zqlsi
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| 5/10/2008 2:45 AM |
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Hi,
Does anyone know whether the SV unpacked structure can be passed to a C function through DPI?
I tried this in LDV6.2 but was told that this data type is unsupported as a formal augment.
Thanks!
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prasad_vc
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| 5/11/2008 9:47 PM |
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Check this out.
http://www.cdnusers.org/Forums/tabid/52/forumid/66/postid/2261/view/topic/Default.aspx
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zqlsi
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| 5/11/2008 10:18 PM |
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Vivek,
Thanks for your reply! The example showes a packed structure while what I want is an unpacked structure with real type members. Do you have examples for unpacked structure in DPI?
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prasad_vc
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| 5/11/2008 11:10 PM |
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Daniel,
Do you have any example code, which you can share?
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tmackett
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zqlsi
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| 5/12/2008 7:24 PM |
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Hi Todd,
The example is helpful. Thanks! How about the unpacked STRUCT (with integer and real members)? Can I use this as arguments in an imported C function?
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tmackett
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| 5/14/2008 11:25 AM |
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I don't believe you can make reals part of a packed structure or put them into a unpacked array.
Here's another example showing how to use reals and DPI
http://www.cdnusers.org/Forums/tabid/52/view/topic/forumid/66/postid/2841/Default.aspx
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shalom
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| 5/14/2008 11:53 AM |
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You can have an unpacked array of reals.
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tmackett
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| 5/14/2008 1:30 PM |
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| I'll clarify that by saying, I don't think you can have a packed structure of reals (somehow) or an upacked array of reals AND put them over a DPI interface. |
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zqlsi
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| 5/14/2008 7:48 PM |
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Thanks Todd!
I can use unpacked array of integer to exchange data in DPI now. However, what I really need is to use an unpacked structure which has both real and integer data members in DPI. Will Cadence support this kind of thing in future release of LDV?
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tmackett
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| 5/15/2008 9:31 AM |
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The spec basically says that class cannot be put across the DPI interface - only packed structures of bits and logic. This restriction basically leaves out classes and packed/unpacked reals (reals by themselves are fine). I'm not the one to comment on if Cadence will support that - but if any supplier does, it will be a non-standard implementation.
I have one thought...this might work...never tried it. If someone can code this up - please post it:
from SV:
a) create a SV real. Use realtobits() to convert it to a vector, pack the converted real into a packed structure.
b) send that structure across the DPI interface
DPI C code:
a) recieve packed structure containing encoded real per usual DPI transfer
b) decode it back to a C double using some function call <-- is there such a function call??
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zqlsi
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| 5/15/2008 7:26 PM |
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Hi Todd,
Thanks a lot for the answer! It's very helpful to me.
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prasad_vc
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| 5/15/2008 8:58 PM |
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Daniel,
As suggested by Todd, you can use the "integer" for float and "longint" for double to create a struct and pass this struct to "C".
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