rename MACRO_HALO_ to MACRO_ROWS_HALO_

Signed-off-by: Arthur Koucher <[email protected]>

Author: AcKoucher

flow/BUILD.bazel

@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ MOCK_ARRAY_FLOORPLAN_PLACE = {
             "MACRO_PLACE_HALO": "0 2.16",
             "RTLMP_BOUNDARY_WT": "0",
             "PDN_TCL": "$(PLATFORM_DIR)/openRoad/pdn/BLOCKS_grid_strategy.tcl",
-            "MACRO_HALO_X": "0.5",
-            "MACRO_HALO_Y": "0.5",
+            "MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X": "0.5",
+            "MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y": "0.5",
             "MACRO_BLOCKAGE_HALO": "0",
     "ADDITIONAL_FILES": "$(locations :mock-array-io)",
 }

flow/designs/asap7/mock-array/config.mk

@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ export DETAILED_ROUTE_END_ITERATION ?= 6
 export MAX_ROUTING_LAYER = M9
 
 # ensure we have some rows, so we don't get a bad clock skew.
-export MACRO_HALO_X            = 0.5
-export MACRO_HALO_Y            = 0.5
+export MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X            = 0.5
+export MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y            = 0.5
 
 export ADDITIONAL_FILES = \
  designs/src/mock-array/util.tcl \

flow/designs/gf180/uart-blocks/config.mk

@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ export PDN_TCL = $(DESIGN_HOME)/$(PLATFORM)/$(DESIGN_NICKNAME)/BLOCKS_grid_strat
 export PLACE_DENSITY          = 0.60
 
 export TAPCELL_TCL ?= $(DESIGN_HOME)/$(PLATFORM)/$(DESIGN_NICKNAME)/tapcell.tcl
-export MACRO_HALO_X = 14
-export MACRO_HALO_Y = 14
+export MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X = 14
+export MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y = 14

flow/designs/gf180/uart-blocks/tapcell.tcl

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
     -distance               100 \
     -tapcell_master         $::env(TIE_CELL) \
     -endcap_master          $::env(ENDCAP_CELL) \
-    -halo_width_x $::env(MACRO_HALO_X) \
-    -halo_width_y $::env(MACRO_HALO_Y)
+    -halo_width_x $::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X) \
+    -halo_width_y $::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y)
 

flow/platforms/asap7/config.mk

@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ export MACRO_PLACE_HALO        ?= 10 10
 
 # the followings create a keep out / halo between
 # macro and core rows
-export MACRO_HALO_X            ?= 2
-export MACRO_HALO_Y            ?= 2
+export MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X            ?= 2
+export MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y            ?= 2
 
 export PLACE_DENSITY ?= 0.60
 

flow/platforms/asap7/openRoad/pdn/BLOCKS_grid_strategy.tcl

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ foreach macro [find_macros] {
 set macro_names [dict keys $macro_names]
 
 define_pdn_grid -macro -cells $macro_names \
-    -halo "$::env(MACRO_HALO_X) $::env(MACRO_HALO_Y) $::env(MACRO_HALO_X) $::env(MACRO_HALO_Y)" \
+    -halo "$::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X) $::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y) $::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X) $::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y)" \
     -voltage_domains {CORE} -name ElementGrid
 
 add_pdn_connect -grid {ElementGrid} -layers {M5 M6}

flow/platforms/asap7/openRoad/tapcell.tcl

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 puts "Tap and End Cap cell insertion"
 puts "  TAP Cell          : $::env(TAP_CELL_NAME)"
 puts "  ENDCAP Cell       : $::env(TAP_CELL_NAME)"
-puts "  Halo Around Macro : $::env(MACRO_HALO_X) $::env(MACRO_HALO_Y)"
+puts "  Halo Around Macro : $::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X) $::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y)"
 puts "  TAP Cell Distance : 25"
 
-# allow user to set the halo around macro with MACRO_HALO_?
+# allow user to set the distance between the edges of the macros
+# and the beginning of the core rows with MACRO_ROW_HALO_?
 tapcell \
   -distance 25 \
   -tapcell_master "$::env(TAP_CELL_NAME)" \
   -endcap_master "$::env(TAP_CELL_NAME)"  \
-  -halo_width_x $::env(MACRO_HALO_X) \
-  -halo_width_y $::env(MACRO_HALO_Y)
+  -halo_width_x $::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X) \
+  -halo_width_y $::env(MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y)

flow/scripts/variables.yaml

@@ -670,14 +670,18 @@ RESYNTH_TIMING_RECOVER:
   stages:
     - synth
   default: 0
-MACRO_HALO_X:
+MACRO_ROWS_HALO_X:
   description: >
-    Set macro halo for x-direction. Only available for ASAP7 PDK.
+    Horizontal distance between the edge of the macro and the begining of the
+    rows created by tapcell. Only available for ASAP7 PDK and GF180/uart-blocks
+    design.
   stages:
     - floorplan
-MACRO_HALO_Y:
+MACRO_ROWS_HALO_Y:
   description: >
-    Set macro halo for y-direction. Only available for ASAP7 PDK.
+    Vertical distance between the edge of the macro and the begining of the
+    rows created by tapcell. Only available for ASAP7 PDK and GF180/uart-blocks
+    design.
   stages:
     - floorplan
 MACRO_WRAPPERS: