[racl_ctrl/dv] DV Bring-Up, Smoke Test, V1 Sign-Off

racl_ctrl is a recently created HW IP block that is currently only instantiated in Darjeeling. To establish a basic level of confidence in the correctness of the implementation, block-level DV needs to be brought up, a smoke test exercising and checking essential functionality needs to pass, and eventually the block needs to be signed off at V1.

We want to get this done in three phases:

1. Bring up DV, so that multiple contributors can afterwards work in parallel on tests (or parts thereof) and checks.
2. Write smoke test and add basic checks to scoreboard; get it to pass with the default seed.
3. V1 sign off.

Tasks

DV Bring-Up

• #26157
• Turn RFC into in-tree specification and documentation (potentially less urgent because the RFC is specific to this module, so it can be used as ground truth for verification checks).
• DUT instantiated with major interfaces connected
• All available interface assertion monitors connected
• X / unknown checks on DUT outputs added
• Skeleton DV environment created with UVCs
• TLM connections made from interface monitors to the scoreboard

Smoke Test

• Smoke test (accessing basic functionality) written and manually checked for correctness
• Basic checks added to scoreboard
• CSR / mem test suite activated and passing
• Smoke test passing basic checks in scoreboard at least for the default seed
• Smoke test (default seed) enabled in CI

V1 Sign-Off

• DV document drafted and reviewed
• Testplan complete and reviewed
• Smoke test passes for most of the seeds
• Smoke test passes also in alternative simulator
• Nightly regression set up
• DV lint set up and passing
• Coverage collection set up (doesn't have to be complete yet)

References / Details

• Templated code: hw/ip_templates/racl_ctrl/
• Generated code for Darjeeling: hw/top_darjeeling/ip_autogen/racl_ctrl/
• Specifications:
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ebvCOc9IViUzUkntXDjGmi4AQu1ZTtiC1hPIg6YjHUU/edit
• Sign-off tool: Xcelium