#.# - major version - Includes new features, major enhancements, architectural changes, bug fixes.
Since 2015, a major version is named in sync with the release year, for example the first major version of 2015 is 15.1.
NOTE: When switching to a new major version it is recommended to start in a new workspace.
#.#.# - minor version - Includes bug fixes, minor enhancements.
23.1.12 (23 May 2023)
CLEANUP
Features
DVT-18893 New Rule: R.1220 Use 4-state types for synthesizable enum types
DVT-18899 New Rule: R.1221 Do not declare tasks
DVT-18930 New Rule: R.1222 Declare module port type as logic
DVT-18959 New Rule: R.1217 Do not directly call type or instance override methods from the uvm_factory class
DVT-18966 New Rule: R.1218 Use %0 in format specifiers whenever applicable
DVT-18972 New Rule: R.1219 Use the name m_config as the instance name of configuration object in the class it’s been instantiated in
Enhancements
DVT-18897 Add parameter to SVTB.12.1.2 to allow only automatic methods
DVT-18936 Verissimo: Ability to use relative paths inside a VS Code lint configuration
DVT-18940 Verissimo: Ability to use environment variables inside a VS Code lint configuration
DVT-18958 Add parameter to SVTB.7.14.0 to skip classes that inherit directly from base classes declared in specified packages
DVT-18975 ExportDesignHierarchy: Add parameter to print all paths to a module
Bugfixes
23.1.11 (9 May 2023)
Features
DVT-18793 New Rule: R.1211 Do not allow multiple non-blocking assignments to the same bit
DVT-18898 New Rule: R.1215 Do not use conditional compilation directives in string literals
DVT-18918 Add Editor Notification for out of sync markers in DVT Eclipse
DVT-18942 New Rule: R.1216 Use field macros on all fields from a class
Enhancements
DVT-18857 SVTB.7.14.0 Auto-correct should insert super.method_name() after inline function comment
DVT-18885 Toggled filter buttons in DVT Eclipse report are not visible on Eclipse >=4.22
DVT-18900 SVTB.1.0 should accept VS Code formatting preferences
DVT-18923 Add parameter to SVTB.27.9.3 to allow name exceptions only if there is a single virtual interface in the class/module
Bugfixes
DVT-18858 SVTB.10.20 should fail for formatting methods called as `uvm_info macro arguments
DVT-18886 Inline waivers are inserted after the macro definitions
DVT-18932 False METHOD_CALLS_ARGUMENTS error after incremental compilation
DVT-18939 SVTB.27.1.0 false failures for typedefs when elementKind is interface
23.1.10 (25 April 2023)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-18533 Waive quick fix in DVT Eclipse creates a compile waiver instead of a lint waiver
DVT-18839 DVT Eclipse lint report main tab buttons have the wrong height on MacOS
DVT-18842 Verissimo failures are not displayed in VS Code if there are no compilation problems
DVT-18871 XVM.2.1.17 False failures for multiple module accesses
DVT-18889 SVTB.19.5 should fail for XMRs with selects
DVT-18917 Auto-correct rerun is not performed after autocorrecting SVTB.1.4.2
23.1.9 (12 April 2023)
Features
DVT-18507 New Rule: R.1208 Else should be on the new line after end label
DVT-18652 New Rule: R.1212 Do not place space between method call and open parenthesis
DVT-18653 New Rule: R.1213 Do not place space between macro call and open parenthesis
DVT-18774 New Rule: R.1203 Check index value before access
DVT-18790 New Rule: R.1210 Duplicate import statements
Enhancements
DVT-18422 Ability to waive based on module, package, interface or design top
DVT-18767 Memory Monitor: Avoid false warnings in small projects
DVT-18864 Add parameter to SVTB.32.2.0 to skip XVM inherited method arguments
DVT-18879 SVTB.33.1.0, SVTB.33.2.0 and SVTB.33.3.0 should not take inactive code into account
Bugfixes
DVT-18835 R.1200 Should fail in inactive branches
DVT-18862 Fixed NullPointerException in SVTB.32.3
DVT-18882 Memory Monitor: Disable directive not working
23.1.8 (29 March 2023)
Features
DVT-18421 New Rule: R.1201 A sequence randomize call must be placed before the sequence start method
DVT-18434 New Rule: R.1202 Module declaration format
DVT-18792 New Rule: R.1204 Overridden component phases must call super
DVT-18794 New Rule: R.1205 Do not use literal X
DVT-18808 New Rule: R.1206 Check index value before access for associative arrays
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-18752 XVM.2.1.1.6 No failures reported after reapply
DVT-18755 XVM64 No failures reported after reapply
DVT-18762 Verissimo: Running lint configuration with predefined ruleset and invalid ruleset file should not trigger an error
DVT-18798 XVM.7.2 Less failures reported when a reapply operation is preceded by a rebuild in VS Code
DVT-18805 Verissimo: Rerunning checks after changing the current build configuration file results in a lint hang in VS Code
23.1.7 (15 March 2023)
Features
DVT-18420 New Rule: R.1191 Do not use unsized literal expressions exceeding 32-bit integer range
DVT-18655 New Rule: R.1199 Ternary expressions nested in other ternary conditions should be enclosed by parentheses
DVT-18656 New Rule: R.1200 Conditional compilation compiler directives alignment
Enhancements
DVT-18486 Add parameter to R.1170 to allow comments on empty lines
DVT-18597 Report error when trying to autocorrect failures of checks that don't support autocorrect
DVT-18623 Improved VS Code Command Palette menu
DVT-18624 Ability to generate rulepool documentation in VS Code
DVT-18625 Improve UX when working with saved lint configurations in VS Code
DVT-18628 Ability to specify the location of HTML report in VS Code
DVT-18629 Ability to choose a baseline report when starting a new Verissimo session in VS Code
DVT-18630 Ability to auto-export the HTML report after linting in VS Code
DVT-18631 Ability to include the source code in the generated HTML report in VS Code
DVT-18746 Ability to see unfixable hits when autocorrecting in batch mode
Bugfixes
DVT-18523 SVTB.7.20 should fail for static arrays
DVT-18524 SVTB.6.10.1 False failures for arrays used as input method arguments
DVT-18598 XVM.2.1.8 False hits for predefined list methods
DVT-18615 Rule configuration errors caused by invalid parameter values are reported as Internal Error in VS Code
DVT-18626 Existing waivers file are not suggested when starting a new Verissimo session in VS Code
DVT-18680 Exception thrown when selecting a failure without path from the DVT Eclipse Problems View
DVT-18704 Wrong number of checks displayed inside Verissimo Rule pool and Ruleset HTML documentation
DVT-18725 Verissimo: Linting from menu shortcut may silently fail when changing workspace
23.1.6 (1 March 2023)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-18508 Add parameter to SVTB.1.4.4.1 to skip checking blocks with end label
DVT-18663 Ability to lint either the entire project or just the current file based on selection
DVT-18712 Do not generate Verissimo GUI report when linting just a file
Bugfixes
23.1.5 (21 February 2023)
Enhancements
DVT-18090 & DVT-18182 Ability to set a timeout when running Verissimo in batch or UI
DVT-18515 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.26 and R.1159 to skip preprocessor directives
DVT-18564 Add auto-correct input to SVTB.15.4.1.1 to specify id and message of inserted `uvm_error macro
DVT-18612 Ability to see the Verissimo auto-correct parameters in the rulepool and ruleset documentation
DVT-18614 SVTB.31.3.3 Auto-correct should be performed when for loop has iterator declaration assignment
Bugfixes
DVT-18584 XVM.7.7 Wrong messages for using undocumented types or inheriting from undocumented classes
DVT-18590 XVM.7.7 False failures for uvm_resource_types, UVM_FILE, uvm_apprepend
DVT-18633 SVTB.27.7.1 False failures for `ifndef / `ifdef compiler directives
23.1.4 (8 February 2023)
DEPRECATED
Features
DVT-18539 New Rule: R.1196 Element description must be in element comment or in file header comment
DVT-18540 New Rule: R.1197 Method argument indentation
DVT-18605 License: New client implementation based on FlexLM 11.19 (disabled by default)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-18240 License: In some cases the license client leaks a large number of CLOSE_WAIT sockets due to a FlexLM bug
DVT-18586 SVTB.1.5 False failure for empty wait statements inside macros
DVT-18603 License: In some cases when multiple license sources are set and no license is available, the license client is repeatedly queuing and dequeuing for a license
23.1.3 (31 January 2023)
Features
Bugfixes
23.1.2 (25 January 2023)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
23.1.1 (19 January 2023)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 22.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
Improved performance for several rules
61 new rules
Added auto-correct for 4 rules
Ability to lint only changed files based on baseline HTML report
Ability to lint only the selected file
Ability to define pre-waivers based on the design top
Multiple UI enhancements
Features
DVT-18400 New Rule: R.1192 Do not override reset_phase, configure_phase, main_phase, shutdown_phase in drivers, monitors, subscribers, or scoreboards
DVT-18402 New Rule: R.1189 An agent should check that its virtual interface has been set
DVT-18448 New Rule: R.1190 Signal naming pattern
Enhancements
DVT-18419 Add parameter to XVM.4.22 to check multiple UVM register layer API calls from if/else or case blocks
DVT-18455 Add parameter to SVTB.2.1, SVTB.2.3 and SVTB.2.6 to allow children classes
DVT-18456 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.16 and R.1170 to enforce a space before and after the instance name
DVT-18550 Choosing "Browse File System" when selecting the ruleset or waivers file should open the .dvt directory by default in VS Code
Bugfixes
22.1.39 (20 December 2022)
Bugfixes
Enhancements
22.1.38 (14 December 2022)
Features
DVT-18374 New Rule: R.1187 The testbench must instantiate and build the register block in the build_phase method
DVT-18401 New Rule: R.1188 Set the starting_phase member of the sequence object before starting the sequence.
22.1.37 (6 December 2022)
Features
Enhancements
22.1.36 (22 November 2022)
Performance
Features
Bugfixes
Enhancements
22.1.35 (17 November 2022)
Features
DVT-11769 Memory Monitor: Memory starvation handling mechanism
DVT-18285 New Rule: R.1182 Declare packed arrays as little endian
DVT-18286 New Rule: R.1183 Declare unpacked arrays as big endian
Bugfixes
DVT-18132 NullPointerException is thrown when undefined environment variables are used in +dvt_skip_compile
DVT-18292 SVTB.6.3.3 Should fail for typedefs with unpacked dimensions
DVT-18306 SVTB.1.1.26 False failures for foreach closing bracket
Enhancements
DVT-18307 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.18 to specify checked keywords
DVT-18308 Add parameter to SVTB.2.16.1 to allow certain macro patterns
DVT-18309 Add parameter to XVM.2.2.11 to skip classes extending from specified base classes
DVT-18310 Add parameter to XVM15c to skip classes extending from specified base classes
22.1.34 (8 November 2022)
Performance
DVT-16319 Improve performance of XVM46, XVM49, ARBF, ARIN, ARMN and ARSAa checks
Features
Bugfixes
DVT-18235 R.1170 should fail for parameters on the same line with the instantiated type
DVT-18267 XVM.2.1.4.2.8 False failures for array indexing of sequencer as context argument
DVT-18281 SVTB.1.1.10 False failures for last operator on line when allowIndentationOfMultilineOperators is true
Enhancements
22.1.32 (1 November 2022)
Features
DVT-18139 New Rule: R.1177 Use cross module references only on ports
DVT-18140 New Rule: R.1174 Do not use cross module references deep into the design
DVT-18186 New Rule: R.1176 Do not use get_full_name() or %m with XVM report macros
DVT-18190 New Rule: R.1179 Duplicate comments
Bugfixes
Enhancements
DVT-18198 Add parameter to SVTB.2.1 and SVTB.2.6 to flag first element in multi-element files
DVT-18199 Add XML validation to versions 1-5 of waivers XML files
DVT-18201 Add parameter to SVTB.12.2.7 and SVTB.15.4.1.1 to check randomize calls for classes with type parameters
DVT-18215 Add function and task to supported elementKind for SVTB.25.4.0
22.1.31 (20 October 2022)
Features
Enhancements
22.1.30 (11 October 2022)
Features
DVT-18100 New Rule: R.1170 Named parameter list indentation
DVT-18112 New Rule: R.1171 Do not use multiple include guards
DVT-18129 New Rule: R.1172 Separate single-line comments from the code
DVT-18130 New Rule: R.1173 Do not add multi-line comments inside of a statement
22.1.29 (28 September 2022)
Bugfixes
22.1.28 (28 September 2022)
Features
DVT-18025 New Rule: R.1165 Do not use reg and wire
DVT-18075 New Rule: R.1166 Do not use checker
DVT-18076 New Rule: R.1167 Do not use final blocks
DVT-18081 New Rule: R.1168 Module instances naming pattern
DVT-18092 New Rule: R.1169 Banned predefined methods
Bugfixes
Enhancements
DVT-17466 Add XML validation to version 1 of ruleset XML files
DVT-18036 Add pre-waived file list to pre-waiver Custom Report API
DVT-18083 Add parameter to SVTB.27.3.1 to specify member variable visibility
DVT-18095 Add parameter to SVTB.27.16 to skip class handles in classes
DVT-18096 Add parameter to SVTB.27.16 to skip class handles that are instantiated
DVT-18099 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.20 to flag # on new line
22.1.27 (13 September 2022)
Features
Bugfixes
Enhancements
DVT-18024 Add parameter to R.1159 to skip checking indentation of multi line statements and declarations
DVT-18031 Add parameter to R.1160 to specify XMR direction
DVT-18032 Parameter allowedXMRScopes of R.1160 should accept patterns
22.1.26 (7 September 2022)
Bugfixes
Enhancements
22.1.25 (30 August 2022)
Features
Bugfixes
Enhancements
22.1.24 (22 August 2022)
Features
Bugfixes
DVT-17798 Pre-waivers should not match rule configuration errors
DVT-17932 SVTB.7.21 False failures for local const variable
DVT-17966 XVM30b False failures for parameterized interfaces
Enhancements
22.1.23 (16 August 2022)
Performance
DVT-17864 Improve performance of SVTB.8.4.3
DVT-17865 Improve performance of XVM.5.1.4
DVT-17882 Improve performance of SVTB.1.5.2
DVT-17883 Improve performance of XVM.5.1.6
DVT-17943 Improve performance of rule XVM51b
Features
DVT-17750 New Rule: R.1151 Do not use the policy argument when overriding the do_print, do_record, do_compare, and do_pack methods
DVT-17845 New Rule: R.1157 Delimiter for method implementations
DVT-17872 New Rule: R.1159 Named elements indentation
Bugfixes
Enhancements
DVT-17844 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.4 to skip lines matching specified patterns
DVT-17846 Verissimo: Throw error for missing baseline report before build
DVT-17962 Add parameter to SVTB.29.4.0 to check macro definitions
22.1.22 (2 August 2022)
Features
DVT-17794 New Rule: R.1152 Banned packages
DVT-17827 New Rule: R.1155 Do not declare structs
DVT-17828 New Rule: R.1153 The zero value enum should match a specified pattern
DVT-17829 New Rule: R.1154 Limit number of method arguments
DVT-17830 New Rule: R.1156 Limit the nesting of procedural blocks in methods
DVT-17873 New Rule: R.1158 Do not declare parameters in global scope
Enhancements
DVT-17774 Add parameter to R.1110 to skip specified methods
DVT-17805 Add parameter to SVTB.2.3 to specify element kind
DVT-17806 Add parameter to SVTB.2.3 to enforce name matching only for files with single element kind
DVT-17823 Add support for specifying ruleset and waivers file location to dvt_cli.sh -lint
DVT-17824 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.12 check dimensions in typedefs
DVT-17825 Add instance to supported elementKind for SVTB.1.1.20
Bugfixes
22.1.21 (21 July 2022)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-17768 XVM.4.22 should fail for each register API call that is unchecked
DVT-17804 Exception thrown when using custom report template from symlinked path
DVT-17822 NullPointerException in XVM51
22.1.20 (11 July 2022)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
22.1.19 (28 June 2022)
Features
DVT-17688 New Rule: R.1145 If blocks must have else in always
DVT-17689 New Rule: R.1146 Parameter type must be two state type
DVT-17690 New Rule: R.1147 Do not use sequential blocks in always_comb, always_latch, always_ff
DVT-17705 New Rule: R.1148 Unused package import
DVT-17717 New Rule: R.1149 Access interfaces only in monitors or drivers
Enhancements
DVT-17691 Add parameter to SVTB.27.21 to flag only case item generates
DVT-17696 Add parameter to R.1120 to allow variables that are sample method arguments
DVT-17708 Add module to supported elementKind for SVTB.27.1.0
DVT-17710 Add parameter to R.1126 to skip action block kinds
DVT-17718 Add parameter to SVTB.12.3.8 to skip tasks
Bugfixes
22.1.18 (15 June 2022)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-17356 SVTB.27.1.0 should throw an error for invalid elementKind parameters
DVT-17657 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.4.2.8 to specify base class for non-virtual sequences
DVT-17683 Add parameter to XVM.2.6.3 to allow additional fields
DVT-17684 Add parameter to R.1143 to check for the field name in fields of class type
DVT-17694 Add parameter to XVM3 to skip virtual classes
Bugfixes
DVT-17662 SVTB.12.2.8 False failures for functions defined in macros
DVT-17663 XVM.7.7 False failures for elements declared in UVM macros
DVT-17664 XVM3 False failures for classes inheriting uvm_void
DVT-17667 SVTB.12.3.8 False failures for const ref when skipScalarRefArguments is true
