Help compiling UVM code with VCS

[saurabhs111]

Hello -

I am new to UVM and want to compile uvm code in VCS. I downloaded UVM1.1d from Accellera website. I am using VCS Version A-2008.09.

The environment variable UVM_HOME is set to .../src/
I have tried compiling the hello_world.sv program using the following command:
vcs -sverilog +ntb_opts uvm hello_world.sv

However, I am getting the following error message
source file "uvm" cannot be opened for reading.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[mrflibble]

Not sure if it will solve your problems, but step 1 with this sort of thing is:

1 - use an ABSOLUTE PATH for UVM_HOME

 

[saurabhs111]

Thanks. I do have an absolute path.

Could Synopsys VCS version an issue? Is there is minimum version of VCS I need inorder to compile UVM?

Not sure if it will solve your problems, but step 1 with this sort of thing is:

1 - use an ABSOLUTE PATH for UVM_HOME

 

[mrflibble]

Thanks. I do have an absolute path.

What is the value of UVM_HOME right now?

Could Synopsys VCS version an issue? Is there is minimum version of VCS I need inorder to compile UVM?

Don't know, since I never used VCS with UVM. But 2008 does sound a bit old. Anyways, you can always check the Synopsys support pages for that sort of information.

 

[vlsi_whiz]

Since the UVM standard is pretty new, I dont think the v2008 version of VCS will support it. You can try using a later version possible a 2010/2011 version.

 

[mrflibble]

Since the UVM standard is pretty new, I dont think the v2008 version of VCS will support it. You can try using a later version possible a 2010/2011 version.

Actually that's not necessarily true. UVM is a framework implemented in regular boring system verilog, so there is a chance it will actually work on 2008 version. That said, the pragmatic approach would indeed be to get a post Stone Age version of VCS just like you suggest and see if that magically solves it.