User defined systemc port

[ecco]

Hello guys,

 

I'd like to have an input port whose type is user defined. In the code below, I'm trying to use the user defined class mem_req_c as the input port type.

 

SC_MODULE(req_buffer_m) {

   sc_in<bool >  clk;
   sc_in<sc_logic >  reset;
   sc_in<sc_logic >  insert;
   sc_in<sc_logic >  remove;
   sc_in<mem_req_c >  din;

//   sc_out<mem_req_c > dout;

 

Nevertheless, I get the following error when compiling:

 

g++ -g -Wno-deprecated -Wall -I. -I.. -I/usr/share/systemc-2.3/include -c sc_main.cpp
In file included from /usr/share/systemc-2.3/include/sysc/communication/sc_clock_ports.h:31:0,
                 from /usr/share/systemc-2.3/include/systemc:79,
                 from /usr/share/systemc-2.3/include/systemc.h:244,
                 from sc_main.cpp:8:
/usr/share/systemc-2.3/include/sysc/communication/sc_signal_ports.h: In member function ‘void sc_core::sc_in<DATA>::end_of_elaboration() [with T = mem_req_c]’:
sc_main.cpp:56:1:   instantiated from here
/usr/share/systemc-2.3/include/sysc/communication/sc_signal_ports.h:304:6: error: no matching function for call to ‘sc_trace(sc_core::sc_trace_file*&, const mem_req_c&, std::string&)’
/usr/share/systemc-2.3/include/sysc/communication/sc_signal_ports.h:304:6: note: candidates are:
/usr/share/systemc-2.3/include/sysc/tracing/sc_trace.h:195:1: note: void sc_core::sc_trace(sc_core::sc_trace_file*, const sc_dt::sc_bit&, const string&)
/usr/share/systemc-2.3/include/sysc/tracing/sc_trace.h:195:1: note:   no known conversion for argument 2 from ‘const mem_req_c’ to ‘const sc_dt::sc_bit&’

 

The error disappears if I declare that mem_req_c is a subclass of sc_logic... but I wonder why this is necessary. Any ideas?

[ecco]

Found the answer... 

http://www.doulos.com/knowhow/systemc/faq/

 

 

[dakupoto]

Hello,

As SystemC is basically a C++ library, you could just declare/define an interface

and then have a class that implements that interface. This will in essence create

a custom/user-defined channel. You can then specify what exactly can be carried

via that channel. Hope that helps.