Updated release notes for 2024.07

Author: JimLewis

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 | Revision  |  Release Summary | 
 ------------|----------- 
+| 2024.07   |  Updated Tb for CreateClock relocation.  Minor updates to work around tool issues.
 | 2022.11   |  Updated DEMO testbench for using multiple VC
 | 2022.10   |  Added DEMO testbench for using multiple VC
 |           |  Changed PRIVATE to PRIVATE_NAME
@@ -16,6 +17,13 @@
 | 2019.05   |  Updated for OSVVM public release
 | 1999.01   |  Developed as part of SynthWorks' Advanced VHDL Testbenches and Verification Class
 
+## 2024.07
+- Updated Tb for CreateClock relocation.  
+- Minor updates to UartTx and UartRx for Xcelium. 
+- Added deprecated/ScoreboardPkg_Uart for Xcelium.
+- Removed UartRecArrayType - All uses were replaced by StreamRecArrayType.
+- UartRx: replaced individual references of use osvvm.ScoreboardPkg_slv.NewID with use osvvm.ScoreboardPkg_slv.all for VCS
+
 ## 2022.11 November 2022
 - Updated UART/testbench_multiple_uarts testbench for using multiple OSVVM VC using for Generate
 - Added usage of new StreamRecArrayType and StreamTransactionArrayPkg

UART.pro

@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 #
 #  Revision History:
 #    Date      Version    Description
-#     1/2019   2019.01    Compile Script for OSVVM
+#     7/2024   2024.07    Added ScoreboardPkg_Uart_c.vhd for Xcelium
 #     1/2020   2020.01    Updated Licenses to Apache
+#     1/2019   2019.01    Compile Script for OSVVM
 #
 #
 #  This file is part of OSVVM.
@@ -57,6 +58,6 @@ if {$::osvvm::ToolNameVersion ne "XSIM-2023.2"}  {
   analyze ./src/UartTx.vhd
   analyze ./src/UartRx.vhd
 } else {
-  analyze ./src/UartTx_xilinx.vhd
-  analyze ./src/UartRx_xilinx.vhd
+  analyze ./src/deprecated/UartTx_xilinx.vhd
+  analyze ./src/deprecated/UartRx_xilinx.vhd
 }  

src/UartRx.vhd

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 --
 --  Revision History:
 --    Date      Version    Description
+--    07/2024   2024.07    The calls to to_01(SafeResize(...) were modified to work around Xcelium issue
+--                         osvvm.ScoreboardPkg_slv.NewID replaced by osvvm.ScoreboardPkg_slv.all due to VCS issue
 --    03/2024   2024.03    Updated SafeResize to use ModelID
 --    10/2022   2022.10    Changed enum value PRIVATE to PRIVATE_NAME due to VHDL-2019 keyword conflict.   
 --    05/2022   2022.05    Updated FIFOs so they are Search => PRIVATE
@@ -61,7 +63,6 @@ library ieee ;
 library OSVVM ;
   context OSVVM.OsvvmContext ; 
   use osvvm.ScoreboardPkg_slv.all ;
---!! GHDL
 --  use osvvm.ScoreboardPkg_slv.NewID ;
 --  use osvvm.ScoreboardPkg_slv.Empty ;
 --  use osvvm.ScoreboardPkg_slv.Push ;

src/UartTbPkg.vhd

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 --
 --  Revision History:
 --    Date      Version    Description
+--    07/2024   2024.07    Removed UartRecArrayType.  Does not work in Xcelium
 --    10/2022   2022.10    Added UartRecArrayType
 --    02/2022   2022.02    Replaced to_hstring with to_hxstring
 --    01/2020   2020.01    Updated license notice

src/UartTx.vhd

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 --
 --  Revision History:
 --    Date      Version    Description
+--    07/2024   2024.07    The calls to to_01(SafeResize(...) were modified to work around Cadence issues
 --    03/2024   2024.03    Updated SafeResize to use ModelID
 --    10/2022   2022.10    Changed enum value PRIVATE to PRIVATE_NAME due to VHDL-2019 keyword conflict.   
 --    05/2022   2022.05    Updated FIFOs so they are Search => PRIVATE

testbench_multiple_uarts/TbUart.vhd

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 --
 --  Revision History:
 --    Date      Version    Description
---    1999      1999.00    Developed for SynthWorks' Advanced VHDL Testbenches and Verification Class
---    05/2019   2019.05    Updated for OSVVM public release
+--    07/2024   2024.07    Replaced UartRecArrayType with StreamRecArrayType.  Does not work in Xcelium
 --    01/2020   2020.01    Updated license notice
+--    2019.05   2019.05    Updated for OSVVM public release
+--    1999      1999.00    Developed for SynthWorks' Advanced VHDL Testbenches and Verification Class
 --
 --
 --  This file is part of OSVVM.

testbench_multiple_uarts/TestCtrl_e.vhd

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 --
 --  Revision History:
 --    Date      Version    Description
---    1999      1999.00    Developed for SynthWorks' Advanced VHDL Testbenches and Verification Class
---    2019.05   2019.05    Updated for OSVVM public release
+--    07/2024   2024.07    Replaced UartRecArrayType with StreamRecArrayType.  Does not work in Xcelium
 --    01/2020   2020.01    Updated license notice
+--    2019.05   2019.05    Updated for OSVVM public release
+--    1999      1999.00    Developed for SynthWorks' Advanced VHDL Testbenches and Verification Class
 --
 --
 --  This file is part of OSVVM.