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125 changes: 125 additions & 0 deletions spec/schemas/register_file_schema.json
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",

"title": "Register File Schema",
"description": "Schema for describing a register file",

"$defs": {
"register_entry": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["name"],
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"name": {
"$ref": "schema_defs.json#/$defs/register_name"
},
"abi_mnemonics": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "schema_defs.json#/$defs/register_alias"
},
"minItems": 1,
"uniqueItems": true,
"description": "ABI mnemonic names for the register"
},
"description": {
"$ref": "schema_defs.json#/$defs/spec_text"
},
"when": {
"$ref": "schema_defs.json#/$defs/requires_entry"
},
"sw_read()": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Function that returns the value of the register when read by software. Use this to define special behavior for registers (e.g., x0 always reads as zero)."
},
"sw_write(value)": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Function implementing custom write behavior for the register. Given a 'value', return either the value to be written or a modified value. Use this to define special behavior for registers (e.g., x0 ignores writes)."
},
"caller_saved": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "Whether the register is caller-saved"
},
"callee_saved": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "Whether the register is callee-saved"
},
"roles": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"zero",
"return_address",
"stack_pointer",
"global_pointer",
"thread_pointer",
"frame_pointer",
"return_value",
"argument",
"temporary"
]
},
"uniqueItems": true
}
}
},
"register_file": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"$schema",
"kind",
"name",
"long_name",
"description",
"register_length",
"registers"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"$schema": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri-reference",
"const": "register_file_schema.json#",
"description": "Path to schema, relative to <UDB ROOT>/schemas"
},
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"const": "register_file"
},
"name": {
"$ref": "schema_defs.json#/$defs/register_file_name"
},
"long_name": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"$ref": "schema_defs.json#/$defs/spec_text"
},
"definedBy": {
"$ref": "schema_defs.json#/$defs/requires_entry"
},
"register_class": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["general_purpose", "floating_point", "vector"]
},
"register_length": {
"$ref": "schema_defs.json#/$defs/bit_length_value"
},
"registers": {
"type": "array",
"minItems": 1,
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/register_entry"
}
},
"$source": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri-reference"
}
}
}
}
}
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],
"description": "Location of a field in a register"
},
"bit_length_value": {
"description": "Bit width value for a register or field",
"oneOf": [
{
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1
},
{
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"enum": ["MXLEN"]
}
]
},
"register_name": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*$",
"description": "Register name"
},
"register_file_name": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*$",
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Let's restrict this to a single character. Since we already have X and f, either case:

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"pattern": "^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*$",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z]$",

"description": "Register file name"
},
"register_alias": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*$",
"description": "Register alias or ABI mnemonic"
},
"possibly_split_field_location": {
"description": "Location specifier for a field",
"oneOf": [
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38 changes: 36 additions & 2 deletions spec/std/isa/README.adoc
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* `rv64`: A configuration where only `MXLEN` is known to be 64, i.e., the RV64 ISA.

The architecture is specified in a series of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML[YAML]
files for _Extensions_, _Instructions_, and _Control and Status Registers (CSRs)_.
Each extension/instruction/CSR has its own file.
files for _Extensions_, _Instructions_, _RegFiles_, and _Control and Status Registers (CSRs)_.
Each extension/instruction/regfile/CSR has its own file.

== Flow

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=== Instructions

=== Register Files

.Example register file specification
[source,yaml]
----
$schema: register_file_schema.json#
kind: register_file
name: X
long_name: Integer General Purpose Registers
definedBy: I
register_class: general_purpose
register_length: MXLEN # <1>
registers:
- name: x0 # <2>
abi_mnemonics: [zero] # <3>
roles: [zero]
sw_read(): | # <4>
return 0;
sw_write(value): |
# x0 ignores all writes
- name: x1
abi_mnemonics: [ra]
roles: [return_address]
- name: x8
abi_mnemonics: [s0, fp] # <5>
roles: [callee_saved, frame_pointer]
----

<1> Registers can have either a fixed architecture width or take their width from a parameter (e.g., MXLEN, VLEN).
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I propose expanding this a tad, just to help make it more obvious that every register in a register file is the same width:

The registers in a register file have identical fixed widths, either an explicit width or from a parameter (e.g. MXLEN or VLEN).

... or something like that.

<2> Each register has a unique name (e.g., x0, x1, x2, etc.). The register's index is inferred from its position in the array (starting from 0).
<3> Registers can optionally have ABI mnemonics (e.g., ra, sp, fp, etc.).
<4> Individual registers can define `sw_read()` and `sw_write()` for special behavior (e.g., x0 hardwired to zero).
<5> A register can have multiple ABI mnemonics (e.g., x8 is known as both s0 and fp).

[source,yaml]
----
add: # <1>
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