HTRANS: IDLE, BUSY, NONSEQ, SEQ

Read the four transfer types on HTRANS, say what a subordinate owes each one, and place BUSY and IDLE correctly in and around a burst.

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A small SRAM controller treated every cycle with its select high as a transfer. Between bursts the manager drove IDLE and left the last address and HWRITE on the bus, as AHB allows. The controller wrote whatever was on HWDATA in those cycles, zeros, over the word it had just stored. HTRANS exists so a subordinate can tell a real transfer from a cycle with nothing in it.

An INCR4 burst with a BUSY, an IDLE, a readFour word writes from 0x200 with one BUSY cycle before beat 2, one IDLE cycle, then a single read of 0x208. The grid is the memory from 0x200, one row per word, lane 0 on the left.
HADDRHWDATAHRDATAManagerINCR4, then a readMemory from 0x200lane0123beat 0beat 1beat 2beat 3

A row lights when its word is written; beat_a and beat_m are the address and lanes of the data phase that ends at the edge.

01234567891011clkhtransIDLENONSEQSEQBUSYSEQIDLENONSEQIDLEhaddr020020420820c208hburstSINGLEINCR4SINGLEhwritehwdata0b0b10b2b30hreadyhrdata0b2beat_a020020420820cbeat_m00001111000011110000
  1. Cycle 4

    NONSEQ: the first beat of an INCR4 burst at 0x200. Its address and control have nothing to do with what came before.

  2. Cycle 5

    SEQ at 0x204, the previous address plus four bytes, with identical control. Beat 0's data, b0, lands in the first row.

  3. Cycle 6

    BUSY: the manager cannot send beat 2 yet. The address already shows 0x208, the next beat. Beat 1's data still lands, because its data phase is this cycle.

  4. Cycle 7

    SEQ at 0x208: beat 2 goes out. Nothing lands in this cycle: the BUSY had no data phase, and the memory answered it with a zero-wait OKAY.

  5. Cycle 9

    IDLE: no transfer. Address and control keep their last values, and the memory must ignore them. Beat 3's data lands.

  6. Cycle 11

    The single read of 0x208, a NONSEQ with burst type SINGLE, returns b2.

Measured on the bench (cycle k is what edge k sees). Four rows lit, one per SEQ or NONSEQ write; the BUSY and the IDLE lit nothing.

Four transfer types

HTRANS is part of the address phase. Its upper bit says whether the address phase holds a transfer at all; its lower bit says whether the transfer continues a burst.

HTRANSTypeMeaningAddress and controlThe subordinate
00IDLEno transfer wantedmay keep their last valueszero-wait OKAY, then ignore
01BUSYa pause between beats of a burstalready those of the next beatzero-wait OKAY, then ignore
10NONSEQa single transfer, or the first beat of a burstunrelated to the previous transfera real transfer
11SEQa later beat of a burstprevious address plus the size; control identicala real transfer

A subordinate starts a data phase only for NONSEQ and SEQ, and only at an edge where HREADY is high (lesson P4.2).

A single transfer is a burst of length one, so it is NONSEQ. The manager marks it with burst type SINGLE, or as an undefined-length INCR burst with one beat.

IDLE: nothing to do

A manager drives IDLE whenever it has no transfer to start. The rest of the address phase may hold anything valid; the bench keeps the last address and control, as many managers do. The decoder may even select a subordinate in an IDLE cycle. That is why a subordinate must decode HTRANS. It answers IDLE with a zero-wait OKAY and does nothing else.

The memory ignores IDLE.

ahb_write(32'h1000, 2, 32'h11111111);
idle_q(2);
ahb_read(32'h1000, 2);
go();

The read at edge 8 returns 0x11111111.

mem.act_on_idle = 1: IDLE treated as a transfer.

mem.act_on_idle = 1;
// the same three lines and go()
// the two IDLE cycles carry HWRITE = 1 and
// HADDR = 0x1000, and HWDATA = 0

The read at edge 8 returns 0: the IDLE cycles wrote zeros.

On the wires this twin looks fine: every transfer gets a zero-wait OKAY, and the checker stays silent. Give the same memory a wait state and the wires show it too. An IDLE must get a zero-wait OKAY, and this memory stretches it:

Measured. The memory took the IDLE cycles before and after the write as transfers and stretched them.
mem.act_on_idle = 1; mem.waits = 1;
ahb_write(32'h1000, 2, 32'h11111111);
idle_q(1);
go();
// RULE idle_okay broken at edge 4: an IDLE or BUSY transfer must get a zero-wait OKAY
// RULE idle_okay broken at edge 8: an IDLE or BUSY transfer must get a zero-wait OKAY
// RULE idle_okay broken at edge 10: an IDLE or BUSY transfer must get a zero-wait OKAY

BUSY: a pause inside a burst

A manager that cannot supply the next beat in time, for example because its own buffer is empty, inserts BUSY. The address and control already describe the next beat, so the subordinate can look ahead, but it must answer with a zero-wait OKAY and do nothing. The beat itself follows as SEQ, with the same address.

