[ibis-macro] Re: Truth table taken to the next level

  • From: "Muranyi, Arpad" <Arpad_Muranyi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 23:33:33 -0700

Fangyi,
 
Giving your comment some more thought, I realize that in cell B2
of the first picture we should probably have a "TRUE" because
the only way GetWave is allowed to be "FALSE" is if Use_Init_Output
is "TRUE".  However, given the comment in highlighted yellow:
"When GetWave doesn't exist, the Use_Init_Output Boolean has
no effect on anything", this requirement is nullified because
it doesn't matter what its value is, it doesn't have an effect
on anything.
 
Of course we can turn this problem around and ask ourselves the
question, what was the intent of the authors of that sentence
in the spec then?  Did they have something on their mind along the
lines of "Use_Init_Output" having an effect on other things than
just the GetWave function's input?  In other words, was
Use_Init_Output really supposed to have an effect on GetWave
ONLY, or also on how the output of Tx Init is forwarded to Rx Init?
 
Arpad
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Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:09 AM
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Subject: [ibis-macro] Re: Truth table taken to the next level


Fangyi,
 
Thanks for your comments.
 
I did find on pg. 145 that "If Use_Init_Output is False, GetWave_Exists
must be True.",
but I can't find what you are saying: " if GetWave_Exists=False,
Use_Init_Output must be True."
Could you give me a page number for that?
 
Thanks,
 
Arpad
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From: fangyi_rao@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fangyi_rao@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 1:01 AM
To: Muranyi, Arpad; ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ibis-macro] Truth table taken to the next level



Hi, Arpad;

 

I think your second table is also correct. I just want to point out that
the current BIRD explicitly states that if GetWave_Exists=False,
Use_Init_Output must be True. Although it won't change the logic of the
table, those X's for Use_Init_Output when GetWave_Exists=False should be
replaced by True.

 

Regards,

Fangyi

 

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[mailto:ibis-macro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Muranyi, Arpad
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:57 PM
To: ibis-macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ibis-macro] Truth table taken to the next level

 

Dear AMI experts, 
  
I cleaned up the spreadsheet with the truth table that we discussed 
in our ATM meeting today.  It looks like this now: 

 

I hope I got it right this time. 

The next thing I would like to do is to extend this table 
and spell out how these conditions can be applied to Tx 
and Rx independently.  In other words, I don't believe 
that our intent was to require these Booleans to be the 
same for both Tx and Rx.  But how many combinations are 
valid? 

We have four (4) combinations per buffer, and we have two 
buffers, which could theoretically allow 4^2 = 16 total 
possibilities.  Are they all valid? 

 

Thanks, 

Arpad 
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