Re: [Socbuilder-discussion] Progress

[Rudolf U. <ru...@as...>]

On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 04:10, Bill Cox wrote:
> bporcella wrote:
> 
> > Hi all.
> >  
> > Not much communication on this list for awhile.  Is everybody giving 
> > up or just too busy?
> >  
> > I have been working out the details of Wishbone compatible Z80 (in 
> > verilog)   ---  I'm not ready to recommend this as the first processor to
> > incorporate in the builder   (assuming we get a builder together) 
> > ---   but I'll try to make a case.     I need to get some 
> > documentation together
> > on what I have been doing - get verification underway, and start 
> > thinking some more about global system issues.   
> >  
> > I will be busy with family things for the next week or two, but will 
> > be watching mail.   If anyone is making any progress, please let us 
> > know. 
> >  
> > bj Porcella
> > http://pages.sbcglobal.net/bporcella/
> 
> Hi, Bj.
> 
> I'm just too busy.  Last week, after spending two weeks working 16 hour 
> days, we finished up a tape-out with a 33 hour day at work.  Now there's 
> another tape out...
> 
> Actually, I seem finally be getting ahead of my work.  I hope to find 
> some time to work on this starting next week.
> 
> What do you guys think of Confluence now that it's open source? 
>  Personally, I think we should use it for our module generation tasks, 
> which I find to be a separate task to the connection engine described by 
> Rudi's SoC Builder spec.  The connection engine may allow for a bit of 
> plug-and-play compatability between modules, but what those modules do 
> will have to be fairly fixed.  We can propagate parameters like bus 
> widths, but real flexibility requires a language like Confluence.
> 
> Also, I'm still waiting for the connection engine spec to be upgraded to 
> include parameters that can be propagated around, like bus widths.  Once 
> that's done, if we agree that it's probably the right way to proceed, 
> I'll get started on some code.
> 
> Bill

Sorry, I'll be tight up till end of April.

rudi               
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