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macc: Stop using the B port #4817

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@povik povik commented Dec 13, 2024

What are the reasons/motivation for this change?
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The B port is for single-bit summands. These can just as well be represented as an additional summand on the A port (which supports summands of arbitrary width). An upcoming $macc_v2 cell won't be special-casing single-bit summands in any way.

In preparation, make the following changes:

  • remove the bit_ports field from the Macc helper (instead add any single-bit summands to ports next to other summands)

  • leave B empty on cells emitted from Macc::to_cell

If applicable, please suggest to reviewers how they can test the change.

An included test makes sure we interpret the B port on existing RTLIL exports.

The B port is for single-bit summands. These can just as well be
represented as an additional summand on the A port (which supports
summands of arbitrary width). An upcoming `$macc_v2` cell won't be
special-casing single-bit summands in any way.

In preparation, make the following changes:

 * remove the `bit_ports` field from the `Macc` helper (instead add any
   single-bit summands to `ports` next to other summands)

 * leave `B` empty on cells emitted from `Macc::to_cell`
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