Re: gEDA-user: tb_ethernet.v

[Steve Wilson <steve-at-NOSPAMspiketech_dot_com>]

cfk wrote:

>I am working today with the opencores ethernet project and trying to compile
>with iverilog. I have gotten to the point where I can see an error I dont
>understand. Basically, iverilog is telling me that on about line 2080 of
>tb_ethernet.v where the statement says:
>
>#Tp phy_data = {8'h7D, (i[7:0] + 1)};
>

Let me take a crack at this..

What is the bit size of (i[7:0] + 1) ?   The IEEE spec doesn't define 
this - so that is an error in Icarus Verilog.
(Note to Steve Willliams...how did I do?) ;-)

Steve Wilson

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>the compiler says:
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>tb_ethernet.v:2080 error: operand of concatenation has indefinite width
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>Previously in the file at the beginning of 'task test_mii' near line 1400,
>are the two declarations:
>
>integer i;
>reg [15:0] phy_data;
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>I believe this is a functioning test bench previously written for modelsim.
>It appears to me that the concatenation is 8 bits for the constant 8'h7D and
>8 bits for the lower 8 bits of the 32 bit integer i (i[7:0]). So, the
>question is, why is iverilog complaining about this opencore project??
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