[sv-bc] Agenda: March 28, 2011 SV-BC Meeting

SV-BC Meeting
Date: Monday, March 28, 2011
Time: 9:00am-11:00am PDT

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Agenda

+ Review IEEE patent policy
  http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
 
+ Review previous meeting minutes
  http://www.eda.org/sv-bc/minutes/sv-bc_11_03_14.txt

+ Any input on constant expression issues related to 3055?

  Please review related issues per AI from March 14 meeting.

+ Examples for Issue 210

  Review any examples provided by Matt

Top 25 Mantis Items

   696 - Complete
  2310(1084, 1201) - Participants: Eric, Tom, Shalom, Steven,
                     Wilson Snyder
  3053 - Participants: Francoise, Mark, Alex, Kaiming
  3055 - Participants: Gord, Mark
  2991 - Champion: Tom, Participants: Steven
  1566 - For future discussion
  2114 - Similar to 3053. Have same group look at it.
   210 - Participants: Shalom, Matt
  3056 - Champion: Shalom, Participants: Steven, Francoise
  1084 - Logical Expressions in Macros
  2115 - X-Optimism/X-Pessimism resolution
  3073 - Collected $bits issues
  1697 - Macro Loops
  1202 - Define Standard Preprocessor
  1251 - X/Z behavior in various contexts
  2289 - parameters inside comp unit & gen block are local
  1504 - parameterized structs and unions
  1144 - Out-of-bound array address
  2081 - always_comb statements
  1553 - nested module clarifications
  2684 - variable part-selects
  1861 - major modport enhancements
  1523 - behavior of ?: on complex types
  3074 - Connectivity Enhancements
  2124 - `default_nettype var-type directive

Action Items

Complete
  02/14/11 Matt update 2991 on status and link to Mantis covering AOP and
           notify SV-EC.

Outstanding
  05/10/10 Matt create Master Issue for WG-approved SV-BC Top-25
  07/19/10 Matt follow-up about voting rules for technical sub-committee.
           Is there a limit on the number of reps from 1 entity?
  07/19/10 Dave to post request to reflectors for clarification of 2108
  07/19/10 Jonathan post some items for discussion related to 2114 to reflector.
  08/02/10 Brad give SV-BC feedback on Mantis 2992 to Mehdi
  08/02/10 Eric start reflector thread on Mantis 2310
  08/02/10 Gord meet F2F with Mark when in Bay Area
  08/16/10 Matt to rethink 210 in terms of configuration and alias.
  08/16/20 All send Shalom feedback about prioritizing the issues raised
           in port declaration issue summary:
           http://www.eda.org/sv-bc/hm/10498.html
  09/13/10 Jonathan show simple examples of virtual interfaces, sub-interfaces
           and base classes in modules to demonstrate different methods for
           connecting design and testbenches.
  09/27/10 Review Shalom's list of interface issues and suggest issues to
           tackle now.
  05/10/10 Matt create Master Issue for WG-approved SV-BC Top-25
  07/19/10 Matt follow-up about voting rules for technical sub-committee.
           Is there a limit on the number of reps from 1 entity?
  07/19/10 Dave to post request to reflectors for clarification of 2108
  07/19/10 Jonathan post some items for discussion related to 2114 to reflector.
  08/02/10 Brad give SV-BC feedback on Mantis 2992 to Mehdi
  08/02/10 Eric start reflector thread on Mantis 2310
  08/16/20 All send Shalom feedback about prioritizing the issues raised
           in port declaration issue summary:
           http://www.eda.org/sv-bc/hm/10498.html
  09/13/10 Jonathan show simple examples of virtual interfaces, sub-interfaces
           and base classes in modules to demonstrate different methods for
           connecting design and testbenches.
  09/27/10 Review Shalom's list of interface issues and suggest issues to
           tackle now.
  11/22/10 Brad to file Mantis item for upward passing of interfaces.
  12/06/10 Matt open new Mantis item covering determination of port kind
           for .named_port connection (23.2.2.3).
  01/31/11 All check with users regarding viability of rule that virtual
           interface declarations require that the referenced interface be
           previously parsed.
  02/14/11 Users consider proposed restrictions and use-cases for varargs
           and provide feedback.
  03/14/11 Matt talk to Karen about Accellera plans for participation.
           Questions about how to get user input, especially for bugs.
  03/14/11 Matt check back with Gord and Mark in April about feedback
           regarding interface issues.
  03/14/11 All drill down on 3055 and identify issues that would be
           straightforward to clarify regarding constant expressions, type
           operations and what is a hierarchical name.

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