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UsingtheUVMlibrarieswithQuesta
byRichEdelmanandDaveRich
Introduction

TheUVMisaderivativeofOVM2.1.1.Ithassimilarusemodel,andisruningenerallythesameway.
OnesignificantchangeisthattheUVMrequiresaDPIcompiledlibraryinordertoenableregular
expressionmatching,backdooraccessandotherfunctionality.
WhenrunningUVMbasedtestbenches,werecommendusingthebuiltin,precompiledUVMand
DPIcompiledlibraries.Thiswillremovetheneedtoinstallanycompilersorcreateabuild
environment.

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OneotherissuetomentionifyouareconvertingfromOVMtoUVM,andifyouusestop_request()
and/orglobal_stop_request(),thenyouwillneedtousethefollowingplusarg,otherwiseyour
testbenchwillendprematurelywithoutawaitingyourstop_request().
vsim+UVM_USE_OVM_RUN_SEMANTIC+UVM_TESTNAME=hello
SimulatingwithUVMOutOfTheBoxwithQuesta

TheUVMbaseclasslibirariescanbeusedoutoftheboxwithQuesta10.0borhigherveryeasily.
ThereisnoneedtocompiletheSystemVerilogUVMpackageortheCDPIsourcecodeyourself.The
Questa10.0breleaseandeveryreleaseafterwardscontainsaprecompiledDPIlibrary,aswellasa
precompiledUVMlibrary.Theonlydependencyisthatyourhostsystemrequiresglibc2.3.4orlater
installed.Questa10.0cWindowsusersonly,pleasereadthisimportantnoteaboutthelocation
oftheDPIlibraries.

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EachreleaseofQuestacomeswithmultipleversionsoftheUVMprecompiledandreadytoload.By
default,afreshinstallofQuestawillloadthelatestversionofUVMthatisavailableintherelease.If
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Modifythemodelsim.iniFile

Insidethemodelsim.inifile,itcontainsalinewhichdefinesalibrarymappingforQuesta.Thatlineis
themtiUvmline.Itlookssomethinglikethis:
mtiUvm=$MODEL_TECH/../uvm1.1b
ThisexampleispointingtotheUVM1.1breleaseincludedinsidetheQuestarelease.Ifwewanted
todowngradetoUVM1.1a,thenwewouldsimplymodifythelinetolooklikethis:
mtiUvm=$MODEL_TECH/../uvm1.1a
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TheQuestacommandscanalsoacceptaswitchonthecommandlinetotellitwhichlibrariestolook
for.Thisswitchoverrideswhatisspecifiedinthemodelsim.inifileifthereisaconflict.Theswitchis
L.Ifthisswitchisused,thenallQuestacommandswiththeexceptionofvlibwillneedtousethe
switch.
vlibwork
vloghello.svL$QUESTA_HOME/uvm1.1a
vsimhelloL$QUESTA_HOME/uvm1.1a...

Ifyouareusingsomeotherplatform,oryouwanttocompileyourownDPIlibrary,pleasefollowthe
directionsbelow.
IfyouuseanearlierQuestainstallation,like6.6dor10.0,thenyoumustsupplythe+incdir,andyou
mustcompiletheUVM.
Forexample,with10.0aonlinux,youcando
vlibwork
vloghello.sv
vsimcsv_lib$UVM_HOME/lib/uvm_dpi
ifyouuseyourownUVMdownload,oryouuseQuesta6.6dor10.0youneedtodothefollowing:
vlibwork
vlog+incdir+$UVM_HOME/src$UVM_HOME/src/uvm_pkg.sv
mkdirp$UVM_HOME/lib
g++m32fPICDQUESTAgWshared
I/u/release/10.0a/questasim//include
$UVM_HOME/src/dpi/uvm_dpi.cc
o$UVM_HOME/lib/uvm_dpi.so
vlog+incdir+$UVM_HOME/srchello.sv
vsimcsv_lib$UVM_HOME/lib/uvm_dpi

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BuildingtheUVMDPISharedObjectYourself

