Open Source VHDL Verification Methodology | Richard Head | Activity https://osvvm.org/members/richardhead/activity Activity feed for Richard Head. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:41:33 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 bcafcecb937714f74577989e89f76a5c Richard Head replied to the topic What do you use for test suite orchestration? in the forum OSVVM https://osvvm.org/forums/topic/what-do-you-use-for-test-suite-orchestration#post-1766 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:52:37 +0000 Hi Jim, sorry for the late reply (I got no notifications and I dont check here often)
We currently use Gitlab (local) as our main repo and Firmware pipelines. I have it running well, encouraging people to add their testbenches to the pipeline when complete, so that we find broken testbenches sooner rather than 2 years after the fact! It is…[Read more]

]]> 0 efdb3254c447aae7e83bc72d34e940da Richard Head replied to the topic OSVVM 2020.08 New user experience in the forum OSVVM https://osvvm.org/forums/topic/osvvm-2020-08-new-user-experience#post-1736 Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:18:55 +0100

If you wanted to prohibit the testbench from running further after it stops, use std.env.finish instead. It also allows an integer parameter, so you can call it as:
std.env.finish(GetAlertCount) ;

Given @Chengshan mentioned Aldec, I thought I would mention that ActiveHDL in batch mode doesnt currently return the value from finish() or stop() or…[Read more]

]]> 0 d508802df3574370ce24ad3270099d5f Richard Head started the topic What do you use for test suite orchestration? in the forum OSVVM https://osvvm.org/forums/topic/what-do-you-use-for-test-suite-orchestration Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:06:53 +0100 Hello

Here, I have all testbenches set up running OSVVM all good. But where Im at a little bit of a crossroads is getting opinions on what people use for test orchestration.

Let me give an example. We use ActiveHDL, which I run in batch mode because these tests run as part of CI on gitlab. I have a project with a FIFO that has 3 possible input…[Read more]

]]> 0 32c5e8e560336e598fa49fc3485916fe Richard Head replied to the topic Question to the OSVVM community: how to approach the methodology, learning curve in the forum OSVVM https://osvvm.org/forums/topic/question-to-the-osvvm-community-how-to-approach-the-methodology-learning-curve#post-1627 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 10:42:33 +0100 Hi Andrea

I am answering as someone in a simular position to you, who now has a good working knowledge of OSVVM and a full AXI4 Verification BFM available to me hand written using my own interfacing around OSVVM features. I have never done any OSVVM training, but I do have a background with some experience of SV and UVM.

1. I cannot comment on…[Read more]

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