Re: John's SCE-MI 2/TLM Ideas (was Re: Message from John)

Per,

Yes this is correct.

I could probably provide an example of what you're asking
for below - although I'm not sure if I can have it by
next week. I'll certainly try.

-- johnS

Per Bojsen wrote:
> Hi Shabtay,
> 
> 
>>[Shabtay] You are correct about TLM being a SystemC protocol.  So the
>>adaptor will need to be implemented in SystemC as a bridge between
>>SystemC TLM and the C API we defined on the SW side. Assuming DPI subset
>>and pipes present the C API, I don't understand why the TLM library
>>should not be written as SystemC adaptor/s that encapsulates the pipes
>>and DPI on the SW side.
> 
> 
> As I understand John's proposal, he is proposing a C API that is
> a kind of TLM support API that would allow building SystemC, i.e.,
> C++, modules that present a TLM interface to the SystemC side and
> that would provide transport to a SCE-MI 2 transactor on the hardware
> side.  So John's proposed API is *not* TLM, but a set of C functions.
> 
> So if my understanding is correct, I'd like to request that an
> example implementation of a SystemC TLM model be included in John's
> proposal.  We could include this in an appendix of the spec.  Would
> this be feasible, John?
> 
> Thanks,
> Per
>