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()\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top$$anonfun$50$$anonfun$apply$37.apply(cookbook.md:301)\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top$$anonfun$50$$anonfun$apply$37.apply(cookbook.md:301)\n// \tat chisel3.experimental.prefix$.apply(prefix.scala:50)\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top$$anonfun$50.apply(cookbook.md:301)\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top$$anonfun$50.apply(cookbook.md)\n// \tat chisel3.internal.plugin.package$.autoNameRecursively(package.scala:33)\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top.getVerilogString(new Top(new UsingAFunctionBundle(() => UInt(8.W))))
Warning: you must ensure that gen creates fresh objects rather than capturing an already constructed value:
class MisusedFunctionArguments extends Module {
// This usage is correct
val in = IO(Input(new UsingAFunctionBundle(() => UInt(8.W))))
// This usage is incorrect
val fizz = UInt(8.W)
val out = IO(Output(new UsingAFunctionBundle(() => fizz)))
}
getVerilogString(new MisusedFunctionArguments)
// chisel3.AutoClonetypeException: The bundle plugin was unable to clone UsingAFunctionBundle that has field 'foo' aliased with base UsingAFunctionBundle.This likely happened because you tried nesting Data arguments inside of other data structures. Try wrapping the field(s) in Input(...), Output(...), or Flipped(...) if appropriate. As a last resort, you can call chisel3.reflect.DataMirror.internal.chiselTypeClone on any nested Data arguments. See the cookbook entry 'How do I deal with the "unable to clone" error?' for more details.
// at ... ()
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62$$anonfun$apply$51$$anonfun$apply$52.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62$$anonfun$apply$51$$anonfun$apply$52.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at chisel3.IO$.apply(IO.scala:34)
// at chisel3.experimental.BaseModule.IO(Module.scala:760)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62$$anonfun$apply$51.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62$$anonfun$apply$51.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at chisel3.experimental.prefix$.apply(prefix.scala:50)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62.apply(cookbook.md)
// at chisel3.internal.plugin.package$.autoNameRecursively(package.scala:33)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1.<init>(cookbook.md:370)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$$anonfun$apply$55.apply(cookbook.md:372)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$$anonfun$apply$55.apply(cookbook.md:372)
// at ... ()
// at ... (Stack trace trimmed to user code only. Rerun with --full-stacktrace to see the full stack trace)
class MisusedFunctionArguments extends Module {
// This usage is correct
val in = IO(Input(new UsingAFunctionBundle(() => UInt(8.W))))
// This usage is incorrect
val fizz = UInt(8.W)
val out = IO(Output(new UsingAFunctionBundle(() => fizz)))
}
getVerilogString(new MisusedFunctionArguments)
// chisel3.AutoClonetypeException: The bundle plugin was unable to clone UsingAFunctionBundle that has field 'foo' aliased with base UsingAFunctionBundle.This likely happened because you tried nesting Data arguments inside of other data structures. Try wrapping the field(s) in Input(...), Output(...), or Flipped(...) if appropriate. As a last resort, you can call chisel3.reflect.DataMirror.internal.chiselTypeClone on any nested Data arguments. See the cookbook entry 'How do I deal with the "unable to clone" error?' for more details.
// at ... ()
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62$$anonfun$apply$51$$anonfun$apply$52.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62$$anonfun$apply$51$$anonfun$apply$52.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at chisel3.IO$.apply(IO.scala:34)
// at chisel3.experimental.BaseModule.IO(Module.scala:765)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62$$anonfun$apply$51.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62$$anonfun$apply$51.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at chisel3.experimental.prefix$.apply(prefix.scala:50)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62.apply(cookbook.md:370)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1$$anonfun$62.apply(cookbook.md)
// at chisel3.internal.plugin.package$.autoNameRecursively(package.scala:33)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$MisusedFunctionArguments$1.<init>(cookbook.md:370)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$$anonfun$apply$55.apply(cookbook.md:372)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$$anonfun$59$$anonfun$apply$55.apply(cookbook.md:372)
// at ... ()
// at ... (Stack trace trimmed to user code only. Rerun with --full-stacktrace to see the full stack trace)
In the above example, value fizz and fields foo and bar of out are all the same object in memory.
