Re: [sv-ec] Query on interface

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your clarification.

Swapnajit.

"Fitzpatrick, Tom" wrote:
> 
> Hi Swapnajit,
> 
> Your example is legal. This is one of the things modports are used for -
> to limit visibility to a subset of the interface signals/methods.
> 
> -Tom
> Tom Fitzpatrick
> Verification Technologist
> Mentor Graphics Corporation
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-sv-ec@eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-ec@eda.org] On
> > Behalf Of Swapnajit Chakraborti
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:59 AM
> > To: sv-ec@eda.org
> > Subject: [sv-ec] Query on interface
> >
> > I have a query related to declaration of modport inside an interface.
> >
> > Is it mandatory to include all signals of the interface in
> > the modport declaration? In other words, can we form a
> > modport declaration with a subset of signals declared in the
> > interface?
> >
> > For example,
> >
> > interface i1;
> >   wire a, b, c, d;
> >   modport master(output a, input b);  <--- Is this valid?
> > endinterface
> >
> > Thx,
> > Swapnajit.
> >