[v3.0] hdl_path property does not work with regard to addrmap and regfile components

[eeeeewwz]

Hi, I write SystemRDL like this:

addrmap root_map {
	hdl_path = "root_map";
	test_map_1 test_map_1_inst;
	test_map_2 test_map_2_inst;
	test_map_3 test_map_3_inst;
        test_map_3_inst -> hdl_path = "test_map_3_inst";
};

where test_map_3_inst is a addrmap component instance. The question is, as you can see, I dynamically assign a hdl_path property to test_map_3_inst, but in generated UVM RAL model, the hdl_path is not generated:

It seems like only register components with hdl_path properties results in a add_hdl_path_slice() function call, like this:

addrmap test_map_3 {
	hj_genrtl = false;
	shared_tem shared_3[5];
	shared_3 -> hdl_path = "shared_3";
	shared_3 -> name = "SHARED_IN_TEST_MAP_3";
	shared_3.FIELD_1 -> sw = r;
	shared_3.FIELD_1 -> onread = rclr;
};

where shared_3 is a reg component instance, and generated UVM RAL:

virtual function void build();
            this.default_map = create_map("reg_map", 0, 4, UVM_NO_ENDIAN);
            foreach(this.shared_3[i0]) begin
                this.shared_3[i0] = new($sformatf("shared_3[%0d]", i0));
                this.shared_3[i0].configure(this);
                // hdl_path add here
                shared_3[i0].add_hdl_path_slice("shared_3", -1, -1);
                this.shared_3[i0].build();
                this.default_map.add_reg(this.shared_3[i0], 'h0 + i0*'h4);
            end
endfunction : build

Being not familiar with UVM, in my opinion, ultimately all hdl_path in different hierarchies will be concatenated for RTL design verification. Is there some special consideration about the hdl_path property assigned in different components?

[joecrop]

I'm not an expert in RDL, but the RDL spec on page 80 has an example of overriding this, and it uses parameters. Maybe try that?

[amykyta3]

Just wanted to post here that I did not forget about this issue. I'm planning a significant refactor of the UVM generator (see issues tagged in v3.0 milestone), and plan to address this then.