SV-BC Meeting
Date: Monday, September 12, 2011
Time: 9:00am-11:00am PDT
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Meeting ID: 45961
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_08_29.txt
+ Countdown to October 1, 2011
Committee work is to complete by October 1.
Does SV-BC want to add meeting on Sept 19th?
+ Review Status of Mature Issues
1523 - http://www.eda.org/svdb/view.php?id=1523
Waiting for proposal from Dave
2081 - http://www.eda.org/svdb/view.php?id=2081
Waiting for proposal from Steven
1251 - http://www.eda.org/svdb/view.php?id=1251
Resolved - Waiting for proposal update from Brad
+ Feedback regarding Port Issues
See Shalom's reflector post:
http://www.eda.org/sv-bc/hm/11176.html
+ Feedback for SV-AC Regarding Mantis 3069
http://www.eda.org/svdb/view.php?id=3069
Per this post to the reflector:
http://www.eda.org/sv-bc/hm/11202.html
The SV-AC is requesting feedback on their approved proposal.
+ 3073 - http://www.eda.org/svdb/view.php?id=3073
Per the last meeting there is a desire to identify a list of
issues with $bits, e.g.:
- $bits of some data types are not well defined (e.g. class handle)
- What makes a $bits call constant?
- What makes a $bits call non-constant?
Please send additional issues to the reflector, file in Mantis or
come prepared for discussion.
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 - Complete
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 - Waiting for friendly amendment
2289 - Complete
1504 - Complete
1144 - Out-of-bound array address
2081 - always_comb statements - Consensus Reached. Waiting for proposal
1553 - nested module clarifications
2684 - variable part-selects
1861 - major modport enhancements
1523 - behavior of ?: on complex types - Waiting for new proposal
3074 - Connectivity Enhancements
2124 - `default_nettype var-type directive
Action Items
Complete
06/06/11 Dave write proposal for 1523
Note: This was passed to Matt. A new AI regarding 1523
was assigned to Dave on 8/29 2011.
08/29/11 Matt check if mantis item filed regarding handling of ref variables
in always_comb blocks.
Outstanding
05/10/10 Matt create Master Issue for WG-approved SV-BC Top-25
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.
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 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.
03/28/11 Check with Gord in early June 2011 regarding 2856 and his proposal
to limit hierarchical references for parameters in module
instantiations.
05/23/11 Dave to review with Gord the slides referenced by Brad regarding
issue 2108.
06/20/11 Steven write a proposal for 3595
07/18/11 Francoise generalize other wording in 23.7 as suggested by Shalom
and complete proposal for 3608
07/18/11 File new mantis item to clarify determination of true/false for
If-statement (12.4), while, do-while, iff, conditional operator
and potentially others for all data types.
Does Mantis 1974 sufficiently capture the issue?
07/18/11 File new mantis item to request clarification of Short-circuiting
of &&, ||, ->, ?: (11.3.5)
08/29/11 Brad update proposal for 1251 with friendly amendment
08/29/11 Dave make another attempt at addressing 1523.
08/29/11 Steven write a proposal for 2081 based on consensus reached during
August 29, 2011 meeting.
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