PeakRDL-html

Generate address space documentation HTML from compiled SystemRDL input.

For the command line tool, see the PeakRDL project.

Installing

Install from PyPi using pip:

python3 -m pip install peakrdl-html

Example

The easiest way to use PeakRDL-html is via the PeakRDL command line tool:

# Install the command line tool
python3 -m pip install peakrdl

# Generate HTML
peakrdl html your_design.rdl -o output_dir

Here is an example of HTML output generated from a fictional SystemRDL register description: turboencabulator.rdl.

PeakRDL TOML config options

If using the PeakRDL command-line tool, some additional things can be configured via the TOML configuration file.

[html]
user_template_dir = "path/to/dir/"
user_static_dir = "path/to/dir/"
extra_doc_properties = ["list", "of", "properties"]
generate_source_links = false
reverse_fields = false

Reference

HTMLExporter(**kwargs)

Constructor for the HTML exporter class

Optional Parameters

• markdown_inst
  • Override the class instance of the Markdown processor. See the Markdown module for more details.
  • By default, the following extensions are loaded: 'extra', 'admonition', 'mdx_math'
• user_template_dir
  • Path to a directory where user-defined template overrides are stored.
• user_static_dir
  • Path to user-defined static content to copy to output directory.
• user_context
  • Additional context variables to load into the template namespace.
• show_signals
  • Show signal components. Default is False
• reverse_fields
  • Show fields in reverse order (LSB to MSB). Default is False (MSB to LSB).
• extra_doc_properties

  • List of properties to explicitly document.

    Nodes that have a property explicitly set will show its value in a table in the node's description. Use this to bring forward user-defined properties, or other built-in properties in your documentation.

• generate_source_links
  • If True, attempts to generate links back to original RDL source deginitions. Defaults to True.
• gitmetheurl_translators
  • Override the list of GitMeTheURL translators to use when generating source links. If unset, GitMeTheURL uses its builtin translators, as well as any installed plugins.

HTMLExporter.export(node, output_dir, **kwargs)

Perform the export!

Parameters

• nodes
  • Top-level node to export. Can be the top-level RootNode or any internal AddrmapNode. Can also be a list of RootNode and any internal AddrmapNode.
• output_dir
  • HTML output directory.

Optional Parameters

• footer
  • Override footer text.
• title
  • Override title text.
• home_url
  • If a URL is specified, adds a home button to return to a parent home page.
• skip_not_present
  • Control whether nodes with ispresent=false are generated. Default is True.

API Example

Pass the elaborated output of the SystemRDL Compiler into the exporter.

Assuming root is the elaborated top-level node, or an internal AddrmapNode:

from peakrdl_html import HTMLExporter

exporter = HTMLExporter()

exporter.export(root, "path/to/output")