DVT-17681 XVM.2.6.3 False failures for field of type typedef sequencer
DVT-17682 XVM.2.6.3 False failures for fields defined in UVM macros
22.1.17 (8 June 2022)
Performance
Enhancements
DVT-17408 ExportDesignHierarchyRule should print by default in a Windows compatible file
DVT-17604 Ability to specify optional description for inline waivers
DVT-17637 Add parameter to R.1141 to skip random variables
DVT-17653 R.1056 Should not fail for packed lists of primitive type
Bugfixes
22.1.16 (31 May 2022)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-17544 Add parameter to XVM.2.6.3 to allow inherited fields
DVT-17545 Add parameter to XVM.2.6.3 to allow fields of type xvm_sequencer
DVT-17547 Add parameter to XVM30a to allow custom enums for active conditional expression
DVT-17589 Autocorrect for SVTB.15.7.1 should name the process "proc"
DVT-17628 Add parameter to SVTB.7.31 to skip fields of type XVM port
Bugfixes
DVT-17548 XVM.3.1.4.8, XVM.3.2.1, XVM.3.2.2, R.1013, R.1037 should not fail for sequences
DVT-17556 XVM.7.7 False failures for UVM enum items
DVT-17560 SVTB.28.2 False failures for modports
DVT-17565 R.1120 Should fail for variables used in conditional coverpoint expressions
22.1.14 (17 May 2022)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
22.1.13 (9 May 2022)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
22.1.12 (3 May 2022)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-14540 SVTB.2.12 Auto-correct should replace incorrect include guard name
DVT-17498 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.21 to allow multiple whitespaces after single line comment identifier
DVT-17499 Add parameter to SVTB.4.2 to specify allowed list of literal values
DVT-17500 SVTB.2.7 Add matched ids value in failure message
DVT-17502 Add predefined custom report template for rules in CSV format
22.1.11 (18 April 2022)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
22.1.10 (12 April 2022)
Performance
Enhancements
DVT-13591 Including other waiver files should take into account the position of the <include> tag
DVT-17441 Add predefined custom report templates to Verissimo for linted files, autocorrect edits and waived failures
Bugfixes
22.1.9 (30 March 2022)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
DVT-17366 Add line offset information to failures of SVTB.1.5.1
DVT-17397 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.1.1.0 to check macro calls inside another macro call
DVT-17401 Add parameter to SVTB.27.10.1 to skip UVM API
Bugfixes
DVT-17249 ARMN, ARBF, ARSAa Failures disappear after rebuild and rerun
DVT-17429 CHCAb False failures for properties with arguments
22.1.8 (15 March 2022)
Features
DVT-17225 New Rule: R.1137 Do not use variables that cannot be randomized in randomize with constraints
DVT-17389 License: Add support for inline string license sources
DVT-17390 License: Add support for platform independent license source separator &
DVT-17391 License: Add support for using a local license by multiple applications at the same time under the same user
Enhancements
DVT-17163 Ability to reapply just the check for which auto-correct has been triggered when importing an HTML report
DVT-17392 License: Send to the license server the client PID instead of the unused and dummy display value
Bugfixes
DVT-17335 SVTB.1.0 does not take into account default value for vertical alignment tokens when running in batch
DVT-17358 Compare report should be able to correctly map failures for PKLD, PKVD, PKVR
DVT-17393 License: Fixed custom port support in local license sources
22.1.7 (2 March 2022)
Features
DVT-15398 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.9 to specify allowed number of hierarchical reference levels for uvm_sequencer
DVT-17111 New Rule: R.1136 For-loop variable should be able to hold the loop threshold
DVT-17120 New Rule: R.1138 Do not use uvm_sequencer_base.default_sequence configuration parameter to start sequences
Enhancements
22.1.6 (23 February 2022)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
22.1.5 (16 February 2022)
Enhancements
DVT-17004 Add parameter to SVTB.15.4.1.1 to check for macro call if randomization fails
DVT-17108 Add parameter to SVTB.15.4.1.1 to check if/assert condition checking randomize
DVT-17206 Report XML errors when specifying the same parameter multiple times
Bugfixes
22.1.4 (8 February 2022)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-17173 SVTB.15.8.1 add more details about the identifier with the same name
DVT-17177 Add parameter to R.1114 to skip packages and their contents
DVT-17178 Ability to specify "global_class", "global_typealias", "package_class" and "package_typealias" as values for R.1114 parameter elementKinds
DVT-17179 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.19 to ignore spaces for closing parentheses on new line
Bugfixes
DVT-17133 Improve reported failures for R.1062 and R.1063
DVT-17155 SVTB.12.2.8 False failures for infinite loops
DVT-17169 R.1128 False failures for list initializations
DVT-17172 SVTB.12.2.8 False failures when modifying members of implicit return value
DVT-17188 SVTB.12.10 False failures for assignments to interface output ports
22.1.3 (31 January 2022)
Features
DVT-16907 Ability to pre-waive unchanged files based on baseline HTML report
DVT-16998 New Rule: R.1120 Variables used in conditional coverpoints or bins should be covergroup arguments
DVT-17112 New Rule: R.1130 Constraint unsigned variable should use a positive value
DVT-17114 New Rule: R.1132 Assertions should not contain function or system calls
Enhancements
DVT-17157 Add parameter to SVTB.29.1.0 to specify base class of classes that will be checked
DVT-17161 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.15.1, XVM.2.1.4.2.7, XVM.3.1.9.1, XVM.3.3.11.1 and XVM.5.4.4 to skip associative array fields
Bugfixes
22.1.2 (26 January 2022)
Features
DVT-17054 New Rule R.1126: 'end' must be placed on the same line or the previous line consistently in the same file
DVT-17057 New Rule: R.1128 Do not use single element concatenations
DVT-17059 Add auto-correct for SVTB.32.4
DVT-17110 New Rule: R.1129 Do not use fractional randomization weights
DVT-17134 New Rule: R.1131 Constraint distribution weights should not be negative
Enhancements
DVT-17053 Add parameter to SVTB.6.10.1 to allow 'new' as a valid method to remove elements
DVT-17070 Add parameter to SVTB.9.10 to check assignments based on the enclosing scope being an initial block or not
DVT-17145 Add parameter to SVTB.6.10.1 to allow 'return' as a valid method to read elements
Bugfixes
DVT-17074 SVTB.7.12.3.1 False failures for modules with localparams
DVT-17107 R.1046 Should fail if there's no space between if and parentheses
DVT-17119 False failures for SVTB.1.4.1 in batch mode when running with -autocorrect_reruns
DVT-17154 Some scripts are not working correctly when ANSI colors are always set for some system commands
22.1.1 (18 January 2022)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 21.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
Improved performance
107 new rules
Auto-correct for 22 rules
New predefined rulesets: RTL, Dead Code, Performance, Non-Standard, UVM IEEE 1800-2.2020 Compliance
Ability to generate a
Progress Report
API for exploring the elaborated design hierarchy
Features
DVT-8781 New Rule: R.1122 Do not assign `wrealXState and `wrealZState to logic or reg variables
DVT-16844 New Rule: R.1121 Call set_item_context before randomizing a sequence
DVT-16961 New Rule: R.1118 Import declarations in modules must be before parameters and port lists
DVT-17019 New Rule: R.1124 Do not use multiple `xvm_info macro calls inside methods
DVT-17020 New Rule: R.1123 Do not use edge delays or #delay in while loops
DVT-17055 Add auto-correct for SVTB.4.1.4.1.1
DVT-17061 New Rule: R.1127 Don't use case variable in the case item expression
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-17014 StackOverflowError in UVM.3.1.4.7, SVTB.7.33, UVM.3.8, UVM.3.9, SVTB.7.36, UVM.2.2.3.1, UVM.2.2.11, UVM23a, SVTB.27.2.0, UVM.2.1.1.1.0, UVM61 and UVM62
DVT-17048 SVTB.6.10.1 False failures for arrays read by the streaming operator
DVT-17056 SVTB.10.20 False failures for hierarchical name and library binding format specifiers
DVT-17073 Incorrect HTML report generated when using -autocorrect
21.1.53 (22 December 2021)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-16913 SVTB.25.4.0, SVTB.25.4.1 False failures for class comments
DVT-16922 SVTB.1.1.26 Wrong auto-correct for do-while blocks
DVT-16938 SVTB.1.1.12 False failures for function implementation return type
DVT-16987 Wrong ruleset name in generated predefined XML ruleset
DVT-17012 Invalid exit code for verissimo.sh when using -dry_run
DVT-17013 ClassCastException thrown when running SVTB.7.27
21.1.52 (14 December 2021)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.51 (6 December 2021)
Features
DVT-16420 New Rule: R.1038 Do not use the global variable uvm_pkg::factory
DVT-16480 New Rule: R.1045 Do not call super.build_phase in user_defined component classes that directly extend UVM base classes
DVT-16487 New Rule: R.1049 Zero should not be a possible denominator
DVT-16489 New Rule: R.1050 "=+" should not be used instead of "+="
DVT-16495 New Rule: R.1051 Do not override the predefined pre- and post- phase methods
DVT-16857 Add Non-Standard predefined ruleset to Verissimo
DVT-16876 New Rule: R.1111 Raised objections must be dropped
DVT-16893 New Rule: R.1114 Do not compile types with the same name in different libraries
DVT-16934 New Rule: R.1115 Dropped objections must be raised
Bugfixes
21.1.50 (23 November 2021)
Features
DVT-16874 New Rule: R.1110 Method calls with 4 state values for 2 state arguments must include X, Z check
DVT-16890 New Rule: R.1112 Always call item_done after get_next_item
DVT-16899 New Rule: R.1113 Always call get_next_item before item_done
Bugfixes
21.1.48 (16 November 2021)
Features
DVT-16528 New rule: R.1061 Do not raise or lower objections outside the pre_start / post_start methods of a sequence
DVT-16648 Including other ruleset files should take into account the position of the <include> tag
DVT-16775 Ability to override fields of rule element in the ruleset
Enhancements
DVT-16763 Improve Open HTML report error handling
DVT-16831 Add parameter to XVM.5.1.3.9 to check the usages of the string after the uvm_info message context
DVT-16873 Add parameter to SVTB.1.4.4.1 to skip fork-join blocks
Bugfixes
DVT-16830 XVM.5.1.3.9: False failures triggered by non-string values
DVT-16832 XVM.5.1.3.9 : False failures triggered by usage of verbosity check with non-literal values
DVT-16834 XVM.2.1.4.2.8 should fail when the create call does not set the second argument for virtual sequences in a test
DVT-16848 StackOverflowException when running XVM.3.7 on circular inherited classes
DVT-16868 SVTB.1.1.12 should check the spaces between dimensions and identifier in the function header
DVT-16878 NullPointerException in SVTB.1.1.9 when reapplying checks after changing source code
DVT-16882 NullPointerException in SVTB.11.2.2.3
21.1.47 (8 November 2021)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
DVT-16765 Verissimo Progress Report: Highlight reports with compilation errors
DVT-16811 Add Performance predefined ruleset to Verissimo
DVT-16814 R.1069 should only fail for foreach used to iterate over associative array
DVT-16817 Add -noexit flag for Verissimo launching script
Bugfixes
DVT-16754 StackOverflowError in R.1043
DVT-16827 IllegalArgumentException thrown when importing a Verissimo HTML report
DVT-16837 NullPointerException thrown when running verissimo.sh with -dry_run and -list_unused_available_rules
21.1.46 (2 November 2021)
Performance
DVT-16758 Improve performance of SVTB.1.1.9
DVT-16796 Improve performance of SVTB.12.5
DVT-16797 Improve performance of XVM.2.8.5
DVT-16799 Improve performance of SVTB.5.11.2.2
DVT-16806 Improve performance of SVTB.1.8 auto-correct
DVT-16818 Improve performance of SVTB.6.5.1.1 and SVTB.29.1.3.1
Enhancements
DVT-16657 Improve SVTB.5.2.7 rule by checking if statement condition and right-hand side of the assignment
DVT-16753 Improve ExportDesignHierarchy rule to explore elaborated design hierarchy
DVT-16789 Add line offset information to failures of SVTB.1.4.1
Bugfixes
21.1.45 (26 October 2021)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-16761 SVTB.7.34 should check all classes when "baseClass" parameter is empty
DVT-16764 Add line offset information to failures of SVTB.1.5
DVT-16785 Improve performance of SVTB.1.1.10 auto-correct
DVT-16787 Add pre-waiver support to XVM.2.1.1.3, XVM.2.1.17, XVM.3.3.11.1, XVM.4.21.1, XVM.5.1.3.8, XVM.5.3.2, XVM30c, SVTB.5.11.2.3, SVTB.15.4.1.1, SVTB.27.2.0, SVTB.27.3.2 and SVTB.31.2.1
Bugfixes
21.1.44 (19 October 2021)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-16724 SVTB 31.1.0 False failures for signal in named implicit port connection
DVT-16726 SVTB.1.5.2 Wrong failure line for if block preceded by imbricated `ifdefs
DVT-16727 SVTB.1.5.2 Wrong auto-correct for lines with comments and blank lines
DVT-16760 SVTB.1.1.10 should fail when only tabs are around binary operators
21.1.43 (11 October 2021)
Features
DVT-13418 Ability to use auto-correct in batch mode
DVT-16625 Ability to import a Verissimo HTML report in the Verissimo GUI report
DVT-16685 New Rule R.1069: Do not use foreach to iterate over associative arrays or iteration methods for class key associative arrays
DVT-16700 New Rule: R.1070 Do not use for loops without initialization
DVT-16704 New Rule: R.1071 Use a single style of module header definition
Enhancements
DVT-13650 Ability to hide manual checks in the HTML report
DVT-15339 Ability to hide auto-correctable checks in the HTML report
DVT-16691 Add parameter to XVM.5.1.3.6 to skip `xvm_info macro calls followed by specified macro calls
DVT-16705 Add parameter to R.1071 to force the use of a certain module header definition style
DVT-16715 Change default ruleset to basic
Bugfixes
21.1.42 (4 October 2021)
Features
DVT-16484 New rule: R.1047 Do not use identical expressions on both sides of a binary operator
DVT-16511 New Rule: R.1056 Assertions comparing incompatible types should not be made
DVT-16644 New Rule: R.1066 Check for plusarg aliasing
DVT-16645 New Rule: R.1067 Use plusargs only in initial blocks
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.41 (27 September 2021)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-16684 Add pre-waiver support to SVTB.1.7, SVTB.12.8, SVTB.27.5.1, SVTB.27.5.2, SVTB.27.6.3, SVTB.27.10.1, SVTB.27.14, SVTB.31.1.0, SVTB.31.4, XVM.2.8.5, XVM.2.9.1.5.1
Bugfixes
21.1.40 (21 September 2021)
Features
DVT-16277 New rule: R.1027 Do not use uvm_printer_knobs fields
DVT-16406 New Rule: R.1035 Do not use the internal variable xvm_sequence_item::m_sequence
DVT-16428 New Rule: R.1040 Do not use get_config_int, get_config_string, get_config_object
DVT-16434 New Rule: R.1042 Do not include files using their paths
DVT-16498 New rule: R.1052 Getters should refer the expected fields
DVT-16517 New rule: R.1057 Setters should refer the expected fields
DVT-16580 New Rule: R.1064 Do not use locally generated clocks
DVT-16599 New Rule: R.1065 Do not call get or get_next_item from drivers
Enhancements
DVT-16536 Add parameter to ARBF and similar rules to allow create calls in conditional code that checks the active field from a configuration class
DVT-16640 XVM.5.1.3.9 add support for additional string processing in the macro call
DVT-16647 SVTB.10.20 should fail for unnecessary string formatting
DVT-16660 Verissimo: Prompt to refresh out of sync files when trying to apply auto-correct
Bugfixes
DVT-16621 XVM.2.1.4.2.8 Update rule description with example and specify sequencer base class
DVT-16622 XVM.2.1.4.2.8 False failures for custom defined sequencer base class
DVT-16642 Verissimo: Check description dialog option should exists when text contains very long lines
21.1.39 (15 September 2021)
Features
Bugfixes
DVT-16566 SVTB.1.5.2 False failures for statement on the next line after an event control
DVT-16613 XVM.2.1.15.1 Wrong auto-correct for hierarchical identifiers used as name argument
DVT-16615 ConcurrentModificationException thrown after performing auto-correct
DVT-16620 SVTB.12.1.2 should not autocorrect failures in files compiled with Verilog 2001
DVT-16623 Remove information about fixed Verissimo issues from HTML Report and Failures Report
21.1.38 (8 September 2021)
Features
DVT-16485 New Rule: R.1048 Do not repeat unary prefix operators
DVT-16500 New Rule: R.1054 Use `include directives within a package to allow each class to be placed in a separate file
DVT-16501 New Rule: R.1055 Set propagate mode of every objection to 0
DVT-16518 New Rule: R.1058 Use packing macros when overriding do_pack
DVT-16521 New Rule: R.1059 Use unpacking macros when overriding do_unpack
DVT-16523 New Rule: R.1060 Use recording macros when overriding do_record
DVT-16540 New Rule: R.1062 Variables not read
DVT-16541 New Rule: R.1063 Variables not written
Enhancements
DVT-16527 Add parameter to XVM23b to allow analysis port instantiation in specified methods
DVT-16532 Add parameter to XVM55 to allow additional statements in the run_phase
DVT-16538 Add auto-corrected failures information to Verissimo custom report API
DVT-16614 Add line offset information to failures of SVTB.5.2.8
Bugfixes
DVT-15163 SVTB 8.4.3 false failures for disable fork on separate threads in fork-join_none block
