cynthion: build gateware bitstreams and moondancer firmware

Co-authored-by: sapphire-arches <1514748+sapphire-arches@users.noreply.github.com>
This commit is contained in:
Karolis Stasaitis
2026-07-17 09:32:25 +02:00
co-authored by sapphire-arches
parent 615937a234
commit d9eba364fa
3 changed files with 217 additions and 16 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Builds the FPGA bitstreams `cynthion flash` needs, one set per revision, into
# assets/<CynthionPlatformRevXDY>/{analyzer,facedancer,selftest}.bit
import asyncio
import inspect
import logging
import os
import sys
from pathlib import Path
import cynthion.gateware.platform
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s:%(name)32s:%(message)s")
logger = logging.getLogger("build-gateware")
BITSTREAMS = ["analyzer", "facedancer", "selftest"]
# Pin the nextpnr placer seed so place-and-route is deterministic. Some
# bitstreams (e.g. CynthionPlatformRev1D3/analyzer) are marginal on timing, and
# without a fixed seed a build can non-deterministically miss the constraint.
NEXTPNR_SEED = 0
async def build_bitstream(
semaphore: asyncio.Semaphore, assets_dir: Path, platform: str, bitstream: str
) -> None:
async with semaphore:
log = logging.getLogger(f"build-gateware.{platform}.{bitstream}")
log.info("build started")
env = os.environ.copy()
env["LUNA_PLATFORM"] = f"cynthion.gateware.platform:{platform}"
env["AMARANTH_nextpnr_opts"] = f"--seed {NEXTPNR_SEED}"
out_dir = assets_dir / platform
out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
out_path = out_dir / f"{bitstream}.bit"
process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
sys.executable,
"-m",
f"cynthion.gateware.{bitstream}.top",
"--output",
str(out_path),
env=env,
stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=asyncio.subprocess.STDOUT,
)
stdout, _ = await process.communicate()
log.info("\n%s", stdout.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"))
if process.returncode != 0:
raise RuntimeError(
f"{platform}/{bitstream} failed with exit code {process.returncode}"
)
log.info("build complete")
def collect_platforms() -> set[str]:
platforms = {
name
for name, obj in inspect.getmembers(cynthion.gateware.platform)
if inspect.isclass(obj) and name.startswith("CynthionPlatform")
}
# Allow restricting the set of platforms during development/CI, e.g.
# BUILD_GATEWARE_PLATFORMS="CynthionPlatformRev1D4"
only = os.getenv("BUILD_GATEWARE_PLATFORMS")
if only:
requested = set(only.split())
unknown = requested - platforms
if unknown:
raise ValueError(f"unknown platform(s): {', '.join(sorted(unknown))}")
platforms = requested
return platforms
async def main() -> int:
assets_dir = Path(sys.argv[1])
max_workers = int(os.getenv("BUILD_GATEWARE_MAX_WORKERS") or 1)
platforms = collect_platforms()
logger.info(
"Building %d bitstream(s) for platforms: %s",
len(platforms) * len(BITSTREAMS),
", ".join(sorted(platforms)),
)
semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(max_workers)
logger.info("Building gateware with %d workers", max_workers)
results = await asyncio.gather(
*(
build_bitstream(semaphore, assets_dir, platform, bitstream)
for platform in sorted(platforms)
for bitstream in BITSTREAMS
),
return_exceptions=True,
)
failures = [r for r in results if isinstance(r, BaseException)]
for failure in failures:
logger.error(failure)
return 1 if failures else 0
sys.exit(asyncio.run(main()))
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
lib,
fetchFromGitHub,
buildPythonPackage,
callPackage,
python,
# gateware (FPGA toolchain)
nextpnr,
trellis,
which,
yosys,
# build-system
setuptools,
@@ -25,10 +33,8 @@
pytestCheckHook,
udevCheckHook,
}:
buildPythonPackage rec {
pname = "cynthion";
let
version = "0.2.5";
pyproject = true;
src = fetchFromGitHub {
owner = "greatscottgadgets";
@@ -37,6 +43,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
hash = "sha256-Ju01eqBVZ7CD0pw4nIFML4LcCPXzC78dLpQru3a+5bU=";
};
