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-rw-r--r--ethosu/vela/architecture_features.py11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ethosu/vela/architecture_features.py b/ethosu/vela/architecture_features.py
index e79ed720..5e26f1a1 100644
--- a/ethosu/vela/architecture_features.py
+++ b/ethosu/vela/architecture_features.py
@@ -517,13 +517,14 @@ class ArchitectureFeatures:
)
def mem_type_size(self, mem_type: MemType) -> int:
- """Returns size in bytes available for the given memory type. This is a hard limit."""
- if mem_type == MemType.Scratch_fast and self.is_spilling_enabled():
- # when accessing the scratch fast memory type with memory spilling enabled the arena_cache_size refers to
- # the cache memory area which is a hard limit
+ """Returns size in bytes available for the given memory type"""
+ if mem_type == MemType.Scratch_fast or (mem_type == MemType.Scratch and not self.is_spilling_enabled()):
+ # the arena cache memory area always contains the scratch fast memory type. it also contains the scratch
+ # memory type when memory spilling is not being used
return self.arena_cache_size
else:
- # for all other memory types and modes the hard limit is the maximum possible address offset
+ # the compiler is not aware of the memory limits for these memory types and so all it can do is return the
+ # maximum address size
return self.max_address_offset
def _mem_port_mapping(self, mem_port):