property IDATA_HELD_WHEN_NOT_READY; @(posedge i_clk) disable iff (i_reset) i_valid && !o_ready |=> i_valid && $stable(i_data); endproperty `ifdef SKIDBUFFER assume property (IDATA_HELD_WHEN_NOT_READY); `else assert property (IDATA_HELD_WHEN_NOT_READY); `endif generate if (!OPT_PASSTHROUGH) begin assert property (@(posedge i_clk) OPT_OUTREG && i_reset |=> o_ready && !o_valid); assert property (@(posedge i_clk) !OPT_OUTREG && i_reset |-> !o_valid); // Rule #1: // Once o_valid goes high, the data cannot change until the // clock after i_ready assert property (@(posedge i_clk) disable iff (i_reset) o_valid && !i_ready |=> (o_valid && $stable(o_data))); // Rule #2: // All incoming data must either go directly to the // output port, or into the skid buffer assert property (@(posedge i_clk) disable iff (i_reset) (i_valid && o_ready && (!OPT_OUTREG || o_valid) && !i_ready) |=> (!o_ready && r_data == $past(i_data))); // Rule #3: // After the last transaction, o_valid should become idle if (!OPT_OUTREG) begin assert property (@(posedge i_clk) disable iff (i_reset) i_ready |=> (o_valid == i_valid)); end else begin assert property (@(posedge i_clk) disable iff (i_reset) i_valid && o_ready |=> o_valid); assert property (@(posedge i_clk) disable iff (i_reset) !i_valid && o_ready && i_ready |=> !o_valid); end // Rule #4 // Same thing, but this time for r_valid assert property (@(posedge i_clk) !o_ready && i_ready |=> o_ready); if (OPT_LOWPOWER) begin // // If OPT_LOWPOWER is set, o_data and r_data both need // to be zero any time !o_valid or !r_valid respectively assert property (@(posedge i_clk) (OPT_OUTREG || !i_reset) && !o_valid |-> o_data == 0); assert property (@(posedge i_clk) o_ready |-> r_data == 0); // else // if OPT_LOWPOWER isn't set, we can lower our // logic count by not forcing these values to zero. end `ifdef SKIDBUFFER reg f_changed_data; // Cover test cover property (@(posedge i_clk) disable iff (i_reset) (!o_valid && !i_valid) ##1 i_valid && i_ready [*3] ##1 i_valid && !i_ready ##1 i_valid && i_ready [*2] ##1 i_valid && !i_ready [*2] ##1 i_valid && i_ready [*3] // Wait for the design to clear ##1 o_valid && i_ready [*0:5] ##1 (!o_valid && !i_valid && f_changed_data)); initial f_changed_data = 0; always @(posedge i_clk) if (i_reset) f_changed_data <= 1; else if (i_valid && $past(!i_valid || o_ready)) begin if (i_data != $past(i_data + 1)) f_changed_data <= 0; end else if (!i_valid && i_data != 0) f_changed_data <= 0; `endif // SKIDCOVER end endgenerate `endif // FORMAL_VERIFIC endmodule `ifndef YOSYS `default_nettype wire `endif