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authorClifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at>2014-11-07 13:34:05 +0100
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Changelog for Yosys 0.4
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@@ -3,13 +3,82 @@ List of changes and major improvements between releases
=======================================================
-Yosys 0.3.0 .. Yoys 0.3.0+
---------------------------
-
- ... TBD ...
-
-
-Yosys 0.2.0 .. Yoys 0.3.0
+Yosys 0.3.0 .. Yosys 0.4
+------------------------
+
+ * Platform Support
+ - Added support for mxe-based cross-builds for win32
+ - Added sourcecode-export as VisualStudio project
+ - Added experimental EMCC (JavaScript) support
+
+ * Verilog Frontend
+ - Added -sv option for SystemVerilog (and automatic *.sv file support)
+ - Added support for real-valued constants and constant expressions
+ - Added support for non-standard "via_celltype" attribute on task/func
+ - Added support for non-standard "module mod_name(...);" syntax
+ - Added support for non-standard """ macro bodies
+ - Added support for array with more than one dimension
+ - Added support for $readmemh and $readmemb
+ - Added support for DPI functions
+
+ * Changes in internal cell library
+ - Added $shift and $shiftx cell types
+ - Added $alu, $lcu, $fa and $macc cell types
+ - Removed $bu0 and $safe_pmux cell types
+ - $mem/$memwr WR_EN input is now a per-data-bit enable signal
+ - Added $_NAND_ $_NOR_ $_XNOR_ $_AOI3_ $_OAI3_ $_AOI4_ $_OAI4_
+ - Renamed ports of $lut cells (from I->O to A->Y)
+ - Renamed $_INV_ to $_NOT_
+
+ * Changes for simple synthesis flows
+ - There is now a "synth" command with a recommended default script
+ - Many improvements in synthesis of arithmetic functions to gates
+ - Multiplieres and adders with many operands are using carry-save adder trees
+ - Remaining adders are now implemented using Brent–Kung carry look-ahead adders
+ - Various new high-level optimizations on RTL netlist
+ - Various improvements in FSM optimization
+ - Updated ABC to hg 930a4de962a1 (from 2014-10-14)
+
+ * Changes in internal APIs and RTLIL
+ - Added log_id() and log_cell() helper functions
+ - Added function-like cell creation helpers
+ - Added GetSize() function (like .size() but with int)
+ - Major refactoring of RTLIL::Module and related classes
+ - Major refactoring of RTLIL::SigSpec and related classes
+ - Now RTLIL::IdString is essentially an int
+ - Added macros for code coverage counters
+ - Added some Makefile magic for pretty make logs
+ - Added "kernel/yosys.h" with all the core definitions
+ - Chanded a lot of code from FILE* to c++ streams
+ - Added RTLIL::Monitor API and "trace" command
+ - Added "Yosys" C++ namespace
+
+ * Changes relevant to SAT solving
+ - Added ezSAT::keep_cnf() and ezSAT::non_incremental()
+ - Added native ezSAT support for vector shift ops
+ - Updated MiniSAT to git 37dc6c67e2 (from 2013-09-25)
+
+ * New commands (or large improvements to commands)
+ - Added "synth" command with default script
+ - Added "share" (finally some real resource sharing)
+ - Added "memory_share" (reduce number of ports on memories)
+ - Added "wreduce" and "alumacc" commands
+ - Added "opt -keepdc -fine -full -fast"
+ - Added some "test_*" commands
+
+ * Various other changes
+ - Added %D and %c select operators
+ - Added support for labels in yosys scripts
+ - Added support for here-documents in yosys scripts
+ - Support "+/" prefix for files from proc_share_dir
+ - Added "autoidx" statement to ilang language
+ - Switched from "yosys-svgviewer" to "xdot"
+ - Renamed "stdcells.v" to "techmap.v"
+ - Various bug fixes and small improvements
+ - Improved welcome and bye messages
+
+
+Yosys 0.2.0 .. Yosys 0.3.0
--------------------------
* Driver program and overall behavior:
@@ -59,8 +128,8 @@ Yosys 0.2.0 .. Yoys 0.3.0
- Various build fixes for OSX (Darwin) and OpenBSD
-Yosys 0.1.0 .. Yoys 0.2.0
--------------------------
+Yosys 0.1.0 .. Yosys 0.2.0
+--------------------------
* Changes to the driver program:
- Added "yosys -h" and "yosys -H"