What phase to connect interface to driver?

[Logger]

I'm just getting started with the examples. The ubus example demonstrates getting the virtual ubus_if from uvm_config_db during the build_phase. Since getting that seems like "connecting", why is that not being done in the connect_phase?

function void build_phase(uvm_phase phase);
    super.build_phase(phase);
     if(!uvm_config_db#(virtual ubus_if)::get(this, "", "vif", vif))
       `uvm_fatal("NOVIF",{"virtual interface must be set for: ",get_full_name(),".vif"});
  endfunction: build_phase

-Ryan

[Bart]

You can connect virtual interfaces in either the build_phase() or the connect_phase() so its a matter of preference & philosophy.

Strictly speaking you're not making a connection - you are assigning a value to the local vif property through the configuration mechanism. Static configuration settings are updated during the build_phase(), so traditionally this is the phase to handle this.

If you were connecting component TLM ports or references, you would do this in the connect_phase() to make sure the start & end points of the connection exist.

[Logger]

Thanks Bart.