  1. Only between beats

    BUSY belongs inside a burst. It may not follow a SINGLE transfer: after a single transfer comes IDLE or NONSEQ.

  2. Fixed bursts end with SEQ

    INCR4/8/16 and WRAP4/8/16 must finish with their last beat as SEQ, never with a BUSY after it.

  3. Undefined INCR may end after BUSY

    An INCR burst of undefined length may insert BUSY and then end with an IDLE or a NONSEQ: the manager decided it needs no more data.

The checker names the first two as burst_len. The third is legal and passes silently; the spot item below runs all three.

Where you will meet it

Every AHB subordinate decodes HTRANS[1] before it does anything, and every AHB checker counts transfers by it. Bus monitors that log a transaction for each select are wrong the same way the SRAM controller was. A bench for a subordinate drives IDLE cycles with live-looking address and control, inserts BUSY in bursts, and checks that nothing changed.

Asked in interviews: transfer types
  1. What is the difference between IDLE and BUSY?

    IDLE means no transfer is wanted. BUSY means a burst continues but its next beat is not ready; its address and control already show that next beat. Both get a zero-wait OKAY and are ignored by the subordinate.

  2. How is a single transfer signalled?

    HTRANS = NONSEQ, with burst type SINGLE or an undefined-length INCR of one beat. A single transfer is a burst of length one.

  3. What does SEQ guarantee?

    That the transfer continues the burst: the address is the previous one plus the transfer size (wrapped at the boundary for WRAP bursts) and the control is identical.

  4. Can a burst end with BUSY?

    Only an undefined-length INCR burst, followed by IDLE or NONSEQ. Fixed-length bursts end with their last beat as SEQ, and BUSY never follows a SINGLE transfer.

Try it

The beat log prints an A line for every address phase the bus accepts, the BUSY included, and a D line only for the four writes and the read. The BUSY has no data phase: between beat 1's data at edge 6 and beat 2's at edge 8 one cycle passes with no data. The dump shows b0 to b3 in four consecutive words.

Change busy_at(2, 1) to busy_at(2, 3) for three BUSY cycles: the data stays the same and every beat after the pause moves later. Then add mem.act_on_idle = 1; as the first line: the IDLE cycle after the burst writes zeros to 0x20c.

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Expected: e4 A NONSEQ WRITE addr=0x200 size=2 INCR4 e5 D write addr=0x200 data=0xb0 OKAY e5 A SEQ WRITE addr=0x204 size=2 INCR4 e6 D write addr=0x204 data=0xb1 OKAY e6 A BUSY WRITE addr=0x208 size=2 INCR4 e7 A SEQ WRITE addr=0x208 size=2 INCR4 e8 D write addr=0x208 data=0xb2 OKAY e8 A SEQ WRITE addr=0x20c size=2 INCR4 e9 D write addr=0x20c data=0xb3 OKAY e10 A NONSEQ READ addr=0x208 size=2 SINGLE e11 D read addr=0x208 data=0xb2 OKAY 0x00200 b0 00 00 00 b1 00 00 00 b2 00 00 00 b3 00 00 00 checker: 5 transfers, 0 wait edges, 0 errors, 0 rules broken
Read included file: ahb_pkg.sv
`timescale 1ns/1ns
// ahb_pkg.sv: the encodings and the arithmetic of a burst (read-only).
// The memory, the driver, the checker and the lesson text all use these functions, so they never
// disagree about the address of a beat or the lanes it uses.
package ahb_pkg;
  localparam logic [1:0] IDLE = 2'b00, BUSY = 2'b01, NONSEQ = 2'b10, SEQ = 2'b11;
  localparam logic [2:0] SINGLE = 3'b000, INCR = 3'b001, WRAP4 = 3'b010, INCR4 = 3'b011,
                         WRAP8 = 3'b100, INCR8 = 3'b101, WRAP16 = 3'b110, INCR16 = 3'b111;
  localparam logic OKAY = 1'b0, ERROR = 1'b1;

  function automatic string trans_name(input logic [1:0] t);
    case (t) IDLE: return "IDLE"; BUSY: return "BUSY"; NONSEQ: return "NONSEQ"; default: return "SEQ"; endcase
  endfunction
  function automatic string burst_name(input logic [2:0] b);
    case (b)
      SINGLE: return "SINGLE"; INCR: return "INCR"; WRAP4: return "WRAP4"; INCR4: return "INCR4";
      WRAP8: return "WRAP8"; INCR8: return "INCR8"; WRAP16: return "WRAP16"; default: return "INCR16";
    endcase
  endfunction
  function automatic string resp_name(input logic r);
    return r ? "ERROR" : "OKAY";
  endfunction
  // s when c is 1, else the empty string (a string-typed result prints the same on every simulator).
  function automatic string opt(input bit c, input string s);
    if (c) return s;
    return "";
  endfunction

