chipsalliance / chipsalliance/rocket-chip

[Feature request] RISC-V CMO support

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Description

I understand that Rocket Chip currently can support hardware prefetching when used with https://github.com/ucb-bar/bar-fetchers IPs in Chipyard.

It could also be useful to implement https://github.com/riscv/riscv-CMOs/blob/master/specifications/cmobase-v1.0.pdf to support software prefetch instructions

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Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reading the RISC-V CMO base specification and the Rocket Chip codebase, then compare its existing hardware-prefetching relationship with the bar-fetchers IPs used in Chipyard. Define the required software prefetch instructions and the affected Rocket Chip integration points; done means the specified CMO support is implemented and verified against the specification.

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Assessment

Tech stack
scala
Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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