The Calyx Compiler
The source code documentation for the compiler can be found here.
The Calyx compiler has several command line to control the execution of various passes and backends.
Specifying Primitives Library
The compiler implementation uses a standard library of components to compile programs.
The only standard library for the compiler is located in:
<path to Calyx repository>/primitives
Specify the location of the library using the -l
flag:
cargo run -- -l ./primitives
Primitive Libraries Format
The primitive libraries consist of a .futil
file paired with a .sv
file. The
.futil
file defines a series of Calyx shim bindings in extern
blocks which
match up with SystemVerilog definitions of those primitives. These libraries may
also expose components written in Calyx, usually defined using primitives
exposed by the file.
No Calyx program can work without the primitives defined in the Core Library.
Controlling Passes
The compiler is organized as a sequence of passes that are run when the compiler executes.
To get a complete list of all passes, run the following from the repository root:
cargo run -- --list-passes
This generates results of the form:
Passes:
- collapse-control
- compile-control
...
Aliases:
- all: well-formed, papercut, remove-external-memories, ...
...
The first section list all the passes implemented in the compiler.
The second section lists aliases for combination of passes that are commonly
run together.
For example, the alias all
is an ordered sequence of default passes executed
when the compiler is run from the command-line.
The command-line provides two options to control the execution of passes:
-p, --pass
: Execute this pass or alias. Overrides default alias.-d, --disable-pass
: Disable this pass or alias. Takes priority over-p
.
For example, we can run the following to disable the static-timing
pass from
the default execution alias all
:
cargo run -- examples/futil/simple.futil -p all -d static-timing