Slave assertions – Altera Mentor Verification IP Altera Edition AMBA AXI4-Lite User Manual

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Mentor Verification IP AE AXI4-Lite User Guide, V10.3

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VHDL Slave BFM
Slave Assertions

April 2014

1.

Refer to

Slave Timing and Events

for details of simulator time-steps.

Slave Assertions

The slave BFM performs protocol error checking via built-in assertions.

AXI4

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CONFIG_MAX_OUTSTANDING_WR

Configures the maximum number of
outstanding write requests from the
master that can be processed by the
slave. The slave back-pressures the
master by setting the signal
AWREADY=0b0 if this value is
exceeded.
Default = 0.

AXI4

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CONFIG_MAX_OUTSTANDING_RD

Configures the maximum number of
outstanding read requests from the
master that can be processed by the
slave. The slave back-pressures the
master by setting the signal
ARREADY=0b0 if this value is
exceeded.
Default = 0.

AXI4

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CONFIG_NUM_OUTSTANDING_WR_

PHASE

Holds the number of outstanding write
phases from the master that can be
processed by the slave.
Default = 0.

AXI4

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CONFIG_NUM_OUTSTANDING_RD_

PHASE

Holds the number of outstanding read
phases to the master that can be
processed by the slave.
Default = 0.

Error Detection

AXI4_CONFIG_ENABLE_ALL_
ASSERTIONS

Global enable/disable of all assertion
checks in the BFM.
0 = disabled
1 = enabled (default)

AXI_CONFIG_ENABLE_ASSERTION

Individual enable/disable of assertion
check in the BFM.
0 = disabled
1 = enabled (default)

Table 9-2. Slave BFM Configuration (cont.)

Configuration Field

Description

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