Map tc_clk_gating to FPGA primitive for Xilinx FPGAs #38
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In the current version of the
tech_cells_generic, thetc_clk_gatingmodule for FPGA targets implements the clock gate as a pass-through, thus treating it as always enabled. This breaks designs that make use of functional clock gates.In this PR, functional clock gates are mapped to the
BUFGCE(Clock gate with enable) primitive. This primitive is available in all common Xilinx FPGA series:In order to preserve resource usage, clock gates are only mapped to
BUFGCEprimitives only if they areFUNCTIONAL==1'b1. Otherwise, they are implemented as pass-through to use less of the typically limited clocking resouces.