  // Beats in a burst: 1 for SINGLE, 4, 8 or 16 for the fixed bursts, 0 for INCR (undefined length).
  function automatic int beats_of(input logic [2:0] b);
    case (b) SINGLE: return 1; INCR: return 0; WRAP4, INCR4: return 4; WRAP8, INCR8: return 8; default: return 16; endcase
  endfunction
  function automatic bit is_wrap(input logic [2:0] b);
    return b == WRAP4 || b == WRAP8 || b == WRAP16;
  endfunction

  // The address of the beat after the one at a: the size in bytes further on; a wrapping burst
  // returns to the start of its window (beats x size bytes, aligned to that total) at the window's end.
  function automatic int unsigned next_addr(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b);
    int unsigned nb = 1 << size;
    int unsigned window = nb * beats_of(b);
    int unsigned base;
    if (!is_wrap(b)) return a + nb;
    base = (a / window) * window;
    if (a + nb >= base + window) return base;
    return a + nb;
  endfunction

  // The address of beat n of a burst that starts at start.
  function automatic int unsigned beat_addr(input int unsigned start, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b, input int n);
    int unsigned a = start;
    for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) a = next_addr(a, size, b);
    return a;
  endfunction

  // The lanes a transfer at address a uses on a bus of bus_bytes bytes, packed as {upper, lower}.
  // Every AHB transfer is aligned to its size, so it uses size bytes from its own lane upwards.
  function automatic logic [15:0] beat_lanes(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input int bus_bytes);
    int lower = a % bus_bytes;
    int upper = lower + (1 << size) - 1;
    if (upper > bus_bytes - 1) upper = bus_bytes - 1;
    return {upper[7:0], lower[7:0]};
  endfunction

  // The strobe of a transfer: a 1 for every lane it uses (bit l is lane l).
  function automatic logic [63:0] beat_strb(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input int bus_bytes);
    logic [15:0] lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, bus_bytes);
    logic [63:0] s = 0;
    for (int l = lanes[7:0]; l <= lanes[15:8]; l++) s[l] = 1'b1;
    return s;
  endfunction

  function automatic bit aligned(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size);
    return (a % (1 << size)) == 0;
  endfunction

  // True when an incrementing burst of n beats (n is used only for INCR) crosses a 1 KB boundary.
  function automatic bit crosses_1k(input int unsigned start, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b, input int n);
    int beats = beats_of(b) ? beats_of(b) : n;
    if (is_wrap(b) || beats < 2) return 0;
    return (start / 1024) != ((start + beats * (1 << size) - 1) / 1024);
  endfunction
endpackage
Read included file: ahb_mem.sv
`timescale 1ns/1ns
// ahb_mem.sv: an AHB subordinate with a byte-addressed memory behind it (read-only in this lesson).
// It registers an address phase at an edge where HSEL is 1, HTRANS is NONSEQ or SEQ and HREADY is 1,
// then runs the data phase: wait states with HREADYOUT low, a write takes HWDATA (and HWSTRB) at the
// edge that ends the data phase, a read drives HRDATA for the cycle that ends it. IDLE and BUSY get a
// zero-wait OKAY and change nothing. The switches below are plain variables: the stimulus sets them by
// name (mem.waits = 2;).
//   waits          wait states inserted in every data phase
//   waits_at[k]    wait states for the k-th transfer this memory takes (from 0; -1 = use waits)
//   err_above      transfers at or above this address get the two-cycle ERROR (and write nothing)
//   excl_on        AHB5 exclusive access: one monitor per HMASTER, HEXOKAY on success
//   trace          print every transfer the memory takes and every byte it writes
// Broken twins, each off by default:
//   ignore_hready    registers an address phase while HREADY is low (another subordinate is stretching),
//                    so it acts on a transfer the manager may still change or cancel
//   wdata_in_addr    takes HWDATA in the address phase, so a write stores the previous transfer's data
//   act_on_idle      treats IDLE and BUSY as transfers (waits, reads, writes HWDATA); this twin is an
//                    AHB-Lite design without an HWSTRB input, so it writes the lanes HSIZE selects
//   one_cycle_error  answers ERROR in one cycle (HRESP high with HREADYOUT high)
//   ignore_size      writes every lane of the bus word, whatever HSIZE and HWSTRB say
module ahb_mem #(parameter int DATA_W = 32, parameter int DEPTH = 65536) (
  input  logic              hclk,
  input  logic              hresetn,
  input  logic              hsel,
  input  logic [31:0]       haddr,
  input  logic [1:0]        htrans,
  input  logic              hwrite,
  input  logic [2:0]        hsize,
  input  logic [2:0]        hburst,
  input  logic [3:0]        hprot,
  input  logic              hmastlock,
  input  logic [DATA_W-1:0] hwdata,
  input  logic [DATA_W/8-1:0] hwstrb,
  input  logic              hexcl,
  input  logic [3:0]        hmaster,
  input  logic              hready,
  output logic              hreadyout,
  output logic              hresp,
  output logic [DATA_W-1:0] hrdata,
  output logic              hexokay
);
  import ahb_pkg::*;
  localparam int BUS = DATA_W / 8;

