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Chapter 16: Testbench and Design Example
BFM Procedures and Functions
Arria V GZ Hard IP for PCI Express
November 2012
Altera Corporation
ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask Verilog HDL Function
The
ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask
procedure controls which message types stop
simulation. This procedure alters the default behavior of the simulation when errors
occur as described in the
.
ebfm_log_open Verilog HDL Function
The
ebfm_log_open
procedure opens a log file of the specified name. All displayed
messages are called by
ebfm_display
and are written to this log file as simulator
standard output.
ebfm_log_close Verilog HDL Function
The
ebfm_log_close
procedure closes the log file opened by a previous call to
ebfm_log_open
.
Verilog HDL Formatting Functions
The following procedures and functions are available in the
altpcietb_bfm_driver_rp.v
. This section outlines formatting functions that are only
used by Verilog HDL. All these functions take one argument of a specified length and
return a vector of a specified length.
Table 16–40. ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask
Location
altpcietb_bfm_driver_rp.v
Syntax
ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask (msg_mask)
Argument
msg_mask
This argument is
reg [EBFM_MSG_ERROR_CONTINUE:EBFM_MSG_DEBUG]
.
A 1 in a specific bit position of the
msg_mask
causes messages of the type corresponding to
the bit position to stop the simulation after the message is displayed.
Table 16–41. ebfm_log_open
Location
altpcietb_bfm_driver_rp.v
Syntax
ebfm_log_open (fn)
Argument
fn
This argument is type
string
and provides the file name of log file to be opened.
Table 16–42. ebfm_log_close Procedure
Location
altpcietb_bfm_driver_rp.v
Syntax
ebfm_log_close
Argument
NONE