Running sim&build with newer Verilator version

[mik1234mc]

Hi zipcpu,

I wanted to simulate zipversa design, but I likely don't have the same verilator version as you. I have Verilator 4.216 2021-12-05 rev v4.216-27-g1de2de4b @ debian11. I needed to do some modifications to make it compile. If someone else is interested, here is the diff:

diff --git a/rtl/Makefile b/rtl/Makefile
index f2b61a1..8711cb0 100644
--- a/rtl/Makefile
+++ b/rtl/Makefile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ VERILATOR := verilator
 else
 VERILATOR := $(VERILATOR_ROOT)/bin/verilator
 endif
-VFLAGS = -Wall --MMD -O3 --trace -Mdir $(VDIRFB) $(AUTOVDIRS) -cc
+VFLAGS = -Wno-TIMESCALEMOD -Wno-LATCH --MMD -O3 --trace -Mdir $(VDIRFB) $(AUTOVDIRS) -cc
 
 -include make.inc

diff --git a/rtl/picorv/picorv32.v b/rtl/picorv/picorv32.v
index fca6030..c97afad 100644
--- a/rtl/picorv/picorv32.v
+++ b/rtl/picorv/picorv32.v
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ module picorv32 #(
        `FORMAL_KEEP reg dbg_rs2val_valid;
 
        always @* begin
-               new_ascii_instr = "";
+               //new_ascii_instr = "";
 
                if (instr_lui)      new_ascii_instr = "lui";
                if (instr_auipc)    new_ascii_instr = "auipc";
diff --git a/sim/verilated/main_tb.cpp b/sim/verilated/main_tb.cpp
index 3493c02..f37612b 100644
--- a/sim/verilated/main_tb.cpp
+++ b/sim/verilated/main_tb.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 // Looking for string: SIM.INCLUDE
 #include "verilated.h"
 #include "Vmain.h"
+#include "Vmain___024root.h"
 #define        BASECLASS       Vmain
 
 #include "design.h"
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ public:
                        char    *bswapd = new char[len+8];
                        memcpy(bswapd, &buf[offset], wlen);
                        byteswapbuf(len>>2, (uint32_t *)bswapd);
-                       memcpy(&m_core->block_ram[start], bswapd, wlen);
+                       memcpy(&m_core->rootp->block_ram[start], bswapd, wlen);
                        delete  bswapd;
                        // AUTOFPGA::Now clean up anything else
                        // Was there more to write than we wrote?

Regards,
Michael

[ZipCPU]

Which branch are you building?

[ZipCPU]

Nvm, I got the repository confused with ZBasic. Okay, let me look through this.

[ZipCPU]

Why the -Wno-LATCH warning? Were you getting a latch warning from somewhere?

[mik1234mc]

Hi Dan,

thank you for bringing this up, it was just a first workaround to solve the following verilator error in picorv32.v (it may be actually error in Verilator not handling properly empty strings) and I forgot to resolve it somehow reasonably:

Vmain___024root__DepSet_h3334316c__0.cpp: In function ‘void Vmain___024root___sequent__TOP__5(Vmain___024root*)’:
Vmain___024root__DepSet_h3334316c__0.cpp:10498:14: error: cannot convert ‘std::string’ {aka ‘std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>’} to ‘QData’ {aka ‘long unsigned int’} in assignment
10498 |         std::string("");
      |              ^~~~~~~~~~
      |              |
      |              std::string {aka std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>}

More serious patch would look like in this way:

diff --git a/rtl/Makefile b/rtl/Makefile
index f2b61a1..fe0fc23 100644
--- a/rtl/Makefile
+++ b/rtl/Makefile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ VERILATOR := verilator
 else
 VERILATOR := $(VERILATOR_ROOT)/bin/verilator
 endif
-VFLAGS = -Wall --MMD -O3 --trace -Mdir $(VDIRFB) $(AUTOVDIRS) -cc
+VFLAGS = -Wall -Wno-TIMESCALEMOD -Wno-UNUSED --MMD -O3 --trace -Mdir $(VDIRFB) $(AUTOVDIRS) -cc
 
 -include make.inc
 
diff --git a/rtl/picorv/picorv32.v b/rtl/picorv/picorv32.v
index fca6030..86201f2 100644
--- a/rtl/picorv/picorv32.v
+++ b/rtl/picorv/picorv32.v
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ module picorv32 #(
        `FORMAL_KEEP reg dbg_rs2val_valid;
 
        always @* begin
-               new_ascii_instr = "";
+               new_ascii_instr = "default";
 
                if (instr_lui)      new_ascii_instr = "lui";
                if (instr_auipc)    new_ascii_instr = "auipc";
diff --git a/sim/verilated/main_tb.cpp b/sim/verilated/main_tb.cpp
index 3493c02..38290f6 100644
--- a/sim/verilated/main_tb.cpp
+++ b/sim/verilated/main_tb.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 // Looking for string: SIM.INCLUDE
 #include "verilated.h"
 #include "Vmain.h"
+#include "Vmain___024root.h"
 #define        BASECLASS       Vmain
 
 #include "design.h"
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ public:
                        char    *bswapd = new char[len+8];
                        memcpy(bswapd, &buf[offset], wlen);
                        byteswapbuf(len>>2, (uint32_t *)bswapd);
-                       memcpy(&m_core->block_ram[start], bswapd, wlen);
+                       memcpy(&m_core->rootp->block_ram[start], bswapd, wlen);
                        delete  bswapd;
                        // AUTOFPGA::Now clean up anything else
                        // Was there more to write than we wrote?