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J. Scott Elder

04/18/2021, 12:52 AM
Installed openlane and ran the spm test case. The GDS looks like the attached png. Is this correct? Those protruding pieces look odd.
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:16 PM
It looks wrong to me in a way I've never seen before
did you exactly follow the install instructions?
and what tag? I wouldn't try with the latest develop. Use something more stable like mpw-one-c
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:18 PM
I followed the instructions on github and the make and test ran clean.
i ran on ubuntu 20.04
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:19 PM
should look like this:
what tag of the tools?
can you post the gds here?
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:20 PM
tag?
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:22 PM
latest release is tagged 0.7
I wouldn't use anythign above that unless you know what you're doing or are developing
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:23 PM
Here's the gds...
I followed the instructions here: https://github.com/efabless/openlane
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:24 PM
yeah that GDS is totally broken
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:25 PM
that's what i thought.
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:25 PM
I would delete it all, check it out at rc7 and rebuild/install
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:25 PM
looked nothing like what Mohammed K. posted on youtube.
ok. will do.
thanks.
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:25 PM
np
@Amr Gouhar @Ahmed Ghazy we should probably make it much clearer on the top level README that people should check out the latest stable release, not try to build from master
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:30 PM
well, that brings up another point. there is a statement to do just that, but the link us broken!
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:36 PM
I remember talking about this with Ahmed a while back. It should definitely be fixed!
@J. Scott Elder can you clarify something for me
did you follow this instruction:
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git clone <https://github.com/efabless/openlane.git> --branch v0.12
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:41 PM
here is the link on the openlane github: https://github.com/efabless/openlane/tree/release-0.x
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:41 PM
yeah, I'm opening an issue and I want to know what tag you were on to get that result
so did you clone the repo with --branch v0.12
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:42 PM
i believe i did v0.12, but i am checking.
yes, i did 0.12, that was in the instructions.
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:43 PM
ok thanks
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:44 PM
the instructions on the same page where the "latest version" link is broken. goes to a 404 page.
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:44 PM
I would try --branch v0.7
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:44 PM
go here" to quick start section - https://github.com/efabless/openlane
says 0.12 and latest stable release link is broken.
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:45 PM
yeah, I've just opened an issue to make a note of it: https://github.com/efabless/openlane/issues/295
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J. Scott Elder

04/19/2021, 1:46 PM
i'll redo the install later today. thanks for your help.
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Matt Venn

04/19/2021, 1:47 PM
hope it helps!
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J. Scott Elder

04/20/2021, 12:51 AM
Found the problem, Matt. I viewed the GDS from the Klayout results folder. When I viewed the GDS from the Magic results folder, I get your picture. I think when the GDS is built for Klayout there is a problem. I used Klayout to view the Magic GDS just fine. So it's not Klayout. See attached image.
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Matt Venn

04/20/2021, 8:12 AM
I didn't even know there were 2 GDS files produced. I haven't tried rc0.12 yet tho.
glad you sorted it
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