ALDEC Active-HDL supported?

General questions
1

Hello.

I have run into compilation problems trying to use the uvvm_util with Aldeg Active-HDL.

Is Active-HDL really supported? It is claimed to do so on the inventas (bitvis) web site, but I am not sure about that right now.

I can compile the files listed in ${UVVM_ROOT}/uvvm_util/script/compile_order.txt, except the last one.
I simply complain that it can not find context item “uvvm_util.global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg”.

Many thanks for any help with figuring out what I did wrong.
BR,
/Ulf Andersson
VHDL Test Bench Dillettante

2

Hi,
What Aldec version are you running?

Br,
Marius

3

Hello Marius,

I am using version 10.5. Which one should I be using?

BR,
/Ulf

4

Hi, you should be able to use any version, but I think there have been some versions that have bugs, i.e. not full VHDL 2008 support. I tested compilation of UVVM Utility library now without any issues using this version:
Aldec, Inc. Riviera-PRO version 2019.04.134.7332 built for Windows64 on May 10, 2019

Does it complain about the context file? That is a 2008 feature so there might be a bug.

Br,
Marius

5

Hello again Marius.

Yes, the compiler complains about not finding one of the already compiled packages. Here are the lines about that error:

# File: C:\Users\UlfAn\Git\UVVM\uvvm_util\src\uvvm_util_context.vhd
# Compile Context Declarations “uvvm_util_context”
# Error: COMP96_0055: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/uvvm_util_context.vhd : (20, 17): Cannot find context item “uvvm_util.global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg”.

This is the context file and it is last file in uvvm_util to compile.

And here is the log statement about the compilation of the “offending” package:

# File: C:\Users\UlfAn\Git\UVVM\uvvm_util\src\global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd
# Compile Package “global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg”
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (27, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (28, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (29, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (30, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (31, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (32, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (33, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (34, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (35, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (36, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (37, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (38, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)
# Warning: COMP96_0564: …/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Git/UVVM/uvvm_util/src/global_signals_and_shared_variables_pkg.vhd : (42, 3): Shared variable is not of a protected type. (IEEE 1076-2002, 4.3.1.3)

Thank you for responding this quickly.

BR,
/Ulf

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Hi Ulf,
My test was with Riviera Pro, so maybe the two Aldec simulators do not run on the same engine. The warnings are because of the shared variables are not a protected type, but it should not make the context file fail since they are only warnings. I do not have that simulator installed in my system, but I can send Aldec an email and ask them if this is a bug.

Br,
Marius

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Hi again Marius,
I would much appreciate if you could poke Aldec about this.
Since I don’t own the license I run on, I have very limited direct support. I believe your reputation within there is sort of higher… :slight_smile:

And thank you very much for your help.

BR,
/Ulf

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Hi Ulf,
I’ve sent them an email and will notify you when I get a response.

Br,
Marius

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Hi Ulf, Marius

The problem seems to be caused by older UVVM version, which is already installed on Active-HDL 10.5. Please use newer Active-HDL tool or detach the precompiled uvvm* libs and build whole UVVM environment downloaded from github.
br
Mike

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