From 58829b88101e2930141aaf7c93b5fd67847de3b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arthur Koucher <arthurkoucher@precisioninno.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:35:47 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] scripts: remove MPL connection signature flow variable

Signed-off-by: Arthur Koucher <arthurkoucher@precisioninno.com>
---
 docs/user/FlowVariables.md        | 2 --
 flow/scripts/macro_place_util.tcl | 1 -
 flow/scripts/variables.yaml       | 7 -------
 3 files changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/user/FlowVariables.md b/docs/user/FlowVariables.md
index d683f22450..3fea098da2 100644
--- a/docs/user/FlowVariables.md
+++ b/docs/user/FlowVariables.md
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ configuration file.
 | <a name="RTLMP_NOTCH_WT"></a>RTLMP_NOTCH_WT| Weight for the notch, or the existence of dead space that cannot be used for placement and routing.| 10.0|
 | <a name="RTLMP_OUTLINE_WT"></a>RTLMP_OUTLINE_WT| Weight for violating the fixed outline constraint, meaning that all clusters should be placed within the shape of their parent cluster.| 100.0|
 | <a name="RTLMP_RPT_DIR"></a>RTLMP_RPT_DIR| Path to the directory where reports are saved.| |
-| <a name="RTLMP_SIGNATURE_NET_THRESHOLD"></a>RTLMP_SIGNATURE_NET_THRESHOLD| Minimum number of connections between two clusters to be identified as connected.| 50|
 | <a name="RTLMP_WIRELENGTH_WT"></a>RTLMP_WIRELENGTH_WT| Weight for half-perimiter wirelength.| 100.0|
 | <a name="RULES_JSON"></a>RULES_JSON| json files with the metrics baseline regression rules. In the ORFS Makefile, this defaults to $DESIGN_DIR/rules-base.json, but ORFS does not mandate the users source directory layout and this can be placed elsewhere when the user sets up an ORFS config.mk or from bazel-orfs.| |
 | <a name="RUN_LOG_NAME_STEM"></a>RUN_LOG_NAME_STEM| Stem of the log file name, the log file will be named `$(LOG_DIR)/$(RUN_LOG_NAME_STEM).log`.| run|
@@ -331,7 +330,6 @@ configuration file.
 - [RTLMP_NOTCH_WT](#RTLMP_NOTCH_WT)
 - [RTLMP_OUTLINE_WT](#RTLMP_OUTLINE_WT)
 - [RTLMP_RPT_DIR](#RTLMP_RPT_DIR)
-- [RTLMP_SIGNATURE_NET_THRESHOLD](#RTLMP_SIGNATURE_NET_THRESHOLD)
 - [RTLMP_WIRELENGTH_WT](#RTLMP_WIRELENGTH_WT)
 - [SETUP_REPAIR_SEQUENCE](#SETUP_REPAIR_SEQUENCE)
 - [SETUP_SLACK_MARGIN](#SETUP_SLACK_MARGIN)
diff --git a/flow/scripts/macro_place_util.tcl b/flow/scripts/macro_place_util.tcl
index 61c2ffa668..9cd68575b9 100644
--- a/flow/scripts/macro_place_util.tcl
+++ b/flow/scripts/macro_place_util.tcl
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ if { [find_macros] != "" } {
   append additional_rtlmp_args " -halo_width $halo_x"
   append additional_rtlmp_args " -halo_height $halo_y"
   append_env_var additional_rtlmp_args RTLMP_MIN_AR -min_ar 1
-  append_env_var additional_rtlmp_args RTLMP_SIGNATURE_NET_THRESHOLD -signature_net_threshold 1
   append_env_var additional_rtlmp_args RTLMP_AREA_WT -area_weight 1
   append_env_var additional_rtlmp_args RTLMP_WIRELENGTH_WT -wirelength_weight 1
   append_env_var additional_rtlmp_args RTLMP_OUTLINE_WT -outline_weight 1
diff --git a/flow/scripts/variables.yaml b/flow/scripts/variables.yaml
index 90b20123f4..1496237797 100644
--- a/flow/scripts/variables.yaml
+++ b/flow/scripts/variables.yaml
@@ -911,13 +911,6 @@ RTLMP_MIN_AR:
   default: 0.33
   stages:
     - floorplan
-RTLMP_SIGNATURE_NET_THRESHOLD:
-  description: >
-    Minimum number of connections between two clusters to be identified as
-    connected.
-  default: 50
-  stages:
-    - floorplan
 RTLMP_AREA_WT:
   description: >
     Weight for the area of the current floorplan.