# Moondancer SoC firmware, required for `cynthion flash facedancer`.
moondancer = callPackage ./moondancer.nix { inherit src version; };
in
buildPythonPackage {
pname = "cynthion";
inherit version src;
pyproject = true;
sourceRoot = "${src.name}/cynthion/python";
postPatch = ''
@@ -45,14 +59,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
--replace-fail 'dynamic = ["version"]' 'version = "${version}"'
'';
nativeBuildInputs = [ udevCheckHook ];
nativeBuildInputs = [
udevCheckHook
build-system = [
setuptools
# Used by the gateware build in postInstall.
nextpnr
trellis
which
yosys
];
pythonRelaxDeps = [ "pygreat" ];
build-system = [ setuptools ];
pythonRelaxDeps = [ "pygreat" ];
pythonRemoveDeps = [ "future" ];
dependencies = [
@@ -71,18 +90,34 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
tqdm
];
nativeCheckInputs = [
pytestCheckHook
];
nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
# Build the per-revision FPGA bitstreams in parallel (see build_gateware.py).
enableParallelBuilding = true;
pythonImportsCheck = [ "cynthion" ];
# Make udev rules available for NixOS option services.udev.packages
postInstall = ''
install -Dm444 \
-t $out/lib/udev/rules.d \
build/lib/cynthion/assets/54-cynthion.rules
'';
postInstall =
let
assets = "$out/${python.sitePackages}/cynthion/assets";
in
''
# Build a bitstream set per hardware revision into assets/, where
# `cynthion flash` looks for them.
export BUILD_GATEWARE_MAX_WORKERS="''${NIX_BUILD_CORES:-1}"
PYTHONPATH="$out/${python.sitePackages}''${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}" \
python ${./build_gateware.py} "${assets}"
# Install the moondancer SoC firmware for `cynthion flash facedancer`.
install -Dm444 ${moondancer}/bin/moondancer.bin "${assets}/moondancer.bin"
# Make udev rules available for NixOS option services.udev.packages
install -Dm444 \
-t $out/lib/udev/rules.d \
build/lib/cynthion/assets/54-cynthion.rules
'';
passthru = { inherit moondancer; };
meta = {
description = "Python package and utilities for the Great Scott Gadgets Cynthion USB Test Instrument";
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
{
lib,
src,
version,
stdenv,
llvmPackages,
}:
let
# Moondancer SoC firmware, cross-compiled for the bare-metal riscv32imac
# VexRiscv softcore inside the facedancer gateware.
cross = import ../../../.. {
localSystem = stdenv.hostPlatform.system;
crossSystem = lib.systems.examples.riscv32-embedded // {
rust.rustcTarget = "riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf";
};
};
inherit (cross) rustPlatform;
in
rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
pname = "moondancer";
inherit version src;
sourceRoot = "${src.name}/firmware";
cargoHash = "sha256-G/9evh3G1xNRaaEh6lgDp3hnVlB3MaCwXuhGnGJCd0Q=";
# fails to build otherwise
auditable = false;
nativeBuildInputs = [
llvmPackages.bintools
];
# lld strips live code without link-dead-code; memory.x (workspace root) and
# link.x (from riscv-rt) are the linker scripts.
RUSTFLAGS = "-C linker=lld -C link-arg=-Tmemory.x -C link-arg=-Tlink.x -C link-dead-code";
# cynthion flash needs a raw image, not an ELF (as upstream's
# `cargo objcopy -Obinary`).
postInstall = ''
llvm-objcopy -O binary \
$out/bin/moondancer \
$out/bin/moondancer.bin
'';
meta = {
description = "Moondancer SoC firmware for the Great Scott Gadgets Cynthion";
homepage = "https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/cynthion";
license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
platforms = [ "riscv32-none" ];
};
}