DVT-16526 XVM23b False failures for instantiations of arrays of analysis ports
DVT-16531 XVM55 False failures for fork join blocks in forever blocks
DVT-16576 Verissimo HTML report hyperlinks are missing in DVT Eclipse 4.19 distributions
DVT-16595 SVTB.15.6.1 False failures for comparisons with literal values
DVT-16612 SVTB.2.12 False failures in files preceded by 2 comment blocks
21.1.36 (30 August 2021)
Features
21.1.35 (23 August 2021)
Bugfixes
21.1.34 (16 August 2021)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.33 (9 August 2021)
Features
DVT-16405 New Rule: R.1036 XVM Sequence constructor
DVT-16427 New Rule: R.1043 Do not override sub-run phases
DVT-16429 New Rule: R.1039 Do not raise or lower objections outside tests
DVT-16433 New Rule: R.1041 Do not use timescale in the compiled files
DVT-16471 New Rule: R.1044 Do not use UVM IEEE 1800.2-2020 uvm_reg.get_local_map deviation
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.32 (3 August 2021)
Performance
DVT-14496 Improve memory footprint of SVTB_33.1.0, SVTB_33.2.0, SVTB_33.3.0
DVT-16446 Improve performance of rules SVTB.19.5 and SVTB.19.6
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.31 (27 July 2021)
Features
DVT-15806 New Rule: SVTB.19.5 Do not use cross module references unless they are done through macros
DVT-15808 New Rule: SVTB.19.6 Do not use cross module references unless they are enclosed in `ifdef/`ifndef guards
Enhancements
DVT-16395 Add pre-waivers element type validation in the Verissimo waivers XML file
DVT-16396 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.12 to allow vertically aligned unpacked dimensions
DVT-16407 Add reasons for unfixable failures when using autocorrect on SVTB.1.1.10 and SVTB.1.1.25
Bugfixes
21.1.30 (20 July 2021)
Enhancements
DVT-16264 Add parameter to SVTB.11.3 to allow missing default case item for fully specified variables
DVT-16296 Add examples to the description of rules that support auto-correcting
DVT-16353 Ability to rerun auto-correct until all issues are fixed
DVT-16363 Refine predefined rulesets naming
DVT-16365 XVM.7.3.4 should not auto-correct inside macros
Bugfixes
DVT-16295 XVM.5.2.1.2 False failures for type overrides called in child classes
DVT-16362 Fixed NullPointerException in SVTB.1.5.2
DVT-16374 SVTB.1.1.12 Wrong auto-correct for multiple method arguments
DVT-16377 Fixed horizontal scrollbar in the Verissimo HTML report
21.1.29 (12 July 2021)
Performance
Bugfixes
21.1.28 (6 July 2021)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-16265 SVTB.14.10.9 False failures when using cycle delay before sampled value function in property
DVT-16302 SVTB.1.5 Wrong auto-correct for if statement inside fork
DVT-16315 XVM.2.8.5 False failures inside class constructor
21.1.27 (28 June 2021)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-16282 Add line offset information to failures of SVTB.1.1.10, SVTB.10.7.3 and SVTB.12.4
DVT-16307 Refine UVM IEEE 1800-2.2020 compliance predefined ruleset
Bugfixes
21.1.26 (22 June 2021)
Features
DVT-16276 New Rule: R.1025 Do not use uvm_top
DVT-16278 New Rule: R.1026 Do not use xvm_root.run_test()
DVT-16283 New Rule: R.1028 Call $fopen with type argument specified
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.25 (16 June 2021)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-16225 SVTB.6.10.1 False failures for queue used with set membership operator
DVT-16242 SVTB.10.20 False failures for real numbers with fractional digits format
DVT-16261 Unable to auto-correct for SVTB.15.4.1.1 when randomize is casted to void
21.1.24 (8 June 2021)
Features
Enhancements
21.1.23 (3 June 2021)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-16193 XVM.2.1.1.5 False failures for inner classes
DVT-16219 XVM.2.1.4.2.8 'this' should be used as second argument of create call for virtual sequences in a test
DVT-16237 Hardwire the shell used by distribution scripts to /bin/bash
21.1.22 (24 May 2021)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.20 (17 May 2021)
Features
DVT-14015 Add auto-correct for SVTB.5.2.8
DVT-16079 New Rule: R.1006 Do not use tri0/tri1 net declarations
DVT-16080 New Rule: R.1002 Do not declare real variables
DVT-16081 New Rule: R.1003 Do not use initial and final blocks
DVT-16142 New Rule: R.1005 Classes must be defined within a package
DVT-16148 Ability to checkout files from Perforce when using auto-correct in batch mode
DVT-16149 New Rule: R.1008 Do not declare and instantiate covergroups in transactions and sequences
Bugfixes
DVT-16022 SVTB.31.3.3 wrong auto-correct when the for loop changes variables declared in an enclosing scope
DVT-16151 SVTB.1.5 wrong auto-correct for case item statements
DVT-16157 SVTB.5.2.8 False failure for case item statements
DVT-16167 R.1004 Should fail for both target modules and bound modules
21.1.19 (10 May 2021)
Features
DVT-14014 Add auto-correct for XVM.2.1.15.1
DVT-14018 Add auto-correct for XVM.2.1.1.5
DVT-15961 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.5
DVT-15998 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.2.0
DVT-15999 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.12
DVT-16001 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.5.1
DVT-16091 New Rule: R.1001 Do not use MOS switches
DVT-16126 New Rule: R.1000 UVM IEEE Compliance
DVT-16128 New Rule: R.1004 Do not bind a module in the same file with its declaration
DVT-16152 New Rule: R.1007 When overriding XVM virtual methods do not use the virtual keyword
Enhancements
DVT-16089 Add parameter to SVTB.1.5.2 to allow lines with comments between the 'if' and the single line statement
DVT-16124 Improve performance of SVTB.1.1.8 and SVTB.1.1.16 auto-correct
DVT-16127 Add UVM IEEE Compliance predefined ruleset to Verissimo
Bugfixes
21.1.18 (28 April 2021)
Bugfixes
DVT-16110 Tool does not start under certain Windows 10 configurations
21.1.17 (26 April 2021)
Features
DVT-15729 New Rule: XVM.4.21.2 uvm_config_db::get calls must have a corresponding uvm_config_db::set call
DVT-15959 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.4.1
DVT-15960 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.4.5
DVT-15995 Add -dry_run argument to verissimo.sh in order to validate arguments without license checkout
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.15 (20 April 2021)
Features
DVT-15955 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.23
DVT-15956 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.24
DVT-16000 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.4.2
DVT-16049 New Rule: SVTB.1.0 Files should be formatted
Bugfixes
DVT-14676 SVTB.27.8.1 wrong auto-correct when the renamed variable is used in macro
DVT-15937 XVM.2.1.1.3 False failures for field of type packed array of enums
DVT-16009 SVTB.7.12.3 False failures for interface port declarations
DVT-16056 SVTB.1.1.1 should report maxHitsPerFile failures when there are multiple tabs on the same line
DVT-16062 SVTB.28.2 False failures for coverpoints
DVT-16071 SVTB.5.11.2.1 wrong auto-correct when $cast calls are casted to void
21.1.14 (13 April 2021)
Features
DVT-15610 New Rule: XVM.4.29 Regular expressions should be syntactically valid
DVT-15951 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.16
DVT-15963 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.8
DVT-16011 Ability to automatically generate thread dumps for specified rules
Bugfixes
DVT-16024 SVTB.12.1.2 wrong auto-correct for methods defined inside macro
DVT-16026 SVTB.2.12 wrong auto-correct: sometimes include guards are inserted inside comments
DVT-16027 NullPointerException in SVTB.1.1.26
DVT-16029 NullPointerException in rule SVTB.12.11
DVT-16030 NullPointerException in SVTB.10.6.1 and SVTB.10.6.1.0
DVT-16044 SVTB.7.26 auto-correct does not delete constructors that calls only super.new()
21.1.13 (5 April 2021)
Features
DVT-15949 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.2
DVT-15957 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.25
DVT-15962 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.5.2
Enhancements
DVT-8678 XVM.3.1.4.1 should not give failures in non-UVM classes
DVT-8907 XVM architecture based checks should not use ruleset defined suffixes to identify components
DVT-15861 Use existing arguments to add compare reports when generating HTML Progress Report
DVT-15972 Improve performance for SVTB.1.1.24
Bugfixes
DVT-15985 SVTB.1.1.25 False failures for comments between procedural statement keyword and open parenthesis
DVT-16016 Verissimo runs all rules when no rules are specified in the ruleset XML file
DVT-16020 NullPointerException in XVM.3.1.4.3.2 and XVM.3.2.2.1
21.1.12 (30 March 2021)
Features
DVT-15950 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.13
DVT-15952 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.17
DVT-15953 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.19
DVT-15954 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.20
DVT-15958 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.26
21.1.11 (22 March 2021)
Features
DVT-15821 New Rule: XVM.10.3 Do not use deprecated global variables for default printers
DVT-15865 New Rule: SVTB.10.24 Do not compare enum variables to literal values
DVT-15915 New Rule: SVTB.4.2 Do not compare literals
DVT-15917 Add support for "disable" as attribute for -rulepool_xml_include argument of verissimo.sh
DVT-15918 Use tabs consistently in generated rulepool XML file
Enhancements
DVT-15891 XVM.3.1.4.2.2, XVM.3.1.4.3.2, XVM.3.1.4.4.2, XVM.3.2.1.1, XVM.3.2.2.1 & XVM.3.2.3.1 should not fail for fields registered with `xvm_field_* macros
DVT-15946 Add parameter to SVTB.7.38 to skip checking calls that generate singleton objects
DVT-15947 Add parameter to SVTB.7.38 to check all the nested macro names
Bugfixes
DVT-15884 SVTB.5.2.7 False failures for concatenation of enum types
DVT-15901 SVTB.27.14 False failures for parameters of overriding methods
DVT-15939 Generating ruleset documentation does not take into account the disable attribute when specifying check severity
DVT-15944 NullPointerException in SVTB.7.1.2 and SVTB.7.1.2.1 auto-correct
DVT-15945 BadLocationException in SVTB.1.1.10 auto-correct
21.1.10 (15 March 2021)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-15883 ARMN, ARBF, ARSAa False failures for create calls outside of classes
DVT-15910 XVM23a False failures for inherited analysis ports from virtual base class
21.1.9 (8 March 2021)
Features
21.1.8 (1 March 2021)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.7 (22 February 2021)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-6664 Add Dead Code predefined ruleset to Verissimo
DVT-14094 Add RTL predefined ruleset to Verissimo
DVT-15543 Print the "Waiting for license..." message event when using -silent argument
Bugfixes
21.1.6 (15 February 2021)
Features
Bugfixes
DVT-15774 SVTB.27.14 False failures for loop variables of generate blocks
DVT-15790 SVTB.2.10 False failures for uppercase string value of headerValue parameter
DVT-15823 Running verissimo.sh with -zero_exit_on_lint_failures returns compilation error exit code
DVT-15824 Running verissimo.sh with -ignore_lint_* is not reflected in the exit code
21.1.5 (5 February 2021)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.4 (2 February 2021)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-15703 XVM.3.1.4.2.2, XVM.3.1.4.3.2, XVM.3.1.4.4.2, XVM.3.2.1.1, XVM.3.2.2.1 & XVM.3.2.3.1 False failures for field accesses using the "this" object handle
DVT-15719 XVM52 False failures for XVM classes fields
DVT-15733 XVM30b False failures for interfaces with modports
DVT-15739 XVM.4.23 False failures for variables with initial values
21.1.3 (25 January 2021)
Features
Bugfixes
21.1.2 (18 January 2021)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
21.1.1 (11 January 2021)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 20.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
Improved performance
87 new rules
New auto-correct capabilities for 1 rule
Filtering the failures based on creation date collected from revision control systems or the filesystem
Improved the usability of the report and rulepool documentation
Improved validation of ruleset and waivers XML files
Performance
Features
Bugfixes
DVT-14484 XVM28 False failures for driver with default parametrization
DVT-15633 XVM.3.4.3 False failures for sequencer arrays
DVT-15663 SVTB.31.4 False failures for associative arrays, dynamic arrays and queues read or written with their predefined methods
DVT-15675 SVTB.32.1.0 should not fail for covergroup sample method arguments
DVT-15687 Rulepool/ruleset documentation page scrolls up when writing characters in the filter bar
DVT-15695 Waivers generated by +dvt_auto_snps_vip_waivers should be applied automatically in batch mode
DVT-15712 MSUA False failures for UVM library print methods
20.1.44 (21 December 2020)
Performance
Features
DVT-15594 New Rule: SVTB.31.6 Do not compare a variable to itself
DVT-15600 New Rule: SVTB.10.23 Values should not be uselessly incremented
DVT-15609 New Rule: SVTB.10.22 Variables should not be shifted by zero or more than their number of bits-1
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-15645 Filter bar overlaps results when using Table of Contents links in ruleset/rulepool documentation
DVT-15660 SVTB.30.1.0 & SVTB.30.3.0 False failures for predefined API when invertedFilter is true
DVT-15662 SVTB.12.2.9 False failures for incrementing or decrementing the implicit return value
20.1.42 (4 December 2020)
Features
DVT-14319 New Rule: XVM.7.7 Do not use undocumented UVM API
DVT-14580 Ability to switch to dark theme in Verissimo HTML Report
DVT-15598 New Rule: SVTB.31.5 Do not use useless if/assert blocks
DVT-15599 New Rule: SVTB.29.10 Banned API declared in files
DVT-15605 Add pre-waiver support to XVM.3.6
Enhancements
20.1.41 (20 November 2020)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
20.1.40 (13 November 2020)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-11666 & DVT-15397 Ability to filter checks in the generated ruleset/rulepool documentation
DVT-13228 Verissimo should stop linting for inexistent included XML files and unresolved environment variables
DVT-15456 Add parameter to SVTB.19.1 to specify the minimum number of ports for which to apply the rule
Bugfixes
20.1.39 (9 November 2020)
Performance
Features
DVT-14472 New Rule: XVM.4.14 Object class name
DVT-15275 New rule: SVTB.2.21 Conditional preprocessing blocks must not cross file boundaries
DVT-15409 New Rule: XVM.3.9 do_kill method should be overridden if the kill method of a sequence is called
DVT-15429 New Rule: SVTB.8.2.1 Always blocks should always have an event control
Bugfixes
20.1.38 (30 October 2020)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-15487 SVTB.10.16 False failures for conditional ternary operators
DVT-15493 SVTB.12.4 Failure messages should not contain "Unresolved Hid"
DVT-15515 SVTB.15.4.1.1 False failures for randomize calls in extern methods with the implementation in a different file
DVT-15524 XVM51 should not report failures when creating instances of child classes
DVT-15528 Exception logger is not printing the stack trace
20.1.37 (23 October 2020)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
20.1.36 (16 October 2020)
Features
DVT-14369 New Rule: SVTB.1.1.26 Begin-end blocks indentation
DVT-15412 New Rule: SVTB.27.20.1 End label pattern
DVT-15422 New rule: SVTB.9.11 Non-blocking assignments are not allowed in functions
DVT-15425 New Rule: SVTB.11.5 Case statements must not have more than one default case item
DVT-15439 New Rule: SVTB.9.3 Do not use the same structure/array pattern key in assignment patterns
DVT-15447 New Rule: SVTB.2.20 File encoding must be the same in all files
Enhancements
DVT-15423 Add parameter to SVTB.7.37 to check parameters of modules, interfaces and programs
DVT-15453 Add parameters to XVM.2.6.3 to specify driver, sequencer, monitor name patterns
Bugfixes
20.1.34 (2 October 2020)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
20.1.33 (28 September 2020)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-15231 Display errors on multiple pages if Verissimo Auto-Correct encounters too many unfixable hits
DVT-15365 Add parameter to SVTB.2.10 to specify header lines
DVT-15381 XVM.3.4.3 should allow tasks that wrap start calls
Bugfixes
20.1.32 (17 September 2020)
Features
Bugfixes
DVT-15342 SVTB.12.2.9 false failures when using the implicit result variable as a method argument
DVT-15345 Verissimo compare reports should consider failures of checks with different descriptions or effort estimation as common failures
20.1.31 (11 September 2020)
Features
DVT-8647 New Rule: SVTB.31.4 Unread or unwritten class variables and members
DVT-13270 New Rule: SVTB.1.1.25 Space between procedural statements and open parenthesis
DVT-15179 Ability to annotate failures with information from ClearCase
Enhancements
DVT-13965 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.2.0, SVTB.1.1.2 & SVTB.1.1.6 to check comment indentation
DVT-15195 Ability to generate ruleset file containing all the unused available rules
DVT-15274 Ability to specify check pre-waivers in the waivers file
DVT-15319 Add API to to get the Verissimo version in the Custom Reports
DVT-15322 Ability to generate ruleset file containing specified attributes
DVT-15323 Add constraint to supported elementKinds for rule SVTB.27.1.0
Bugfixes
20.1.30 (3 September 2020)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-14357 Set default severity of all rules to error
DVT-15253 Show in HTML report how many failures can be automatically corrected
DVT-15298 Add parameter to SVTB.27.20 and SVTB.27.21 to apply the check only on generate blocks
Bugfixes
20.1.29 (28 August 2020)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-14970 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.8 and XVM.2.1.9 to allow certain method calls
DVT-15198 Add parameter to SVTB.1.8 to allow certain UTF characters
DVT-15247 Add allowPragmaWaivers parameter to SVTB.25.13
DVT-15261 Add pre-waiver support to XVM60
DVT-15262 Add pre-waiver support to SVTB.1.8
Bugfixes
DVT-15260 SVTB 1.1.17, SVTB 1.1.18, SVTB 1.1.19 Failures not shown when previous line has multiple single line comments
DVT-15280 Unable load custom rulesets in Windows when the path contained more than one segment
20.1.28 (21 August 2020)
Enhancements
DVT-12099 Do not allow running verissimo.sh without passing -cmd
DVT-14416 Report rule parameter errors before linting
DVT-15216 Improve performance of rule XVM60
DVT-15224 Add flag to verissimo.sh to specify the manual checks status file
DVT-15233 Add pre-waiver support to CVED
DVT-15243 Add API to determine if a check is manual in Verissimo Custom Report
Bugfixes
20.1.27 (14 August 2020)
Features
DVT-11392 New Rule: XVM71 All TLM ports must be connected
DVT-13267 New Rule: XVM.3.1.4.8 Sequence items must override convert2string
DVT-14754 New Rule: SVTB.16.13 Do not declare embedded covergroup arrays
DVT-15162 New Rule: XVM.3.4.3 Sequence start method arguments
DVT-15165 New Rule: SVTB.27.20 Begin label format
Enhancements
DVT-13429 Show in Verissimo HTML report how many rules can be automatically corrected
DVT-14196 Update syntax for waivers created from the HTML report
DVT-15146 Add parameter to SVTB.27.10.1 to skip specified methods
DVT-15164 Add exit code for build config and compile errors for verissimo.sh
DVT-15166 Add API to access compare summary in Verissimo Custom Report
DVT-15171 Add parameter to XVM67 to skip checking in classes that extend from specified base classes
DVT-15193 Add severity value to the generated HTML ruleset document
DVT-15217 Add struct and union members to supported skipElements of SVTB.27.5.1
Bugfixes
DVT-14407 SVTB.5.11.2.3, SVTB.15.4.1.1 & XVM.4.21.1: No failures when temporary variable is used inside expression
DVT-15156 XVM.3.4.2 False failure for function call used as the first argument of the start() method
DVT-15187 SVTB.20.15 Should skip interface members of dynamic type
DVT-15197 SVTB.27.5.1 takes too long to cancel
DVT-15212 SVTB.5.1.2 reports fewer failures after reapplying the check
20.1.26 (30 July 2020)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-13576 SVTB.31.1.0 False failures for implementations of methods defined in parents of interface classes when skipImplementedMethods is true
DVT-13610 SVTB.31.1.0 should consider pure virtual methods just like virtual methods
DVT-14969 SVTB.1.5.1 False failures for empty blocks
DVT-15147 SVTB.27.10.1 False failures for anonymous coverpoints
DVT-15157 SVTB.11.3 False failures for randcase
DVT-15172 Verissimo throws exception when running on a project that contains whitespaces in its path
20.1.25 (24 July 2020)
Features
DVT-12146 New Rule: SVTB.14.10.24 Do not use signals referenced in an assertion action block without $sampled
DVT-14144 New Rule: SVTB.14.10.23 Use sampled value function on variables used in disable conditions of properties
DVT-14755 New Rule: XVM.2.1.1.2.1 Do not use factory registration macros for classes with protected or local constructor
DVT-14756 New Rule: SVTB.7.37 Specify default value for class parameters
DVT-14968 Ability to disable a check inside the ruleset using the "disable" attribute
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-14973 When comparing two reports, line number changes are incorrectly computed if the white-space has changed
DVT-14985 SVTB.8.4.3 False failures for disable fork that is enclosed by protective fork-join block in loops
20.1.24 (17 July 2020)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
20.1.23 (8 July 2020)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
DVT-14800 Add parameter to SVTB.31.3.0 to allow empty begin end blocks
DVT-14802 Add parameter to SVTB.31.3.0, SVTB.31.3.1, SVTB.31.3.2 and SVTB.31.3.3 to check empty begin end blocks have comments
DVT-14941 Improve auto-correct for SVTB.15.7.1
20.1.22 (8 July 2020)
Enhancements
20.1.21 (2 July 2020)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-14822 Do not print compile warnings in verissimo.sh output
DVT-14823 Do not print lint failures unless specified by verissimo.sh argument
DVT-14848 Add parameter to XVM.5.1.3.6 to configure the verbosity levels to be checked
DVT-14849 Add parameter to XVM.5.1.3.6 to check only inside loops
DVT-14886 Add PID and hostname to the startup information
Bugfixes
20.1.20 (26 June 2020)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
20.1.19 (18 June 2020)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-14749 SVTB.29.1.8 should fail for $psprintf used as XVM macro argument
DVT-14782 "Compare" filter in the HTML report uses for filtering only the first selected entry
DVT-14783 While comparing two reports some common failures are reported as as new failures or new fixes
DVT-14784 "Compare" and "Report" filters in the HTML report are cleared at the same time
20.1.18 (17 June 2020)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
20.1.17 (16 June 2020)
REMOVED
Features
Enhancements
DVT-13966 Enhance the failure presentation in compare reports
DVT-14760 Add parameter to SVTB.15.7.1, SVTB.15.7.1.1 & SVTB.15.7.2 to skip specified methods
DVT-14761 Added -compare_baseline and -compare_current arguments for comparing two reports
DVT-14763 By default show only new failures in compare reports
20.1.16 (12 June 2020)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
20.1.15 (4 June 2020)
Features
Enhancements
20.1.14 (28 May 2020)
Features
DVT-13302 Ability to include HTML code in rule descriptions by wrapping it between @html@...@html@ tags
DVT-13657 New Rule: SVTB.5.14 Matching types for enum variables used in equality operators
DVT-14304 New Rule: SVTB.31.3.0 Empty statement
Enhancements
DVT-14571 Ability to see list of files on which Verissimo rules have been applied
DVT-14714 Show an error when trying to merge, diff or compare a report that is already the result of a compare operation
20.1.12 (21 May 2020)
Features
Bugfixes
20.1.11 (15 May 2020)
Performance
Features
DVT-13859 New Rule: SVTB 1.1.20 Spacing for typedefs and declarations
DVT-14242 New Rule: SVTB 1.1.21 Single line comment spacing
DVT-14243 New Rule: SVTB 1.1.22 Include guards formatting
Enhancements
DVT-13619 Show warning when using an unresolved environment variable in compile waivers, Verissimo waivers and ruleset files
DVT-14381 SVTB.12.9 should fail for non-ANSI style methods without arguments
DVT-14507 Add parameter to SVTB.5.11.3 to skip checking of bit-stream casting of packed types
DVT-14591 Add nets to supported skipElements for SVTB.27.5.1
Bugfixes
20.1.10 (11 May 2020)
Bugfixes
DVT-14518 SVTB.15.4.1.1 Auto-correct works only when allowTempVariableChecking is true
DVT-14550 XVM30b false failures for inherited virtual interfaces
DVT-14597 SVTB.16.1.3 False failures for
n:n bit selects
DVT-14606 SVTB.12.4 Wrong auto-correct for method call used as macro argument
DVT-14612 SVTB.7.13 Wrong auto-correct for methods defined inside macros
20.1.9 (30 April 2020)
Features
DVT-14305 New Rule: SVTB.12.11 One argument per line
DVT-14356 New Rule: SVTB.7.1.4.4 Declared method order must match implementation order
DVT-14506 New Rule: SVTB.27.19 Type naming pattern
Enhancements
DVT-12471 Add "allowVariableWithTypeName" parameter to SVTB.27.10.1
DVT-14352 Add parameter to XVM Base Classes rules to specify base class
DVT-14486 Add parameter to SVTB.27.5.1 to skip certain name patterns
DVT-14524 Add pre-waiver support to SVTB.1.1.10, SVTB.1.4.2, SVTB.27.5.5
Bugfixes
DVT-14444 SVTB.8.4.3 Should fail for disable fork used inside loops
DVT-14549 NullPointerException in rules XVM2, XVM.2.1.1.1, XVM.2.4.4 and XVM.3.1.3
20.1.8 (16 April 2020)
Features
DVT-13856 New Rule: SVTB 1.1.17 Member declaration spacing
DVT-13860 New Rule: SVTB 1.1.19 No spacing between closing/opening parentheses
DVT-14241 New Rule: SVTB 1.1.18 Keywords spacing
DVT-14249 New Rule: SVTB.27.18 Assertion naming pattern
DVT-14464 New Rule: XVM.2.2.3.1 Driver should not have analysis port
DVT-14469 New Rule: XVM.3.1.4.7 Sequence tasks must be protected or local
Enhancements
DVT-14447 Add parameters to SVTB.7.36 to skip fields of a specified type and to skip fields that inherit from specified classes
DVT-14482 Add parameter to SVTB.12.3.8 to skip scalar ref arguments
DVT-14497 Add pre-waiver support to SVTB.33.1.0, SVTB.33.2.0 and SVTB.33.3.0
Bugfixes
20.1.7 (10 April 2020)
Features
DVT-14386 New Rule: SVTB.8.4.10 Do not use disable fork if it is not enclosed by a protective fork-join block
DVT-14387 New Rule: SVTB.8.4.11 Do not use wait fork if it is not enclosed by a protective fork-join block
Enhancements
DVT-14353 Add ports to supported skipElements for SVTB.27.5.1
DVT-14375 Add parameter to SVTB.1.4.4 to check begin-end blocks in fork blocks
DVT-14448 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.8 and XVM.2.1.9 to allow specified uvm_root API calls only in specified classes
DVT-14457 Add parameter to SVTB.19.3.2 to only flag elements in which time calls are used
Bugfixes
20.1.6 (2 April 2020)
Features
DVT-14336 New Rule: XVM.3.8 Check starting_phase before calling or raising an objection
DVT-14380 New Rule: SVTB.27.17 Variable naming pattern
DVT-14440 New Rule: XVM.2.1.1.6 Factory registration macros for objects
Enhancements
DVT-14254 Add parameter to XVM.5.1.5 to allow only get_name or get_full_name
DVT-14344 Add ignoreIdentifiers parameter to SVTB.33.1.0 and SVTB.33.2.0
DVT-14354 Add parameter to SVTB.32.1.0 and SVTB.32.2.0 to skip checking tasks
DVT-14355 Add parameter to SVTB.27.14 to specify the minimum number of characters for loop variables
DVT-14474 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.1.1.0 to check the parameter arguments of the parametrized class used as macro argument
Bugfixes
20.1.5 (27 March 2020)
Features
DVT-14259 New Rule: XVM.2.1.18 Drivers, monitors and scoreboards should not contain handles to drivers, monitors or scoreboards
DVT-14260 New Rule: XVM.2.2.11 Driver should only have a handle to one interface and sequencer
DVT-14379 New Rule: SVTB.12.3.8 Do not use inout or output scalar arguments
Enhancements
DVT-14118 Add parameter to SVTB.1.4.1 and SVTB.1.5 to allow same line only for certain keywords
DVT-14121 Add parameter to SVTB.1.4.1 and SVTB.1.5 to check next line is empty when allowSameLine is true
DVT-14383 Add parameters to SVTB.6.1.2.2 to check only 2-state/4 state mixing and to check only signed/unsigned mixing
Bugfixes
20.1.4 (20 March 2020)
Performance
Features
DVT-14253 New Rule: XVM.2.9.2.7 Do not declare tasks and virtual interfaces in scoreboards
DVT-14255 New Rule: SVTB.5.11.2.3 Check $cast calls
DVT-14256 & DVT-14257 New Rule: SVTB.14.11 Do not use assertions in scopes
DVT-14264 New Rule: XVM.2.8.9 Raise and drop objections in tests
DVT-14266 New Rule: XVM.4.21.1 Check uvm_config_db(T)::get calls
DVT-14314 New Rule: SVTB.32.1.1 Pass arrays as reference instead of having arrays as method return type
DVT-14333 New Rule: SVTB.7.36 Members of classes must be protected or local
Enhancements
DVT-14190 Show an error when using non-existent parameters in the ruleset
DVT-14258 Add 'assert', 'assume', 'cover', 'expect', 'restrict' to supported elementKinds for SVTB.7.34
DVT-14388 Add parameter to SVTB.7.34 to check covergroup instantiations
Bugfixes
20.1.3 (9 March 2020)
Features
DVT-14306 New Rule: SVTB.6.3.3 Do not declare statically sized arrays with up-to / down-to syntax
DVT-14308 New Rule: SVTB.16.9.3 Sample covergroups using sample() or @event
DVT-14316 New Rule: SVTB.10.13.2 Do not use release statements
DVT-14317 New Rule: SVTB.7.13.4 Do not override non-virtual methods
Enhancements
Bugfixes
20.1.2 (28 February 2020)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-14068 XVM51 False failures for components parameterized with virtual interfaces
DVT-14189 SVTB.10.7.3.0 False failures in assertions
DVT-14297 Failures in uvm.sv are not always filtered out
20.1.1 (21 February 2020)
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 19.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
Performance
Features
DVT-14116 New Rule: SVTB.27.6.3 Unique enum item names
DVT-14186 New Rule: SVTB.8.4.9 Do not use 'disable fork'
DVT-14187 Add parameter to SVTB.1.4.5 to check that 'begin' is placed on the same line or the next line consistently for the same expression
DVT-14224 Add parameter to SVTB.1.4.2 to allow multiple declarations on the same line in specified scope
DVT-14250 New Rule: SVTB.1.8 Files must contain only ASCII characters
DVT-14251 New Rule: SVTB.2.19 Add header typedefs for files with multiple classes
DVT-14252 New Rule: XVM.3.7 Banned 4-state variables in sequence items
Bugfixes
DVT-14209 Update description of SVTB.2.7, SVTB.2.8 and SVTB.2.9
DVT-14283 NullPointerException in XVM.2.1.4.3
19.1.50 (7 February 2020)
Features
Enhancements
19.1.49 (5 February 2020)
Bugfixes
19.1.48 (29 January 2020)
Performance
DVT-14158 Improve performance of rules SVTB.29.1.0, SVTB.29.1.7, SVTB.29.1.8, SVTB.29.1.9, SVTB.30.1.0 and XVM.10.2
Features
DVT-13634 New Rule: SVTB.1.7 Use specified tokens for vertical alignment
DVT-13848 New Rule: SVTB.1.1.16 Named port connections indentation
DVT-13861 New Rule: SVTB.27.15 Queue variables suffix
DVT-13862 New Rule: SVTB.27.16 Class handles suffix
DVT-14096 New Rule: SVTB.6.11 Bind parameters by name when using parameterized types
Enhancements
DVT-14146 Update JRE in distro to Amazon Corretto 8u242
DVT-14154 SVTB.5.2.7 When parameter useIsUnknownGuard is true all assignments should be checked
DVT-14157 Ignore DVT_LICENSE_FILE containing multiple hard-wired "FLEXLM" strings
19.1.47 (10 January 2020)
Bugfixes
DVT-14052 SVTB.10.20 False failures for negative width format specifiers
DVT-14107 SVTB.15.7.1 False failures for arrays
DVT-14122 Verissimo should not check the existence of DTD files specified in lint waivers
DVT-14124 XVM30a False failures for agents inheriting from parametrized classes
19.1.46 (6 January 2020)
Bugfixes
19.1.44 (20 December 2019)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
19.1.43 (11 December 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.42 (6 December 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-14038 Add allowAdditionalStatements parameter to XVM64, XVM.2.1.4.1 and XVM.3.1.4.1
DVT-14065 Add parameter to SVTB.32.1.0 and SVTB.32.2.0 to skip arguments with default values
Bugfixes
DVT-13964 XVM30a should allow agents with inherited connect_phase() methods
DVT-14030 SVTB.1.1.10 False failures for when literal strings used as macro arguments contain operators
DVT-14053 SVTB.4.1.6.1 False failures for concatenation of typedef queues
DVT-14056 SVTB.32.1.0 False failures for DPI methods
DVT-14060 StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in SVTB.1.1.10 auto-correct
DVT-14061 Re-applying check SVTB.1.1.10 doesn't take into account file changes
19.1.41 (28 November 2019)
Features
DVT-13878 New Rule: SVTB.10.20 Do not use formatting methods if no formatting is done in them
DVT-13955 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.10
DVT-13956 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.11
Enhancements
DVT-13764 Add strictFirstDefinition parameter to SVTB.7.13.2 to allow having non-virtual definition with different signature
DVT-13917 Add allowAsDefaultValue parameter to SVTB.4.1.6.1 to allow empty concatenation as default value for method arguments
DVT-13881 Allow defined typedefs as value for looselyCastToBooleanTypes parameter in SVTB.10.6.1.0
DVT-13883 Add skipBaseClassPatterns and skipClassPatterns parameters to SVTB.29.1.0
DVT-14021 Improved auto-correct for SVTB.2.12
Bugfixes
DVT-13870 SVTB.11.4 False failures for default case item with action block
DVT-13871 SVTB.12.2.9 False failures when modifying implicit return value
DVT-13877 SVTB.32.2.0 False failures for DPI functions
DVT-13951 Fixed NullPointerException in SVTB.15.3.4.1
DVT-13952 Fixed NullPointerException in SVTB.20.16
DVT-13960 Windows verissimo.bat script expects DVT_LICENSE_FILE to be FLEXLM when using FlexLM license servers
DVT-13963 XVM.2.2.3 False failures for inherited analysis ports
DVT-13976 XVM15c False failures when call hierarchy goes through parameterized classes
DVT-13978 SVTB.16.1.3 False failures for coverpoints with options at the end
DVT-14019 SVTB.6.7.4 False failures for concatenation of typedef queues
19.1.40 (12 November 2019)
Performance
Bugfixes
19.1.39 (7 November 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.38 (31 October 2019)
Performance
19.1.37 (25 October 2019)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
19.1.36 (21 October 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.35 (18 October 2019)
Features
19.1.34 (11 October 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-13761 Add parameter to XVM68 to allow using the default printer (uvm_pkg::uvm_default_printer) when it is set with a uvm_tree_printer instance.