  // ---- switches ----
  int waits = 0;
  int waits_at [0:63];
  int unsigned err_above = 32'hffff_ffff;
  bit excl_on = 0, trace = 0;
  bit ignore_hready = 0, wdata_in_addr = 0, act_on_idle = 0, one_cycle_error = 0, ignore_size = 0;

  // ---- the memory ----
  logic [7:0] mem [0:DEPTH-1];
  int cycle = -1;
  int taken = 0;                              // transfers taken so far

  // ---- the data phase in progress ----
  bit              d_valid = 0, d_write = 0, d_err = 0, d_exok = 0, d_xfail = 0;
  int unsigned     d_addr = 0;
  logic [2:0]      d_size = 0;
  logic [1:0]      d_trans = 0;
  logic [DATA_W-1:0] d_wd = 0;                // HWDATA seen in the address phase (the wdata_in_addr twin)
  int              d_cnt = 0;                 // wait states still to insert
  bit              e_two = 0;                 // the ERROR response is in its second cycle

  // ---- exclusive monitors, one per HMASTER ----
  bit          mon_use [0:15];
  int unsigned mon_addr [0:15];
  int          mon_bytes [0:15];

  initial begin
    for (int i = 0; i < DEPTH; i++) mem[i] = 8'h00;
    for (int k = 0; k < 64; k++) waits_at[k] = -1;
    for (int m = 0; m < 16; m++) mon_use[m] = 0;
    hreadyout = 1; hresp = 0; hrdata = 0; hexokay = 0;
  end

  function automatic logic [DATA_W-1:0] read_word(input int unsigned a);
    logic [DATA_W-1:0] w = 0;
    int unsigned word = (a / BUS) * BUS;
    for (int l = 0; l < BUS; l++) w[8*l +: 8] = mem[(word + l) % DEPTH];
    return w;
  endfunction

  // Write the lanes of one transfer: the lanes its address and size select, where the strobe is 1.
  task automatic write_bytes(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [DATA_W-1:0] data, input logic [BUS-1:0] strb);
    logic [15:0] lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, BUS);
    int unsigned word = (a / BUS) * BUS;
    int lo = ignore_size ? 0 : lanes[7:0];
    int hi = ignore_size ? BUS - 1 : lanes[15:8];
    for (int l = lo; l <= hi; l++)
      if (ignore_size || act_on_idle || strb[l]) begin
        mem[(word + l) % DEPTH] = data[8*l +: 8];
        if (trace) $display("mem e%0d:   byte 0x%0h <= %02h (lane %0d)", cycle, word + l, data[8*l +: 8], l);
      end
    // any write ends the exclusive monitors that cover one of its bytes
    for (int m = 0; m < 16; m++)
      if (mon_use[m] && a < mon_addr[m] + mon_bytes[m] && mon_addr[m] < a + (1 << size)) mon_use[m] = 0;
  endtask

