Fixes all 7 bugs found in the FPGA-Neural re-certification campaign
(docs/validation/bugs.md, CERTIFICATION.md), per campaign policy that
fixes land as a commit separate from the analysis work (commits
313a199..77e74db):
- BUG-005 (CRITICAL): layer_sequencer.v -- RUN_NETWORK(num_layers=0)
ran through 256 fabricated layers reading arbitrary PSRAM data as
descriptors. Now an immediate no-op.
- BUG-007 (CRITICAL): spi_engine.v -- SET_NET_TYPE received mid-run
remapped the arbiter mux and hung the in-progress engine. Now
rejected while graph_busy/seq_busy, verified not to partially apply.
- BUG-002 (MEDIA): neuron_parallel.v -- N_INPUTS=0 bypassed the
elaboration-time guard, leaving x_bus/w_bus undriven. Guard extended
to reject N_INPUTS==0.
- BUG-003 (MEDIA): neuron_parallel.v -- n_inputs_real=0 at runtime had
inconsistent behavior across repeated runs. Now an explicit early-out
via the existing "finishing" completion path.
- BUG-004 (BASSA): neuron_memory.v -- n_neurons_real=0 silently ignored
the limit. Fixed at all three entry points into the vulnerable
termination checks (STATE_READ_X, STATE_READ_W, and the X->W
dispatch).
- BUG-006 (BASSA): graph_engine.v -- num_neurons_graph=0 relied on an
incidental guard rather than a real one. Now an explicit no-op.
- BUG-001 (INFO): removed sim/top.v, confirmed dead code from the
pre-INT8 Q8.8 era.
Every bug-reproduction testbench is rewritten from observe-only to
hard-assert the fixed behavior (sim/*_bug00[2-7]*_tb.v), verified
individually and via a full regression (44 testbenches, 43 PASS, 0
FAIL/ERROR, 1 benchmark by design). Re-verified on the real toolchain
(Yosys synth_ecp5 + nextpnr-ecp5): 0 constraint errors, Fmax 68.65 MHz
(was 67.91 MHz, within known placement noise), critical path
structurally unchanged (neuron_parallel/mac8 accumulator carry chain).
Updates docs/validation/bugs.md and CERTIFICATION.md to reflect the
resolved state, and docs/FPGA-NeuralNetwork-Engine.md + the LaTeX
datasheet (IT/EN) with inline notes on each fixed edge case, closing
the datasheet/RTL gap flagged in C.13 of the original certification.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013xXuuRUWZScuo1DeYJxs3v
mac_unit.v: exhaustive unit test (all 65536 (x,w) combinations at
DATA_WIDTH=8, plus 486 boundary acc_in vectors) against an independent
Python oracle (tools/validation/mac_oracle.py). 66022/66022 match, 0
reserves.
mac8.v: first-ever dedicated unit test (previously only indirect
coverage at whatever single PARALLEL neuron_parallel_tb.v happens to
use). Verified at PARALLEL=2/8/32 with structural adversarial vectors
(catches swapped/duplicated tree wiring), 300 random INT8 pairs per
PARALLEL with realistic accumulating acc_in, and worst-case magnitude
adversarial vectors. 939/939 match.
Confirms BUG-002 (N_INPUTS=0 bypasses the N_INPUTS%PARALLEL elaboration
guard) is real, on both simulation and real Yosys synthesis -- root
cause: [DATA_WIDTH*N_INPUTS-1:0] becomes [-1:0] for N_INPUTS=0, which
both tools treat as a genuine 2-bit undriven vector rather than
collapsing to zero width. Includes a documented self-correction: the
first verification attempt produced a false "hang" using an invalid
one-shot late check of a single-cycle done pulse -- caught by
reproducing the same false result on a known-good sanity config before
trusting it.
Full regression re-run clean after adding 3 new testbenches: 36/36 real
tests pass.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013xXuuRUWZScuo1DeYJxs3v
micheleandClaude Sonnet 5