Subject: Re: [sv-bc] Proposal for extern modules
From: Steven Sharp (sharp@cadence.com)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 11:28:55 PST
Karen,
Like Adam, I don't understand why you can't use the actual module declarations.
They are apparently available, since you mentioned using scripts to create
external declarations from them. And you proposed a .* syntax for the module
declaration to make it use the port list from the external declaration, again
implying that both were available.
If there is some situation where the real module declaration isn't available,
you could always use a dummy module (AKA shell or stub). They look pretty
much like your extern declarations; just take the word "extern" off the front
and add the word "endmodule" to the end. And if the synthesis compiler needs
to know that these are dummy declarations, you can put the "extern" back on
as an attribute. Also, configs could be used to compile all of the stub
modules into a separate library if desired.
Steven Sharp
sharp@cadence.com
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