Altera Mentor Verification IP Altera Edition AMBA AXI4-Lite - Manual (Page 360)

Mentor Verification IP AE AXI4-Lite User Guide, V10.3 360
Getting Started with Qsys and the BFMs
Setting Up Simulation from the Windows GUI
April 2014
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“ ModelSim Simulation ” on page 360
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“ Questa Simulation ” on page 364
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“ Cadence IES Simulation ” on page 364
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“ Synopsys VCS Simulation ” on page 366
For each simulator, a README text file and a command script file is provided in the installed
Mentor VIP AE directory location axi4lite/qsys-examples/ex1_back_to_back_sv.
Table 12-1 details the README text file instructions to load a model into the simulator, and the
script command file to start the simulation.
Note
The VHDL example axi4lite/qsys-examples/ex1_back_to_back_vhd has equivalent
README text files and command script files. The process to follow for VHDL
simulation is similar to that for SystemVerilog simulation.
ModelSim Simulation
You can run a ModelSim simulation from a GUI interface or a command line. Before starting a
simulation, you must do the following:
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Check that the $QUARTUS_ROOTDIR environment variable points to the Quartus II
software directory in the Quartus II software installation. The example command script
example.do requires this variable to locate the installed Mentor VIP AE BFMs during
simulation.
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Ensure that the environment variable MvcHome points to the location of the installed
Mentor VIP AE BFM. You can set the location of MvcHome using one of the following
options:
o To set the MvcHome variable in the modelsim.ini file, refer to “ Editing the
modelsim.ini File ” on page 363.”
o To specify the -mvchome option on the command line, refer to “ Starting a
Simulation from a UNIX Command Line ” on page 362.”
Table 12-1. SystemVerilog README Files and Script Names for all Simulators
Questa
Simulation ModelSim
Simulation IES
Simulation VCS
Simulation
README README-
Questa.txt README-
ModelSim.txt README-
IUS.txt README-
VCS.txt
Script File example.do example.do example-ius.sh example-vcs.sh