For cases where you want to override the default template implementation to
handle a particular type in a different way, Vitis Model Composer
supports template specialization. Consider the following example where a function
myFunc has one specialized version declared to
implement an int16 datatype along with a generic
template function.
kernel.cpp
#ifndef _AIE_CLASS_KERNELS_H_
#define _AIE_CLASS_KERNELS_H_
#include <adf.h>
template<typename T, int N>
void myFunc(input_buffer<T> &i1,
output_buffer<T> &o1
);
template<>
void myFunc<int16,8>(input_buffer<int16> &i1,
output_buffer<int16> &o1);
#endifWhen you try to import the kernel myFunc as a
block into Vitis Model Composer using the AIE
Template Kernel block, the Function tab in the block GUI parameter looks as shown.
If you select the function variant corresponding to the base template, the Function
Template Parameters table shows the values corresponding to that. If you select the
specialization variant instead, the table shows the values of the template
parameters of that specialization. You cannot change these values.