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| title: "Reference Manuals" |
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| |
| * [Comportability Definition and Specification](../doc/contributing/hw/comportability/README.md) |
| * [Device Interface Function (DIF) Specification](../doc/contributing/sw/device_interface_functions.md) |
| * Tool Guides |
| * [Topgen Tool](./topgen/README.md): Describes `topgen.py` and its Hjson format source. Used to generate rtl and validation files for top specific modules such as PLIC, Pinmux and crossbar. |
| * [Register Tool](./reggen/README.md): Describes `regtool.py` and its Hjson format source. Used to generate documentation, rtl, header files and validation files for IP Registers and toplevel. |
| * [Ipgen Tool](./ipgen/README.md): Describes `ipgen.py` and its Hjson control file. Used to generate IP blocks from IP templates. |
| * [Crossbar Tool](./tlgen/README.md): Describes `tlgen.py` and its Hjson format source. Used to generate self-documentation, rtl files of the crossbars at the toplevel. |
| * [Vendor-In Tool](./doc/vendor.md): Describes `util/vendor.py` and its Hjson control file. Used to pull a local copy of code maintained in other upstream repositories and apply local patch sets. |
| * [FPGA Reference Manual](../doc/contributing/fpga/ref_manual_fpga.md) |
| * [OpenTitan Continuous Integration](../doc/contributing/ci/README.md) |
