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what are the major differences between sc_port and sc_export?


Ramarao V

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Port requires a pointer towards the object containing implementations of methods specified in the interface.

Export provides the very pointer that port needs.

Port goes from caller towards callee.

Export goes from callee towards caller.

Pseudo-graphically:

//  +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
//  |struct Top : sc_module {                                                          |
//  |                                                                                  |
//  | initiator.p1.bind( target.x1 );                                                  |
//  |                                                                                  |
//  | Initiator initiator{"orgin"};           Target target{"target"};                 |
//  | +------------------------------------+  +--------------------------------------+ |
//  | |struct Initiator : sc_module {      |  |struct Target : sc_module {           | |
//  | |                                    |  |                                      | |
//  | | sc_port<IF> p1{"p1"};              |  | sc_export<IF> x1{"x1"};              | |
//  | | caller.p0.bind( p1 );              |  | x1.bind( callee.x0 );                | |
//  | |                                    |  |                                      | |
//  | | Caller caller{"caller"};           |  |     Callee callee{"callee"};         | |
//  | | +----------------------------+     |  |     +------------------------------+ | |
//  | | |struct Caller : sc_module { |     |  |     |struct Callee : sc_module, IF | | |
//  | | |                            |     |  |     |                              | | |
//  | | | sc_port<IF> p0{"p0"};      |     |  |     | sc_export<IF> x0{"x0"};      | | |
//  | | | SC_THREAD(thread1);        |     |  |     | Data          m_data;        | | |
//  | | |                            |     |  |     | x0.bind(*this);              | | |
//  | | |                            |     |  |     |                              | | |
//  | | | .------------------.       |     |  |     |    .----------------------.  | | |
//  | | | | void thread1()   |       |     |  |     |    | void xfer( data& d ) |  | | |
//  | | | | {                |       |     |  |     |    | {                    |  | | |
//  | | | |   p0->xfer( v ); |    [p0]->[p1]->[x1]->[x0] |   // Save/load d     |  | | |
//  | | | | }                |       |     |  |     |    |   auto t = d;        |  | | |
//  | | | |                  |       |     |  |     |    |   d = m_data;        |  | | |
//  | | | |                  |       |     |  |     |    |   // Transform t     |  | | |
//  | | | |                  |       |     |  |     |    |   m_data = t;        |  | | |
//  | | | |                  |       |     |  |     |    | }                    |  | | |
//  | | | '------------------'       |     |  |     |    '----------------------'  | | |
//  | | |                            |     |  |     |                              | | |
//  | | |};                          |     |  |     |                              | | |
//  | | +----------------------------+     |  |     +------------------------------+ | |
//  | |                                    |  |                                      | |
//  | |};                                  |  |};                                    | |
//  | +------------------------------------+  +--------------------------------------+ |
//  |                                                                                  |
//  |};                                                                                |
//  +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

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