UVM中通过objection机制来控制验证平台的关闭。在每个phase中,UVM会检查是否有objection被提起 (raise_objection),如果有,那么等待这个objection被撤销(drop_objection)后停止仿真;如果没有,则马上结束当前phase。
加入了objection机制的driver如下所示:
class my_driver extends uvm_driver;
`uvm_component_utils(my_driver)
function new(string name = "my_driver", uvm_component parent = null);
super.new(name, parent);
`uvm_info("my_driver", "new is called", UVM_LOW);
endfunction
extern virtual task main_phase(uvm_phase phase);
endclass
task my_driver::main_phase(uvm_phase phase);
phase.raise_objection(this);
`uvm_info("my_driver", "main_phase is called", UVM_LOW);
top_tb.rxd <= 8'b0;
top_tb.rx_dv <= 1'b0;
while(!top_tb.rst_n)
@(posedge top_tb.clk);
for(int i = 0; i < 256; i++)begin
@(posedge top_tb.clk);
top_tb.rxd <= $urandom_range(0, 255);
top_tb.rx_dv <= 1'b1;
`uvm_info("my_driver", "data is drived", UVM_LOW);
end
@(posedge top_tb.clk);
top_tb.rx_dv <= 1'b0;
phase.drop_objection(this);
endtask
在开始学习时,可以简单地将drop_objection语句当成是finish函数的替代者,只是在drop_objection语句之前必须先调用 raise_objection语句,raise_objection和drop_objection总是成对出现。
raise_objection语句必须在main_phase中第一个消耗仿真时间 的语句之前。如$display语句是不消耗仿真时间的,这些语句可 以放在raise_objection之前,但是类似@(posedge top.clk)等语句是要消耗仿真时间的。按照如下的方式使用raise_objection是无法 起到作用的:
task my_driver::main_phase(uvm_phase phase);
@(posedge top_tb.clk);
phase.raise_objection(this);
`uvm_info("my_driver", "main_phase is called", UVM_LOW);
top_tb.rxd <= 8'b0;
top_tb.rx_dv <= 1'b0;
while(!top_tb.rst_n)
@(posedge top_tb.clk);
for(int i = 0; i < 256; i++)begin
@(posedge top_tb.clk);
top_tb.rxd <= $urandom_range(0, 255);
top_tb.rx_dv <= 1'b1;
`uvm_info("my_driver", "data is drived", UVM_LOW);
end
@(posedge top_tb.clk);
top_tb.rx_dv <= 1'b0;
phase.drop_objection(this);
endtask
参考:UVM实战