Chapter 10 – Test

At last, we needto create one more block: the test. This block will derive from the uvm_test classand it will have two purposes:

• Create the env block

• Connect the sequencer to the sequence

You might bewondering why are we connecting the sequencer and the sequence in this block,instead of the agent block or the sequence block.

The reason isvery simple: by specifying in the test class which sequence will be going to begenerated in the sequencer, we can easily change the kind of data istransmitted to the DUT without messing with the agent’s or sequence’s code.

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class simpleadder_test extends uvm_test;      `uvm_component_utils(simpleadder_test)        simpleadder_env sa_env;        function new(string name, uvm_component parent);           super.new(name, parent);      endfunction: new        function void build_phase(uvm_phase phase);           super.build_phase(phase);           sa_env = simpleadder_env::type_id::create(...      endfunction: build_phase        task run_phase(uvm_phase phase);           simpleadder_sequence sa_seq;             phase.raise_objection(.obj(this));                sa_seq = simpleadder_sequence::type_id::create(...                assert(sa_seq.randomize());                sa_seq.start(sa_env.sa_agent.sa_seqr);           phase.drop_objection(.obj(this));      endtask: run_phase endclass: simpleadder_test

Code 10.1– Code for the test class

Line 21 starts asequencer in the desired sequence for this test.

In Figure 10.1,it’s represented the current state of our testbench.

Our testbench isfinally ready, now it’s time to execute it and check the results.

The source ofthe test component can be found here: