Reply To: failure to compile a Scoreboard in Modelsim DE using osvvm 2018.04

[Barry Henderson]

Hi Jim, Many thanks for your answer. My problem is that i have tried every which way to get things to compile and i always get errors.

My scoreboard generic package is defined like this now in a seperate design unit (i.e. a VHDL file):

library IEEE;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;

library osvvm;
–use osvvm.OsvvmContext;
use OSVVM.ScoreboardGenericPkg;

use work.osvvm_testbench_pkg.ETHER_IPv4_ESP_MATCH;
use work.osvvm_testbench_pkg.ETHER_IPv4_ESP_TYPE_to_string;
use work.design_package.ETHER_IPv4_ESP_TYPE;

package ScoreBoardPkg_IPv4Pkg is new ScoreBoardGenericPkg
generic map (
ExpectedType       => ETHER_IPv4_ESP_TYPE,
ActualType         => ETHER_IPv4_ESP_TYPE,
match              => ETHER_IPv4_ESP_MATCH,
expected_to_string => ETHER_IPv4_ESP_TYPE_to_string,
actual_to_string   => ETHER_IPv4_ESP_TYPE_to_string
);

In my testbench i reference my new package instance like this

use work.ScoreBoardPkg_IPv4Pkg.all;

And i am wondering where do i make the instantiation ? I have tried like this in my testbench :

architecture Behavioral of osvvm_testbench is

     use work.ScoreBoardPkg_IPv4Pkg.all;

And when compiling my design in Modelsim i get this error

 — Loading package ScoreboardGenericPkg
# ** Error: /home/barry2/vivado_projects/packetDecoder200G/packetDecoder200G/packetDecoder200G.srcs/sim_1/new/osvvm_testbench.vhd(45): A member of an uninstantiated package is referenced outside the scope of the package.
# — Loading package design_package
# — Loading context declaration OsvvmContext
# — Loading package osvvm_testbench_pkg
# ** Error: /home/barry2/vivado_projects/packetDecoder200G/packetDecoder200G/packetDecoder200G.srcs/sim_1/new/osvvm_testbench.vhd(65): VHDL Compiler exiting
# End time: 08:43:03 on Aug 01,2018, Elapsed time: 0:00:00
# Errors: 2, Warnings: 0
# ** Error: /home/barry2/msim32bit/modelsim_dlx/linuxpe/vcom failed.

So i don’t understand why i get this error because i (think !) that i have instantiated my new scoreboard package based on ScoreboardGenericPkg in my design unit : ScoreBoardPkg_IPv4Pkg.vhd

and this package does compile fine…i have implemented some functions for the match, expected_to_string and actual_to_string ports and i have referenced this new instantiation with my include clause.

Can you please help explain where i am going wrong Jim ?

cheers, Barry