Merge pull request #2182 from Pinata-Consulting/makefile-source-script-and-exit

makefile: add GUI_ARGS and GUI_SOURCE env vars

Author: maliberty

docs/user/FlowVariables.md

@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ Note:
 | `IO_PLACER_H`         | The metal layer on which to place the I/O pins horizontally (top and bottom of the die).                                                                                         |
 | `IO_PLACER_V`         | The metal layer on which to place the I/O pins vertically (sides of the die).                                                                                                    |
 | `GUI_NO_TIMING`       | Skip loading timing for a faster GUI load.                                                                                                                                       |
+| `GUI_SOURCE` | Source the script. |
+| `GUI_ARGS` | OpenROAD command line options for gui_ and open_ targets, typically set tup `-exit` in combination with GUI_SOURCE to run a script and exit. |
 
 
 ### Placement

flow/Makefile

@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ endef
 define OPEN_GUI
 .PHONY: $(1)_$(2)
 $(1)_$(2):
-	$(3)=$(RESULTS_DIR)/$(2) $(4) $(SCRIPTS_DIR)/gui.tcl
+	$(3)=$(RESULTS_DIR)/$(2) $(4) $(GUI_ARGS) $(SCRIPTS_DIR)/gui.tcl
 endef
 
 # Separate dependency checking and doing a step. This can
@@ -1045,10 +1045,10 @@ $(foreach file,$(RESULTS_DEF) $(RESULTS_GDS) $(RESULTS_OAS),klayout_$(file)): kl
 
 .PHONY: gui_synth
 gui_synth:
-	$(OPENROAD_GUI_CMD) $(SCRIPTS_DIR)/sta-synth.tcl
+	$(OPENROAD_GUI_CMD) $(GUI_ARGS) $(SCRIPTS_DIR)/sta-synth.tcl
 .PHONY: open_synth
 open_synth:
-	$(OPENROAD_NO_EXIT_CMD) $(SCRIPTS_DIR)/sta-synth.tcl
+	$(OPENROAD_NO_EXIT_CMD) $(GUI_ARGS) $(SCRIPTS_DIR)/sta-synth.tcl
 
 $(eval $(call OPEN_GUI_SHORTCUT,floorplan,2_floorplan.odb))
 $(eval $(call OPEN_GUI_SHORTCUT,place,3_place.odb))

flow/scripts/gui.tcl

@@ -66,3 +66,7 @@ if {![info exist ::env(GUI_NO_TIMING)]} {
   # Cleanup temporary variables
   unset sdc_file s design_stage
 }
+
+if {[info exist env(GUI_SOURCE)]} {
+  source $::env(GUI_SOURCE)
+}

flow/scripts/sta-synth.tcl

@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 source $::env(SCRIPTS_DIR)/load.tcl
 load_design 1_synth.v 1_synth.sdc
+
+if {[info exist env(GUI_SOURCE)]} {
+  source $::env(GUI_SOURCE)
+}