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Does someone know when there will be pre-built `gf180mcu` PDKs available via `volare`?

There are already see: <https://github.com/efabless/volare/releases/tag/gf180mcu-120b0bd69c745825a0b8b76f364043a1cd08bb6a|https://github.com/efabless/volare/releases/tag/gf180mcu-120b0bd69c745825a0b8b76f364043a1cd08bb6a>

`volare enable --pdk gf180mcu 120b0bd69c745825a0b8b76f364043a1cd08bb6a`

just to note that related to this, to get the`caravel_user_project` environment setup working on gf180 I had to change `OPEN_PDKS_COMMIT?=0059588eebfc704681dc2368bd1d33d96281d10f` to `OPEN_PDKS_COMMIT?=120b0bd69c745825a0b8b76f364043a1cd08bb6a` in the gf180 part of the makefile

unfortunately, I still can't get `caravel_user_project` building for gf180 even with this - now I get this:
```[ERROR]: Last 10 lines:
[WARNING GRT-0036] Pin analog_io[3] is outside die area.
[WARNING GRT-0036] Pin analog_io[4] is outside die area.
[WARNING GRT-0036] Pin analog_io[5] is outside die area.
[WARNING GRT-0036] Pin analog_io[6] is outside die area.
[WARNING GRT-0036] Pin analog_io[7] is outside die area.
[WARNING GRT-0036] Pin analog_io[8] is outside die area.
[WARNING GRT-0036] Pin analog_io[9] is outside die area.
[ERROR GRT-0029] Pin mprj/io_in[0] does not have geometries below the max routing layer (Metal4).
Error: resizer_routing_timing.tcl, 39 GRT-0029
child process exited abnormally```

probably easier just to clone `caravel_user_project` yourself and make the one git revision change listed above

this failure related to built-in example, counter design?

yeah - running `make harden` in `caravel_user_project`

I think the problem is just that the included prebuilt `user_project_example` macro lef is just for sky130 and not gf180

file a github issue in `caravel_user_project`.

<https://github.com/efabless/caravel_user_project/issues/176>

yep, I'm waiting for <@U016HSAA3RQ> to merge <https://github.com/efabless/caravel_user_project/pull/175|https://github.com/efabless/caravel_user_project/pull/175>

I agree it's confusing, see <https://github.com/efabless/caravel_user_project/issues/131|https://github.com/efabless/caravel_user_project/issues/131> the project being a template, I really think the output directory should be empty.

<@U02Q5NCBMC5> thanks for the note! Do you know why it does not show up when running `volare ls-remote --pdk gf180mcu` ?

I think it's because is marked as a pre-release on GitHub <https://github.com/efabless/volare/releases/tag/gf180mcu-120b0bd69c745825a0b8b76f364043a1cd08bb6a|https://github.com/efabless/volare/releases/tag/gf180mcu-120b0bd69c745825a0b8b76f364043a1cd08bb6a>

maybe <@U020J2W6Q84> could mark it as a regular release, so that volare can list it.

Yup, that’s probably the reason, thanks!