Re: [P1800] SystemVerilog WG Unapproved Meeting Minutes Posted (fwd)

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Date: Thu Jan 27 2005 - 19:30:31 PST

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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:13:18 -0500
From: n.humenick@ieee.org
To: Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com
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Subject: Re: [P1800] SystemVerilog WG Unapproved Meeting Minutes Posted
Shalom:
You should direct future inquiries regarding P1364 to the staff liaison for
this project, Andy Ickowicz.
Thanks,
Noelle
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So when does this 30 day period end?
Shalom
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 n.humenick@ieee.org wrote:
>
> Hi Shalom:
>
> Regarding your question on editorial coordination for P1364, you should
> note that, as an unfunded project, the editorial coordination process for
> P1364 can take up to 30 days, subject to the work load of the IEEE
editors.
> Of course we will put in a nudge for the project, but you need to be
> prepared for the possibility that the coordination will not come through
> before the 30-day mark.
>
> Thanks,
> Noelle
>
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> Noelle D. Humenick
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> IEEE Standards
> n.humenick@ieee.org
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>                       Shalom.Bresticker@fr
>                       eescale.com                 To:       "Brophy,
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>                       owner-ieee1800@eda.o        Subject:  Re: [P1800]
SystemVerilog WG Unapproved Meeting Minutes Posted
>                       rg
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>                       01/26/2005 09:28 AM
>                       Please respond to
>                       Shalom.Bresticker
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sorry I did not make the meeting today. I woke up late.
>
> Comments:
>
> In the member roster, Karen Pieper is listed both under Accellera and
> under Synopsys.
>
> Also, the list under "Present" does not correspond to the list under
> 26-Jan-05. Johny does not appear either.
>
> Schedule issue: The following technical issues require resolution
> for the P1364 LRM:
>
> Encryption:
> ==================== START ENCRYPTION ISSUES============================
> >    e) Conflicting text where 'end' pragma expression is associated
> >       with the most recent unclosed 'begin' pragma expression, but
> >       28.3.1.2 says that nesting is illegal.
> >
> >    f) Is Encryption optional or not? See text saying "Verilog tools
> >       THAT provide encryption services".
> >
> >       + Need to address support for encryption services in the
> >       simulator and also as a separate non-simulation tool.  Perhaps
> >       distiguishing requirements for encryption vs decryption.
> >
> >    h) Do we need line-wrapping text to ease formatting of the example
> >       and for user convenience.
> >
> >       + appropriate text can be copied from `define if needed
> >
> >    i) example is missing required "feature" argument
> >
> >       + Steven to update example for Shalom
>
>
> 1. About transforming protect pragma directives during encryption:
>
> The example shows how the directives preceding the encryption envelope
> (i.e., preceding the begin keyword) are transformed and/or moved.
>
> In this example, the directives came immediately before the envelope.
>
> What happens if the directives are far away, many lines before the
> encryption envelope?
>
> What happens if they are even in a different file?
>
> What happens if the directives are followed by more than one
> encryption envelope?
>
> Are the answers to these in the current text?
>
>
> 2. 28.1.2 (now 28.2.2) says that decryption occurs "in a manner similar
to
> and at a translation phase consistent with that of macro substitution".
>
> The phrases "in a manner similar to" and "at a translation phase
consistent
> with" are ambiguous?
>
> Is decryption substitution done before, together with, or after macro
> substitution?
>
> Similarly, when is encryption done?
>
>
> 3. "Should" is used a number of times. "Should" means "is recommended
> that". Please check that that is the intended meaning everywhere it
> appears.
>
>
> 4. 28.2 (now 28.3) is "Envelope Directives": This is a term which is not
> used anywhere else, and is thus ambiguous.
>
> Further, the intro to this clause says that pragma expressions PRECEDING
> begin or begin_protected are called 'envelope keywords' where those
> after those keywords are 'CONTENT keywords'.
>
> A similar question applies to the name of the following subclause which
> is called 'Envelope encoding keywords': What does it refer to and what
not?
>
>
> 5. Table 28-1 contains:
>
> data_decrypt_key    Specifies the data   encryption session key
> digest_decrypt_key  Specifies the digest encryption session key
>
> >From the text in 28.3.14 and 28.3.20, it seems that these are
> decryption keys, not encryption keys?
>
>
> 6. Need to clarify allowing white space in pragma expressions.
> ==================== END ENCRYPTION ISSUES============================
>
> SV-CC/PTF:
>
> > You need to give me a final resolution about issues 040 and 313.
> > Note about 040 that splitting the section into 4 parts will again cause
> Stu to
> > have to redo all the cross-references from 1800 to 1364.
> >
> > > Item 040: diagram for parameter is missing
> > > Item 313: PTF 296: Generate stmts will need change made in VPI
>
> =======================================================================
>
> On classification of balloters:
>
> I think Mentor, Synplicity and Fintronices should be Producer.
>
> I think Infineon, Broadcom, Sunburst, and ARM should be User.
>
>
> On editorial coordination:
>
> I am not getting any comments from IEEE.
> Is anyone looking at the P1364 draft?
>
> Thanks,
> Shalom
>
>
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Brophy, Dennis wrote:
>
> > Please see
> > <
http://www.eda-twiki.org/sv-ieee1800/Meetings/2005/January/1-26-05MeetingMinu
> > tesUnapproved.pdf>  for a copy of the unapproved meeting minutes of the
> > IEEE SystemVerilog Working Group meeting held 26 January 2005.  Please
> > send any corrections to me that need to be made.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dennis
> >
>
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