[sv-cc] SV-CC Meeting Minutes for 07/30/2008

From: Charlie Dawson <chas_at_.....>
Date: Mon Aug 04 2008 - 14:16:18 PDT
Minutes of 07/30/2008 SV-CC Meeting.

ATTENDEES

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx Charles Dawson
xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx--xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Jim Vellenga
x*xx-xxx-xxxx-xxx-xxxx---xx--xxxxx-xxxx--xxxxxx-x Michael Rohleder
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx Chuck Berking
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxx-xx--xx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxx Bassam Tabbara
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx-xx-xx-x-xxxxxxx Francoise Martinolle
x-xxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxxxx---xxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx- Ghassan Khoory
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-----xxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxxx Abigail Moorhouse
xxx-x-xxxxxxxxxx--------------------------------- John Shields
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--xxxx-xx-x-xxx--x-xxxxx--xxxx------------------- Anil Arora
-x---xx--x--------------------------------------- Erik Seligman
------xx-xxxx-xxx-------------x-----xx----------- Steve Dovich
----------x-xxx-xx-x------xxx-x--x--xxxx----xx-xx Amit Kohli
---------------xx-x-xxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-x-xxxx Ralph Duncan
-------------x--xx--xx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx-x-xxx Andrzej Litwiniuk
------------------x-xxxx--xxxx------------------- Pankaj Pal
--------------------x-x----xx-------------------- Arjinder Vasir
---------x-----------------------x--------------- Stu Sutherland
-------------------------------x----------------- Gord Vreugdenhil
-x--------------------x-------------------------- Neil Korpusik
-------------------x----------------------------- John Havlicek

1. Reviewed Patent information

- Chas reviewed the patent information which can be found at
   http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt


2. Approval of agenda
Chuck/Bassam APPROVED


3. Reviewed minutes for 06/04/2008
Jim requested that Chas continue to send out an email version of the minutes.
Chas to investigate. Jim/Chuck. ACCEPTED


4. Liaisons

   - Abi reported that there was a SV-SC meeting yesterday.  They have reached consensus on
     most items.  They have decided to postpone VPI for Checkers (Item 2182).  There were some
     people with serious reservations on many of the SV-SC Items still, but not sure if there is
     enough to keep it out of the standard.  Steve is nervous about it being pushed thru at the
     last minute.  Gord is also concerned but thinks that most of the serious problems have been
     worked out.
   - No other meetings to report on.


5. Consent Agenda


6. Expedited Agenda Items


7. New business

     * New SV-CC website

   Chas reported that there is a permissions problem that will be fixed shortly.  Then
   everyone should be able to modify their own action items and the agenda.

     * JEITA issue

   John reported that he contacted the JEITA folks and that it seems like it is not
   a major issue for them.  John thinks we should go with the simple proposal which
   Jim has made.  Motion to accept Item 1835.  Chuck/John.  PASSED (unanimous)

     * Shalom's question on assertion properties

   We talked about this a long time ago.  Abi and Chas remembers.  Not having them
   in the include file is definitely a problem.  We should either remove them from the
   diagram or add them to the include file.  Too late to solve this.  Abi to write a proposal
   to address the issue.  Proposal should specify if they are zero based or one based.
   The line numbers are one based.  Column properties should be one based.  For the
   last one, need to specify if it is the last one in or the first one out.

     * Reviewing Draft 6 Items

   Chas asked that everyone review their changes in this draft and make sure that they
   were implemented correctly.

     * Abi's issues with Item 2226

   Abi moves that we accept the draft 6 version of the proposal.  John to make sure that the
   proposal is relative to draft 6 of LRM.  John seconds.  PASSED (unanimous).  John to remove
   previous versions from Mantis.

     * VPI changes needed due to Item 2374

   Chuck put together a proposal for Item 2447.  Will discuss when we get there.

