Saturday, April 6, 2013

Generic Payload in UVM !!!


Generic payload is the default transport vehicle for TLM2  blocking and non blocking transport interface. Generic payload is a transaction class derived from uvm_sequence_item which enables it to be generated in sequences and transported to drivers through sequencers. Generic payload can be used for any memory mapped bus based system. Generic payload has property like m_address , m_command, m_byte_enables etc. Generic payload class has access methods for each of the property which is virtual enabling it to be used in the class that extends generic payload class.

It would be good idea to explore the generic payload transaction class before writing your own transaction class for memory mapped bus interface.