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sed: add comments about key points in LaneDistributor

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Sebastien Bourdeauducq 2018-03-06 20:51:09 +08:00
parent 5b3d6d57e2
commit f40255c968
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@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ class LaneDistributor(Module):
self.cri = interface
self.sequence_error = Signal()
self.sequence_error_channel = Signal(16)
# The minimum timestamp that an event must have to avoid triggering
# an underflow, at the time when the CRI write happens, and to a channel
# with zero latency compensation. This is synchronous to the system clock
# domain.
self.minimum_coarse_timestamp = Signal(64-glbl_fine_ts_width)
self.output = [Record(layouts.fifo_ingress(seqn_width, layout_payload))
for _ in range(lane_count)]
@ -41,6 +45,15 @@ class LaneDistributor(Module):
for _ in range(lane_count))
seqn = Signal(seqn_width)
# The core keeps writing events into the current lane as long as timestamps
# (after compensation) are strictly increasing, otherwise it switches to
# the next lane.
# If spread is enabled, it also switches to the next lane after the current
# lane has been full, in order to maximize lane utilization.
# The current lane is called lane "A". The next lane (which may be chosen
# a later stage by the core) is called lane "B".
# Computations for both lanes are prepared in advance to increase performance.
# distribute data to lanes
for lio in self.output:
self.comb += [
@ -70,6 +83,9 @@ class LaneDistributor(Module):
last_minus_timestamp.eq(last_coarse_timestamp - coarse_timestamp)
]
# Quash channels are "dummy" channels to which writes are completely ignored.
# This is used by the RTIO log channel, which is taken into account
# by the analyzer but does not enter the lanes.
quash = Signal()
self.sync += quash.eq(0)
for channel in quash_channels: