Request for comments - Needs to be met by config

From: Stefen Boyd (stefen@boyd.com)
Date: Wed Jan 27 1999 - 09:08:00 PST


BAD MSG:
Hi all,
 To try to get our focus on what we are trying to
accomplish with the config proposal, I would like to
compile a "top ten" list of requirements that
can drive the proposal.
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  In the next btf meeting I would like to spend time
clarifying these and prioritizing them. This will
help us sort out the required vs. frivolous elements
of our proposal.

I've thrown in a couple to start things off - and Adam K.
added a few more. Please add your expectations of what
problems configs should solve. I don't care if it's
off-the-wall - I just want to make sure we cover everything.

My two:

  1) Simple library usage.
        User provides only part of a design and a
        collection of files containing modules that may
        be needed in the simulation. This works ok
        with -y,-v,+libext.

  2) Module name collisions.
        User needs two versions of the same module. We
        need a better solution than the `uselib hack.

Adam K. added:

  3) Top level modules.
        User specifies names of top modules.
        Compiler searches for them in libraries.
        [Currently on filename specification is possible.]
        

  4) Define libraries.
        The connotations of -y, -v contain too many problems.
        How about named libraries?
        
  5) Configure design blocks.
        Want ability to specify module(s) defining a block.
        Want ability to specify library order for searching.
        Want ability to do this separately for different blocks.

<p>Regards,
  Stefen

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