DVT-13762 Add parameter to XVM.5.1.3.9 to allow any assignment to the string variable used as macro argument
19.1.33 (4 October 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.32 (20 September 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.30 (29 August 2019)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
19.1.29 (20 August 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.28 (14 August 2019)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
DVT-13296 Ability to specify comma in comma separated list parameter values using double comma
DVT-13609 Add parameters to SVTB.1.1.2.0 to skip lines with prefix or lines following other lines with suffix
DVT-13649 Comparing lint failures while doing report diff or compare should take into account line number changes between the two reports
19.1.27 (2 August 2019)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
19.1.26 (26 July 2019)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
19.1.25 (19 July 2019)
Features
DVT-11886 Add auto-correct for SVTB.15.4.1.1
DVT-13269 New Rule: XVM.5.1.6 Do not use `xvm_fatal during build phase
DVT-13417 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.5, SVTB.2.12, SVTB.12.4, XVM.7.3.4, SVTB.25.10
Bugfixes
DVT-13306 SVTB.31.1.0 False failures for arguments of implemented methods when skipImplementedMethods is true
DVT-13307 SVTB.31.1.0 False failures for arguments of pure virtual methods
DVT-13556 XVM.3.6 False failures inside forever loops
DVT-13558 XVM.2.1.4.1 False failures when parent constructor arguments are not named correctly
19.1.24 (11 July 2019)
Enhancements
19.1.23 (4 July 2019)
Features
DVT-13437 New Rule: SVTB.29.8 Banned randcase
DVT-13438 New Rule: SVTB.29.9 Banned randsequence
DVT-13455 New Rule: SVTB.4.1.4.1.3 Do not specify time units for delays
19.1.22 (1 July 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.21 (21 June 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-13244 Add parameters to XVM.2.1.8 and XVM.2.1.9 to skip checking in certain methods
DVT-13435 Ability to use multiple -gen_custom_report arguments in a single invocation
DVT-13440 Add bannedMethodsPatterns parameter to SVTB.29.1.0
Bugfixes
DVT-13316 SVTB.16.1.5 False hits when using select in coverpoint definition of a field whose datatype is a type alias
DVT-13334 XVM64 False hits for uvm_reg children classes
DVT-13335 XVM64 False hits when calling super.new() using named arguments
19.1.20 (7 June 2019)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-13265 SVTB.12.5 False hits for randomize() method
DVT-13273 XVM.3.6 Should fail when randomize() is not called on every possible execution path before start()
DVT-13399 Using -info "type=value" does not set annotation value if type already exists in report
19.1.18 (31 May 2019)
Features
DVT-6910
Auto-correct for linting failures
DVT-10202 Annotate failures with perforce blame information
DVT-11891 Add auto-correct for SVTB.1.1.1, SVTB.1.1.8, SVTB.1.1.14, SVTB.1.1.15, SVTB.5.11.2.1, SVTB.7.1.2, SVTB.7.1.2.1, SVTB.7.13, SVTB.7.14.0, SVTB.7.26, SVTB.10.7.3, SVTB.11.2.2.3, SVTB.12.1.2, SVTB.15.5.1, SVTB.27.3.1, SVTB.27.5.1, SVTB.27.6.1, SVTB.27.8.1, SVTB.27.9.1, SVTB.31.2.0, SVTB.31.3.2, SVTB.31.3.3, XVM.2.2.1
DVT-13239 Ability to specify pre-waivers for each rule in the ruleset
Enhancements
DVT-13321 Add pre-waiver support to XVM51b
DVT-13339 Add pre-waiver support to SVTB.2.1, SVTB.2.3, SVTB.2.6, SVTB.5.1.1, XVM.5.1.1
19.1.17 (16 May 2019)
Features
DVT-10728 Ability to pre-waive files containing only modules, interfaces and packages
DVT-13241 New rule: SVTB.11.4 Default case item must not be empty
Enhancements
DVT-13007 SVTB.10.19 should fail only for 'd or 0d prefixes when using noDecimalPrefix
DVT-13245 Add parameter to XVM52 to allow new allocation in specified classes
DVT-13248 SVTB.1.1.2.0 Detect for each file the number of spaces used for indentation when nofSpaces parameter is 0
DVT-13309 Add pre-waiver support to SVTB.1.1.1, SVTB.1.1.2, SVTB.1.1.2.0, SVTB.1.1.3, SVTB.1.1.4, SVTB.1.1.5, SVTB.1.1.6, SVTB.1.1.7, SVTB.1.1.8, SVTB.1.2, SVTB.2.12, SVTB.2.12.1, SVTB.2.16, SVTB.25.9, SVTB.25.12
19.1.15 (9 May 2019)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-13240 Add parameter to SVTB.11.3 to allow missing default case item for fully specified enum case statements
DVT-13242 Add parameter to SVTB.12.2.10 to allow certain functions
DVT-13254 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.4 to allow long lines caused by linter waiver pragmas
Bugfixes
19.1.14 (6 May 2019)
Bugfixes
19.1.13 (25 April 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-13102 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.1.3 to check that fields with parametrizable types are registered using the macros corresponding to the default value of the parameter
DVT-13235 SVTB.10.19 Add 'x' and 'X' as allowed radixes for hexadecimals
Bugfixes
DVT-13236 SVTB.6.10 False failures when array is declared inside an action block and skipMethodScopedElements is true
DVT-13237 SVTB.6.10 False failures on class type parameters
DVT-13256 SVTB.6.10 Failures should be reported on the method implementation instead of extern declaration
19.1.12 (19 April 2019)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-12893 Add parameter to SVTB.31.1.0 to skip checking methods that subclasses must implement
DVT-13170 Add parameter allowMultipleSpaces to SVTB.1.1.10 to allow one or more spaces around binary operators
Bugfixes
DVT-12438 SVTB.31.1.0 False hits for pure virtual functions
DVT-13166 SVTB.25.4.0, SVTB.25.4.1, SVTB.25.6.6.0, SVTB.25.6.6 False failures for inline comments on elements declared above a macro call
DVT-13181 SVTB.12.1.2, SVTB.12.2.8, SVTB.12.2.9, SVTB.27.13 False failures on let constructs
DVT-13222 Waiver path simple patterns are treated as regular expressions in waiver files with versions 1-3
DVT-13257 Fixed sporadic JVM crashes appearing when files were changed while being parsed
19.1.10 (11 April 2019)
Performance
Enhancements
DVT-13167 Add parameter skipElements to SVTB.27.3.1 to skip certain element kinds
DVT-13168 Add parameter skipMethodScopedElements to SVTB.6.10 to skip checking queues and arrays declared in methods
DVT-13177 Add parameter allowNoTickBeforeRadix to SVTB.10.19 to allow radix specification without a tick
Bugfixes
19.1.9 (5 April 2019)
Features
Enhancements
19.1.8 (28 March 2019)
Performance
19.1.6 (22 March 2019)
Performance
Enhancements
DVT-12453 Add support for variables set via +dvt_setenv in lint waivers paths and <include/> tags and ruleset <include/> tags
DVT-13019 Add parameter reportClassesUsedOnlyInFactoryRegistration to SVTB.31.1.0
19.1.5 (14 March 2019)
Bugfixes
DVT-12977 SVTB.1.1.4 should ignore comments containing @DVT_LINTER_WAIVER pragmas
DVT-13008 XVM.3.6 fails when randomize call is not in the same scope
DVT-13017 Effort estimation information is missing from failures table and summary page
19.1.4 (8 March 2019)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
19.1.2 (28 February 2019)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-12823 SVTB.1.1.12 False failures for array of parameterized type instances
DVT-12837 SVTB.10.19 should check only $sformatf calls whose results are used by the other checked methods or by UVM report macros
DVT-12919 SVTB.27.3.0 False failures for class members with name length equal with the parameter nameMinLength
19.1.1 (22 February 2019)
Starting with the 19.1.1 major release our products are no longer compatible with old FlexLM license servers (<11.14).
HIGHLIGHTS
Note: Some of the highlights below were rolled-out in 18.1.# hotfix releases for early adopters.
50+ new rules
Ability to tag failures and to filter them by tag
Ability to merge custom reports
Ability to use pre-lint waivers that will prevent linting a specified set of files
Improved HTML Report load and search performance
Improved performance of commonly used rules
REMOVED
DVT-3913 Removed support for DVT specific file licenses, migrated to FlexLM file licenses
DVT-12877 Removed support for FlexLM tools and daemon versions <11.14
Features
DVT-1635 & DVT-11643 Ability to use pre-lint waivers that will prevent linting in a specified set of files
DVT-6546 Queue on the license server when all licenses are in use (removed -lic_queue flag that was emulating this behavior)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-12832 SVTB.27.5.1 should skip end block names for the specified element kinds
DVT-12876 Exception thrown when reapplying XVM.2.1.17, XVM.5.1.2, XVM.5.1.3.7, XVM.5.1.3.9, XVM30c, XVM51b, SVTB.9.10
18.1.48 (18 February 2019)
Bugfixes
18.1.45 (13 February 2019)
Enhancements
DVT-11885 Enhance SVTB.16.7.5 description with an example on how to disable coverage using iff instead of setting weight 0 outside the cover group
DVT-12830 Add parameter to SVTB.7.24 to specify methods in which direct access of local members is allowed
Bugfixes
18.1.44 (4 February 2019)
Enhancements
18.1.43 (1 February 2019)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-10658 Add property, assert, cover property, assume property and sequence to supported element kinds for rule SVTB.27.1.0
DVT-12603 Add property and sequence to supported skipped element kinds for rule SVTB.27.5.1
DVT-12737 Add parameter to SVTB.20.16 to allow modports
DVT-12739 Add parameter to SVTB.12.3.7 to check only data type, only direction or both
Bugfixes
18.1.42 (15 January 2019)
Features
DVT-12070 New Rule: SVTB.8.4.3 Do not use disable fork after more than one fork-join in the same process
DVT-12673 New Rule: SVTB.7.35 Class access to signals must be done through clocking blocks
DVT-12683 New Rule: XVM.4.27 Do not use whitespaces for instance name or field name parameters when setting or getting configuration properties
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-12600 CHCAb should look for disable iff in properties declared outside the assertion
DVT-12690 NullPointerException in SVTB.25.4.0, SVTB.25.4.1, SVTB.27.1.0
DVT-12735 SVTB.7.1.1 False hits for registered enum variables
18.1.41 (13 December 2018)
Performance
18.1.41 (13 December 2018)
Performance
Features
18.1.40 (7 December 2018)
Enhancements
DVT-7536 Add parameter to SVTB.7.1.1 to allow changing the order of checked elements
DVT-9465 Add parameters to SVTB.7.1.1 to check for registered variables, regular variables and factory registration macros
DVT-12650 Add parameter to XVM51b to select the check implementation top-down or bottom-up
18.1.39 (29 November 2018)
Features
DVT-12490 New Rule: SVTB.11.2.2.3 Prefer foreach loops instead of C-style for-loops when iterating over arrays
DVT-12526 New Rule: XVM70 Always pass a string as a description argument when calling raise_objection() or drop_objection()
DVT-12540 New Rule: SVTB.12.2.10 Do not cast to void function calls that return a value
Enhancements
18.1.37 (15 November 2018)
Performance
Features
DVT-12331 New Rule: XVM.5.1.5 First argument of XVM report macros must contain an object's name, full name or type name
DVT-12376 New Rule: XVM.2.6.3 Agents should contain a monitor, driver, sequencer and configuration object
Enhancements
Bugfixes
18.1.36 (9 November 2018)
Bugfixes
DVT-6435 SVTB.4.1.6.1 false hits when assigning an array item from a concatenation
DVT-12298 SVTB.6.7.4 should fail for enum items concatenation
DVT-12431 SVTB.4.1.6.1 false hits when concatenating multiple arrays
DVT-12432 SVTB.6.7.4 false hits for assignment patterns
DVT-12488 Add parameter to SVTB.6.10 to skip function parameters
DVT-12506 SVTB.12.4 False hits on disable statements and randsequence production identifiers
DVT-12507 SVTB.25.12 should check all comments not just those associated with declarations
DVT-12516 SVTB.12.4 False hits for super.function()
DVT-12529 SVTB 2.17 Fixed typo in the default value of filePatterns parameter
18.1.35 (2 November 2018)
Features
DVT-12329 New Rule: SVTB.2.17 Do not use directives in files containing elements
DVT-12353 New Rule: XVM69 XVM object constructor argument must have an empty string as default value
DVT-12373 New Rule: SVTB.25.12 Task tags comment pattern
Enhancements
Bugfixes
18.1.34 (25 October 2018)
Performance
Features
Bugfixes
18.1.33 (18 October 2018)
Performance
Features
DVT-12285 New Rule: SVTB.1.1.14 Consecutive blank lines are not allowed
DVT-12286 New Rule: SVTB.1.1.15 Lines with only whitespaces are not allowed
DVT-12337 New Rule: XVM.7.6 Do not use XVM field macros in XVM components
DVT-12375 New Rule: XVM.3.6 Randomize sequence before starting it
Bugfixes
18.1.32 (12 October 2018)
Performance
Features
DVT-12273 New Rule: SVTB.27.14 Do not use short variable names
DVT-12328 New Rule: XVM.3.5 Do not declare tasks in sequence items
DVT-12351 New Rule: SVTB.7.34 Do not declare element in classes
Enhancements
DVT-12364 Add parameter to SVTB.2.2 to check only included files, top files or both
DVT-12394 SVTB.27.5.2 should search variables in all scopes
Bugfixes
18.1.31 (2 October 2018)
Performance
Bugfixes
DVT-12339 FileNotFoundException in SVTB.1.1.11
DVT-12340 NullPointerException in XVM.2.1.4.2.7 and XVM.3.1.9.1
DVT-12341 ClassCastException in rule SVTB.15.3.4.1
18.1.30 (25 September 2018)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-12031 XVM.7.3 doesn't check macros used outside of classes
DVT-12267 XVM.2.1.4.2.8 False hits when second argument is of type typedef of xvm_sequencer
DVT-12272 SVTB.2.12 False hits for library files
DVT-12275 SVTB.25.6.6.0 False hits for comments containing "--"
DVT-12276 SVTB.25.6.6.0 False hits for *_extern_implementation as value of memberKinds parameter
18.1.29 (13 September 2018)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
18.1.28 (6 September 2018)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
18.1.27 (30 August 2018)
Features
DVT-12071 New Rule: SVTB.8.4.8 Do not use disable statement with fork block name
DVT-12175 New Rule: SVTB.5.9.9 Do not use enum logic of 1 bit width
DVT-12199 New Rule: SVTB.22.2 Do not use explicit generate blocks
Enhancements
Bugfixes
18.1.26 (27 August 2018)
Features
DVT-12066 New Rule: SVTB.6.10 Always remove elements from queues, dynamic arrays and associative arrays
DVT-12174 New rule: SVTB.6.10.1 Always read or remove elements from queues, dynamic arrays and associative arrays
Enhancements
DVT-12002 Add a flag to Verissimo to return non-zero exit codes only for internal errors
DVT-12117 Add parameter to SVTB.25.6.6.0 to check comment pattern
DVT-12118 Add constructor, function, task and constraint implementation as elements of memberKinds parameter of SVTB.25.6.6.0
DVT-12136 Add module as element for elementKinds parameter of SVTB.25.4.0
DVT-12137 Add parameter to SVTB.25.4.0 to check comment pattern
DVT-12158 Update description of XVM.2.1.16 and add exception for components inheriting from uvm_test
DVT-12168 Add parameter to XVM.3.3.11.1 to allow suffix for the constructed string name
Bugfixes
18.1.25 (9 August 2018)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
18.1.24 (3 August 2018)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-12059 SVTB.15.7.1.1 should fail when object allocation is inside a macro argument
DVT-12082 NullPointerException in rules XVM.3.3.3 and XVM2
DVT-12089 SVTB.15.7.1.1 False hits in files without 'if (uvm_report_enabled())' blocks
18.1.23 (26 July 2018)
Performance
Features
DVT-9671 New Rule: XVM.5.1.3.9 Always guard with a verbosity check the message computation for UVM reporting macros
DVT-11797 New Rule: XVM.4.25 Do not use 'null' for context when setting configuration properties
DVT-12008 New Rule: XVM.4.26 Do not use wildcard for instance name when setting configuration properties
18.1.22 (20 July 2018)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-9565 Filter out library (OVM/UVM) compilation warnings from batch output and from SYNTACTIC_PROBLEM, SEMANTIC_PROBLEM and NON_STANDARD checks
DVT-11727 Add parameter to SVTB.27.13 to specify label pattern
DVT-11768 Add parameter to SVTB.27.10.1 to skip parameters
DVT-11997 Change parameter allowedMacrosPatterns of XVM.7.3 to allow macro name patterns
DVT-12011 Add parameter to XVM51b to allow create() in sequences
Bugfixes
DVT-11995 SVTB.27.1.0 False hits for typedefs when enforcing exclusivity of suffix or namePattern
DVT-12034 IndexOutOfBoundsException in rule SVTB.1.1.9 for files with DOS line endings
DVT-12079 XVM.4.23 Should check uvm_component.set_config_*() functions called directly from a component
18.1.21 (6 July 2018)
Features
DVT-11731 New Rule: SVTB.1.1.10 Single space around binary operators
DVT-11892 New Rule: SVTB.6.1.2.2 Packed struct members must be similar (signed/unsigned, 2-state/4-state)
DVT-11959 New Rule: SVTB.16.12 Do not use implicit coverpoints
Enhancements
DVT-10489 Add parameter to SVTB.27.1.0 to enforce exclusivity of suffix or namePattern to specified elementKind
DVT-10596 Add parameter to SVTB.13.3 to allow mailboxes to be used in sequences
DVT-11834 Add parameter to SVTB.15.8.1 to allow unqualified identifiers when at least one identifier with the same name is qualified using local in the same constraint expression
DVT-11890 Add parameter to XVM.3.1.9.2 to check only hierarchical handles
DVT-11894 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.1.1 to allow non-param_utils macro on a parameterized class
Bugfixes
18.1.20 (28 June 2018)
Features
Bugfixes
18.1.19 (21 June 2018)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-11888 Add parameter to XVM.3.1.9.1 to skip fields by name, default value is rsp and req
DVT-11889 Add parameter to XVM.3.1.9.1 to ignore hierarchical handles, default is false
DVT-11937 Add parameter to XVM.3.3.11.1 to ignore hierarchical handles, default is false
Bugfixes
DVT-11893 SVTB.12.2.8 False hits for function containing only a randcase with return statements
DVT-11943 NullPointerException in rule SVTB.5.2.7
DVT-11945 SVTB.5.2.7 False hits for assignments containing complex array selects
DVT-11947 ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in rule XVM.2.1.1.3
18.1.18 (15 June 2018)
Bugfixes
18.1.17 (14 June 2018)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-11718 Add parameter to SVTB.5.2.7 to skip assignments from a parameter
DVT-11726 Add 'generate' to supported elementKinds for rule SVTB.27.13
DVT-11739 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.9 to allow indentation of multiline hierarchical identifiers
DVT-11761 Add elementKind parameter to SVTB.27.8.1
DVT-11852 Add parameter to XVM51b to allow object create call in sequence constructor
DVT-11868 Add parameter to SVTB.1.1.1 to skip tabs in comments
DVT-11880 Add parameter to XVM.7.3 to specify allowed macros
DVT-11881 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.15 to allow non-factory registered classes to be instantiated using new()
DVT-11882 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.15 to skip classes matching specified prefixes
DVT-11918 Add call stack to error message of XVM.5.1.4
DVT-11919 Add parameter to XVM.5.1.4 to allow `xvm_error macro calls in non xvm_components
Bugfixes
DVT-11766 XVM.2.1.8 False hits for arrays of port handles
DVT-11767 XVM.2.1.8 False hits when calling xvm_tlm_fifo methods
DVT-11770 XVM.2.1.9 False hits for hierarchical references through p_sequencer or m_sequencer
