SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATIC LOGIC MODEL BUILD PROCESS WITH AUTONOMOUS QUALITY CHECKING

• US 20090240483A1
• Filed: 03/19/2008
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pardini, Matthew G., Adams, Matthew A., Alexander, Khary J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,515,727 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/261 by simulating additional hardware, e.g. fault simulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2117/08 HW-SW co-design, e.g. HW-SW partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/33 Design verification, e.g. functional simulation or model checking

Abstract

A computer program product stored including machine executable instructions stored on machine readable media, the instructions configured for performing automatic logic build processes and implementing autonomic quality checking, by implementing a method including: providing a model repository for holding at least one component; updating the model repository with at least one component; creating a tag for each sub-component of a selected component of the model repository; associating each tag with a latest version of each respective sub-component; and issuing a component submit notice to identify at least one of a dependency and a priority between selected components. A system is also provided.

Claims

1. A computer program product stored comprising machine executable instructions stored on machine readable media, the instructions configured for performing automatic logic build processes and implementing autonomic quality checking, by implementing a method comprising:

providing a model repository for holding at least one component;

updating the model repository with at least one component;

creating a tag for each sub-component of a selected component of the model repository;

associating each tag with a latest version of each respective sub-component; and

issuing a component submit notice to identify at least one of a dependency and a priority between selected components.

2. The computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the component submit notice comprises the tag.

3. The computer program product as in claim 1, further comprising testing dependency between components then building a component model.

4. The computer program product as in claim 3, further comprising creating the component model from at least one of:

a released common model, at least one sub-component associated with a latest component tag, and any component dependencies.

5. The computer program product as in claim 1, further comprising providing each component a separate build environment.

6. The computer program product as in claim 5, further comprising building a plurality of components speculatively and in parallel.

7. The computer program product as in claim 1, further comprising automatically terminating a build for a failing component.

8. The computer program product as in claim 1, further comprising sending an error detected during a model build process to at least one of a component submitter and model builder.

9. The computer program product as in claim 8, further comprising overriding the error by the model builder.

10. The computer program product as in claim 1, further comprising performing a test to qualify a new component model.

11. The computer program product as in claim 10, further comprising, for each qualified component, releasing the component.

12. The computer program product as in claim 1, further comprising automatically waiting for resolution of dependencies between components at least one of before and during a build process.

13. The computer program product as in claim 1, further comprising updating a common model build environment with at least one qualified component.

14. The computer program product as in claim 13, further comprising outputting the common model.

15. A system for performing automatic logic build processes and implementing autonomic quality checking, the system comprising:

a processor for accessing machine readable media comprising machine executable instructions and executing the instructions;

the instructions configured for performing the automatic logic build processes and implementing autonomic quality checking, by implementing a method comprising;

providing a model repository for holding at least one component;

updating the model repository with at least one component;

creating a tag for each sub-component of a selected component of the model repository;

associating each tag with a latest version of each respective sub-component; and

issuing a component submit notice to identify at least one of a dependency and a priority between selected components;

an input for inputting the at least one component; and

an output for providing a common model built from components.

16. A computer program product stored comprising machine executable instructions stored on machine readable media, the instructions configured for performing automatic logic build processes and implementing autonomic quality checking, by implementing a method comprising:

providing a model repository for holding at least one component;

updating the model repository with at least one component;

creating a tag for each sub-component of a selected component of the model repository;

associating each tag with a latest version of each respective sub-component;

issuing a component submit notice comprising the tag to identify at least one of a dependency and a priority between selected components;

testing dependency between components then building a component model from at least one of;

a released common model, at least one sub-component associated with a latest component tag, and any component dependencies;

providing each component a separate build environment;

building a plurality of components speculatively and in parallel and automatically terminating a build for a failing component;

sending an error detected during a model build process to at least one of a component submitter and model builder;

performing a test to qualify a new component model and for each qualified component, releasing the component;

updating a common model build environment with each qualified component; and

outputting the common model.