Re: [sv-ac] revised notes from SV-AC meeting 2007-11-20

From: Neil Korpusik <Neil.Korpusik_at_.....>
Date: Tue Nov 27 2007 - 12:29:38 PST
Hi Dmitry,

There are two ways that a committee member can be classified
as having voting rights. Based on the attachment in your
email it appears that Bassam meets the requirement for
having attended 75% of the total number of meetings.

The two criteria are the following:
   - attended 2 of the last 3 committee meetings
   - attended 75% of the total number of meetings
     held since the last PAR was approved.

Neil




Korchemny, Dmitry wrote On 11/27/07 04:12 AM,:
> Hi John, Bassam,
> 
> Bassam appears as a valid voter in the list (see attachment) though he
> was absent two meetings out of the last three. I am marking Bassam as
> non-valid voter for the last ballots. Please, correct me if I am wrong,
> it may be critical for interpreting ballot results.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dmitry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sv-ac@server.eda.org [mailto:owner-sv-ac@server.eda.org] On
> Behalf Of John Havlicek
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:20 PM
> To: sv-ac@server.eda.org
> Subject: [sv-ac] revised notes from SV-AC meeting 2007-11-20
> 
> Hi Folks:
> 
> The attached notes fix the attendance to show the 
> Erik was in today's meeting.
> 
> J.H.
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Minutes of IEEE P1800 SV-AC meeting #2007-28
> Written by: John Havlicek
> 
> Date:  2007-11-13
> Time:  16:00 UTC (10:00 CST) 
> 
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> Access Code:  7375405
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> 
> Attendance Record:
> ------------------
>         Legend:
>                 x = attended
>                 - = missed
>                 r = represented
>                 . = not yet a member
>                 v = valid voter (2 out of last 3 or 3/4 overall)
>                 n = not a valid voter
>                 t = chair eligible to vote only to make or break a tie
> 
> New PAR, attendance re-initialized on 2006-08-22:
> 
> vv[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xx] Doron Bustan (Intel)
> vv[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x] Eduard Cerny (Synopsys)     
> nn[---------------x-xxx---------x-x-xxx-x---x] Surrendra Dudani (Synopsys)
> vv[x-xxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xx-xxxxx-xxx-xxx-------] Yaniv Fais (Freescale)
> tt[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] John Havlicek (Freescale - Chair)
> vv[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxrxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx] Dmitry Korchemny (Intel - Co-Chair)
> vv[xxxxxxxx-xxx-x--xx--xxxxx----------xx-xxxx] Manisha Kulshrestha (Mentor Graphics)
> nn[-----------------------xxxxx-------x-xx-x-] Jiang Long (Mentor Graphics)
> nn[--x------------x--xxx.....................] Joseph Lu (Altera)
> vv[xxxxxxxxxxxx..............................] Johan Martensson (Jasper)
> nn[--------------------x--x-xx--xx-xxxxxxx-x-] Hillel Miller (Freescale)
> vv[xxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx] Lisa Piper (Cadence)
> vn[x-x-xx-xxxxxxx-x-xxxxx-x..................] Erik Seligman (Intel)
> vn[x-x----x--------xxxx-----xxxx-xx----------] Tej Singh (Mentor Graphics)
> vv[x-xxxxxx--xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Bassam Tabbara (Synopsys)
> vv[xx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx...............] Tom Thatcher (Sun Microsystems)
>    |------------------------------------------ attendance on 2007-11-13
>  |-------------------------------------------- voting eligibility on 2007-11-13
> |--------------------------------------------- new voting eligibility
> 
> 
> Agenda:
> -------
> 
> - Reminder of IEEE patent policy.
> 
> - Extension period plan (due 2007-11-12)
> 
> - 1737:  Incomplete fix from 1381
>   . Voice vote on friendly amendments.
> - 1668:  Local variable declaration assignments
>   . Voice vote on revisions based on Champions' feedback.
> - 1549:  Arguments
