unpacked structure in DPI

Check this out.

http://www.cdnusers.org/Forums/tabid/52/forumid/66/postid/2261/view/topic/Default.aspx

-Vivek

Vivek,

Thanks for your reply! The example showes a packed structure while what I want is an unpacked structure with real type members. Do you have examples for unpacked structure in DPI?

Regards,
Daniel

Daniel,

Do you have any example code, which you can share?

-Vivek

I wrote two examples, one using packed structures, and another using unpacked structures.  The unpacked example is here:

The title is: Manipulating Unpacked Arrays using DPI

http://www.cdnusers.org/Forums/tabid/52/view/topic/forumid/66/postid/3123/Default.aspx

Hi Todd,

The example is helpful. Thanks! How about the unpacked STRUCT (with integer and real members)? Can I use this as arguments in an imported C function? 

Regards,
Daniel

I don't believe you can make reals part of a packed structure or put them into a unpacked array. Here's another example showing how to use reals and DPI http://www.cdnusers.org/Forums/tabid/52/view/topic/forumid/66/postid/2841/Default.aspx

You can have an unpacked array of reals.

Shalom.Bresticker@intel.com

I'll clarify that by saying, I don't think you can have a packed structure of reals (somehow) or an upacked array of reals AND put them over a DPI interface.

Thanks Todd!

I can use unpacked array of integer to exchange data in DPI now.  However, what I really need is to use an unpacked structure which has both real and integer data members in DPI. Will Cadence support this kind of thing in future release of LDV?

Regards,
Daniel

The spec basically says that class cannot be put across the DPI interface - only packed structures of bits and logic. This restriction basically leaves out classes and packed/unpacked reals (reals by themselves are fine). I'm not the one to comment on if Cadence will support that - but if any supplier does, it will be a non-standard implementation.

I have one thought...this might work...never tried it. If someone can code this up - please post it:
from SV:
a) create a SV real. Use realtobits() to convert it to a vector, pack the converted real into a packed structure.
b) send that structure across the DPI interface

DPI C code:
a) recieve packed structure containing encoded real per usual DPI transfer
b) decode it back to a C double using some function call <-- is there such a function call??