Ifyoudontusethebuiltin,precompiledUVM,thenyoumustprovidethevlog+incdir+andyoumust
compiletheUVMyourself,includingtheDPIlibrary.
In$UVM_HOME/examples,thereisaMakefile.questawhichcancompileandlinkyourDPIshared
object.
ForLinux(linux):

cd$UVM_HOME/examples
setenvMTI_HOME/u/release/10.0a/questasim/
makefMakefile.questadpi_lib
>mkdirp../lib
>g++m32fPICDQUESTAgWshared
>I/u/release/10.0a/questasim//include
>../src/dpi/uvm_dpi.cco../lib/uvm_dpi.so
ForLinux64(linux_x86_64)

cd$UVM_HOME/examples
setenvMTI_HOME/u/release/10.0a/questasim/
makeLIBNAME=uvm_dpi64BITS=64fMakefile.questadpi_lib
>mkdirp../lib
>g++m64fPICDQUESTAgWshared
>I/u/release/10.0a/questasim//include
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>../src/dpi/uvm_dpi.cco../lib/uvm_dpi64.so
ForWindows(win32):

cd$UVM_HOME/examples
setenvMTI_HOME/u/release/10.0a/questasim/
makefMakefile.questadpi_libWin
>mkdirp../lib
>c:/QuestaSim_10.0a/gcc4.2.1mingw32vc9/bin/g++.exe
>gDQUESTAWshared
>BsymbolicIc:/QuestaSim_10.0a/include
>../src/dpi/uvm_dpi.cco
>../lib/uvm_dpi.dll
>c:/QuestaSim_10.0a/win32/mtipli.dlllregex
Note:ForWindows,youmustusetheGCCprovidedontheQuestadownloadpage:(questasimgcc
4.2.1mingw32vc9.zip)
Saveto/tmp/questasimgcc4.2.1mingw32vc9.zip
cd$MTI_HOME
unzip/tmp/questasimgcc4.2.1mingw32vc9.zip
<createstheGCCdirectoriesintheMTI_HOME>
UsingtheUVMDPISharedObject

Youshouldaddthesv_libswitchtoyourvsiminvocation.Youdonotneedtospecifytheextension,
vsimwilllookfor.soonlinuxandlinux_x86_64,and.dllonWindows.
linux:

vsimsv_lib$UVM_HOME/lib/uvm_dpidorunallquitf
linux_x86_64:

vsimsv_lib$UVM_HOME/lib/uvm_dpi64dorunallquitf
win32:

cp$UVM_HOME/lib/uvm_dpi.dll.
vsimsv_libuvm_dpidorunallquitf
RunningtheexamplesfromtheUVM1.1Release

IfyouwanttoruntheexamplesfromtheUVM1.0ReleaseyouneedtogettheOpenSourcekitit
containstheexamples.
1.DownloadtheUVMtar.gzandunpackit.
Gotohttp://verificationacademy.com/verificationmethodologythedownloadlinkisinthe
UVM/OVMDownloads&Contributionsbox.
OntheAccelleradownloadpage,clickonDownloadUVM
2.setyourUVM_HOMEtopointtotheUVMinstallation.
setenvUVM_HOME/tmp/uvm<version#>
3.Gototheexamplethatyouwanttorun.
cd$UVM_HOME/examples/simple/hello_world
4.Invokemakeforyourplatform:
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ForWindows(win32)
cd$UVM_HOME/examples/simple/hello_world
makeDPILIB_TARGET=dpi_libWinfMakefile.questaall
#Note:forwindows,youneeda"developmentarea",withmake,gcc/g++,etc.Usingcygwinistheeasiestsolution
ForLinux(linux)
cd$UVM_HOME/examples/simple/hello_world
makefMakefile.questaall
ForLinux64(linux_x86_64)
cd$UVM_HOME/examples/simple/hello_world
makeBITS=64fMakefile.questaall
MigrationfromOVMtoUVM

