Error using bitvis_vip_gmii

VVC Bitvis VIP GMII
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1

Hi everybody,

I am trying to create a simple project that uses bitvis_vip_gmii. Starting from the UART example, I have created the scripts folder and the tb and th files. Inside this last one I have

i1_gmii_vvc: entity bitvis_vip_gmii.gmii_vvc
generic map(
GC_INSTANCE_IDX => 1
)
port map(
gmii_vvc_tx_if => gmii_tx_if,
);

I am using gmii_tx_if.txd as input to other instance.

Finally, from tb, I am trying to access to the component in two ways:

  1. gmii_write((x"01", x"02"),“Write 2 bytes”, gmii_tx_if); → In this case, I can see all the signal in the simulator but all of them (except clks) are ‘0’.

  2. gmii_write(GMII_VVCT, 0, TX, (x"01", x"02"), “Write 4 to DUT”); → In this case, I obtained the following error:

KERNEL: UVVM: *** TB_ERROR #1 ***

KERNEL: UVVM: 100.001 ns TB seq.(uvvm)

KERNEL: UVVM: Time out for uvvm cmd [7]: ‘gmii_write(GMII_VVC,0,tx, 2 bytes)’ while waiting for acknowledge from VVC

KERNEL: UVVM:

Moreover if I extend ‘await_completion’ the results continues being the same one.

Could someone give me some indication to help me? I am new on that and I am a bit lost.
Thanks in advance

2

Hi,

The correct way to send a command to the VVC is the option 2.
However, you are trying to send a write command to instance 0, but your i1_gmii_vvc has the instance 1, therefore you’re getting that timeout.

Best regards,
Erick

3

Hi Erick,

Yes, now it works!
Thanks :slight_smile: