[reggen] Raise a warning if hwaccess is "hwo" and hwre is "true"
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Priority:P3
Type:Bug
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Description
Current reggen does not catch the case of hwaccess "hwo" but hwre is true. Then the reg_top generates reg2hw.reg_name.field_name.re but reg_pkg.sv does not have the member.
CC: @tjaychen @msfschaffner @rswarbrick @imphil
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Research direction
Start with the reggen entry point and trace how hwaccess and hwre are validated before reg_top and reg_pkg.sv are generated. Reproduce the hwaccess="hwo" and hwre=true case, then verify that reggen reports a warning and no longer produces an inconsistent register interface.
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- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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