DVT-11772 SVTB.27.3.1 should also check event names
18.1.16 (31 May 2018)
Features
DVT-11819 New Rule: SVTB.14.10.19 Do not use unbounded repetition windows at the start or end of the antecedent of an implication
DVT-11839 New Rule: SVTB.14.10.20 Do not use unbounded time windows in the antecedent of an implication
DVT-11869 New Rule: SVTB.14.10.21 Do not use implications with antecedents that allow an empty match
Enhancements
Bugfixes
18.1.15 (17 May 2018)
Features
Bugfixes
18.1.14 (10 May 2018)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
18.1.12 (4 May 2018)
Bugfixes
18.1.11 (27 April 2018)
CLEANUP
Features
DVT-10324 New Rule: XVM30c Agent Connect Phase - Driver to Sequencer Connection
DVT-11668 New Rule: SVTB.14.10.15 Edge must be specified for all clocking event expressions of a property
DVT-11691 New Rule: SVTB.14.10.16 Do not use sequences in clocking events of a property
DVT-11706 New Rule: SVTB.14.10.17 Do not mix |-> and |=> in the same assertion
Enhancements
Bugfixes
18.1.10 (16 April 2018)
Bugfixes
18.1.9 (12 April 2018)
Features
Bugfixes
18.1.8 (5 April 2018)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-11545 False failures for class parameters resulted from UVM macro expansion
DVT-11570 Parameters description and value are not visible in the custom report
DVT-11571 Mandatory parameter values are not visible in the rule description
18.1.6 (29 March 2018)
Features
Bugfixes
DVT-11527 IndexOutOfBoundsException for XVM.2.1.1.1, XVM2, XVM.2.4.4, XVM.3.1.3 & XVM.3.3.3 when a class is registered with fewer parameters
18.1.5 (22 March 2018)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
DVT-10579 Add parameter to SVTB.6.1.2.1 to allow unsigned types
DVT-11366 XVM.2.1.1.1, XVM2, XVM.2.4.4, XVM.3.1.3, XVM.3.3.3 Add support for typedefs used as arguments of xvm_*_param_utils macros
Bugfixes
DVT-11324 SVTB.7.20 False hits for non-class variables
DVT-11325 SVTB.7.20 does not report hits inside action blocks
DVT-11363 XVM51 False hits for multiple casts of created instances
DVT-11450 XVM.2.1.1.5 & XVM.2.1.1.4 False hits for whitespace before the parameterization of the macro argument
DVT-11470 XVM.2.1.1.1.0 not taking into account registration macros given as parameters
18.1.4 (15 March 2018)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-11396 SVTB.7.1.4.1 False hits for methods with arguments of parameterized type
DVT-11403 SVTB.6.7.4 False hits when assigning a concatenation to a queue element
DVT-11413 Fixed HTML report file links to generated HTML code
DVT-11414 Fixed HTML report filtering by annotations
18.1.3 (8 March 2018)
Bugfixes
18.1.2 (2 March 2018)
Features
Enhancements
18.1.1 (22 February 2018)
Features
17.1.45 (19 February 2018)
Features
Bugfixes
17.1.44 (8 February 2018)
Features
Enhancements
17.1.43 (1 February 2018)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.42 (25 January 2018)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-11157 IllegalArgumentException in SVTB.2.7, SVTB.2.8, SVTB.2.9, SVTB.27.9.2, SVTB.27.9.3
17.1.41 (19 January 2018)
Performance
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.40 (11 January 2018)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.38 (18 December 2017)
Features
DVT-10524 New Rule: SVTB.5.9.8 Do not assign forbidden values containing 'X' or 'Z' to the enum items
DVT-11007 New Rule: XVM.5.1.3.7 Do not use methods that call `xvm_info messages with XVM_NONE verbosity
Enhancements
DVT-10802 Add parameter to XVM.5.1.3.6 & XVM.5.1.3.7 to allow macro calls guarded by an if condition that checks the value of get_report_verbosity_level()
DVT-10885 Add parameter to SVTB.7.12.3 to allow parameterization with default values
DVT-10938 All rules should fail if there are no lines of compiled code
17.1.37 (6 December 2017)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.36 (24 November 2017)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-10569 SVTB.12.1.2 should also check if functions are explicitly declared automatic or static
DVT-10883 Increased default heap size to 3g and default stack size to 4m for all 64 bits distros
DVT-10909 Update values and attributes of the annotation tag in the ruleset DTD file
Bugfixes
17.1.35 (17 November 2017)
Performance
Bugfixes
17.1.34 (10 November 2017)
Bugfixes
DVT-10815 XVM51 False hits for virtual component classes
DVT-10817 XVM46 False hits for virtual testbench classes
DVT-10818 XVM49 False hits for virtual test classes
17.1.33 (1 November 2017)
Performance
Bugfixes
17.1.32 (25 October 2017)
Bugfixes
DVT-10592 SVTB.7.21 False hits for struct members
DVT-10669 SVTB.12.2.7 False hits for rand_mode(...) used as task
DVT-10681 SVTB.5.2.8 False hits for comparisons inside constraints
17.1.31 (20 October 2017)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.30 (13 October 2017)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-10620 XVM15c should not flag virtual classes
DVT-10628 NullPointerException while generating custom report for rulesets containing compilation rules
DVT-10632 SVTB.20.15 false hits for assignments inside functions
DVT-10636 XVM28 False hits for arrays of drivers
17.1.29 (6 October 2017)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-10556 Add parameters to SVTB.7.1.4 to specify maximum number of lines for methods/constraints that can be implemented in the class body
DVT-10567 Add parameter to SVTB.7.12.3.1 to skip checking specified types
DVT-10586 Add parameter to SVTB.15.3.1 to specify maximum number of lines for constraints that can be implemented in the class body
DVT-10591 Add parameter to SVTB.20.15 to skip blocking assignments within initial blocks
DVT-10609 Add error ID to failure message for SEMANTIC_PROBLEM check
Bugfixes
DVT-10565 XVM.3.3.4.2.2 should ignore calls to rand_mode and constraint_mode tasks as they don't consume time
DVT-10598 Apply ruleset specified severity to SEMANTIC_PROBLEM, SYNTACTIC_PROBLEM and NON_STANDARD rules
17.1.28 (28 September 2017)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.27 (22 September 2017)
Bugfixes
17.1.26 (14 September 2017)
Features
DVT-10322 New Rule: SVTB.29.7 Banned variables
DVT-10359 New Rule: XVM66 do_compare() must be overridden in all classes on which it's called
DVT-10369 New Rule: XVM65 run_test() must be called without arguments
DVT-10446 New Rule: SVTB.25.11 Do not use // comments in macro definitions containing line continuation
DVT-10471 New Rule: SVTB.1.1.8 Trailing whitespaces are not allowed
Enhancements
DVT-10354 Add parameter to SVTB.1.4.1 to allow statements on same line with assertions
DVT-10356 Add parameter to SVTB.7.1.4.2 to ignore missing default argument values
DVT-10357 Add parameter to SVTB.2.12 to check only files matching pattern
DVT-10420 Add parameter to SVTB.27.5.1 to skip checking identifiers based on their type
DVT-10452 Add -fail_on_severity flag to configure when the linter fails (on errors, warnings or infos)
DVT-10456 Add parameter to SVTB.1.5 to allow single line case statements
DVT-10490 Add enum item and parameter to supported element kinds for rule SVTB.27.1.0
DVT-10510 XVM51b should allow create calls in sequence's body()
DVT-10516 XVM51b should allow create calls in object's constructor
Bugfixes
DVT-10432 SVTB.12.1.2 False hits for DPI functions
DVT-10466 SVTB.1.5.1 False hits for else if single line constraints
DVT-10508 verissimo.sh doesn't return the correct exit code
DVT-10509 Checks with all hits disabled should be displayed as passed in the HTML report
DVT-10511 XVM16 should take into consideration inherited fields
17.1.25 (31 August 2017)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
DVT-7974 Show line number when XML files contain errors (ruleset, waivers)
DVT-10362 Add array name in the message of SVTB.4.1.6.1
Bugfixes
17.1.24 (24 August 2017)
REMOVED
Performance
DVT-10304 Improve performance of rule XVM.2.1.9
DVT-10306 Improve performance of rule SVTB.5.2.7
DVT-10307 Improve performance of rule SVTB.12.2.3
Features
DVT-10257 New Rule: SVTB.2.15 Do not explicitly include files inside argument files
DVT-10258 New Rule: SVTB.25.10 Argument files comment style
DVT-10302 New Rule: XVM64 Object Constructor
DVT-10316 New Rule: XVM.9.2.8 Each verification component should be defined within a package
DVT-10318 New Rule: SVTB.21.6 Do not use import at compilation unit scope
DVT-10319 New Rule: XVM.2.3.8 A monitor should not assign values to interface members
DVT-10320 New Rule: XVM.3.1.10 Sequence item fields shall not be local or protected
DVT-10365 New Rule: SVTB.16.9.2 Sample covergroups using sample() instead of specifying a clocking event
DVT-10366 New Rule: XVM.2.9.1.5.1 Instantiate covergroups in constructor
DVT-10367 New Rule: SVTB.16.11 Do not set option.weight or option.goal of a covergroup, coverpoint or covercross
DVT-10418 New Rule: SVTB.7.33 Do not override constraints
DVT-10429 New Rule: SVTB.29.6 Banned concurrent assert expressions
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.23 (11 August 2017)
Bugfixes
17.1.22 (10 August 2017)
Bugfixes
17.1.21 (3 August 2017)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-10221 Add parameter to SVTB.12.7 to allow implicit return type when the function doesn't have a return
DVT-10255 SVTB.4.1.7 fails for larger than 32 bit sized literals
DVT-10321 Included waivers should be applied in the order they were included
DVT-10339 Line numbers are not inline with the HTML code added in the HTML report
17.1.19 (27 July 2017)
Enhancements
DVT-10176 XVM62 should also allow setting the error limit using uvm_report_object.set_report_max_quit_count()
DVT-10203 Add parameter allowMissingDirectiveOrMethodCall to XVM61 and XVM62 so that they will fail only when set_timeout() or set_max_quit_count() are called after end_of_elaboration phase
Bugfixes
17.1.18 (21 July 2017)
Performance
Features
Enhancements
DVT-10137 Add parameter to SVTB.12.2.8 to allow the use of methods or macros as alternatives to return statements
DVT-10250 SVTB.11.2.2 enhancements for modifications followed by return, fixed array indexes and arrays passed as ref or output arguments
Bugfixes
17.1.17 (12 July 2017)
Bugfixes
17.1.16 (30 June 2017)
Features
DVT-9357 Ability to include ruleset files in other ruleset files
DVT-9978 New Rule: SVTB.25.9 Banned comments content
DVT-10012 New Rule: UVM.5.1.3.6 Not allowed `uvm_info with UVM_NONE verbosity
Enhancements
DVT-9384 Show warning when included waivers / ruleset files do not exist
DVT-9464 Add .html and .htm to supported documentation extension in rule DCDC
DVT-9477 Ability to use multiple verissimo.sh -gen_* arguments with the same invocation
DVT-10024 Ability to set the location of distribution's Eclipse and JRE folders using DVT_ECLIPSE_HOME and DVT_JAVA_HOME
DVT-10039 Add parameter to UVM.3.3.4.2.2 to allow system tasks
DVT-10058 SVTB.11.2.2 should check for list modifications inside initial blocks
Bugfixes
17.1.14 (12 June 2017)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.13 (31 May 2017)
Bugfixes
17.1.12 (26 May 2017)
Enhancements
DVT-9912 XVM.2.1.15.1 should allow usage of a temporary local variable
DVT-9933 Add parameter to SVTB.2.12 to allow user to configure the replacement for the dot before the file extension
DVT-9934 Add parameter to SVTB.2.12 to allow user to specify `endif comment format
DVT-9947 Add elementKind parameter to SVTB.10.17
17.1.11 (19 May 2017)
Bugfixes
17.1.10 (15 May 2017)
CLEANUP
DVT-9462 Remove "at line: 0 in file: none" from check messages indicating certain components are not found
DVT-9905 Don't print the summary section two times
DVT-9906 Don't print lint failures when -ignore_lint_* flags are used
DVT-9907 Don't print compilation problems when -ignore_compilation_errors flag is used
Features
DVT-9731 New Rule: SVTB.7.32 Use fully qualified class names
DVT-9908 New Rules: Added two new rules SYNTACTIC_PROBLEMS, SEMANTIC_PROBLEMS that can be configured to show the compilation problems with specified severities
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.9 (2 May 2017)
Features
DVT-7032 & DVT-9712 Ability to include the source code files and jump to the failure line from the HTML report
DVT-9761 New Rule: XVM.5.2.1.2 Factory overrides must be called before any create call
DVT-9782 New Rule: XVM.2.1.1.4 Classes registered using factory registration macros must be package qualified
Enhancements
Bugfixes
17.1.8 (18 April 2017)
Features
17.1.7 (10 April 2017)
REMOVED
Features
Enhancements
17.1.6 (31 March 2017)
Bugfixes
DVT-9653 UVM.2.1.1.3 fails when using `uvm_field_int for integral typedefs
DVT-9675 SVTB.11.2.2 reports false hits when modifying queue while iterating over an array of queues
DVT-9714 SVTB.4.1.7 reports false hits for real literal constant
DVT-9739 SVTB.16.1.5 reports false hits when using select in coverpoint definition
DVT-9744 SVTB.7.20 reports false hits for struct variable
17.1.5 (23 March 2017)
Features
Bugfixes
17.1.4 (20 March 2017)
Features
DVT-9685 New Rule: XVM.5.1.4 Do not use `uvm_error before start_of_simulation_phase
DVT-9686 New Rule: XVM61 Timeout must be set before start_of_simulation phase
DVT-9687 New Rule: XVM62 Error limit must be set before start_of_simulation phase
17.1.3 (14 March 2017)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-9516 UVM.2.1.1.3 fails when using `uvm_field_int for packed arrays
DVT-9546 UVM.2.1.1.3 fails when using `uvm_field_real for realtime fields
DVT-9552 SVTB.1.4.1 reports false hit for variable = macro statement
DVT-9623 SVTB.9.10 false alarm for assignments of same member in different instantiations
17.1.2 (3 March 2017)
Features
DVT-9543 New Rule: SVTB.20.16 Define all interface signals as logic except bidirectional ones
DVT-9544 New Rule: SVTB.2.14 Mandatory compiled files
DVT-9545 New Rule: XVM.5.1.2 Legal message IDs
17.1.1 (24 February 2017)
Enhancements
16.1.37 (24 February 2017)
Features
DVT-9468 New Rule: SVTB.9.10 Do not use blocking and non-blocking assignments on the same variable
DVT-9470 New Rule: SVTB.1.4.5 'begin' must be placed on the same line or the next line consistently in the same file
Bugfixes
16.1.36 (10 February 2017)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
16.1.35 (1 February 2017)
Enhancements
DVT-7923 Add hyperlinks in failure message for SVTB.27.10.1
DVT-9356 Support for older git versions (<1.8.5) when annotating failures with git blame
DVT-9392 Linter API: Add IActionBlock.getCondition() to get the condition from conditional statements and loops
DVT-9413 Linter API: Add IActionBlock.getAction() and IActionBlock.getBlock() to identify the type of the action block
Bugfixes
DVT-9359 Fix ClassCastException in rule SVTB.12.10
DVT-9396 Fix verissimo_index_gen.sh log parsing to match the new log format
DVT-9414 Linter API: Iteration through API returned sets should be in the same orders as they are declared
16.1.34 (13 January 2017)
Features
DVT-7925 Export HTML report failures table to CSV file
DVT-8745 Filter failures by annotation (ex. git blame author) in HTML report
DVT-8746 Annotate failures with git blame information
DVT-9212 New Rule: SVTB.10.16 Do not use an enum argument with '%s' format specifier
DVT-9213 New Rule: SVTB.4.1.8.1 Do not assign packed struct from concatenation
DVT-9216 New Rule: SVTB.12.10 Do not consume time in a tasks assigning to an output argument
Enhancements
DVT-9189 Mark disabled checks with a strike through in HTML report
DVT-9190 Add top disabled checks and files to summary page when the DISABLED filter is set in HTML report
DVT-9280 Add parameter to SVTB.15.7.1 and SVTB.15.7.1.1 to check all possible implementations of a virtual function
DVT-9353 Add parameter to SVTB.7.28 to allow modification of list elements
16.1.32 (22 December 2016)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
16.1.31 (9 December 2016)
Features
DVT-9263 New Rule: SVTB.19.3.2 Specify timeunit and timeprecision in every module, program, package, or interface
DVT-9276 New Rule: XVM.4.20 Virtual interface shall be assigned to components through uvm_config_db
DVT-9277 New Rule: XVM.4.22 Caller shall always check return status of UVM register layer API calls
DVT-9278 New Rule: XVM.4.21 Caller shall always check return value of uvm_config_db API calls
DVT-9279 New Rule: XVM15c Driver shall call accept_tr(), begin_tr() and end_tr() in its run_phase
Bugfixes
16.1.30 (24 November 2016)
Features
DVT-5370 New Rule: SVTB.12.2.8 Missing return in non-void functions
DVT-9232 New Rule: SVTB.10.15 Use maximum one relational operation in a constraint expression
DVT-9237 New Rule: SVTB.5.1.2 Use default nettype none to force explicitly declared nets
DVT-9238 New Rule: SVTB 12.2.9 Functions not returning any values must be declared void
DVT-9239 New Rule: SVTB.7.30 Base classes must be declared virtual
DVT-9240 New Rule: SVTB.13.2.1 Use wait event.triggered instead of @event
DVT-9249 New Rule: SVTB.7.31 Only randomizable variables should be declared public
Bugfixes
16.1.29 (14 November 2016)
Features
DVT-9182 New Rule: SVTB.12.9 Declare methods using ANSI C-style arguments
DVT-9183 New Rule: SVTB 27.13 Specify end labels for blocks
DVT-9184 New Rule: SVTB.7.29 Do not declare non-public members as randomizable
DVT-9202 New Rule: SVTB.6.9 Do not use anonymous enums, structs, unions
DVT-9204 New Rule: SVTB.10.14 Do not use casex statements
DVT-9205 New Rule: SVTB 16.10 Do not use anonymous coverpoints and covercrosses
DVT-9210 New Rule: SVTB.15.7.1.1 Do not use new() without get_randstate() under an if uvm_report_enabled()
16.1.27 (28 October 2016)
Performance
Enhancements
DVT-9093 Add parameter to SVTB.2.13 to specify if the timescale is mandatory in each file
DVT-9158 SVTB.7.26 should report hits on method implementations, not on extern declarations
DVT-9169 Add parameter to SVTB.7.28 to allow modification of fields inside the method parameters
Bugfixes
DVT-9122 Build config: irun location is not correctly inferred when compiling in batch mode
DVT-9159 SVTB 7.27 should check only class handles and skip strings, enums and structs
16.1.26 (17 October 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-8720 SVTB.32.1.0, SVTB.32.2.0 should also show the function name, not only the argument name
DVT-9092 Change default value of SVTB.5.2.8 skipParameters to true
Bugfixes
16.1.25 (9 October 2016)
CLEANUP
DVT-7800 Inconsistent behavior for "not applied" checks
DVT-9072 Removed support for passed hits, rules should only report failures - all rules without failures are marked as passed
Enhancements
16.1.23 (14 September 2016)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
16.1.22 (12 September 2016)
Features
DVT-6959 & DVT-8902 New Rule: SVTB.11.2.2 Underlying list modifications are forbidden in foreach loops
DVT-8489 New Rule: SVTB.2.13 Check that the same timescale is used in every file
DVT-8863 New Rule: SVTB.7.28 Do not modify method parameters
DVT-8916 New Rule: SVTB.10.13.1 Do not use force statements
Enhancements
DVT-8841 SVTB.12.5 Replace allowedCalls parameter with skipMethods that will match qualified method name not the method call text
DVT-8843 Add parameter allowedClassPattern to XVM.7.1 & XVM.7.2
DVT-8903 Add parameter to XVM51 to allow cast on the the newly created component: $cast(m_comp, create_component(...))
