[sv-cc] SV-CC agenda for 05/10/2005

Hi All,

The call-in information for this meeting is as follows:

   U.S.               866-807-0627
   International      203-955-5179
   Passcode           399143

Meeting will start at 11:30am EDT (3:30pm GMT), and last for 4.5 hours.

   -Chas


AGENDA

1.  Review Patent information

   Go to:
     http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

2.  Review minutes from last meeting (05/06/2005)

3.  Liaisons

   - Anyone care to make a report?

4.  New business

   - Item 536 - are we done with this one?
   - Others?

5.  Review SV-CC items with proposals:

   - Item 294 32.22 Waiting process as task or function handle
   - Item 345 VPI changes to support Encryption
   - Item 418 PTF 562 Need to have a vpiTimeConst in the vpi_user.h file
   - Item 426 29.3.2.1 Return value of vpi_get_assertion_info() is backwards
   - Item 445 Several Superseded sections missing information
   - Item 447 32.5 missing types for properties
   - Item 449 32.11 vpiPortType is missing from the include file
   - Item 454 32.11 incorrect format for the 2nd note
   - Item 458 32.13 Question on the range relation
   - Item 463 32.16 should not perpetuate unused functionality
   - Item 472 32.22 Note 1 needs clarification
   - Item 481 32.26 Note 1 needs clarification
   - Item 483 32.28 Should document backwards compatibility issue
   - Item 484 32.28 and 32.29 Should not define callbacks in notes
   - 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 718 asymetric casex statement
   - Item 721 Add PLI support for structure and type initialization
   - Item 726 Add vpiAssertion object type into sv_vpi_user.h
   - Others?

6.  Review SV-CC items with proposals (Straw poll only):

7.  Review old business:

   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.

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