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Drop REMOVE_ABC_BUFFERS from ihp-sg13g2/aes and riscv32i (needs rules update) - #4576

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Follow-up to #4575, which has the background: REMOVE_ABC_BUFFERS=1 dates from the full floorplan repair_timing in 2024, and is no longer needed to get through routing.

These three designs finish without the flag, with detailed routing completing and DRC 0, but they lose some setup timing:

design ws before → after tns before → after dashboard rule failing after
ihp-sg13g2/aes -0.592 → -0.658 -73.7 → -78.3 cts setup ws
sky130hd/riscv32i -0.641 → -0.545 -20.6 → -34.6 finish setup tns
sky130hs/riscv32i -0.281 → -0.306 -174.4 → -167.4 cts setup tns
  • How the numbers were produced: local runs, before (flag set) vs after (REMOVE_ABC_BUFFERS=0), both checked against the dashboard's base master baseline.
  • Tools: OpenROAD master + yosys 0.68 via bazelisk run //:install (bazel: //:install also installs yosys for ORFS OpenROAD#11563). This is newer than the ORFS pin, so CI's numbers will differ somewhat.

Expected CI result: the QoR check fails on these designs until the rules are updated.

Ask for maintainers: if the trade-off is acceptable, please update the dashboard rules/baseline for these designs from this PR's CI metadata. If any of them should keep the flag, say which and I'll drop it from this PR.

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These designs finish without the flag (detailed routing completes,
DRC 0) but lose some setup timing, so the QoR dashboard rules need
updating. See The-OpenROAD-Project#4575 for the history of the flag.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com>

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This pull request removes the REMOVE_ABC_BUFFERS configuration variable from several design configuration files, including ihp-sg13g2/aes, sky130hd/riscv32i, and sky130hs/riscv32i. No review comments were provided, and there is no additional feedback to address.

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oharboe requested a review from maliberty September 29, 2026 05:31
oharboe added a commit to oharboe/OpenROAD-flow-scripts that referenced this pull request Sep 29, 2026
floorplan.tcl now always runs repair_timing_helper. The variable is
dropped from variables.yaml, variables.json and FlowVariables.md.

Designs are deliberately not touched here; they are handled by
The-OpenROAD-Project#4575, The-OpenROAD-Project#4576, The-OpenROAD-Project#4577, The-OpenROAD-Project#4578 and The-OpenROAD-Project#4579.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com>
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🔍 QoR check

Metrics reflect the PR merge build — i.e. what will land on the target branch.

Commit 74988c7 · Jenkins build #3 · Baseline: build · View build on dashboard

62 design(s) checked — 3 with regression(s), 0 without a comparable baseline.

❌ ihp-sg13g2/aes base — 1 failing metric(s)
Metric target base delta limit band
cts__timing__setup__ws -0.624158 -0.518657 20.341188878198885% -0.618657 PeriodPadding 5.0%
❌ sky130hd/riscv32i base — 1 failing metric(s)
Metric target base delta limit band
finish__timing__setup__tns -34.6147 -20.5919 68.09862130255101% -24.71028 PeriodPadding 20%
❌ sky130hs/riscv32i base — 1 failing metric(s)
Metric target base delta limit band
cts__timing__setup__tns -104.495 -79.3481 31.691874159557695% -95.21772 PeriodPadding 20%

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