  always @(posedge hclk) begin
    cycle = cycle + 1;
    if (!hresetn) begin
      d_valid = 0; e_two = 0;
      hreadyout <= 1; hresp <= 0; hexokay <= 0;
    end else begin
      // 1. the data phase that ends or waits at this edge
      if (d_valid) begin
        if (hreadyout && hready) begin
          if (d_write && !d_err && !d_xfail)
            write_bytes(d_addr, d_size, wdata_in_addr ? d_wd : hwdata, hwstrb);
          d_valid = 0;
        end else if (!hreadyout) begin
          if (d_cnt > 0) d_cnt = d_cnt - 1;
          else if (d_err) e_two = 1;
        end
      end
      // 2. the address phase on the wires at this edge
      if (hsel && (htrans[1] || act_on_idle) && (hready || (ignore_hready && !d_valid))) begin
        d_valid = 1; d_addr = haddr; d_write = hwrite; d_size = hsize; d_trans = htrans; d_wd = hwdata;
        d_cnt = (taken < 64 && waits_at[taken] >= 0) ? waits_at[taken] : waits;
        taken = taken + 1;
        d_err = (haddr >= err_above); e_two = 0;
        d_exok = 0; d_xfail = 0;
        if (excl_on && hexcl && htrans[1] && !d_err) begin
          if (!hwrite) begin
            mon_use[hmaster] = 1; mon_addr[hmaster] = haddr; mon_bytes[hmaster] = 1 << hsize; d_exok = 1;
          end else if (mon_use[hmaster] && mon_addr[hmaster] == haddr && mon_bytes[hmaster] == (1 << hsize)) begin
            d_exok = 1; mon_use[hmaster] = 0;
          end else d_xfail = 1;
        end
        if (trace) $display("mem e%0d: %0s %0s 0x%0h size %0d%0s%0s%0s", cycle, trans_name(htrans), hwrite ? "write" : "read", haddr, hsize,
                            opt(!hready, " (taken while HREADY is low)"), opt(d_err, " -> ERROR"),
                            opt(d_xfail, " -> exclusive failed"));
      end
      // 3. the response for the cycle that starts now
      if (d_valid && d_cnt > 0) begin
        hreadyout <= 0; hresp <= 0; hexokay <= 0;
      end else if (d_valid && d_err) begin
        hreadyout <= one_cycle_error ? 1'b1 : e_two; hresp <= 1; hexokay <= 0;
      end else begin
        hreadyout <= 1; hresp <= 0; hexokay <= d_valid && d_exok;
      end
      if (d_valid && !d_write) hrdata <= d_err ? '0 : read_word(d_addr);
    end
  end
endmodule
Read included file: ahb_checker.sv
`timescale 1ns/1ns
// ahb_checker.sv: the rules of an AHB interface, checked at every rising edge (read-only).
// Each broken rule is named with the edge where it was seen:
//   reset         HTRANS is not IDLE, or HREADY is low, while reset is active;
//   hold          the address or control changed during a wait state (HREADY low), outside the
//                 changes the protocol allows;
//   trans_change  HTRANS changed during a wait state other than IDLE to NONSEQ, BUSY to SEQ (fixed
//                 bursts) or BUSY to anything (INCR); or SEQ/BUSY with no burst in progress;
//   seq_addr      a SEQ or BUSY address that is not the previous beat's address plus the size
//                 (wrapped for a WRAP burst);
//   burst_ctrl    HSIZE, HBURST, HWRITE or HPROT changed inside a burst;
//   align         a transfer not aligned to its size;
//   size_bus      a transfer wider than the data bus;
//   kb1           an incrementing burst that crosses a 1 KB boundary;
//   burst_len     a fixed-length burst that ends early or runs long, BUSY after a SINGLE, or BUSY
//                 after the last beat of a fixed-length burst;
//   idle_okay     an IDLE or BUSY transfer that did not get a zero-wait OKAY;
//   err_shape     an ERROR that is not two cycles (HREADY low then high, HRESP high in both);
//   exokay        HEXOKAY with HREADY low, with an ERROR, or for a transfer that was not exclusive;
//   known         x on the address, control, or the active lanes of the data.
// A NOTE (not a broken rule) marks a transfer kept after the first cycle of an ERROR: the protocol
// allows it, most managers cancel.
module ahb_checker #(parameter int DATA_W = 32) (
  input logic              hclk,
  input logic              hresetn,
  input logic [31:0]       haddr,
  input logic [1:0]        htrans,
  input logic              hwrite,
  input logic [2:0]        hsize,
  input logic [2:0]        hburst,
  input logic [3:0]        hprot,
  input logic              hmastlock,
  input logic [DATA_W-1:0] hwdata,
  input logic              hexcl,
  input logic              hready,
  input logic              hresp,
  input logic [DATA_W-1:0] hrdata,
  input logic              hexokay
);
  import ahb_pkg::*;
  localparam int BUS = DATA_W / 8;
  int cycle = -1, transfers = 0, waits = 0, errors = 0, broken = 0, notes = 0;

  function void report(input string rule, input string what);
    broken++;
    $display("RULE %s broken at edge %0d: %s", rule, cycle, what);
  endfunction

  function automatic logic [DATA_W-1:0] lane_mask(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size);
    logic [15:0] lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, BUS);
    logic [DATA_W-1:0] m = '0;
    for (int l = lanes[7:0]; l <= lanes[15:8]; l++) m[8*l +: 8] = 8'hff;
    return m;
  endfunction

  // The previous edge.
  bit          p_on = 0;
  logic        p_ready = 1, p_resp = 0, p_write = 0, p_lock = 0;
  logic [1:0]  p_trans = 0;
  logic [31:0] p_addr = 0;
  logic [2:0]  p_size = 0, p_burst = 0;
  logic [3:0]  p_prot = 0;
  bit          e_first = 0;           // the previous edge was the first cycle of an ERROR
  // The data phase in progress.
  bit          d_on = 0, d_idle = 0, d_write = 0, d_excl = 0;
  int unsigned d_addr = 0;
  logic [2:0]  d_size = 0;
  // The burst in progress.
  bit          b_on = 0, b_err = 0, b_write = 0, b_kb = 0;
  logic [2:0]  b_burst = 0, b_size = 0;
  logic [3:0]  b_prot = 0;
  int unsigned b_first = 0, b_last = 0;
  int          b_count = 0;
  int unsigned exp_a;

  task automatic end_burst();
    if (b_on && beats_of(b_burst) > 1 && b_count < beats_of(b_burst) && !b_err)
      report("burst_len", $sformatf("%0s burst at 0x%0h ended after %0d of %0d beats", burst_name(b_burst), b_first, b_count, beats_of(b_burst)));
    b_on = 0;
  endtask

  task automatic check_beat();
    if ((1 << hsize) > BUS) report("size_bus", $sformatf("a %0d-byte transfer on a %0d-byte bus", 1 << hsize, BUS));
    if (!aligned(haddr, hsize)) report("align", $sformatf("a %0d-byte transfer at 0x%0h is not aligned to its size", 1 << hsize, haddr));
  endtask

  task automatic check_ctrl(input string what);
    if (hsize !== b_size || hburst !== b_burst || hwrite !== b_write || hprot !== b_prot)
      report("burst_ctrl", $sformatf("%0s at 0x%0h changed HSIZE, HBURST, HWRITE or HPROT inside the burst", what, haddr));
  endtask

