Altera Avalon Verification IP Suite - Manual (Page 95)

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Application Program Interface
Avalon Verification IP Suite User Guide May 2011 Altera Corporation
get_version()
init()
pop_response()
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push_transaction()
set_max_transaction_queue_size()
Prototype: get_version() .
Arguments: None.
Returns: String .
Description:
Returns BFM version as a string of three integers separated by periods. For example,
version 10.1 SP1 is encoded as "10.1.1".
Prototype: init().
Arguments: None.
Returns: void .
Description: Drives the interface to the idle state.
Prototype: pop_response() .
Arguments: None.
Returns: void .
Description: Removes the response transaction from the queue before querying contents.
Prototype: push_transaction().
Arguments: None.
Returns: void .
Description: Inserts the out-going transaction into the local transaction queue. The BFM drives the
appropriate signals to the Avalon-ST interface based on the transactions in its local
queue.
Prototype: void set_max_transaction_queue_size(int size) .
Arguments: int size .
Returns: void .
Description: Sets the pending transaction queue size maximum threshold. The public event
signal_max_transaction_queue_size triggers when the threshold is exceeded.