[sv-cc] SV-CC Meeting minutes for 05/06/2005

From: Charles Dawson <chas_at_.....>
Date: Sat May 07 2005 - 13:04:47 PDT
Minutes of 05/06/2005 SV-CC Meeting.

ATTENDEES
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Charles Dawson
xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx Francoise Martinolle
xxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Doug Warmke
xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx- Ralph Duncan
---xxxxxxxx-xxxx-x-xxxxxxxxx-x-- Sachchidananda Patel
x-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx-- Michael Rohleder
xxx-xxxxxx-xx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x- Jim Garnett
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--x- Steven Dovich
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--xxxxxxxxxxx-xxx Jim Vellenga
xxxxxxxx------------------------ Rohit Rana
x--x-xx----xx--x-xxxxxxxxxxx-xxx Bassam Tabbara
----xxx---x--x-xx-xxx----------- Stu Sutherland
---x------xxxx---xxx-xxxxxxxxxxx Andrzej Litwiniuk
-xx--xx------------------------- Tapati Basu
-----x-------------------------- Ashish Naik
---------------x-xx--xxxxx-xxx-- John Stickley
-----------xxxxx---x-xxxx-x-xxxx Ghassan Khoory
------------x--xxxx--xxxxxxxxxxx Joao Geada
-----------------x-x-xxxxxx--x-- Rob Slater
-------------------------------x Swapnajit Mitra
-------------------------------x Karen Pieper
-----------------------------x-- Angshuman Saha
-------------------------x------ Kevin Cameron
-----------------------x-------- Amit Kohli
----------------------x--------- Surrendra Dudani

1.  Reviewed Patent information.

   - Charles Dawson reviewed the patent information.


2.  Reviewed minutes of the 05/04/2005 Meeting.

   - Steve/Ralph. ACCEPTED.


3.  Liaisons

   - All items accepted by P1800 except 526.  Needs clarification.
     JimV to implement.

   - Need input from francoise on scheduling issue.  Chas to talk
     with her.


4.  New business

   - Final Meeting time.
     It was decided that from 11:30am-4:00pm EDT on 05/10/2005 would work for most
     people on the call.

   - Bassam:  We need to add vpiAssertion into include file.
     Chas suggested that he file a new mantis item and add a proposal.  Easiest
     way to fix this.

   - Chas requested that everyone send in a list of the Items that they think they
     will have proposals for the Tuesday meeting, so that he can create an agenda.


5.  Reviewed of items with proposals.

   - Item 528 32.21 missing iteration on type declarations

     Friendly amendment to Note 3 in 32.22:
       If the class var has the value of NULL, vpiClassDefn shall return a NULL handle."
     to
       If the class var has the value of NULL, vpi_handle(vpiClassObj,RH) shall return
       a NULL handle.

     Friendly amendment to Note 1 in 32.22:
       a waiting process
     to
       A waiting process

     Friendly amendment to Note 8 in 32.22:
       vpi_get_value when ...
     to
       vpi_get_value() when ....

     Should there be an iteration on constraints from NULL?  Definitely not a 1-1
     relationship, so let's make it 1-many.

     Long discussion on NULL vs null.  Francoise created a new proposal with these
     things fixed.

     Francoise/Bassam.  PASSED (unanimous)

     Bassam: Need another Mantis Item to fix access to constraints
             (iteration from NULL, instances?)

     Bassam: Need another Mantis Item to getting variables for a class obj.

   - Item 547 32.47 two tagged pattern objects in pattern class
     Francoise/Steve.  PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 458 32.13 Question on the range relation
     Fix LHS.  vpiLeftRange is 1-1.  Goes from logic net only.  Change from Draft 5.
     Chas to fix.

   - Item 451 32.5 Why the need for an interface tf decl?
     Close as not a bug.
     Francoise/JimV.  PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 450 32.7 confusing note
     Chas requested an example.  Francoise to provide one.