  always @(posedge hclk) begin
    cycle++;
    if (!hresetn) begin
      if (htrans !== IDLE) report("reset", "HTRANS is not IDLE during reset");
      if (hready !== 1) report("reset", "HREADY is low during reset");
      p_on = 0; d_on = 0; b_on = 0; e_first = 0;
    end else begin
      // ---- the data phase that ends or waits at this edge ----
      if (hready === 0) waits++;
      if (e_first) begin
        if (hresp !== 1 || hready !== 1) report("err_shape", "the second cycle of an ERROR must have HRESP high and HREADY high");
      end else if (hresp === 1 && hready === 1)
        report("err_shape", "ERROR with HREADY high in its first cycle: an ERROR takes two cycles");
      if (hresp === 1 && b_on) b_err = 1;
      if (d_on && d_idle) begin
        if (hready !== 1 || hresp !== 0) report("idle_okay", "an IDLE or BUSY transfer must get a zero-wait OKAY");
        d_on = 0;
      end
      if (hexokay === 1) begin
        if (hready !== 1) report("exokay", "HEXOKAY while HREADY is low");
        else if (hresp === 1) report("exokay", "HEXOKAY together with an ERROR");
        else if (!(d_on && d_excl)) report("exokay", "HEXOKAY for a transfer that was not exclusive");
      end
      if (hready === 1 && d_on && !d_idle) begin
        if (d_write && $isunknown(hwdata & lane_mask(d_addr, d_size))) report("known", "HWDATA is x on an active lane");
        if (!d_write && hresp === 0 && $isunknown(hrdata & lane_mask(d_addr, d_size))) report("known", "HRDATA is x on an active lane");
        transfers++;
        if (hresp === 1) errors++;
        d_on = 0;
      end
      if (e_first && hready === 1 && (htrans === NONSEQ || htrans === SEQ)) begin
        notes++;
        $display("NOTE cancel at edge %0d: the %0s at 0x%0h behind an ERROR was kept, not cancelled (allowed; most managers cancel)", cycle, trans_name(htrans), haddr);
      end
      // ---- the address phase on the wires at this edge ----
      if (htrans !== IDLE && ($isunknown(haddr) || $isunknown(hwrite) || $isunknown(hsize) || $isunknown(hburst)))
        report("known", "address or control is x while HTRANS is not IDLE");
      if ($isunknown(htrans)) report("known", "HTRANS is x");
      if (p_on && p_ready === 0 && !e_first) begin
        // a wait state at the previous edge: only the allowed changes
        if (p_trans == IDLE) begin
          if (htrans === BUSY || htrans === SEQ) report("trans_change", $sformatf("IDLE changed to %0s during a wait state (only NONSEQ may follow)", trans_name(htrans)));
        end else if (p_trans == BUSY) begin
          if (p_burst != INCR) begin
            if (htrans !== BUSY && htrans !== SEQ) report("trans_change", $sformatf("BUSY in a %0s burst changed to %0s during a wait state (only SEQ may follow)", burst_name(p_burst), trans_name(htrans)));
            else if (haddr !== p_addr) report("hold", $sformatf("HADDR changed from 0x%0h to 0x%0h during a wait state", p_addr, haddr));
          end
        end else begin
          if (htrans !== p_trans) report("trans_change", $sformatf("%0s changed to %0s during a wait state", trans_name(p_trans), trans_name(htrans)));
          else if (haddr !== p_addr) report("hold", $sformatf("HADDR changed from 0x%0h to 0x%0h during a wait state", p_addr, haddr));
          else if (hwrite !== p_write || hsize !== p_size || hburst !== p_burst || hprot !== p_prot || hmastlock !== p_lock)
            report("hold", "HWRITE, HSIZE, HBURST, HPROT or HMASTLOCK changed during a wait state");
        end
      end
      if (hready === 1) begin
        // the address phase is accepted at this edge
        if (htrans === IDLE) begin
          end_burst();
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 1;
        end else if (htrans === NONSEQ) begin
          end_burst();
          check_beat();
          b_on = 1; b_err = 0; b_kb = 0; b_first = haddr; b_last = haddr; b_count = 1;
          b_burst = hburst; b_size = hsize; b_write = hwrite; b_prot = hprot;
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 0; d_write = hwrite; d_addr = haddr; d_size = hsize; d_excl = hexcl;
        end else if (htrans === SEQ) begin
          if (!b_on) report("trans_change", $sformatf("SEQ at 0x%0h with no burst in progress", haddr));
          else begin
            exp_a = next_addr(b_last, b_size, b_burst);
            if (haddr !== exp_a) report("seq_addr", $sformatf("SEQ at 0x%0h; the beat after 0x%0h in a %0s burst of %0d-byte transfers is 0x%0h", haddr, b_last, burst_name(b_burst), 1 << b_size, exp_a));
            check_ctrl("SEQ");
            if (!is_wrap(b_burst) && !b_kb && (haddr / 1024) != (b_first / 1024)) begin
              b_kb = 1;
              report("kb1", $sformatf("SEQ at 0x%0h crosses the 1 KB boundary of the burst that started at 0x%0h", haddr, b_first));
            end
            b_count++;
            if (beats_of(b_burst) > 0 && b_count > beats_of(b_burst))
              report("burst_len", $sformatf("beat %0d of a %0s burst, which has %0d beats", b_count, burst_name(b_burst), beats_of(b_burst)));
            b_last = haddr;
          end
          check_beat();
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 0; d_write = hwrite; d_addr = haddr; d_size = hsize; d_excl = hexcl;
        end else if (htrans === BUSY) begin
          if (!b_on) report("trans_change", $sformatf("BUSY at 0x%0h with no burst in progress", haddr));
          else if (b_burst == SINGLE) report("burst_len", "BUSY after a SINGLE transfer");
          else begin
            exp_a = next_addr(b_last, b_size, b_burst);
            if (beats_of(b_burst) > 1 && b_count == beats_of(b_burst))
              report("burst_len", $sformatf("BUSY after the last beat of the %0s burst (a fixed-length burst ends with SEQ)", burst_name(b_burst)));
            else if (haddr !== exp_a) report("seq_addr", $sformatf("BUSY at 0x%0h must show the next beat's address 0x%0h", haddr, exp_a));
            check_ctrl("BUSY");
          end
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 1;
        end
      end
      e_first = (hresp === 1 && hready === 0);
    end
    p_on = hresetn; p_ready = hready; p_resp = hresp; p_trans = htrans; p_addr = haddr; p_write = hwrite;
    p_size = hsize; p_burst = hburst; p_prot = hprot; p_lock = hmastlock;
  end
  final $display("checker: %0d transfers, %0d wait edges, %0d errors, %0d rules broken", transfers, waits, errors, broken);
endmodule
Read included file: ahb_tasks.svh
// ahb_tasks.svh: the manager side of the bench, as tasks for the stimulus (read-only).
// ahb_write, ahb_read and ahb_burst queue transfers; go() puts the queue on the bus and returns when
// the last data phase has ended. The driver below issues the next address phase at the same edge where
// the previous one is accepted, so the address of transfer N+1 is on the wires during the data phase
// of transfer N. Write data for a burst goes in wd[0], wd[1], ... (one entry per beat, the lowest byte
// at the lowest address); the data of every read comes back in rd[0], rd[1], ... in issue order, with
// the responses in rr[].
// The beat log has one line per accepted address phase (A), per ended data phase (D) and per transfer
// the manager cancels (X), each with the edge where it happened; watch = 1 adds one line per edge.
int cycle = -1;
always @(posedge hclk) cycle = cycle + 1;

