[sv-bc] Agenda: September 12 SV-BC Meeting

From: Maidment, Matthew R <matthew.r.maidment@intel.com>
Date: Tue Sep 06 2011 - 12:07:30 PDT

SV-BC Meeting
Date: Monday, September 12, 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_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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