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Hog2022.1 Changelog

Hog2022.1 Changelog

  • IP generated outputs can be saved by the CI on the running machine to speed-up the workflow.

  • Option to set the VerilogHeader and SystemVerilog file types inside a list file.

  • User IP repository are properly tracked by Hog, and a version number is assigned for each used user IP repository in the project.

  • Improved automatic GitLab release, with resource utilization table and MR description.

  • Option to shrink to size of the automatic messages in the Merge Request page

  • New property for tcl scripts inside a list file, to source them.

  • Support to IP/BD generated after the creation of the project by tcl scripts (Vivado only).

  • New simulation section inside the hog.conf file, to setup the simulation property globally or individually for each simulation set in the project.

  • Improved support to Quartus.

  • Removed support to proj.tcl file. Only hog.conf can be used to create the projects.

Hog2021.2 Changelog

Main new feature:

  • New project file hog.conf

  • Support for all simulators supported by Vivado (including Riviera-PRO)

  • Simulation library path is now retrieved from environmental variable HOG_SIMULATION_LIB_PATH, if this does not exist, path is set to default SimulationLib inside the top repository folder. An option is added to LaunchWorkflow and CreateProject scripts to overwrite this setting, and set the library path to a custom location (-l/-lib).

  • MR pipeline is interruptible, if a newer one starts the old one is cancelled.

  • Adding option to configure user ip_repo_paths in the project config file (hog.conf)

  • New Vivado buttons, to recreate and check list and project file. Launch Hog/Init.sh to install them

  • Support for subfolders inside Top/

  • FPGA property is now called PART

  • max threads are now specified in the hog.conf file in the section [parameters] property name MAX_THREADS

  • add pre-creation.tcl and post-creation.tcl scripts, to be executed before or after the project creation. To be stored in the project Top folder

Full changelog available at gitlab.cern.ch/hog/Hog/-/releases/Hog2021.2

Hog2021.1 Changelog

  • custom files are reset before each stage

  • Stages run on a on_success rule

  • remove WARNING about pre and post scripts not belonging to utils_1

  • Updating copyright, printing the logo

  • Allowing separate building branches (HOG_INTERMEDIATE_BRANCH)

  • [bugfix] critical warning given for top name missing if there is flavour

  • Locked property for IP in list files

  • Synthesised IP products in the repository have always the priority to EOS copies

  • add HOG_RESET_FILES variable. All the files or pattern listed here will be reset by Hog-CI before starting synthesis

  • create wrapper for sigasi CSV

  • create make_sigasi_csv.tcl script

  • Improvements to pre/post bitstream scripts

  • CI is enabled also when Hog is modified

  • TagRepository searches now for the greater tag reachable in the branch and not the newest

  • create CopyXML shell wrapper

  • bugfix: removed hog version from list of fw versions

  • (bugfix) Remove -dirty suffix from SHA to fix missing bitfiles from release in case of dirty bin/bit files

  • create Execute, ExecuteRet, Git, GitRet functions to handle git commands and shell commands

  • GetArtifactsAndRename gets always the artifacts from the last job in the MR pipeline

  • Three stages that can be customised by users (user_pre, user_proj, user_post).

  • remove submodules from templates

  • remove submodules from GetRepoVersions and update its usage everywhere

  • new function GetSubmodule returns the submodule name of a given file or path

  • MR messages can be configured with the HOG_MR_MSG environmental variable

  • Attaching version and timing to the MR

  • Note written at collect_artifact stage

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