   - Item 377 "32.25 Module path, path term" does not reflect all the changes made in P1364
     Ralph/JimV.  PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 376 26.6.6 Need to remove multiple labels on a one arrow
     Michael/Ralph.  PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 437 30.4.4 Last paragraph does not make sense
     JimV/JimG.  PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 441 Annex I - Assertion #defines overlaps with object types
     Declare as not a bug.
     Bassam/Michael.  PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 416 27 - Need to not use the ambiguous term 'user'
     Friendly amendment to fix the master page to show 1364 instead of 1800.

     Friendly amendment: "a application" should be "an application" in several places.

     Friendly amendment to 27.29 to change:
       an application application routine
     to
       an application callback routine

     JimV/Steve.  PASSED (unanimous)
     Chas to update proposal.

   - Item 455 32.12.1 poorly written paragraphs
     Francoise moves that we mark it a duplicate of Item 489.
     Steve seconds.  PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 487 32.34 Order of operands should be in 32.39
     Move to duplicate this with 686.  JimV seconds.
     PASSED (unanimous)

   - Item 686 32.34 & 32.36 Which operators for assertion "and" and "or" in VPI?
     JimG.

Meeting ended at 1:06pm EDT.


6.  Old Business


7.  Action items

   SV-CC action items:
   - Francoise to ask Peter Ashenden what was done to improve
     printing from Rational Rose.
   - Francoise to inquire about the feasibility of third parties
     shipping the UML for the diagrams.
   - JimV to enter a new SV-CC item for adding tables for return values of
     the properties.
   - Stu to file new SV-CC item that will address bigger issue he pointed
     out in Item 321.
   - Francoise and Chas to investigate what to do for systemVerilog and generates
   - Chas/Francoise to review/change proposal for Item 455.
   - Chas to redo proposal for Item 463.
   - Francoise to clarify definition of frames for Item 465.
   - Chas to lookup definition of vpiFullName in 1364 for Item 610.
   - Sachi to rework proposal for Item 482.
   - Chas to review assignments and redo where necessary.
   - Tapati to rework Item 606.
   - Chas to update proposal for Item 425.
   - Ralph to work with JimV to fix other issues found in Item 487.
   - Michael to update proposal for Item 431.
   - Francoise to rework Item 489.
   - Francoise and Jim to rework Item 465.
   - Tapati to provide HTML or PDF for Item 496.


   PTF action items:
   - Steve to compare BNF with the access available
     for attributes to see if they match
   - Stu to enter new PTF item for save/restart/reset issue.
   - Francoise to lookup wording for PTF 524 in VHPI.
   - Francoise will open a new PTF issue to look for situations like 25.6.15,
     where multiple methods are used access the same object enclosure
   - Chas to reword proposal for PTF 525.
   - Francoise to file a PTF item that asks to specify the order that iteration
     occur in, when the order is important.
   - Steve to add ETF item for Annex C to remove the Informative label, but
     still allow the contents to be optional.
   - Chas to file an Item on the usage of the term "tags" at the beginning of
     clause 27.

8.  Items for consideration at the next meeting (they already have proposals):

   - Item 345 VPI changes to support Encryption
   - Item 418 PTF 562 Need to have a vpiTimeConst in the vpi_user.h file
   - Item 449 32.11 vpiPortType is missing from the include file
   - Item 454 32.11 incorrect format for the 2nd note
   - Item 472 32.22 Note 1 needs clarification
   - Item 483 32.28 Should document backwards compatibility issue
   - Item 485 32.29 Clarify difference between a thread and a frame
   - Item 526 VPI references to dynamic objects prevent garbage collection
   - Item 684 32.39 vpiMultiConcat should be vpiMultiConcatOp
   - Item 685 26.6.26 vpiMultiConcat should be vpiMultiConcatOp
   - Item 686 32.34 & 32.36 Which operators for assertion "and" and "or" in VPI?
   - Item 721 Add PLI support for structure and type initialization
   - Item 726 Add vpiAssertion object type into sv_vpi_user.h



--
Charles Dawson
Senior Engineering Manager
NC-Verilog Team
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
270 Billerica Road
Chelmsford, MA  01824
(978) 262 - 6273
chas@cadence.com
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