Functionally the same as (1) but with more subtle syntax, you can use Scala by-name function parameters:
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@import chisel3._
import circt.stage.ChiselStage
import chisel3.util.Decoupled
class BadRegConnect extends Module {
val io = IO(new Bundle {
val enq = Decoupled(UInt(8.W))
})
val monitor = Reg(chiselTypeOf(io.enq))
monitor := io.enq
}
ChiselStage.emitSystemVerilog(new BadRegConnect)
// circt.stage.phases.Exceptions$FirtoolNonZeroExitCode: /home/runner/.cache/llvm-firtool/1.62.0/bin/firtool returned a non-zero exit code. Note that this version of Chisel (6.0.0-RC1+24-b8fc970f-SNAPSHOT) was published against firtool version 1.62.0.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ExitCode:
// 1
// STDOUT:
//
// STDERR:
// cookbook.md:988:20: error: 'firrtl.reg' op result #0 must be a passive non-'const' base type that does not contain analog, but got '!firrtl.bundle<ready flip: uint<1>, valid: uint<1>, bits: uint<8>>'
// cookbook.md:988:20: note: see current operation: %4 = "firrtl.reg"(%arg0) {annotations = [], name = "monitor", nameKind = #firrtl<name_kind interesting_name>} : (!firrtl.clock) -> !firrtl.bundle<ready flip: uint<1>, valid: uint<1>, bits: uint<8>>
//
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChiselStage.emitSystemVerilog(new BadRegConnect)
// circt.stage.phases.Exceptions$FirtoolNonZeroExitCode: /home/runner/.cache/llvm-firtool/1.62.0/bin/firtool returned a non-zero exit code. Note that this version of Chisel (6.0.0-RC1+25-a050b8cd-SNAPSHOT) was published against firtool version 1.62.0.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ExitCode:
// 1
// STDOUT:
//
// STDERR:
// cookbook.md:988:20: error: 'firrtl.reg' op result #0 must be a passive non-'const' base type that does not contain analog, but got '!firrtl.bundle<ready flip: uint<1>, valid: uint<1>, bits: uint<8>>'
// cookbook.md:988:20: note: see current operation: %4 = "firrtl.reg"(%arg0) {annotations = [], name = "monitor", nameKind = #firrtl<name_kind interesting_name>} : (!firrtl.clock) -> !firrtl.bundle<ready flip: uint<1>, valid: uint<1>, bits: uint<8>>
//
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
While there is no construct to "strip direction" in Chisel3, wrapping a type in Output(...)
(the default direction in Chisel3) will
set all of the individual elements to output direction.
