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Support for PDKs without TAP / ENDCAP cells #554

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smunaut opened this issue Sep 21, 2024 · 1 comment
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Support for PDKs without TAP / ENDCAP cells #554

smunaut opened this issue Sep 21, 2024 · 1 comment
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smunaut commented Sep 21, 2024

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Some PDKs like iHP don't need tap cells or endcaps.
Currently the variable FP_WELLTAP_CELL / FP_ENDCAP_CELL and FP_TAPCELL_DIST are strictly required for OL2 to recognize a PDK, even if you have a custom flow that doesn't include the OpenROAD.TapEndcapInsertion step at all.

Ideally they shouldn't be required and if you don't have them specified, then the flow should use CutRows instead of TapEndcapInsertion step.

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@donn donn added this to the 3.0.0 milestone Sep 22, 2024
@donn donn added the ⛓️‍💥 breaking change This issue may require a change to OpenLane's API label Sep 22, 2024
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donn commented Sep 22, 2024

Ugh so this one's a bit of dilemma because making variables that all steps should expect to have as an option would be an API break.

For OpenLane 2.2, I recommend you just set them to dummy values. For 3 (EOY), we'll break the API and fix this.

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