Re: [sv-bc] Asking for advice: modport enhancements

From: Neil Korpusik <Neil.Korpusik_at_.....>
Date: Tue Jun 12 2007 - 10:15:44 PDT
I agree with Shalom.
Others may find it important enough to push it through. We won't know
until it gets posted.


Bresticker, Shalom wrote On 06/12/07 02:51,:
> I suggest you do both. Open a mantis item and post the white paper
> there, and also send it on the reflector and start an email discussion.
> 
> Shalom
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-bc@server.eda.org]
>>On Behalf Of Jonathan Bromley
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:47 PM
>>To: sv-bc@server.eda-stds.org
>>Subject: [sv-bc] Asking for advice: modport enhancements
>>
>>hi SV-BC,
>>
>>I would value your collective advice on how best to
>>approach this...
>>
>>For some time I've been troubled by the way interfaces
>>and modports don't quite hit the spot for designers.
>>I need solutions to two big problems: abstraction of
>>interconnect, and configurable (generatable) port lists
>>for design IP.  Interfaces and modports get me close to
>>both, but not close enough.  I now have what I believe
>>to be a coherent set of proposals for significant
>>enhancement of the modport construct, and I'm ready to
>>post a "white paper" as a Mantis item.
>>
>>I'm very conscious that sv-bc has a lot on its plate
>>right now and I have no desire to disrupt that activity
>>by adding a major new piece of work.  There would be
>>some knock-on work for CC and EC too, but the bulk of it
>>would fall to BC.
>>
>>On the other hand, if I hold back for much longer, the
>>changes would likely not make it into 1800-2008 - and thus
>>something I feel *very* strongly about would probably not
>>become available to designers within my working career.
>>
>>Is there any appetite within sv-bc for such work?
>>Should I:
>>- just go ahead and post a Mantis, and let it take
>>  its chances?
>>- open an email discussion first, to refine the ideas
>>  so that a fully-formed proposal can be prepared?
>>- accept that it's too much to do for 1800-2008, and
>>  simply hold off (frustrated) until later?
>>
>>Thanks for your consideration
>>--
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