// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 /** Wrappers for valid interfaces and associated circuit generators using them. */ package chisel3.util import chisel3._ import scala.annotation.nowarn /** A [[Bundle]] that adds a `valid` bit to some data. This indicates that the user expects a "valid" interface between * a producer and a consumer. Here, the producer asserts the `valid` bit when data on the `bits` line contains valid * data. This differs from [[DecoupledIO]] or [[IrrevocableIO]] as there is no `ready` line that the consumer can use * to put back pressure on the producer. * * In most scenarios, the `Valid` class will ''not'' be used directly. Instead, users will create `Valid` interfaces * using the [[Valid$ Valid factory]]. * @tparam T the type of the data * @param gen some data * @see [[Valid$ Valid factory]] for concrete examples * @groupdesc Signals The actual hardware fields of the Bundle */ class Valid[+T <: Data](gen: T) extends Bundle { /** A bit that will be asserted when `bits` is valid * @group Signals */ val valid = Output(Bool()) /** The data to be transferred, qualified by `valid` * @group Signals */ val bits = Output(gen) /** True when `valid` is asserted * @return a Chisel [[Bool]] true if `valid` is asserted */ def fire: Bool = valid @deprecated( "Calling this function with an empty argument list is invalid in Scala 3. Use the form without parentheses instead", "Chisel 3.5" ) def fire(dummy: Int = 0): Bool = valid } /** Factory for generating "valid" interfaces. A "valid" interface is a data-communicating interface between a producer * and a consumer where the producer does not wait for the consumer. Concretely, this means that one additional bit is * added to the data indicating its validity. * * As an example, consider the following [[Bundle]], `MyBundle`: * {{{ * class MyBundle extends Bundle { * val foo = Output(UInt(8.W)) * } * }}} * * To convert this to a "valid" interface, you wrap it with a call to the [[Valid$.apply `Valid` companion object's * apply method]]: * {{{ * val bar = Valid(new MyBundle) * }}} * * The resulting interface is ''structurally'' equivalent to the following: * {{{ * class MyValidBundle extends Bundle { * val valid = Output(Bool()) * val bits = Output(new MyBundle) * } * }}} * * In addition to adding the `valid` bit, a [[Valid.fire]] method is also added that returns the `valid` bit. This * provides a similarly named interface to [[DecoupledIO]]'s fire. * * @see [[Decoupled$ DecoupledIO Factory]] * @see [[Irrevocable$ IrrevocableIO Factory]] */ object Valid { /** Wrap some [[Data]] in a valid interface * @tparam T the type of the data to wrap * @param gen the data to wrap * @return the wrapped input data */ def apply[T <: Data](gen: T): Valid[T] = new Valid(gen) } /** A factory to generate a hardware pipe. This can be used to delay [[Valid]] data by a design-time configurable number * of cycles. * * Here, we construct three different pipes using the different provided `apply` methods and hook them up together. The * types are explicitly specified to show that these all communicate using [[Valid]] interfaces: * {{{ * val in: Valid[UInt] = Wire(Valid(UInt(2.W))) * * /* A zero latency (combinational) pipe is connected to 'in' */ * val foo: Valid[UInt] = Pipe(in.valid, in.bits, 0) * * /* A one-cycle pipe is connected to the output of 'foo' */ * val bar: Valid[UInt] = Pipe(foo.valid, foo.bits) * * /* A two-cycle pipe is connected to the output of 'bar' */ * val baz: Valid[UInt] = Pipe(bar, 2) * }}} * * @see [[Pipe Pipe class]] for an alternative API * @see [[Valid]] interface * @see [[Queue]] and the [[Queue$ Queue factory]] for actual queues * @see The [[ShiftRegister$ ShiftRegister factory]] to generate a pipe without a [[Valid]] interface * @define returnType the [[Valid]] output of the final pipeline stage */ object Pipe { /** Generate a pipe from an explicit valid bit and some data * @param enqValid the valid bit (must be a hardware type) * @param enqBits the data (must be a hardware type) * @param latency the number of pipeline stages * @return $returnType */ @nowarn("cat=deprecation&msg=TransitName") def apply[T <: Data](enqValid: Bool, enqBits: T, latency: Int)(implicit compileOptions: CompileOptions): Valid[T] = { require(latency >= 0, "Pipe latency must be greater than or equal to zero!") if (latency == 0) { val out = Wire(Valid(chiselTypeOf(enqBits))) out.valid := enqValid out.bits := enqBits out } else { val v = RegNext(enqValid, false.B) val b = RegEnable(enqBits, enqValid) val out = apply(v, b, latency - 1)(compileOptions) TransitName.withSuffix("Pipe_valid")(out, v) TransitName.withSuffix("Pipe_bits")(out, b) } } /** Generate a one-stage pipe from an explicit valid bit and some data * @param enqValid the valid bit (must be a hardware type) * @param enqBits the data (must be a hardware type) * @return $returnType */ def apply[T <: Data](enqValid: Bool, enqBits: T)(implicit compileOptions: CompileOptions): Valid[T] = { apply(enqValid, enqBits, 1)(compileOptions) } /** Generate a pipe for a [[Valid]] interface * @param enq a [[Valid]] interface (must be a hardware type) * @param latency the number of pipeline stages * @return $returnType */ def apply[T <: Data](enq: Valid[T], latency: Int = 1)(implicit compileOptions: CompileOptions): Valid[T] = { apply(enq.valid, enq.bits, latency)(compileOptions) } } /** Pipeline module generator parameterized by data type and latency. * * This defines a module with one input, `enq`, and one output, `deq`. The input and output are [[Valid]] interfaces * that wrap some Chisel type, e.g., a [[UInt]] or a [[Bundle]]. This generator will then chain together a number of * pipeline stages that all advance when the input [[Valid]] `enq` fires. The output `deq` [[Valid]] will fire only * when valid data has made it all the way through the pipeline. * * As an example, to construct a 4-stage pipe of 8-bit [[UInt]]s and connect it to a producer and consumer, you can use * the following: * {{{ * val foo = Module(new Pipe(UInt(8.W)), 4) * pipe.io.enq := producer.io * consumer.io := pipe.io.deq * }}} * * If you already have the [[Valid]] input or the components of a [[Valid]] interface, it may be simpler to use the * [[Pipe$ Pipe factory]] companion object. This, which [[Pipe]] internally utilizes, will automatically connect the * input for you. * * @param gen a Chisel type * @param latency the number of pipeline stages * @see [[Pipe$ Pipe factory]] for an alternative API * @see [[Valid]] interface * @see [[Queue]] and the [[Queue$ Queue factory]] for actual queues * @see The [[ShiftRegister$ ShiftRegister factory]] to generate a pipe without a [[Valid]] interface */ class Pipe[T <: Data](val gen: T, val latency: Int = 1)(implicit compileOptions: CompileOptions) extends Module { /** Interface for [[Pipe]]s composed of a [[Valid]] input and [[Valid]] output * @define notAQueue * @groupdesc Signals Hardware fields of the Bundle */ class PipeIO extends Bundle { /** [[Valid]] input * @group Signals */ val enq = Input(Valid(gen)) /** [[Valid]] output. Data will appear here `latency` cycles after being valid at `enq`. * @group Signals */ val deq = Output(Valid(gen)) } val io = IO(new PipeIO) io.deq <> Pipe(io.enq, latency) }