localparam int QN = 512;
int unsigned q_addr [0:QN-1];
logic        q_write [0:QN-1];
logic [2:0]  q_size [0:QN-1];
logic [2:0]  q_burst [0:QN-1];
logic [1:0]  q_trans [0:QN-1];
logic [63:0] q_data [0:QN-1];
logic        q_lock [0:QN-1], q_excl [0:QN-1], q_sforce [0:QN-1];
logic [3:0]  q_prot [0:QN-1], q_master [0:QN-1];
logic [7:0]  q_strb [0:QN-1];
int          q_bn [0:QN-1], q_beat [0:QN-1], q_state [0:QN-1];   // burst number, beat, 0 queued 1 done 2 cancelled
logic [63:0] q_rdata [0:QN-1];
logic        q_resp [0:QN-1], q_exok [0:QN-1];
int q_n = 0, q_next = 0, bn = 0, last_start = 0, last_bn = 0;

logic [63:0] wd [0:255];
logic [63:0] rd [0:255];
logic        rr [0:255];
int          n_rd = 0;
logic        last_resp = 0, last_exokay = 0;
// quiet = 1 silences the beat log; watch = 1 prints the bus at every edge.
bit quiet = 0, watch = 0, running = 0, drv_done = 0;
// Driver switches (broken twins, off by default):
//   move_in_wait  the address moves on by one transfer size during a wait state
//   no_cancel     the transfer behind an ERROR is not cancelled (allowed, but the checker notes it)
// After the first cycle of an ERROR the driver cancels the transfer already in its address phase: the
// rest of the same burst is dropped; a separate transfer is issued again afterwards (reissue = 0 drops it).
//   busy_end      a BUSY after the last beat of every fixed-length burst
//   cross_1k      incrementing bursts are issued across a 1 KB boundary instead of being split
//   unaligned     transfers not aligned to their size are issued instead of refused
//   wrap_bug      a WRAP8 burst's addresses wrap inside 16 bytes, as if it were WRAP4
bit reissue = 1;
bit move_in_wait = 0, no_cancel = 0, busy_end = 0, cross_1k = 0, unaligned = 0, wrap_bug = 0;
// Attributes of the transfers queued next.
logic       lock = 0, excl = 0;
logic [3:0] prot = 4'b0011, master = 0;
bit         strb_force = 0;
logic [7:0] strb_val = 8'hff;
// What the bus is carrying in the data phase, for the waveform scenes: the address and lanes of the beat.
int unsigned beat_a = 0;
logic [7:0]  beat_m = 0;