DVT-8998 SVTB.7.26 should not fail if the method body contains preprocessing directives
Bugfixes
16.1.21 (26 August 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-8673 Add parameter to SVTB.5.2.8 to skip comparisons of parameter values
DVT-8732 Add parameter to SVTB.14.1.2 to customize the allowed error reporting methods and macros in the else clause of an assertion
Bugfixes
16.1.19 (5 August 2016)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-8752 Add verissimo.sh flag -gen_ruleset_xml for generating the ruleset XML for any of the predefined rulesets (full, basic, compliance)
DVT-8864 SVTB.7.27 reduced the number of false alarms in foreach loops and 'array.method(item) with {...}', added the correct types for predefined method parameters and better detection for variables' scope
DVT-8901 Add parameters to SVTB.12.8 to: ignore forks, skip entities declared in macros or packages, ignore calls to predefined methods, user methods and inside macros
Bugs
16.1.18 (25 July 2016)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
16.1.17 (15 July 2016)
Features
DVT-1196 New Rule: SVTB.1.1.7 Number of lines per file should not exceed <maxNofLine>
DVT-1637 New Rule: SVTB.7.26 Do not override method and call only super.method()
DVT-3599 New Rule: XVM.2.1.1.3 XVM Field macros must match field type
DVT-3836 New Rule: SVTB.7.27 Do not use a class handle without allocating it
DVT-8751 New Rule: SVTB.12.8 Method call stack size should not exceed <maxStackSize>
Enhancements
Bugfixes
16.1.16 (8 July 2016)
Features
DVT-3703 New Rule: SVTB.7.25 All classes that inherit from <baseClass> must not override <function>
DVT-7616 New Rule: SVTB.29.1.8 Banned $psprintf
DVT-8508 & DVT-8509 New Rule: SVTB.27.9.4 Coverpoint and covercross naming pattern
Enhancements
16.1.15 (30 June 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-7821 Add Basic Ruleset
DVT-8677 Add parameter to XVM.2.8.5 to allow indirect calls
DVT-8679 Add parameter to SVTB.6.1.2.1 to allow fixed-width enums
Bugfixes
16.1.14 (17 June 2016)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
DVT-8671 SVTB.4.1.4.1.1 reports false hit for #1 some_task()
DVT-8703 NullPointerException in rules SVTB_7_1_4_1, SVTB_7_1_4_2, SVTB_7_1_4_3
DVT-8704 StackOverflowException in rules SVTB_31_1, SVTB_7_13, SVTB_7_14_0
16.1.10 (16 May 2016)
Enhancements
16.1.9 (9 May 2016)
Features
Enhancements
Bugfixes
16.1.8 (30 April 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-7623 Add parameter to rule ARAI to allow instantiation in test classes
DVT-8377 Add parameter to rule SVTB.27.1.0 to support pattern matching
DVT-8398 Add parameter to rule SVTB.2.10 to support regular expressions in the reference header
16.1.7 (25 April 2016)
Bugfixes
16.1.6 (18 April 2016)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-8378 Refine XVM.6.2 to search for report macros in else branch of assertions
DVT-8438 Add parameter to rule SVTB.7.24 to check any combination of fields, functions or tasks
16.1.5 (8 April 2016)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-8144 Add parameter to rule SVTB.31.1.0 to skip unused modules
DVT-8311 Add parameter to rule XVM.2.1.17 to allow module access in uvm_config_db::set calls
DVT-8315 Add parameter to rule SVTB.15.4.1.1 to enforce strict "if" randomize checking, not allowing assert
16.1.4 (30 March 2016)
Features
Enhancements
DVT-6327 Resolve system variables for SVTB.2.10 property headerFilePath
DVT-8312 Add parameter to XVM.2.1.1.1, XVM.2.4.4, XVM.3.1.3, XVM.3.3.3 to allow `uvm_*_utils_begin/end
DVT-8429 Add rule title in generated rulepool XML
16.1.3 (10 March 2016)
Bugfixes
16.1.2 (3 March 2016)
Bugfixes
16.1.1 (24 February 2016)
Enhancements
DVT-7978 Updated JRE in distribution to version 1.8.0u66
DVT-8275 Build with Java 8, minimal JRE required version increased to 1.8
Bugfixes
15.1.41 (10 February 2016)
Features
DVT-7062 New Rule: SVTB.7.23 Do not declare classes inside classes
DVT-8088 New Rule: SVTB.7.24 Do not indirectly access local variables, only "this" access is allowed
15.1.37 (23 December 2015)
Bugfixes
15.1.32 (18 November 2015)
Bugfixes
15.1.29 (30 October 2015)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
15.1.24 (18 September 2015)
Performance
Enhancements
Bugfixes
15.1.17 ()
Features
Bugfixes
15.1.16 (27 July 2015)
Bugfixes
15.1.15 (10 July 2015)
Enhancements
15.1.14 (6 July 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-7622 SVTB.30.* should have "DEPRECATED, deprecated" as the default deprecatedComments parameter value
DVT-7630 Add parameter to SVTB.32.1.0 to skip static functions
Bugfixes
DVT-7537 SVTB.12.7 false alarm for covergroup sample function
DVT-7604 Ruleset DTD autocomplete in XML editor autocomplete doesn't work
DVT-7617 SVTB.5.11.2.2 fails to recognize multidimensional array selection
DVT-7621 SVTB.27.5.1 should not check labels capitalization
DVT-7626 XVM.2.1.4.1 and XVM.3.1.4.1 should not check the constructor end label
DVT-7628 SVTB.27.10.1 false alarm for export DPI functions
DVT-7629 SVTB.31.1.0 should not report export DPI functions as unused by default
DVT-7632 SVTB.5.2.8 should not fail for constraints
15.1.13 (19 June 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-7554 verissimo_index_gen.sh columns for every status with different cell colors
DVT-7559 verissimo_index_gen.sh should also check for report's index.html in <report>/verissimo_html_report directory
Bugfixes
15.1.12 (5 June 2015)
Features
DVT-7531 New Rule: SVTB.33.1.0 Duplicate code
DVT-7532 New Rule: SVTB.33.2.0 Duplicate code in functions
DVT-7533 New Rule: SVTB.33.3.0 Duplicate functions
DVT-7558 Added verissimo_index_gen.sh script to aggregate multiple Verissimo reports
Enhancements
15.1.11 (20 May 2015)
Bugfixes
15.1.9 (8 May 2015)
Features
DVT-7063 New Rule: SVTB.12.7 Do not use the implicit syntax for function return type
DVT-7064 New Rule: SVTB.12.6 Maximum method line count
DVT-7411 New Rule: SVTB.31.3.1 Empty if/else
DVT-7412 New Rule: SVTB.31.3.2 Empty case item
DVT-7413 New Rule: SVTB.31.3.3 Empty loop
DVT-7436 New Rule: SVTB.21.5 Do not use wildcard imports
Enhancements
Bugfixes
15.1.3 (16 March 2015)
Features
15.1.2 (6 March 2015)
Enhancements
15.1.1 (27 February 2015)
Enhancements
3.5.39 (26 February 2015)
Features
3.5.38 (23 February 2015)
Enhancements
DVT-7045 Visual and usability enhancements for HTML lint report
DVT-7047 Lint report should print the number of passed, error, warning and info checks instead of hits
DVT-7058 SVTB.1.4.1 should also allow single line fork ... join
DVT-7059 SVTB.1.5 should also fail if single line statement is a macro
DVT-7060 Add parameter to SVTB.1.5 to allow single line statements inside fork ... join
DVT-7061 Add parameter to SVTB.2.12 to ignore file extension in `ifndef guard name
3.5.36 (9 February 2015)
Features
DVT-7018 New Rule: SVTB.7.19 All non-static non-local functions must be declared virtual
DVT-7022 New Rule: SVTB.7.20 Do not write to static class variables from non-static functions
DVT-7030 New Rule: SVTB.7.21 Use the explicit static access syntax (::) when using static variables or static functions from non-static functions
3.5.35 (30 January 2015)
Features
Performance
DVT-6969 Improve performance of rule SVTB.30.1.0
DVT-6970 Improve performance of rule SVTB.29.1.0
DVT-6977 Improve performance of rule SVTB.30.2.0
Enhancements
DVT-6971 SVTB.30.1.0 should also flag hierarchical deprecated method calls
DVT-6972 SVTB.29.1.0 should also flag hierarchical banned method calls
DVT-6976 SVTB.30.2.0 should also flag hierarchical deprecated field access
DVT-6987 Ability to customize the HTML report look & feel
DVT-6988 SVTB.29.3.0 should not flag self-referencing API
DVT-6989 SVTB.30.3.0 should not flag self-referencing API
DVT-6990 Add parameter to rule SVTB.7.13.1 to allow hiding hits inside macros
DVT-6991 Add parameter to SVTB.7.15 to allow filtering by class member variable name pattern
Bugfixes
3.5.34 (16 January 2015)
Features
DVT-6206 New Param Rule: SVTB.1.1.4 Max line length
DVT-6792 New Rule: SVTB.4.1.7 Unsized literal values should not exceed 32-bit integer range
DVT-6957 New Rule: SVTB.32.2.0 Pass strings by reference unless otherwise needed
Bugfixes
3.5.33 (12 January 2015)
Performance
3.5.32 (18 December 2014)
Features
Enhancements
3.5.30 (28 November 2014)
Features
Enhancements
3.5.29 (21 November 2014)
Features
DVT-6840 New Rule: SVTB.7.1.2.1 Class constructor must not be protected
DVT-6845 New Rule: SVTB.7.13.1 Repeat the 'virtual' keyword when overriding a method
DVT-6846 New Rule: SVTB.7.13.2 If a function is declared 'virtual' then the first definition in the inheritance tree should be 'virtual'
DVT-6847 New Rule: SVTB.7.13.3 Do not declare 'local virtual' methods
DVT-6851 New Rule: Member variables should be local, unless random
Enhancements
DVT-6822 Add parameter to component creation rules like ARAI, ARDI, ARMI, ARSI to allow create calls in functions called by build phase
Bugfixes
3.5.28 (16 November 2014)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
3.5.27 (7 November 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6775 Custom rules are not included in ruleset and rulepool generated documentation
DVT-6776 Text should wrap in rulepool and ruleset generated documentation TOC
DVT-6786 Add DTD and ruleset version to rulepool generated xml
DVT-6793 Infinite recursion in SVTB.5.11.3
3.5.26 (31 October 2014)
Enhancements
3.5.25 (23 October 2014)
Enhancements
DVT-6723 Add title to HTML lint report
DVT-6736 Add hits table summary to HTML lint report
DVT-6737 Visual and usability enhancements for HTML lint report
DVT-6748 Print expected errors in a readable format without the stack trace
Bugfixes
DVT-6727 HTML lint report hits table column widths are wrong after a resize
DVT-6742 Filter out all checks with no hits when file filters are used in HTML lint report
DVT-6746 Build configurations: extension mapping flags are ignored
3.5.24 (10 October 2014)
Features
DVT-663 New Rule: SVTB.31.1.0 Unused element. Detect unused/dead/dangling variables, functions, classes etc.
DVT-4197 Ability to generate the HTML lint report in batch mode
DVT-6335 New HTML report with advanced functionality for filtering and searching
DVT-6665 New Rule: SVTB.32.2.0 Unused macro. Detect unused macros.
