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xuyang
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5 years ago
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Modelsim ASE starter not directly support UVM

Hi Guys, I installed modelsim ASE starter edition 2021.02. From common knowledge, I thought this tool has pre-compiled UVM features. But after I installed, I found `include "uvm_macros.svh" cannot ...
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    Nurina
    5 years ago

    Hi,


    Unfortunately ModelSim does not have pre-compiled UVM features. You are probably thinking of Questa Sim.


    You need to download UVM source files, you can do that here: https://www.accellera.org/downloads/standards/uvm


    And you'll need to compile the uvm_pkg as well.


    vlog -work work -sv -stats=none C:/work/ST/simulation/tb_captur_1.sv <uvm_pkg path>/uvm_pkg.sv +incdir+<UVM source path>/src


    Regards,

    Nurina


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Nurina
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5 years ago

Hi,


Unfortunately ModelSim does not have pre-compiled UVM features. You are probably thinking of Questa Sim.


You need to download UVM source files, you can do that here: https://www.accellera.org/downloads/standards/uvm


And you'll need to compile the uvm_pkg as well.


vlog -work work -sv -stats=none C:/work/ST/simulation/tb_captur_1.sv <uvm_pkg path>/uvm_pkg.sv +incdir+<UVM source path>/src


Regards,

Nurina


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xuyang
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5 years ago

Hi Nurina

Thank you for your help, now the compilation can be proceed, and the tb module appears in work lib. Information shows below:

vlog -work work -sv -stats=none C:/work/ST/simulation/tb_capture_1.sv C:/intelFPGA_pro/21.1/modelsim_ase/uvm_lib/src/uvm_pkg.sv +incdir+C:/intelFPGA_pro/21.1/modelsim_ase/uvm_lib/src/
# Model Technology ModelSim - Intel FPGA Edition vlog 2021.1 Compiler 2021.02 Feb 3 2021
# -- Compiling package tb_capture_1_sv_unit
# -- Importing package uvm_pkg
# -- Compiling module tb_capture_1
# -- Compiling package uvm_pkg
#
# Top level modules:
# tb_capture_1

But when I load the "tb_capture_1", error happens:

vsim work.tb_capture_1
# vsim work.tb_capture_1
# Start time: 16:32:57 on Jun 10,2021
# ** Fatal: (vsim-7019) Can't locate a C/C++ compiler for 'DPI Export Compilation'.
#
# FATAL ERROR while loading design
# Error loading design

Should I also install other software?