>   . Voice or e-mail vote on revisions based on Champions feedback
> - 1648:  Default disable iff
>   . Discuss scoping issues.
> - 1729:  Immediate assume, cover [EC]
>   . AI:  EC to align with 1641 as described by MK
> - 2188:  Typo in 38.4.1 (occur -> occurs).
> 
> 
> Major items:
> - 1932:  LTL Operator [DK, DB]
> - 1900:  Checkers [DK]
> 
> General working items:
> - 1898:  Explicit mappings from assertion system tasks to callbacks [BT]
> - 2005:  Glitches with immediate assertions [ES]
> - 1995:  Assertions and checkers in for loops [ES]
> - 1756:  Control of assertions in initial blocks [EC]
>   . DK:  Let's try to write sketches of two possible solutions.
> 
> - Other items
> 
> 
> Notes:
> ------
> 
> - Reminder of IEEE patent policy.
> 
> - Extension period plan (due 2007-11-12)
>   . We sent out our plan for the extension period.
>   . Feedback is welcome, we can make adjustments.
>   . DK will send out the project 
> 
> - 1737:  Incomplete fix from 1381
>   . Voice vote on friendly amendments.
>   . voice vote 0n/0a
> - 1668:  Local variable declaration assignments
>   . Voice vote on revisions based on Champions' feedback.
>   . voice vote 0n/0a
> - 1549:  Arguments
>   . Voice or e-mail vote on revisions based on Champions feedback
>   . reviewed 
>   . voice vote 0n/0a
> - 1648:  Default disable iff
>   . Discuss scoping issues.
>   . E.g. if default disable iff is written inside generate, does it
>     apply.
>   . LP will update to make it clearer that default disable iff in 
>     nested scope like generate 
> - 1729:  Immediate assume, cover [EC]
>   . AI:  EC to align with 1641 as described by MK
>   . EC won't get to Dec 1729, 1769, 1758.  
>   . JH will review the schedule.
> - 2188:  Typo in 38.4.1 (occur -> occurs).
>   . 0n/0a.  Approved by voice.
> 
> - call for e-mail vote on 1728.
> 
> Major items:
> - 1932:  LTL Operator [DK, DB]
>   . DB received comments from JM.  DB implemented the corrections, but
>     did not post.
>   . DK procedural comment:  We should have backup major items.
>   . DB needs to change semantics of clocks, changing clocks.  DB needs
>     to implement.
> - 1900:  Checkers [DK]
> 
> 1.  Page 7:  "When a checker is instantiated . . ."
> 
>     Are we sure that we want to continue using substitution semantics for the
>     checker construct?   Maybe an instantiation semantics would be easier to
>     define?
> 
>     - We agreed that substitution semantics is what we want.
> 
> 2.  Page 2:  "Parameters for checkers and properties"
> 
>     OK, I at least see one reason for using substitution semantics.  It at
>     least allows the checker to handle variations in signal width or type.
>     However, beyond that, it will be impossible to write a flexible checker
>     without some support for parameters.  We'll be forced to use modules for
>     any checker that requires parameters to set options for the checker.
> 
>     - Parameters are passed as arguments.  This is like sequences and 
>       properties.
> 
> 3.  Page 7:  "An implicit .* port connection . . ."
> 
>     This paragraph spends too much time explaining the difference betweeen
>     .name and .* port connections.  That is explained elsewhere.  This
>     paragraph needs to concentrate on the interaction between the port
>     connection method and default values on the formal argument.  For example,
>     a default value will never be used if the argument is connected with
>     .name.
> 
>     - DK will recheck.  There was a Mantis item in SV-BC, try to use a 
>       reference to the general description of name and wildcard binding.
> 
>     Also, on the bullet points directly above, we could clarify as follows:
> 
> 	-- Named port connection using implicit connections (.name syntax)
> 	-- Named port connection using a wildcard port name (.* syntax)
> 
>     - DK we should be consistent with SV-BC way of talking about these
>       ideas.
> 
> 4.  Page 8:
> 
>     When connecting a clock of a checker, what is the proper syntax?
> 
> 	my_check check_inside (a, posedge clk);
>     or
> 	my_check check_inside (a, @posedge clk);
>     and why?
>     Is it currently allowed to connect a port to "posedge clk"?
> 
>     - JH:  I'm not sure that passing @(posedge clk) is illegal, but I
>       don't like this style.  1549 makes clear that passing "posedge clk"
>       to event type is allowed.
>     - DK:  We should be consistent.
> 
> 5.  Page 8:
>     Will the "default disable"  need to change to "default disable iff"?
> 
>     - DK will change to "default disable iff".
> 
> 6.  Page 12:  "Note that although the behavior . . ."
> 
>     I thought we had decided not to specify the effect of assume property
>     statements on free variable values.
> 
>     - DK:  I thought our last decision was to use universal quantification.
>     - ES:  Maybe non-deterministic free variables are not ready to be 
>       standardized.
>     - TT:  We could allow a simulator simply to report failures if the 
>       value of a non-deterministc free variable causes failure of an 
>       assumption.
>     - DK:  Can TT send a suggested rewording.
>     - ES:  JH could discuss with Champions their opinion about this and 
>       what is reasonable.
> 
> 7.  Page 16:  Example 1:
> 
>     What is the proper type for a checker clock?  Here it's defined as "bit",
>     just like any other signal.  However, it's being passed an event
>     (@posedge clk).
> 
>     - DK will change to to use event type argument, and also in other examples.
>       We can revert to untyped if there is a problem with 1549.
> 
> 8.  Page 16:  Example 2:  "In this example fv1[0] is assigned . . ."
> 	"In the assignment of fv2 the sampled value of fv1[0] is sampled
> 	since fv1[0] is a continuous free bit and the value of fv1[1] is
> 	not sampled since fv1[1] is a sequential free bit"
> 
>     This seems backward from the paragraph above:
> 
> 	"All variables participating in the right-hand side of a free variable
> 	assignment are sampled, except the continuous free bits"
> 
>     - DK:  There is a mistake here, DK will fix it.
> 
> 9.  Page 16:
>     Didn't we decide to drop continuous assignments to free variables at one
>     point?  It seems they add a lot of complexity to the proposal.
> 
>     - DK:  The definition of updating on every timestep is for simplicity.
>       Tools do not have to implement it this way.  Freevar updates occur
>       only once.
> 
> 10.  Page 17: 16.18.5.2
> 	"the value of b in the assertion is sampled while the value of c is
> 	not"
> 
>     Again, this is backwards with respect to the paragraph cited above.
> 
>     - DK will check and fix as appropriate.
> 
> 11.  Page 20:  "Then $sampled(v) returns v.$past(v,1,en, clk)
> 
>     This needs to change for clarity:
> 	"Then $sampled(v) returns v.  The expression $past(v,1,en, clk)"
> 
>     - DK will fix.
> 
> 12.  Page 20:   "The future value of v $future_gclk(v)"
> 
>     This also needs to change for clarity  add a comma to separate v from the
>     expression that follows.  If that doesn't visually separate them enough
>     we may have to rewrite further:
> 	"The future value of v, given by $future_gclk(v) . . ."
> 
>     - DK
> 
> 13.  Page 20:  "The equivalent form after rewriting is . . ."
> 
>     In the re-written form, a does not change if b changes:  only if c
>     changes.  To account for that, an extra term has to be added
> 
> 	"assign a = $changed_gclk($past_gclk(b)) || $changed_gclk(c) ?
> 		$past_gclk(b) && c : $past_gclk_(a);
> 
> YF will send a small example to illustrate the idea behind his third 
> general comment and provide some description of how it is to be interpreted.
> This is to help facilitate discussion and feedback.
> 
> We did not get to these items.
> 
> General working items:
> - 1898:  Explicit mappings from assertion system tasks to callbacks [BT]
> - 2005:  Glitches with immediate assertions [ES]
> - 1995:  Assertions and checkers in for loops [ES]
> - 1756:  Control of assertions in initial blocks [EC]
>   . DK:  Let's try to write sketches of two possible solutions.
> 
> - Other items
> 
> 
> Next meeting: 
> -------------
> 
> 2007-11-20 at 16:00 UTC (10:00 CST), 2 hour slot.

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