From 5de8452b570fe1423530459305811435a2947beb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Emil J. Tywoniak" <emil@tywoniak.eu>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:20:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rtlil_bufnorm: fix setup_driven_wires constant handling on
 unknown port direction

---
 kernel/rtlil_bufnorm.cc | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rtlil_bufnorm.cc b/kernel/rtlil_bufnorm.cc
index c02f0c365..8b3c59942 100644
--- a/kernel/rtlil_bufnorm.cc
+++ b/kernel/rtlil_bufnorm.cc
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ struct RTLIL::SigNormIndex
 				wire->driverPort_ = port;
 
 				xlog("therefore connect port %s %s %s\n", port, log_signal(sig), wire->name);
-				module->connect(sig, wire);
+				// This orientation bias is potentially dangerous elsewhere
+				module->connect(wire, sig);
 				sig = wire;
 			}
 		}