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Running xrun command in vsif file

yPerrot

Hi,

I found a basic Specman E/Verilog program at http://www.asic-world.com/examples/specman/memory.html and I would like to run it through a vsif file, with vManager.

I'm able to run it, without problems, with this command : xrun -Q -unbuffered '-timescale' '1ns/1ns' '-access' '+rw' memory_tb.v mem_tb_top.e test_write_read_all.e.

I wrote a first vsif which look like this:

---- vm_basic.vsif -----

session vm_basic {
        top_dir : /home/cadence/xrunTest/;
        output_mode: terminal;
};

group basic {
        test test {
                run_script: xrun -Q -unbuffered '-timescale' '1ns/1ns' '-access' '+rw' memory_tb.v mem_tb_top.e test_write_read_all.e
        };
};

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This solution didn't work due to the prompt change with xrun, and I have no clue how to manage this issue.

Have you any idea?

Best regards,

Yohan

  • When you say there is a "prompt change", I guess you mean the working directory change, right? This is by design; vManager creates a unique working directory for each test so that they can run in parallel without all trying to write to the same log files etc. You script needs to point to the full path where the files are located. There are many ways to do this, perhaps the easiest, if your source files are in the same directory where you started vmanager, is to use the syntax $ENV(PWD) to point to vManager's working directory.

    group basic {
            test test {
                    run_script: <text>xrun -quiet -timescale 1ns/1ns -access +rw $ENV(PWD)/memory_tb.v $ENV(PWD)/mem_tb_top.e $ENV(PWD)/test_write_read_all.e </text>;
            };
    };

    There are other ways to do it, e.g. for the e files you can setenv SPECMAN_PATH before launching vManager, and ensure that SPECMAN_PATH points to all the directories where your e files are located. This doesn't work for Verilog or VHDL though.

    By the way, I've cleaned up your quotes as your original command had them where they were not required, and I propose you remove the -unbuffered as it hurts performance.

  • in reply to StephenH

    Hi Stephen,

    Thank you for tour reply, it works perfectly.

    It seems that my file's path was wrongly defined.

    Best regards.

    Yohan

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