AnOVMdesigncanbemigratedtoUVMusingascript.ManyOVMdesignscanworkwithoutany
handcodedchangesorotherintervention.Itisagoodideatofirstgetyourdesignrunningonthe
latestversionofOVM2.1.2,beforestartingthemigrationprocess.
ThesedesignscanbeconvertedfromOVMtoUVMusingthedistributedconversionscript:
cd$MY_TEST_BENCH
$UVM_HOME/bin/ovm2uvm
Incertaincaseshandcodedchangesmightberequired.
Usingtheovm2uvmscript,youcanrunadryruntryandseewhatmustbechanged.Thereare
manyoptionstothescript.Beforeusingit,youshouldstudyitcarefully,andrunitindryrunmode
untilyouarecomfortablewithit.Inallcases,makeabackupcopyofyoursourcecode,beforeyou
usethescripttoreplaceinplace.
Bydefaultitdoesnotchangefiles.
Hereisasimplescriptwhichcopiestheovmcode,thenapplies
thescript.
#Copymyovmsourcetoanewplace.
(cdovmsourcetarcf.)|(mkdirpuvmsourcecduvmsourcetarxf)
#Doadryrun
$UVM_HOME/bin/ovm2uvm.pltop_diruvmsource
#Examinethe*.patchfile
.
#Ifsatisfiedwiththeanalysis,changeinplace
$UVM_HOME/bin/ovm2uvm.pltop_diruvmsourcewrite
IfyouaremigratingtotheUVMfromOVM,youareNOTrequiredtousethisscript,butyoumustdo
aconversionbysomemeans.
OnceyourOVMdesignisconvertedtoUVM,youarealmostreadytorun.
TheUVMrequiresthatyouusesomeDPIcode.Additionally,theUVMdefinesadifferentsemantic
forrun().IfyouareusinganOVMdesignconvertedtoUVM,andyouusestop_request()or
global_stop_request(),thenyouneedtoaddaswitch:
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vsim+UVM_USE_OVM_RUN_SEMANTIC+UVM_TESTNAME=hello
InordertoNOTusethisswitch,youneedtochangeyourOVMdesign.YouneedtoNOTuse
stop_request()orglobal_stop_request().Youshouldcauseyourtestandtestbenchtobecontrolled
byraisingobjectionsasthefirstthinginyourruntasks,andthenloweringyourobjectionswhereyou
previouslyhadyourstoprequests.
MoreinformationaboutmigratingfromOVMtoUVMcanbefoundintheVerificationAcademy
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27commentsonthispost | AddYourOwn
CommentedonMarch9,2011at9:54am
BySystemLevelDesignBlogArchiveBlogReview:March9

[]DaveRichoffersupsomeinsideknowledgeforusingUVM1.0withQuesta.Ifyouworkinthisenvironment,[]

CommentedonMay16,2011at7:31am
Bymdt

localhost%/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/examples>makefMakefile.questadpi_lib
mkdirp/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/lib
g++m32fPICDQUESTAgWsharedI/asic/ssg_vol2/modeltech/questa6_4a/questasim/include/work/sv/uvm
1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_dpi.cco/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/lib/uvm_dpi.so
Infileincludedfrom/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_dpi.cc:30:
/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_hdl.c:Infunction`intuvm_hdl_set_vlog(char*,t_vpi_vecval*,PLI_INT32):
/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_hdl.c:234:error:`vpi_release_handlewasnotdeclaredinthisscope
/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_hdl.c:Infunction`intuvm_hdl_get_vlog(char*,t_vpi_vecval*,PLI_INT32):
/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_hdl.c:294:error:`vpi_release_handlewasnotdeclaredinthisscope
/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_hdl.c:311:error:`vpi_release_handlewasnotdeclaredinthisscope
/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_hdl.c:Infunction`intuvm_hdl_check_path(char*):
/work/sv/uvm1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_hdl.c:341:error:`vpi_release_handlewasnotdeclaredinthisscope
make:***[dpi_lib]Error1
Whatswronghere?

CommentedonMay16,2011at7:47am
ByDaveRich

mdt,
YouareusingaveryoldversionofQuesta.Youneedatleastversion6.6d.10.0aisthecurrentversion.

CommentedonMay25,2011at7:22am
Bymdt

Dave,
Thankyouverymuch!

CommentedonMay25,2011at8:01am
Bymda

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Hi,
Iamtryingtouseuvm1.0p1with10.0b.Canyoupleasespecifysteps?
Iuseduvm_1.0with10.0aandeverythingwasworkingOK.
NowIamgettingthefollowing
Warning:(vsim3747)Failedtofinduserspecifiedfunctionuvm_hdl_check_pathinDPIsearchlist.
.
Fatal:(vsim160)10.0b/verilog_src/uvm1.0p1/src/dpi/uvm_svcmd_dpi.svh(27):Nullforeignfunctionpointerencounteredwhencalling
dpi_get_next_arg_c
Thanksinadvance

CommentedonMay25,2011at8:20am
ByDaveRich

With10.0b,theoutoftheboxinstructionschangetonosv_libswitchrequired.

CommentedonSeptember2,2011at2:42am
Byorenieru

Hi,
theimportantnoteforquesta10.0cwindowsuserslinkisbroken.Whatdoesitsays?
Thanks

CommentedonSeptember2,2011at11:52am
ByDaveRich

YouneedaSupportNetaccounttoseethedocument.BasicallyitsaystheDPIlibrarywasplacedinthewronglocationinthe
distributionandyouneedtomoveorlinkittothecorrectlocation.

CommentedonSeptember24,2011at10:21am
BySrinivasanVenkataramanan

HiDave,
IamtryingtorunUVM1.1onQuesta10.0candamfacingthesameissue.JustlikeorenieruIamalsoseeingthatimportantlink
saysbrokenlink.Whereisthisuvm_dpi.sosupposedtobeintheinstalldir?Andmoreimportantlywhatisthefinalusemodeltouse
theprecompiledDPIforUVM1.1?
Thanks
Srini
http://www.cvcblr.com

CommentedonSeptember24,2011at10:22am
BySrinivasanVenkataramanan

BTW,quickupdateasimplefindcommandonCygwin(Windows)revealednoresultsforuvm_dpi.so,soamIsupposedtocompileit?
Willthe10.0c1relelasehavethefix?
Thanks

CommentedonSeptember25,2011at6:39pm
ByDaveRich

Youneedtomove
/win32//uvm_dpi.dll
to
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//win32/
Then,nosv_libswitchisrequired.

CommentedonMay10,2012at3:27am
ByBK

HowtoresolveerrorinsimulatingUVM1.1W7(64bit)Questasim10.0ceveninstalledgcc4.2.1mingw32vc9.
**Fatal:(vsim7019)CantlocateaCcompilerforcompilationofDPIexporttasks/functions.
#
#Time:0nsIteration:0Unknown:File:UNKNOWN
#FATALERRORwhileloadingdesign

CommentedonMay10,2012at2:33pm
ByDaveRich

Makesureyouareusingthe32bitversionofQuesta(recommendedanywaysbecause32bitmodeisfaster)witha32bitcompiler.
Didyouputthecompileronyoursystempath?

CommentedonMay25,2012at1:38am
ByNagendra

hi,
howtoupdateuvm1.0touvm1.1?inlinux

CommentedonApril24,2013at10:37am
Bychandan

Hi,
Iamgettingerrorwithuvm1.1dwithquesta10.0b
makeDPILIB_TARGET=dpi_libWinfMakefile.questaall
mkdirp../../../lib
/cygdrive/c/questasim_10.0b//gcc4.2.1mingw32vc9/bin/g++.exegDQUESTAWsharedBsymbolicxc
I/cygdrive/c/questasim_10.0b//include../../../src/dpi/uvm_dpi.cco../../../lib/uvm_dpi.dll/cygdrive/c/questasim_10.0b//win32/mtipli.dll
lregex
Infileincludedfrom../../../src/dpi/uvm_dpi.cc:34:
../../../src/dpi/uvm_regex.cc:26:22:error:vpi_user.h:Nosuchfileordirectory
Infileincludedfrom../../../src/dpi/uvm_dpi.cc:34:
../../../src/dpi/uvm_regex.cc:Infunctionuvm_re_match:

