UVM Configuration Database

Get the value for field_name in inst_name, using component cntxt as the starting search point.  inst_name is an explicit instance name relative to cntxt and may be an empty string if the cntxt is the instance that the configuration object applies to.  field_name is the specific field in the scope that is being searched for.

The basic get_config_* methods from uvm_component are mapped to this function as:

get_config_int(...) => uvm_config_db#(uvm_bitstream_t)::get(cntxt,...)
get_config_string(...) => uvm_config_db#(string)::get(cntxt,...)
get_config_object(...) => uvm_config_db#(uvm_object)::get(cntxt,...)

Create a new or update an existing configuration setting for field_name in inst_name from cntxt.  The setting is made at cntxt, with the full scope of the set being {cntxt,”.”,~inst_name~}.  If cntxt is null then inst_name provides the complete scope information of the setting.  field_name is the target field.  Both inst_name and field_name may be glob style or regular expression style expressions.

If a setting is made at build time, the cntxt hierarchy is used to determine the setting’s precedence in the database.  Settings from hierarchically higher levels have higher precedence.  Settings from the same level of hierarchy have a last setting wins semantic.  A precedence setting of uvm_resource_base::default_precedence is used for uvm_top, and each hierarchical level below the top is decremented by 1.

After build time, all settings use the default precedence and thus have a last wins semantic.  So, if at run time, a low level component makes a runtime setting of some field, that setting will have precedence over a setting from the test level that was made earlier in the simulation.

The basic set_config_* methods from uvm_component are mapped to this function as:

set_config_int(...) => uvm_config_db#(uvm_bitstream_t)::set(cntxt,...)
set_config_string(...) => uvm_config_db#(string)::set(cntxt,...)
set_config_object(...) => uvm_config_db#(uvm_object)::set(cntxt,...)

Check if a value for field_name is available in inst_name, using component cntxt as the starting search point.  inst_name is an explicit instance name relative to cntxt and may be an empty string if the cntxt is the instance that the configuration object applies to.  field_name is the specific field in the scope that is being searched for.  The spell_chk arg can be set to 1 to turn spell checking on if it is expected that the field should exist in the database.  The function returns 1 if a config parameter exists and 0 if it doesn’t exist.

Wait for a configuration setting to be set for field_name in cntxt and inst_name.  The task blocks until a new configuration setting is applied that effects the specified field.

Turn tracing on for the configuration database.  This causes all reads and writes to the database to display information about the accesses.  Tracing is off by default.

This method is implicitly called by the +UVM_CONFIG_DB_TRACE.

@uvm-accellera The details of this API are specific to the Accellera implementation, and are not being considered for contribution to 1800.2

Turn tracing off for the configuration database.

@uvm-accellera The details of this API are specific to the Accellera implementation, and are not being considered for contribution to 1800.2

Returns 1 if the tracing facility is on and 0 if it is off.

@uvm-accellera The details of this API are specific to the Accellera implementation, and are not being considered for contribution to 1800.2