ankit jain

Thanks Richard for quick reply, can you share some insights on the example below considering SEL_AB as field 2, DTA and DTB as field1. Q2) Also if one doesn't want to use alternate register, what field naming convention to use as IPXACT doesn't allow usage of "/" character? ex in field name, DTA/DTB with which character to replace "/"? <spirit:component xmlns:spirit="http://www.spiritconsortium.org/XMLSchema/SPIRIT/1685-2009" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.spiritconsortium.org/XMLSchema/SPIRIT/1685-2009 http://www.spiritconsortium.org/XMLSchema/SPIRIT/1685-2009/index.xsd"> <spirit:vendor>Vendor</spirit:vendor> <spirit:library>Library</spirit:library> <spirit:name>new_file</spirit:name> <spirit:version>1.0</spirit:version> <spirit:memoryMaps> <spirit:memoryMap> <spirit:name>mmap</spirit:name> <spirit:addressBlock> <spirit:name>blk1</spirit:name> <spirit:baseAddress>0x0</spirit:baseAddress> <spirit:range>0xc</spirit:range> <spirit:width>32</spirit:width> <spirit:usage>register</spirit:usage> <spirit:access>read-write</spirit:access> <spirit:register> <spirit:name>regA</spirit:name> <spirit:addressOffset>0x0</spirit:addressOffset> <spirit:size>32</spirit:size> <spirit:access>read-write</spirit:access> <spirit:field> <spirit:name>DTA</spirit:name> <spirit:bitOffset>0</spirit:bitOffset> <spirit:bitWidth>16</spirit:bitWidth> <spirit:access>read-write</spirit:access> </spirit:field> <spirit:field> <spirit:name>SEL_AB</spirit:name> <spirit:bitOffset>16</spirit:bitOffset> <spirit:bitWidth>4</spirit:bitWidth> <spirit:access>read-write</spirit:access> </spirit:field> <spirit:alternateRegisters> <spirit:alternateRegister> <spirit:name>regB</spirit:name> <spirit:alternateGroups> <spirit:alternateGroup>DB</spirit:alternateGroup> </spirit:alternateGroups> <spirit:access>read-write</spirit:access> <spirit:field> <spirit:name>DTB</spirit:name> <spirit:bitOffset>0</spirit:bitOffset> <spirit:bitWidth>16</spirit:bitWidth> <spirit:access>read-write</spirit:access> </spirit:field> <spirit:field> <spirit:name>SEL_AB</spirit:name> <spirit:bitOffset>16</spirit:bitOffset> <spirit:bitWidth>1</spirit:bitWidth> <spirit:access>read-write</spirit:access> </spirit:field> </spirit:alternateRegister> </spirit:alternateRegisters> </spirit:register> </spirit:addressBlock> <spirit:addressUnitBits>8</spirit:addressUnitBits> </spirit:memoryMap> </spirit:memoryMaps> </spirit:component>

Hi, one solution could be using register file containing registers with dimension (for column) and then applying dimension on register file (for row).

Hi, I wanted to know use case of alternate register. Scenario 1(DYNAMIC) : lets take an example, for capturing metadata of a register.The field(1) in register represents data whose context changes when another field (2)is having another data. So in this case h/w changes field (2) data dynamically, changing context of field (1) data. Does alternate register is used in this case? Can multiple "alternate group names" tag be used while instantiating module registers. Scenario 2(STATIC) : According to my understanding, alternate register is used for capturing registers according to mode in which module is to be instantiated i.e. only 1 register definition to be selected from multiple alternate registers while instantiating module registers using single "alternate group name" tag. What is the use case of alternate registers.(Scenario 1 or 2) Thanks