
SystemVerilog Master BFM
SystemVerilog Master API
Mentor Verification IP AE AXI4-Lite User Guide, V10.3
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April 2014
The built-in BFM assertions are independent of programming language and simulator.
Assertion Configuration
By default, all built-in assertions are enabled in the master AXI4-Lite BFM. To globally disable
them in the master BFM, use the set_config() command as the following example illustrates:
set_config(AXI4_CONFIG_ENABLE_ALL_ASSERTIONS,0)
Alternatively, you can disable individual built-in assertions by using a sequence of get_config()
and set_config() commands on the respective assertion. For example, to disable assertion
checking for the AWADDR signal changing between the AWVALID and AWREADY
handshake signals, use the following sequence of commands:
// Define a local bit vector to hold the value of the assertion bit vector
bit [255:0] config_assert_bitvector;
// Get the current value of the assertion bit vector
config_assert_bitvector = bfm.get_config(AXI4_CONFIG_ENABLE_ASSERTION);
// Assign the AXI4_AWADDR_CHANGED_BEFORE_AWREADY assertion bit to 0
config_assert_bitvector[AXI4_AWADDR_CHANGED_BEFORE_AWREADY] = 0;
// Set the new value of the assertion bit vector
bfm.set_config(AXI4_CONFIG_ENABLE_ASSERTION, config_assert_bitvector);
Do not confuse the AXI4_CONFIG_ENABLE_ASSERTION bit vector with the
AXI4_CONFIG_ENABLE_ALL_ASSERTIONS global enable/disable.
To re-enable the AXI4_AWADDR_CHANGED_BEFORE_AWREADY assertion, follow the
above code sequence and assign the assertion within the
AXI4_CONFIG_ENABLE_ASSERTION bit vector to 1.
For a complete listing of AXI4-Lite assertions, refer to “AXI4-Lite Assertions” on page 369.
SystemVerilog Master API
This section describes the SystemVerilog master API.
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