Enhancements
3.5.19 (21 August 2014)
Features
Bugfixes
DVT-6575 SVTB.31.1.0 should not flag generate blocks
DVT-6573 SVTB.31.1.0 false alarm on list type
DVT-6551 Verissimo compiles all files as SystemVerilog in a mixed language build configuration regardless of extension mappings
DVT-6565 Verissimo complains about non-existing irun executable even if not in ius.irun compatibility mode
3.5.17 (25 July 2014)
Performance
Enhancements
Bugfixes
3.5.16 (8 July 2014)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
3.5.15 (8 July 2014)
Enhancements
DVT-6153 XVM.3.3.4.2 fails if sequence is virtual or if the body is implemented in extended class
DVT-6349 SVTB 10.7.3 should accept #0 in clocking blocks
DVT-6421 Clarify ARDI/ARSI vs. XVM28 rule descriptions
DVT-6422 Clarify XVM.2.1.4.2.6 vs. XVM52 rule descriptions
DVT-6424 Document parameter "skipIfTypedefTo" for SVTB.27.1.0
DVT-6425 Add parameter to SVTB.20.15 to check only interface ports
DVT-6426 Add parameter to ARDI/ARSI/ARMI/ARAI to allow base class instantiation
DVT-6427 Add parameter to SVTB.7.13 to allow for static shadowing
DVT-6458 Add parameter to ARDI/ARSI to allow instantiation inside env
Bugfixes
DVT-6188 SVTB.6.7.4 false alarm for q1 = foo(q2)
DVT-6428 SVTB.12.2.6.1 false alarm for interface functions imported in modport
DVT-6437 SVTB.4.1.6.1 false alarm on queue1
0 = {1,2}
DVT-6443 Only first waiver could demote hit/check status
3.5.12 (10 June 2014)
Enhancements
3.5.11 (30 May 2014)
Enhancements
Bugfixes
3.5.10 (22 May 2014)
Enhancements
DVT-6187 Add checkEndIfComment parameter to SVTB 2.12
DVT-6190 SVTB.25.6.7.0 should consider @param comments
DVT-6202 SVTB 27.2.0 should allow a list of suffix
DVT-6205 SVTB.27.10.1 more information in the error message to simplify waivers
Bugfixes
DVT-6170 XVM.2.1.6 False hits when calling a banned method which is not from an uvm_component
DVT-6231 Architecture is not detected at first GUI launch
DVT-6232 Wrong error message, file and line number for create call checks
DVT-6233 Wrong type detection when working with deep hierarchies and typedefs
3.5.9 (12 May 2014)
Enhancements
DVT-5499 Add parameter to SVTB 2.2 to configure allowed extensions
DVT-6117 Ability to specify column width for SVTB.1.1.3
DVT-6118 SVTB.2.1 and SVTB.2.6 should allow inner constructs
DVT-6184 Add parameter to SVTB 1.4.1 to allow if(a) x=1; same line exceptions
Bugfixes
DVT-5247 SVTB.30.1.0 does not fail on calls to inherited virtual deprecated method calls
DVT-6186 SVTB 1.5.1 should consider closing bracket when allowSameLine is used
DVT-6191 SVTB.5.11.1 and SVTB.5.11.3 should allow signed and unsigned casting
3.5.8 (30 April 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-6133 Views should update when linter window is selected
DVT-6135 Duplicate lint configurations when starting with dvt_sv_lint_gui.sh
DVT-6136 Race condition was preventing the linter to start when dvt_sv_lint_gui.sh is used
DVT-6143 Linter default preference files prefix changed from "custom_lint" to "verissimo"
DVT-6144 Linter not-matched waivers disable all checks when used with path or message filters
DVT-6145 Reapplying linter checks after removing a waiver that matches (and disables) a check doesn't enable the check back
3.5.7 (22 April 2014)
REMOVED
Bugfixes
DVT-6101 Compilation ignores part of directives specified in -cmd build configuration file
DVT-6111 Use full name resolution for architecture elements
DVT-6123 SVTB.1.5 shouldn't fail on "default" case item when allowSameLine is true
DVT-6126 Add "allowSameLine" parameter to SVTB 1.5.1 similar with SVTB 1.5
3.5.6 (15 April 2014)
Bugfixes
Enhancements
3.5.5 (1 April 2014)
Bugfixes
DVT-5957 Wrong UVM.2.1.4.2.8 failure when a parameter is used instead of a class name in type_id::create() call
DVT-5959 Wrong SVTB 27.5.2 failure on anonymous crosses
DVT-5960 Wrong SVTB 27.5.5 failure on anonymous crosses
DVT-5963 SVTB 7.13 should not fire if virtual not specified for one of the parents, but specified in grandparents
DVT-5977 Wrong SVTB 5.11.3 failure on enum elements
DVT-5978 Wrong SVTB 5.11.2.2 failure on dynamic array access
DVT-5985 SVTB.5.11.1 should allow byte casting, as byte is an integer data type
DVT-5987 UVM.7.2 should not fire for unknown types that don't start with 'uvm' prefix
3.5 (27 February 2014)
Deprecated: Architecture and Preferences XML files are deprecated, use instead Ruleset XML.
3.4.24 (2 December 2013)
3.4.22 (15 November 2013)
3.4.7 (5 August 2013)
3.4 (2 June 2013)
DVT-1450 New rule: SVTB.7.17 Method must be static / automatic, if declared static / automatic in ancestor
DVT-1984 Count the number of info/warning/error/fatal statements
DVT-2860 OVM55/UVM55 doesn't report an error if a function call is under an ovm/uvm macro
DVT-4420 Add parameter to SVTB 10.1 "Use parentheses to define operator precedence", allowing user to configure the checked operators
DVT-4429 Add parameter to SVTB.27.5.2 "Do not use long variable names" allowing a configurable number of characters
DVT-4438 Add parameter to SVTB 1.4.1 "One Statement Per Line" and by default don't check inside macros
DVT-4439 Add parameter to SVTB 1.5 "Single line statement without begin/end block", allowing statements on one physical line
DVT-4461 Add a dummy rule to indicate that there are compilation errors
DVT-4529 New Param Rule: SVTB.25.4 "Element comment" for classes, interfaces ...
DVT-4531 Add parameter to SVTB.19.3.1 "Module file must include a timescale" allowing module filtering by name
DVT-4532 Rule SVTB.10.1 "Use parentheses to define operator precedence" should not flag unary operators
DVT-4533 New Param Rule: SVTB.27.12 Class names that share common functionality should share a common prefix
DVT-4848 "Properly instantiated" rules should not fail for typedef based create calls
DVT-4967 Rule XVM16 "Virtual Interface" should not fail when using a field of virtual interface typedef
DVT-4971 SVTB.1.5 "Single line statement without begin/end block" should not fail for statements between fork join
DVT-4988 New Rule SVTB.29.5 "Banned program blocks"
DVT-4989 New Rule XVM.2.1.17 "Do not access directly modules from classes"
3.3 (10 March 2013)
DVT-3480 Linter nonexistent rules references in custom rulesets are signaled as disabled
DVT-4202 Linter HTML Report generates a ovm/uvm/verssimo.html.report file that can be used to open the report from DVT
DVT-4370 Removed support for pre DVT 2.9.7 local licenses (DVT_LICENSE_VERSION is not used anymore)
DVT-4550 New Rule: SVTB.15.6.1 .sum() type mismatch in constraints
3.2.20 (6 March 2013)
3.2.18 (4 March 2013)
3.2.16 (11 February 2013)
3.2.15 (28 January 2013)
3.2.11 (11 January 2013)
DVT-3411 Rule "UVM23a Monitor Has Analysis Ports" should skip virtual classes and consider inheritance
DVT-3414 Rule "UVM23b Monitor's Analysis Ports Instantiation" should allow instantiation in build_phase() as well
DVT-4228 Add parameter to rule "XVM.2.1.6 Banned uvm_component methods" to controll the list of methods
DVT-3596 New Param Rule: XVM.2.1.1.2.0 Do not use factory registration macros for virtual classes
3.2.10 (24 December 2012)
3.2.9 (11 December 2012)
3.2.5 (6 November 2012)
DVT-3397 +dvt_init+ should behave like a new parsing invocation in batch mode as well
DVT-4206 Add parameters to rule "SVTB.2.3 Filename must match implementation name" to allow custom extensions
DVT-4207 "SVTB.2.12 `include Guards" - Internal error while computing first line with code for the uvm library
DVT-4219 Rule "SVTB.2.1.4.4.1 Use a forever loop at the end of the run phase for drivers and monitors" should be applied only if run phase is overridden
DVT-4227 Add parameter to base class rules like "XVM 2.7.2 Environment Base Class" to allow direct or indirect inheritance checking
DVT-4229 Add parameter to rule "XVM.7.2 Only the following uvm classes can be instantiated" to controll the list of classes
DVT-4230 Enhance rule "SVTB.1.4.4 begin statements should be on the same line as what caused the begin" with detailed error message about the construct in order to allow fine waiving
DVT-4232 Add parameter to rule "XVM.7.1 Only the following classes can be extended" to controll the list of classes
DVT-4233 Change default value for "SVTB.12.5 Bind arguments by name when calling methods with many arguments" to greater then 3
DVT-4234 Consider time as a 2 state type and allow control in "SVTB.5.2.7 Assignment from 4 State to 2 State Must include X,Z check" and "SVTB.5.2.8 Comparison of 4 State Type Must use 4 State Equivalence Check"
DVT-4235 Enhance "SVTB.12.3.7 Specify type and direction of all arguments" to consider default input not only in classes and to accept ref and const ref
DVT-4238 Ability to generate all rules ruleset xml using verissimo.sh -gen_rulepool_xml
DVT-4239 Enhance "SVTB.12.2.6.1 Functions should not call tasks directly" to allow task calls inside fork/join_none
3.2.4 (26 October 2012)
DVT-3412 Enhance rule "PKFN Valid File Names" to support multiple packages
DVT-4191 Fixed internal error when using -y/-v compilation directives
DVT-4193 Enhance rule "PKLD Legal Directory Name" to support multiple packages
DVT-4194 Fixed Rule SVTB27.3.2 to allow for xvm base classes
DVT-4204 Enhance rule "SVTB.1.5.1 Use '{' '}' block for single line constraints" with detailed error message about the construct in order to allow fine waiving
DVT-4205 Fixed custom ruleset checks name based on library attribute
3.2.3 (17 October 2012)
3.2 (9 October 2012)
DVT-1983 New Rule: SVTB.29.1.7 Banned $display and $write I/O system tasks
DVT-3860 New Rule: XVM.10.1 Do not use 'uvm_pkg::uvm_transaction'
DVT-3861 New Rule: XVM.10.2 Do not use 'set_config_int, set_config_string, set_config_object'
DVT-3862 New Param Rule: SVTB.29.3.0 Do not use banned classes
DVT-3863 New Param Rule: SVTB.29.4.0 Do not use banned macros
DVT-3864 New Param Rule: SVTB.30.1.0 Do not use deprecated method calls
DVT-3865 New Param Rule: SVTB.30.3.0 Do not use deprecated classes
DVT-3866 New Param Rule: SVTB.30.4.0 Do not use deprecated macros
DVT-3935 New Param Rule: SVTB.30.2.0 Do not use deprecated fields
DVT-3454 Fixed Rule "SVTB.5.2.7 Recommendation: Assignment from 4 State to 2 State Must include X,Z check" fails for "realtime a=5us"
3.1.15 (3 October 2012)
3.1.14 (27 September 2012)
3.1.10 (1 September 2012)
3.1.9 (13 August 2012)
3.1.8 (7 August 2012)
3.1.7 (2 August 2012)
3.1.6 (24 July 2012)
DVT-3363 Added -compile_waivers to use compile waivers in batch mode linting
DVT-3457 Added parameters to "SVTB.25.6.6 All class member variables must be commented" to control the comment style (inline, above). Rule was renamed to SVTB.25.6.6.0.
DVT-3759 New Param Rule: SVTB.7.15 Do not override fields from parent class
DVT-3760 New Param Rule: SVTB.7.16 Use the 'virtual' keyword when overriding a virtual method
DVT-3767 Fixed linter re-running failed checks twice
DVT-3770 Added the generate ruleset/rulepool docs path to output
DVT-3772 New Rule: SVTB.23.1 'DPI' is deprecated, use 'DPI-C' instead
DVT-3773 New Rule: SVTB.23.2 DPI C identifier equal with method name
DVT-3774 New Param Rule: SVTB.27.11.1 DPI methods naming pattern
DVT-3775 New Param Rule: SVTB.27.9.2 Interface instances naming pattern
DVT-3776 New Param Rule: SVTB.27.9.3 Virtual interface members naming pattern
DVT-3777 New Param Rule: SVTB.27.3.2 Class field naming pattern if field type is class
DVT-3786 New Param Rule: SVTB.29.1.0 Do not use banned method calls
DVT-3787 Abort linting if ruleset file has syntactic errors
3.1.4 (10 July 2012)
Reorganized rules = moved rules around in categories and changed some rule ids
DVT-3734 Changed linter rule IDs from OVM to XVM
DVT-3735 Fixed linter gen_rulepool_doc for UVM with -uvm flag
DVT-3736 Removed linter user_prefs and default_prefs files and flags
DVT-3737 Added linter manual_checks_status.xml to store the status of manual checks from GUI(replaces user_prefs)
DVT-3738 Added linter user_notes.xml to store the user notes form GUI (replaces user_prefs)
DVT-3739 Deprecated linter flag -ovm_prefs and replaced it with -linter_preferences
DVT-3740 New Param Rule SVTB.15.4.10 Not Allowed: randc
DVT-3741 New Param Rule SVTB.15.5.1 Rand class members must be public
DVT-3742 New Param Rule SVTB.25.6.6.0 Class members comment
DVT-3743 New Param Rule SVTB.25.6.7.0 Class method arguments comment
DVT-3744 New Param Rule SVTB.27.3.0 Class member naming pattern
DVT-3745 New Param Rule SVTB.27.4.0 Class method arguments naming pattern
DVT-3746 Fixed argument testing problem in dvt_sv_lint_gui.sh
DVT-3753 New Param Rule: SVTB.12.5 Bind arguments by name when calling methods with many arguments
3.1.3 (2 July 2012)
DVT-572 & DVT-3328 Added a linter preference for considering NOT_APPLIED as PASSED, ERROR or NOT_APPLIED
DVT-1321 Added Reapply Failed Checks button in Linter GUI
DVT-3403 Linter preferences tab will be grayed out when the preferences file is not writable
DVT-3452 New Param Rule SVTB.10.6.1.0: Type of conditional expression in ternary conditional operator
DVT-3209 XVM checks updated for UVM build() -> build_phase(), connect() -> connect_phase(), run -> run_phase()
3.1.2 (15 June 2012)
DVT-3594 New Param Rule UVM.2.1.1.1.0: Proper use of the factory registration macros
DVT-3417 Rule "UVM2.1.1.1 Components must register with factory" fails when using the package qualifier (a::b) to specify the registered type
DVT-3453 Clarify description of UVM.2.1.15.1 and UVM.2.1.4.2.7 "Constructed string name must match instance name"
DVT-3455 Parameterize Rules "Constructed String Name must match Instance Name" in order to enforce $sformatf not $psprintf, for example 2.1.4.2.7
3.1 (1 June 2012)
DVT-3510 New Param Rule SVTB.1.1.6: Use 3 Spaces for Indentation
DVT-3511 New Param Rule SVTB.2.6: Only One class, interface, package, or module per File
DVT-3512 New Param Rule SVTB.2.7: Directory - File - Element Naming
DVT-3513 New Param Rule SVTB.2.8: Directory Contains File
DVT-3514 New Param Rule SVTB.2.9: Directory - File - Element Existence
DVT-3343 New Param Rule SVTB.7.14.0: Overridden Method Must Call super
DVT-3515 New Param Rule SVTB.25.1.0: File Header
DVT-3516 New Param Rule SVTB.25.2: `include Guards
DVT-3517 New Param Rule SVTB.27.1.0: All <elementKind>s should have a <suffix> suffix.
DVT-3518 New Param Rule SVTB.27.2.0: All classes that inherit from <baseClass> should have a <suffix> suffix.
DVT-571 Changed the icon for Reapply Linting in Problems View
DVT-2951 Waivers with DISABLED status can be applied on passing hits
DVT-2952 Added wildcard support for linter waivers
DVT-2955 Added overall score in HTML Report for linter checks and hits
DVT-3263 Added right click on hit to add code waiver
DVT-3264 Added one line waiver pragmas for linter
DVT-3334 Rebranded DVT SystemVerilog Linter to Verissimo
DVT-3364 Added apply-on property for waivers to define the status scope
DVT-3398 Verissimo linting will run by default in batch and GUI mode, added a new flag to run the UVM/OVM compliance (-compliance)
DVT-3484 Added support for name attribute in ruleset tag used in generated ruleset documentation
DVT-3486 Added information about the waiver path in the Verissimo linting configuration dialog
3.0.7.1 (29 February 2012)
3.0.6 (1 December 2011)
Deprecated: Scripts: eclipse.sh, run_gui_mode.sh, run_batch_mode.sh are deprecated; use instead: dvt.sh, dvt_sv_lint_batch.sh, dvt_sv_lint_gui.sh.
DVT-2474 Filter library code problems for NON_STANDARD check
DVT-2494 Prompt to save dirty files when launching the GUI linter
DVT-2645 Changed the -startovm flag from dvt_sv_lint_gui.sh to -start_linting
DVT-2646 Added -uvm flag to linter (batch/gui) to select the internal ruleset library
3.0.5.1 (16 September 2011)
3.0.5 (10 September 2011)
3.0.4 (30 July 2011)
DVT-2239 Scripts: eclipse.sh, run_gui_mode.sh, run_batch_mode.sh are marked for deprecation; use instead: dvt.sh, dvt_sv_lint_batch.sh, dvt_sv_lint_gui.sh
3.0.0.0 (13 May 2011)
2.9.6.6 (27 January 2011)
2.9.6.5 (7 January 2011)
2.9.6.3 (29 November 2010)
2.9.6.2 (23 November 2010)
2.9.5.7 (1 November 2010)
2.9.5.2 (1 October 2010)
Added support for simple regular expressions in waivers message pattern.
Added pragma waivers (code waivers).
Waivers file syntax uses version "4".
Waivers file syntax version "3" is DEPRECATED.
Waivers file syntax version "2" has been DEPRECATED for REMOVAL in the next release.
Waivers file syntax version "1" has been REMOVED.
2.9.4.7 (12 September 2010)
Changed the warning message for invalid arguments in batch mode
Updated run_gui_mode.sh script with flags for custom vmargs and memory. Using it will fix problems for environments with more memory needs
Fixed problem related to defines in ".f" files for batch mode
2.9.3.6 (8 June 2010)
2.9.2.3 (16 April 2010)
Added waivers based on pattern (regular expression) matching on hit details message (it is applied ONLY on hit details - error message)
Added GUI support for pattern based waivers with regular expressions editor
Waivers file syntax uses version "3".
Waivers file syntax version "2" is DEPRECATED.
Waivers file syntax version "1" is DEPRECATED for REMOVAL in the next release.
2.8.9.3 (12 March 2010)
Added Waiver GUI.
Added support for system variables.
Fixed bug related to loading read-only files.
Waivers file syntax uses version "2".
Waivers file syntax version "1" is DEPRECATED.