BTF minutes, Oct 18 2004

From: Steven Sharp (sharp@cadence.com)
Date: Mon Oct 18 2004 - 11:31:49 PDT

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    Minutes of BTF meeting on Oct 18, 2004, 10:40 AM PDT.

    In attendance:
            Francoise Martinolle
            Don Mills
            Karen Pieper
            Steven Sharp
            Stuart Sutherland

    This meeting was informal, since there was insufficient notice given.
    No official business was transacted or motions made. There was discussion
    of how to organize the work.

    The BTF is being reconstituted under the new P1800 group, for continued
    work on 1364 enhancements. The tentative schedule is to be done by
    Dec 1 2004, at the same time that the P1800 first draft is scheduled.
    P1800 did discuss whether a later date was possible for 1364 while still
    matching the ballot date for P1800, but there was no clear resolution.
    We will have meetings after the ETF meetings, and possibly others as
    arranged via email. Given the limited time, most discussions will have
    to take place via email.

    We discussed priorities on enhancement requests. Steven mentioned that
    the ones Shalom considered highest priority were zero replication count
    (erratum 547), allowing certain system functions in constant expressions
    (erratum 387), and adding math system functions (erratum 390 or 580).
    Steven suggested 354 and 297 were worth considering. It might be worthwhile
    to consider 298 because it is already implemented in some simulators.
    The datatypes group, which has moved to P1800, may wish us to consider
    the "wone" single-driver net extension, as it fits into the 1364 LRM
    better than the P1800 LRM. Stuart's `compatibility directive (erratum 287)
    should also be considered. There was some discussion of that directive,
    and Stuart will make a more complete proposal.

    Note: it might be possible to handle 183 and 414 as new "math" system
    functions, as mentioned in 580.

    Erratum 350 (deprecating configs in Verilog source files) could be handled
    as an enhancement request or as an erratum. At present, I am planning to
    move it to the ETF as an erratum, since there is already a contradiction
    in the LRM on whether this is legal.

    Due to disruption by the "hold music" of one of the participants, and
    the limited business, the meeting was adjourned early.

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