IPConnect class¶

IPConnect provides the means of connecting ports and interfaces of objects that are subclasses of Wrapper. Since IPConnect is a subclass of Wrapper itself, this means that it also has IO - ports and interfaces, and that multiple IPConnects can have their ports and interfaces connected to each other (or other objects that subclass Wrapper).

Instances of Wrapper objects can be added to an IPConnect using add_component() method:

# create an IP wrapper
dma = IPWrapper('DMATop.yaml', ip_name='DMATop', instance_name='DMATop0')
ipc = IPConnect()
ipc.add_component("dma", dma)

Connections between cores can then be made with connect_ports() and connect_interfaces() based on names of the components and names of ports/interfaces:

ipc.connect_ports("comp1_port_name", "comp1_name", "comp2_port_name", "comp2_name")
ipc.connect_interfaces("comp1_interface_name", "comp1_name", "comp2_interface_name", "comp2_name")

Setting ports or interfaces of a module added to IPConnect as external with _set_port() and _set_interface() and allows these ports/interfaces to be connected to other Wrapper instances.

ipc._set_port("comp1_name", "comp1_port_name", "external_port_name")
ipc._set_interface("comp1_name", "comp1_interface_name", "external_interface_name")

This is done automatically in the make_connections() method when the design is built, based on the data from the YAML design description.

class IPConnect(*args, src_loc_at=0, **kwargs)¶

Connector for multiple IPs, capable of connecting their interfaces as well as individual ports.

__init__(name: str = 'ip_connector')¶

_connect_external_ports(internal: WrapperPort, external: WrapperPort)¶

Makes a pass-through connection - port of an internal module in IPConnect is connected to an external IPConnect port.

Parameters:¶

internal: WrapperPort¶: port of an internal module of IPConnect
external: WrapperPort¶: external IPConnect port

_connect_internal_ports(port1: WrapperPort, port2: WrapperPort)¶

Connects two ports with matching directionality. Disallowed configurations are: - input to input - output to output - inout to inout All other configurations are allowed.

Parameters:¶

port1: WrapperPort¶: 1st port to connect
port2: WrapperPort¶: 2nd port to connect

_connect_to_external_port(internal_port: str, internal_comp: str, external_port: str, external: DesignExternalPorts) → None¶

Connect internal port of a component to an external port

Parameters:¶

internal_port: str¶: internal port name in internal_component to connect to external_port
internal_comp: str¶: internal component name
external_port: str¶: external port name
external: DesignExternalPorts¶: dictionary in the form of {“in”: list, “out”: list, “inout”: list} containing port names specified as external in each of the three categories. All keys are optional and lack of a category implies an empty list

_set_interface(comp_name: str, iface_name: str, external_iface_name: str) → None¶

Set interface specified by name as an external interface

Parameters:¶

comp_name: str¶: name of the component - hierarchy or IP core
iface_name: str¶: interface name in the component
external_iface_name: str¶: external name of the interface specified in “external” section

Raises:¶

ValueError – if such interface doesn’t exist

_set_port(comp_name: str, port_name: str, external_name: str) → None¶

Set port specified by name as an external port

Parameters:¶

comp_name: str¶: name of the component - hierarchy or IP core
port_name: str¶: port name in the component
external_name: str¶: external name of the port specified in “external” section

Raises:¶

ValueError – if such port doesn’t exist

add_component(name: str, component: Wrapper) → None¶

Add a new component to this IPConnect, allowing to make connections with it

Parameters:¶

name: str¶: name of the component
component: Wrapper¶: Wrapper object

connect_interfaces(iface1: str, comp1_name: str, iface2: str, comp2_name: str) → None¶

Make connections between all matching ports of the interfaces

Parameters:¶

iface1: str¶: name of the 1st interface
comp1_name: str¶: name of the 1st IP
iface2: str¶: name of the 2nd interface
comp2_name: str¶: name of the 2nd IP

Raises:¶

ValueError – if any of the IPs doesn’t exist

connect_ports(port1_name: str, comp1_name: str, port2_name: str, comp2_name: str) → None¶

Connect ports of IPs previously added to this Connector

Parameters:¶

port1_name: str¶: name of the port of the 1st IP
comp1_name: str¶: name of the 1st IP
port2_name: str¶: name of the port of the 2nd IP
comp2_name: str¶: name of the 2nd IP

Raises:¶

ValueError – if such IP doesn’t exist

get_ports() → list¶: Return a list of external ports of this module

make_connections(ports: DS_PortsT, interfaces: DS_InterfacesT, external: DesignExternalSection) → None¶

Use names of port and names of ips to make connections

Parameters:¶

ports: DS_PortsT¶: “ports” section in the YAML design specification
interfaces: DS_InterfacesT¶: “interfaces” section in the YAML design specification
external: DesignExternalSection¶: “external” section in the YAML design specification

make_interconnect_connections(interconnects: Dict[str, DesignSectionInterconnect], external: DesignExternalSection)¶

Connect subordinates and managers to their respective interfaces in the interconnect

Parameters:¶

interconnects: Dict[str, DesignSectionInterconnect]¶: “interconnects” section in the YAML design specification
external: DesignExternalSection¶: “external” section in the YAML design specification

set_constant(comp_name: str, comp_port: str, target: int) → None¶

Set a constant value on a port of an IP

Parameters:¶

comp_name: str¶: name of the IP or hierarchy
comp_port: str¶: name of the port of the IP or hierarchy
target: int¶: int value to be assigned

Raises:¶

ValueError – if such IP doesn’t exist

validate_inout_connections(inouts: Collection[Tuple[str, str]])¶

Checks that all inout ports of any IP or hierarchy in the design are explicitly listed in the ‘external’ section.

Parameters:¶

inouts: Collection[Tuple[str, str]]¶: external.ports.inout section of the design description YAML

Last update: 2024-12-10