How to integrate SystemC model in OVP environment

PriyamvadAcharya · Joined: 25 Sep 2019 Posts: 35

Hello OVP Forum members,

I am working on a project where we have a peripheral model written in systemc .This peripheral model need to be linked in OVP environment so that with the help of OVPsim simulator we can execute a application on peripheral model.
We will be using RISC-V as processor model.

So I want to ask what is the process of achieving it.

With Regards,
Priyamvad Acharya
R&D Engineer

DuncGrah · Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:52 am Post subject:

Do you have a SystemC platform already in which you can execute your peripheral model?
If so then you will need to instance the OVP processor into this platform, if not you will need to create a SystemC platform.

The OVP models are provided with SystemC TLM2.0 interface files which allow them to be instanced into a SystemC platform.
We have an example in Examples/PlatformConstruction/SystemC_TLM which generates an example TLM platform. This uses our own defintion of a bus decoder so direct TLM b_transport to another device or memory.

There is also the document Imperas/doc/ovp/OVPsim_Using_OVP_Models_in_SystemC_TLM2.0_Platforms.pdf that describes OVP processors in SystemC and this example

You may want to think about modifying this platform defintion to add an OVP peripheral, generate the TLM platform and then see if you can exchange the OVP peripheral for your own SystemC peripheral.
I would suggest you could generate an OVP peripheral template with the corrrect interface as your own and use this so that you get the correct signals connected.

Hope that helps get you started.

PriyamvadAcharya · Joined: 25 Sep 2019 Posts: 35

How to modify platform defintion to add an OVP peripheral, generate the TLM platform.

PriyamvadAcharya · Joined: 25 Sep 2019 Posts: 35

Hello DuncGraph,

How to create SystemC platform.
I only have peripheral model written in SystemC.

I am attaching my peripheral model file for your reference.

DuncGrah · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:23 am Post subject:

Ok, I see this is trivial SystemC peripheral. OVP is instruction accurate and as such uses the TLM2.0 interface. For your peripheral to work in this environment you will need to create a SystemC TLM2.0 interface for your SystemC peripheral.

Do you need to use SystemC at all, I notice that your company has a tool that generates peripheral interfaces, have you thought about generating an OVP description instead?
You could generate the input to the iGen tool which is a list of registers and bit fields.

If you do wish to use your SysyemC peripheral with OVP I suggest you create an OVP SystemC platform with a peripheral with a similar interface as yours and then modify this so that the TLM2.0 b_transport transactions are converted to low level SystemC access to your peripheral.

I hope this makes sense to you?

PriyamvadAcharya · Joined: 25 Sep 2019 Posts: 35

Is it necessary to use iGen tool ,if not how we can do it?

PriyamvadAcharya · Joined: 25 Sep 2019 Posts: 35

Hello DuncGraph,
What is OVP description and how we can do it.

Its my starting project in virtual platform modelling so tell me the steps of how to do it from starting to end so I can clearly understand things.

Please use example for explanation.

Thanks
Priyamvad Acharya

DuncGrah · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:03 am Post subject:

Please start with the example and docuemnt as mentioned previously

PriyamvadAcharya · Joined: 25 Sep 2019 Posts: 35

Hello DuncGraph,

How to generate OVP description?
What exactly is OVP description.

DuncGrah · Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:41 am Post subject:

Probably not the best terminology I used.

When I said "OVP description instead" I meant generate an OVP peripheral model and use this with the OVP simulator instead of using SystemC.

See the document doc/ovp/OVP_Peripheral_Modeling_Guide.pdf and doc/ovp/iGen_Peripheral_Generator_User_Guide.pdf

This will provide you with a simulation environment in which you can use the OVP processor models and peripherals more easily.

PriyamvadAcharya · Joined: 25 Sep 2019 Posts: 35

Okay DuncGraph

I will try generating OVP peripheral model.

PriyamvadAcharya · Joined: 25 Sep 2019 Posts: 35

Hello DuncGraph,
Thanks for support,
I am using below command
make -C module NOVLNV=1

to build module part in /c/Imperas/Examples/Models/Peripherals/creatingDMAC/1.registers directory .

I am getting below error
error: #error "Please use -mno-cygwin flag to gcc/cygwin compiler"

How to fix this error?

DuncGrah · Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:57 pm Post subject:

You have Cygwin installed on your machine and this is a check that is in the included file Imperas/ImpPublic/include/hostapi/impTypes.h

What is the environment you are building in? We require MSYS on Windows.

Can you remove the Cygwin environment, which is not required for OVP?
Or can you ensure that you are not using the Cygwin compiler when building.

PriyamvadAcharya · Joined: 25 Sep 2019 Posts: 35

Hello DuncGraph,
I have Msys installed on Windows.
I have also installed mingw compiler toolchain for both 32 bit and 64 bit version.

I have removed Cygwin from windows but still this error comes :-error: #error "Please use -mno-cygwin flag to gcc/cygwin compiler.

How could I ensure that Cygwin compiler is not used during building process?
I have tried from my part but still error persists.
Please help me to solve this problem.

DuncGrah · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:23 am Post subject:

It looks like the error is generated when __CYGWIN__ is defined, see Imperas/ImpPublic/include/host/hostapi/impTypes.h, could this still be set somewhere?