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Heterogeneous SoCs
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The REBAR framework involves multiple cores and accelerators that can be composed in arbitrary ways.
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The Chipyard framework involves multiple cores and accelerators that can be composed in arbitrary ways.
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This discussion will focus on how you combine Rocket, BOOM and Hwacha in particular ways to create a unique SoC.
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Creating a Rocket and BOOM System
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Instantiating an SoC with Rocket and BOOM cores is all done with the configuration system and two specific mixins.
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Both BOOM and Rocket have mixins labelled ``WithNBoomCores(X)`` and ``WithNBigCores(X)`` that automatically create ``X`` copies of the core.
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When used together you can create a heterogeneous system.
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The following example shows a dual core BOOM with a single Rocket.
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The following example shows a dual core BOOM with a single core Rocket.
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.. code-block:: scala
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class DualCoreBoomAndRocketConfig extends Config(
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class DualBoomAndOneRocketConfig extends Config(
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new WithNormalBoomRocketTop ++
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new WithBootROM ++
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new boom.system.WithRenumberHarts ++
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Great! Now you have a heterogeneous setup with BOOMs and Rockets.
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The final thing you need to make this system work is to renumber the ``hartId``'s of the cores so that each core has a unique ``hartId``.
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This is done with ``WithRenumberHarts`` (which can label the Rocket cores first or the BOOM cores first).
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The reason this is needed is because by default the ``WithN...Cores(X)`` mixin assumes that there are only that type of core in the system.
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Thus, without the renumber mixin, each set of cores is labeled starting from zero.
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The reason this is needed is because by default the ``WithN...Cores(X)`` mixin assumes that there are only BOOM or only Rocket cores in the system.
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Thus, without the ``WithRenumberHarts`` mixin, each set of cores is labeled starting from zero causing multiple cores to be assigned the same ``hartId``.
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Another option to create a multi heterogeneous core system is to override the parameters yourself so you can specify the core parameters per core.
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The mixin to add to your system would look something like the following.
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new WithHeterCoresSetup ++
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new freechips.rocketchip.system.BaseConfig)
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Note, in this setup you most likely dont need the ``WithRenumberHarts`` mixin since you have to assign the ``hartId`` of each tile in the params yourself.
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Note, in this setup you most likely don't need the ``WithRenumberHarts`` mixin since you have to assign the ``hartId`` of each tile in the tile parameters yourself.
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Adding Hwachas
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.. code-block:: scala
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class DualCoreBoomAndRocketWithHwachasConfig extends Config(
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class DualBoomAndRocketWithHwachasConfig extends Config(
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new WithNormalBoomRocketTop ++
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new WithBootROM ++
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new hwacha.DefaultHwachaConfig ++
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new freechips.rocketchip.subsystem.WithNBigCores(1) ++
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new freechips.rocketchip.system.BaseConfig)
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In this example, Hwachas are added to both BOOM's and to the Rocket tile.
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In this example, Hwachas are added to both BOOM tiles and to the Rocket tile.
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All with the same Hwacha parameters.
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Assigning Accelerators to Specific Tiles with MultiRoCC
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-------------------------------------------------------
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Located in ``generators/example/src/main/scala/ConfigMixins.scala`` is a Mixin that provides support for adding RoCC accelerators to specific tiles in your SoC.
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Located in ``generators/example/src/main/scala/ConfigMixins.scala`` is a mixin that provides support for adding RoCC accelerators to specific tiles in your SoC.
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Named ``MultiRoCCKey``, this key allows you to attach RoCC accelerators based on the ``hartId`` of the tile.
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For example, using this allows you to create a 8 tile system with a RoCC accelerator on only a subset of the tiles.
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An example is shown below with two BOOM cores, and one Rocket attached to a Hwacha.
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An example is shown below with two BOOM cores, and one Rocket tile with a Hwacha attached.
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.. code-block:: scala
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class DualCoreBoomAndOneHwachaRocketConfig extends Config(
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class DualBoomAndOneHwachaRocketConfig extends Config(
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new WithNormalBoomRocketTop ++
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new WithBootROM ++
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new WithMultiRoCC ++
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new WithMultiRoCCHwacha(0) ++ // put Hwacha just on hart0 which was renumbered to Rocket
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new boom.system.WithRenumberHarts ++
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new boom.system.WithRenumberHarts(rocketFirst = true) ++
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new hwacha.DefaultHwachaConfig ++
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new boom.common.WithRVC ++
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new boom.common.DefaultBoomConfig ++
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Advanced Usage
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================================
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The following sections are advanced topics about how to use REBAR and special features of the framework.
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The following sections are advanced topics about how to use Chipyard and special features of the framework.
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They expect you to know about Chisel, Parameters, Configs, etc.
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.. toctree::
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