Re: [myhdl-list] Developing PLI module for cosimulation with VCS

[Christopher F. <chr...@gm...>]

On 5/11/12 8:40 AM, Tom Dillon wrote:
>
>> I concur, the cver version is more standard (?) should work with most
>> Verilog simulators out of the box.  If you get the latest development
>> code, 0.8dev, there is a modelsim directory in the cosim as well.
>> Modelsim had a memory leak some tweaks had to be made and a separate dir
>> was made.
>
> Off topic, but I have been wondering about this. I am using the 0.7
> release. Should I be using the 0.8dev?
>
> What is new? Do you have to check it out of the repos to use it?
>

Yes, for the 0.8dev you have to check it out of the repo, 
http://www.myhdl.org/doku.php/dev:repo.

Jan D. started a list of items for 0.8 release, 
http://www.myhdl.org/doku.php/dev:0.8.  There are additional tweaks that 
are not mentioned (I think) like the performance modifications to the 
Signal.

I have been using the 0.8dev without issues.  With any repo tip or 
development branch use with caution.  Jan D. has put together a fairly 
comprehensive set of unit/regression tests.  Most cases nothing is 
committed to the repo if it doesn't pass the tests.  Meaning that the 
dev branches is pretty stable.

Thing to note, if you clone the repo, named branches are being used for 
development.  After you clone the repo you have to "update" to the 
development branch, example.

   >> hg clone http://hg.myhdl.org/myhdl
   >> hg branches
   >> hg up -C 0.8dev

Chris