Re: [vhdl-200x] Standardize GHW format?

Hi Dave,
The GHW format is not proprietary. It is open-source, so we can take a look
at their source code to figure out how they implemented the format.
I'm currently going through that right now during my free time.

regards, dan

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:29 AM, David Smith <David.Smith@synopsys.com>wrote:

> As have all of us that support vhdl. There is no neutral format, just a
> lot of proprietar ones. Standardizing one of them would be challenging.
> Regards
> David
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> *From*: Daniel Kho [mailto:daniel.kho@gmail.com]
> *Sent*: Sunday, October 30, 2011 07:34 AM
> *To*: vhdl-200x@eda.org <vhdl-200x@eda.org>
> *Subject*: Re: [vhdl-200x] Standardize GHW format?
>
> Hi all,
> I was thinking it may be a good idea to standardize the GHW format that is
> now being used by GHDL (VHDL simulator) and the GTKWave waveform viewer.
>
> Verilog has standardized the VCD waveform format, but some VHDL types
> can't be exported to that format since it's mainly Verilog-specific.
> This was the reason why GHDL chose to define a new waveform format.
>
> More information on GHW is here:
> http://ghdl.free.fr/site/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Features
> http://ghdl.free.fr/site/pmwiki.php?n=Main.WaveViewer
>
> Of course, we can study this new format and see whether we would like it
> standardized, or we'd rather define a new format.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> regards, dan
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