cvw/wally-pipelined/src/mmu/priority_encoder.sv

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// priority_encoder.sv
//
// Written: tfleming@hmc.edu & jtorrey@hmc.edu 7 April 2021
// Based on implementation from https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/ip-cores/communication-controller/priority-encoder/
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//
// Purpose: One-hot encoding to binary encoder
//
// A component of the Wally configurable RISC-V project.
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`include "wally-config.vh"

// *** We should look for a better parameterized priority encoder. This has a
// bad code smell and might not synthesize
module priority_encoder #(parameter BINARY_BITS = 3) (
  input  [(2**BINARY_BITS)-1:0] one_hot,
  output [BINARY_BITS-1:0] binary
);

  localparam ONE_HOT_BITS = 2**BINARY_BITS;

  /*
  genvar i, j;
  generate
    for (i = 0; i < ONE_HOT_BITS; i++) begin
      for (j = 0; j < BINARY_BITS; j++) begin
        if (i[j]) begin
          assign binary[j] = one_hot[i];
        end
      end
    end
  endgenerate
  */

  logic [BINARY_BITS-1:0] binary_comb;

  always_comb begin
    binary_comb = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < ONE_HOT_BITS; i++)
      if (one_hot[i]) binary_comb = i;
  end

  assign binary = binary_comb;

endmodule