Customizing the test bench, Simulation run time, Changing frame data – Xilinx IP Ethernet AVB Endpoint v2.4 UG492 User Manual

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Example Design

Customizing the Test Bench

Simulation Run Time

The default simulation run time is set to only 40 microseconds, which can be easily
extended by editing the simulation_run_time constant, set near the top of the
demonstration test bench file. For example, from the VHDL file:

----------------------------------------------------------------------

-- **** The following value determines the simulations run time ****

----------------------------------------------------------------------

constant simulation_run_time : time := 40000 ns;

The test bench allows the DUT to run until the simulation time is exceeded; after this,
Ethernet frames already in the system are allowed to complete cleanly; then the test bench
reports the final statistics and end.

Changing Frame Data

The

Ethernet Frame Stimulus

and

Ethernet Frame Checker

modules can be set to produce

and check different Ethernet frames by changing the parameters sent to them. These
parameters are set in the

Top-Level Example Design HDL

. Editing this file allows a

Functional Simulation

to immediately use the new settings. However, because these

modifications require logical changes, the

Implementation Scripts

must be re-run on the

design before running a

Timing Simulation

.

Please see the

Top-Level Example Design HDL

file for information about these frame-type

parameters. As an example, the following syntax is taken from the Verilog version of the
file and contains the syntax required to configure both the Legacy

Ethernet Frame

Stimulus

and

Ethernet Frame Checker

modules:

//---------------------------------

// Configure the Legacy frames used in this example design (the

// following parameters can be edited)

//---------------------------------

// Use minimum sized Ethernet frames (64-bytes total length)

parameter [10:0] LEGACY_FRAME_LENGTH = 11'd64;

// Set the Destination Address to be AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF

parameter [47:0] LEGACY_DEST_ADDR = 48'hFFEEDDCCBBAA;

// Set the Destination Address to be 00-11-22-33-44-55

parameter [47:0] LEGACY_SRC_ADDR = 48'h554433221100;

// Do not use VLAN fields

parameter LEGACY_HAS_VLAN = 1'b0;

// VLAN fields are not used so the following parameter is n/a

parameter [15:0] LEGACY_VLAN_DATA = 16'h0000;

// Use a Generic Type field

parameter [15:0] LEGACY_TYPE_FIELD = 16'h8000;

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