CommentedonApril25,2013at8:58pm
Byulfathussain

IamtryingtosimulatetheexampleswithQuestasim10.0c.IcancompileokbutwhenItrytosimulateIgetalotoferrormessageslike
thefollowing
**Warning:(vsim3770)Failedtofinduserspecifiedfunctionuvm_hdl_check_path.Thesearchlistwasempty.
#Usingsv_lib,sv_root,andsv_liblistargumentscanprovideasearchlist
#ofsharedlibrariesthatwillbeusedtoresolveuserspecifiedfunctions.
#Time:0nsIteration:0Instance:/hello_worldFile:D:/HDS/uvm/examples/simple/hello_world/hello_world.sv
#**Warning:(vsim3770)Failedtofinduserspecifiedfunctionuvm_hdl_deposit.Thesearchlistwasempty.
#Usingsv_lib,sv_root,andsv_liblistargumentscanprovideasearchlist
#ofsharedlibrariesthatwillbeusedtoresolveuserspecifiedfunctions.
#Time:0nsIteration:0Instance:/hello_worldFile:D:/HDS/uvm/examples/simple/hello_world/hello_world.sv
#**Warning:(vsim3770)Failedtofinduserspecifiedfunctionuvm_hdl_force.Thesearchlistwasempty.
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#Usingsv_lib,sv_root,andsv_liblistargumentscanprovideasearchlist
#ofsharedlibrariesthatwillbeusedtoresolveuserspecifiedfunctions.
Cananyonegivemeasolution?
Thanks

CommentedonApril25,2013at11:13pm
ByDaveRich

PleasereadtheimportantnoteaboveaboutusingtheUVMwith10.0conWindows.Thatreleasehadmisplacedfiles.

CommentedonApril28,2013at9:12pm
Byulfathussain

Providedlinkisnotopening.CanutellmewhattodotorunUVMonQuesta10.0conwindows

CommentedonApril29,2013at1:49am
ByRameshSedam

AmverynewtoUVMandstuckwiththiserror..pleasehelpinslovingthis.
**Error:pci_package.sv(27):nearendpackage:syntaxerror,unexpectedendpackage,expectingfunctionortask
make:***[comp]Error2

CommentedonMay29,2013at5:00am
Byprabhu_k

hidave,
iamtryingtostimulatequestasim10.1cbutiamgettingtheerrorasfailedtofinduserspecifiedfunctionuvm_hdl_check_pathinDPI
C/C++source..thanksinadvance

CommentedonSeptember27,2013at1:25pm
Byvijaykumarv

whilecompilingtheUVMbasedtestbench,Questasim10.2toolgavethesemesagesasunexpectedsignal11error.pleasesuggest
us,whywearegettingerror.

CommentedonSeptember27,2013at1:30pm
ByDaveRich

Pleasecontacthttp://supportnet.mentor.comandprovidemoreinformationabouttheOSversion,commandlineused,andany
messagespriortothefatalerror.

CommentedonFebruary10,2014at7:30pm
ByHanySalah

afterreadthisnote,,stillIfailedtorunubusexampleexistinuvmkitdevelopedbyaccellera,,shallyouderivemethenestedstepsto
dothissoastoknowmymistakes,,,

CommentedonJuly29,2014at12:21am
Bykuddin

Hi,Dave
Idliketoknowwhethermodelsim/6.3gcancompileuvm1.1d

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CommentedonAugust14,2015at1:55am
Bypriyanka

whilecompilationinquesta10.0b,Iamgettingawarning:
#**Warning:(vsim8607)G:/projects/work/spi_top.v(120):Nonpositivereplicationmultiplierinsideconcat.Replicationwillbeignored.
Howtoremovethis.
Thanks.

CommentedonAugust14,2015at7:25am
ByDaveRich

PleaseusetheVerificationAcademyforumstoaskquestionslikethisandsupplythesupportinglinesofcodethatarecausingtheerror.

CommentedonMarch3,2016at7:49am
Bysaketa

Hiall,
imusingModelSim10.1ctosimulateanUVMcodeusingUVM1.1b,igotthefollowingfatalerror:
vl_unpack_regbit:Cannothandletype
whatdoesitmean?

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