     * DPI issue with Item 2099

   Not sure what to do.  VPI allows the application to tell the interface what version it was
   written against.  Should we include a new version string "P1800-2009".  Jim thinks we
   should not make a change at this time.  Francoise to try to get the opinions of Doug
   Ralph, and Amit.

     * Mark Item 0529 as a duplicate of Item 0528

   Jim/Chuck.  PASSED (unanimous)

     * SV-CC members list in standard

   How is the list of members chosen?  Good question.  What criteria?  Number of meetings
   attended, having voting rights?  Chas to ask the editor and P1800.  Should make sure
   that Michael (and a few others) are working for Freescale, not Motorola.

     * VPI and Let, Item 2414 (also 1728 and 1503)

   The diagram in 1503 for let (36.76) is clearly wrong.  Abi's solution was to remove this
   not from the proposal in 2414.  Bassam tried to explain the spirit of the note.  Jim thinks
   we can safely get away with leaving the note out.  Seq Formal Decl is not like anything
   else we have seen:  More than a macro but less than a port.  Question came up as to
   whether a let is an expression.  Abi kind of thought it was so drew it that way.  Item 1503
   defines vpiSeqFormalDecl.  Bassam thinks that 2414 should not add vpiSeqFormalDecl.
   Jim thinks we should not have "seq formal decl" be bold in 36.50 in this proposal.  Jim
   points out that we renamed vpiIdentifier to be vpiSeqFormalDecl.  Friendly amendment
   to strike the vpiSeqFormalDecl from the end of the proposal and to unbold the
   "seq formal decl" from 36.50.  Abi points out that Bassam should make sure these are
   done correctly in 1503.  JimV/Bassam moves to accept 2414 as amended.  PASSED (unanimous)

     * MEC & Legal Review for P1800_D6

   Chas reviewed and thinks the changes are fine.  Sent on to rest of committee.  Any issues please
   let Chas know.

     * Item 0742

   Discussed if param assign should be in a scope or explicitly list the possible places on the LHS of
   the diagram on page 8.  Jim/Chuck.  PASSED (unanimous)  Jim to delete previous version and
   add frame file.

     * Item 2447

   Added enum nets to various places.  Michael/Abi.  PASSED (unanimous)
   Jim moves that we waive the requirement that we need to wait an additional meeting to pass something.
   Michael seconds. Abi abstains because it is a dangerous precedent.  ACCEPTED.

     * Item 2449

  Jim moves that we table it till next time.  Abi seconds.  ACCEPTED.

Motion to adjourn:  JimV/Abi.  Meeting ended at 1:30pm.


8. Reviewed items with proposals


9. Reviewed SV-CC items with proposals (Straw poll only)


10. Old Business


11. Action items

Assigned to         Due date         Description
ChasDawson          Tue, 29 Jul 2008 Enter Mantis Items for Krzysztof Konopko's questions 			edit
JimVellenga         Tue, 29 Jul 2008 JimV? to provide feedback to the editor on the vpiAutomatics addition to vpi_user.h 			edit
JohnShields         Tue, 29 Jul 2008 Seek additional clarifications from JEITA on Item 1835 			edit
AbiMoorhouse        Fri, 29 Aug 2008 Create a proposal to solve issues with Assertion properties as pointed out by Shalom. 	  	 	 edit
JohnShields         Fri, 29 Aug 2008 Remove old versions of proposals from Mantis Item 2226 			edit
JohnShields         Fri, 29 Aug 2008 Make sure the proposal for Mantis Item 2226 is relative to draft 6 			edit
FrancoiseMartinolle Fri, 29 Aug 2008 Gather opinions on Item 2099 from Doug, Ralph, and Amit 			edit
ChasDawson          Fri, 29 Aug 2008 Ask Editor how the list of SV-CC contributors is generated 			edit
JimVellenga         Fri, 29 Aug 2008 Delete previous version and add frame file to Item 0742 		


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


13. Next meeting

The next SV-CC meeting will be on 07/30/2008.
The next P1800 meeting will be on 08/14/2008.


-- 
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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