diff --git a/docs/cookbooks/dataview.html b/docs/cookbooks/dataview.html
index 8662442f58b..15aa8dfbb00 100644
--- a/docs/cookbooks/dataview.html
+++ b/docs/cookbooks/dataview.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
import chisel3._
import chisel3.experimental.hierarchy.{Definition, Instance, instantiable, IsLookupable, public}
case class MyCaseClass(width: Int) extends IsLookupable
@instantiable
class MyModule extends Module {
@public val x = MyCaseClass(10)
}
class Top extends Module {
val inst = Instance(Definition(new MyModule))
println(s"Width is ${inst.x.width}")
}
Width is 10
Circuit(Top,List(DefModule(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$MyModule@7a6a189e,MyModule,List(Port(MyModule.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(MyModule.reset: IO[Reset],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo)),Vector()), DefModule(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$Top@7181d812,Top,List(Port(Top.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(Top.reset: IO[Bool],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo)),Vector(DefInstance(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),ModuleClone(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$MyModule@7a6a189e),List(Port(MyModule.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(MyModule.reset: IO[Reset],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo))), Connect(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),Node(MyModule.inst.clock: IO[Clock]),Node(Top.clock: IO[Clock])), Connect(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),Node(MyModule.inst.reset: IO[Reset]),Node(Top.reset: IO[Bool]))))),List(),firrtl.renamemap.package$MutableRenameMap@6b294907,List(),List(),List(),List())
Width is 10
Circuit(Top,List(DefModule(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$MyModule@ff69caa,MyModule,List(Port(MyModule.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(MyModule.reset: IO[Reset],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo)),Vector()), DefModule(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$Top@60ae53af,Top,List(Port(Top.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(Top.reset: IO[Bool],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo)),Vector(DefInstance(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),ModuleClone(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$MyModule@ff69caa),List(Port(MyModule.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(MyModule.reset: IO[Reset],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo))), Connect(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),Node(MyModule.inst.clock: IO[Clock]),Node(Top.clock: IO[Clock])), Connect(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),Node(MyModule.inst.reset: IO[Reset]),Node(Top.reset: IO[Bool]))))),List(),firrtl.renamemap.package$MutableRenameMap@373a1878,List(),List(),List(),List())
Just like Instances, Definition's also contain accessors for @public members.
As such, you can directly access them:
elaborate(new ScalaCastingModule( () => new MyBundle(3)))
But if we are wrong, we can get a Scala runtime exception:
-class NotMyBundle extends Bundle {val baz = Bool()}
elaborate(new ScalaCastingModule(() => new NotMyBundle()))
// java.lang.ClassCastException: class repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$NotMyBundle$1 cannot be cast to class repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$MyBundle (repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$NotMyBundle$1 and repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$MyBundle are in unnamed module of loader scala.reflect.internal.util.AbstractFileClassLoader @2e1ca4e9)
// at ... ()
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72$$anonfun$apply$73.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72$$anonfun$apply$73.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.SpecifiedDirection$.specifiedDirection(Data.scala:66)
// at chisel3.Output$.apply(Data.scala:269)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.IO$.apply(IO.scala:34)
// at chisel3.experimental.BaseModule.IO(Module.scala:760)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.experimental.prefix$.apply(prefix.scala:50)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md)
// at chisel3.internal.plugin.package$.autoNameRecursively(package.scala:33)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule.<init>(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$$anonfun$apply$75.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:309)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$$anonfun$apply$75.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:309)
// at ... ()
// at ... (Stack trace trimmed to user code only. Rerun with --full-stacktrace to see the full stack trace)
class NotMyBundle extends Bundle {val baz = Bool()}
elaborate(new ScalaCastingModule(() => new NotMyBundle()))
// java.lang.ClassCastException: class repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$NotMyBundle$1 cannot be cast to class repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$MyBundle (repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$NotMyBundle$1 and repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$MyBundle are in unnamed module of loader scala.reflect.internal.util.AbstractFileClassLoader @428a9420)
// at ... ()
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72$$anonfun$apply$73.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72$$anonfun$apply$73.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.SpecifiedDirection$.specifiedDirection(Data.scala:66)
// at chisel3.Output$.apply(Data.scala:269)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.IO$.apply(IO.scala:34)
// at chisel3.experimental.BaseModule.IO(Module.scala:765)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.experimental.prefix$.apply(prefix.scala:50)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md)
// at chisel3.internal.plugin.package$.autoNameRecursively(package.scala:33)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule.<init>(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$$anonfun$apply$75.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:309)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$$anonfun$apply$75.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:309)
// at ... ()
// at ... (Stack trace trimmed to user code only. Rerun with --full-stacktrace to see the full stack trace)
.asTypeOf is a conversion from one Data subclass to another.
It is commonly used to assign data to all-zeros, as described in this cookbook recipe, but it can
also be used (though not really recommended, as there is no checking on
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