Problem about interface when using uvm_config_db

[mrforever]

Hi all,

I met one problem about interface in UVM when i use uvm_config_db;

 

Codes:

 

There is such a line code in duv_pkg.sv

typedef virtual duv_sigif duv_vif;

 

There are such codes in duv_tb_top.sv

 

...
duv_sigif fifo_vif[`PORTS_NUM] (clk, rst); // SystemVerilog Interface
...
for (int i = 0; i < `PORTS_NUM; i++) begin
  uvm_config_db#(duv_vif)::set(uvm_root::get(), $sformatf("*.env.subenv[%0d].*", i), "tb_vif", fifo_vif[i]);    
end
...

 

 

VCS reports:

 

 

Error-[iND] Identifier not declared

duv_tb_top.sv, 104

  Identifier 'fifo_vif' has not been declared yet. If this error is not  

  expected, please check if you have set `default_nettype to none.

 

If I change the codes above as follows:

Codes:

 

There is such a line code in duv_pkg.sv

typedef virtual duv_sigif duv_vif;

 

There are such codes in duv_tb_top.sv

 

...
duv_sigif fifo_vif(clk, rst); // SystemVerilog Interface
...
//for (int i = 0; i < `PORTS_NUM; i++) begin
//uvm_config_db#(duv_vif)::set(uvm_root::get(), $sformatf("*.env.subenv[%0d].*", i), "tb_vif", fifo_vif[i]);
uvm_config_db#(duv_vif)::set(uvm_root::get(), "*", "tb_vif", fifo_vif);
//end
...

The VCS error disappears. Could anybody tell me the reason? By the way, I want to implement multiple interfaces as the duv has multiple ports which are the same.

 

[zcahana]

Hierarchical references, including references to elements of an array of interfaces, require constant expressions as array indices.

On the other hand, arrays of virtual interfaces don't require it, and these are also assignment compatible with arrays of interfaces.

Thus, you may use the following trick:

duv_sigif fifo_if[`PORTS_NUM] (clk, rst);
duv_vif fifo_vif[`PORTS_NUM] = fifo_if;

[jadec]

Since indexes to interface array need to be elab-time constants, you can do:

 

duv_sigif fifo_vif[`PORTS_NUM] (clk, rst); // SystemVerilog Interface
...

// outside of procedural block

generate
for (genvar i = 0; i < `PORTS_NUM; i++) begin

initial uvm_config_db#(duv_vif)::set(uvm_root::get(), $sformatf("*.env.subenv[%0d].*", i), "tb_vif", fifo_vif);
end

endgenerate

[mrforever]

Since indexes to interface array need to be elab-time constants, you can do:

 

duv_sigif fifo_vif[`PORTS_NUM] (clk, rst); // SystemVerilog Interface

...

// outside of procedural block

generate

for (genvar i = 0; i < `PORTS_NUM; i++) begin

initial uvm_config_db#(duv_vif)::set(uvm_root::get(), $sformatf("*.env.subenv[%0d].*", i), "tb_vif", fifo_vif);

end

endgenerate

 

Thanks, I will have a try.

[mrforever]

Hierarchical references, including references to elements of an array of interfaces, require constant expressions as array indices.

On the other hand, arrays of virtual interfaces don't require it, and these are also assignment compatible with arrays of arrays of interfaces.

Thus, you may use the following trick:

duv_sigif fifo_if[`PORTS_NUM] (clk, rst);
duv_vif fifo_vif[`PORTS_NUM] = fifo_if;

Hi,

I don't think that it's the answer i want, thanks all the same.