function automatic int unsigned m_next(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b);
  if (wrap_bug && b == WRAP8) return next_addr(a, size, WRAP4);
  return next_addr(a, size, b);
endfunction

task automatic q_push(input int unsigned a, input logic w, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b, input logic [1:0] t,
                      input logic [63:0] data, input int burst_no, input int beat);
  q_addr[q_n] = a; q_write[q_n] = w; q_size[q_n] = size; q_burst[q_n] = b; q_trans[q_n] = t; q_data[q_n] = data;
  q_lock[q_n] = lock; q_excl[q_n] = excl; q_prot[q_n] = prot; q_master[q_n] = master;
  q_sforce[q_n] = strb_force; q_strb[q_n] = strb_val;
  q_bn[q_n] = burst_no; q_beat[q_n] = beat; q_state[q_n] = 0; q_resp[q_n] = 0; q_exok[q_n] = 0; q_rdata[q_n] = 0;
  q_n = q_n + 1;
endtask

task automatic q_copy(input int dst, input int src);
  q_addr[dst] = q_addr[src]; q_write[dst] = q_write[src]; q_size[dst] = q_size[src]; q_burst[dst] = q_burst[src];
  q_trans[dst] = q_trans[src]; q_data[dst] = q_data[src]; q_lock[dst] = q_lock[src]; q_excl[dst] = q_excl[src];
  q_prot[dst] = q_prot[src]; q_master[dst] = q_master[src]; q_sforce[dst] = q_sforce[src]; q_strb[dst] = q_strb[src];
  q_bn[dst] = q_bn[src]; q_beat[dst] = q_beat[src]; q_state[dst] = q_state[src];
endtask

// One write of size bytes (0 = byte, 1 = halfword, 2 = word) at addr; data holds the bytes, lowest first.
task automatic ahb_write(input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [63:0] data);
  if (!unaligned && !aligned(addr, size))
    $display("refused: a %0d-byte transfer at 0x%0h is not aligned (every AHB transfer is aligned to its size)", 1 << size, addr);
  else begin
    bn = bn + 1; last_start = q_n; last_bn = bn;
    q_push(addr, 1, size, SINGLE, NONSEQ, data, bn, 0);
  end
endtask

// One read of size bytes at addr; the bytes come back in rd[] in issue order.
task automatic ahb_read(input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size);
  if (!unaligned && !aligned(addr, size))
    $display("refused: a %0d-byte transfer at 0x%0h is not aligned (every AHB transfer is aligned to its size)", 1 << size, addr);
  else begin
    bn = bn + 1; last_start = q_n; last_bn = bn;
    q_push(addr, 0, size, SINGLE, NONSEQ, 0, bn, 0);
  end
endtask

// A burst: hburst SINGLE, INCR (beats gives its length), WRAP4, INCR4, ... INCR16. Write data from wd[].
// An incrementing burst that would cross a 1 KB boundary is issued as two INCR bursts split at the
// boundary (unless cross_1k is set).
task automatic ahb_burst(input logic w, input logic [2:0] hb, input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size, input int beats = 0);
  int n;
  int unsigned a;
  logic [2:0] b;
  logic [1:0] t;
  bit split;
  n = beats_of(hb) ? beats_of(hb) : (beats > 0 ? beats : 1);
  a = addr; b = hb; split = 0;
  if (!unaligned && !aligned(addr, size))
    $display("refused: a %0d-byte burst at 0x%0h is not aligned (every AHB transfer is aligned to its size)", 1 << size, addr);
  else begin
    if (!cross_1k && crosses_1k(addr, size, hb, n)) begin
      split = 1; b = INCR;
      $display("note: %0s at 0x%0h would cross a 1 KB boundary; issued as INCR bursts split at the boundary", burst_name(hb), addr);
    end
    bn = bn + 1; last_start = q_n; last_bn = bn;
    for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) begin
      t = (k == 0) ? NONSEQ : SEQ;
      if (k > 0 && split && (a % 1024) == 0) begin t = NONSEQ; bn = bn + 1; end
      q_push(a, w, size, b, t, w ? wd[k] : 64'h0, bn, k);
      a = m_next(a, size, b);
    end
    if (busy_end && beats_of(b) > 1) q_push(a, w, size, b, BUSY, 64'h0, bn, n);
  end
endtask

// n BUSY cycles before beat k of the burst queued last (k = its length: after the last beat).
task automatic busy_at(input int k, input int n = 1);
  int idx, src;
  idx = q_n;
  for (int j = q_n - 1; j >= last_start; j--)
    if (q_trans[j][1] && q_beat[j] == k) idx = j;
  src = (idx < q_n) ? idx : q_n - 1;           // the beat the BUSY announces, or the last beat
  for (int j = q_n - 1; j >= idx; j--) q_copy(j + n, j);
  for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) begin
    q_copy(idx + j, src >= idx ? src + n : src);
    q_trans[idx + j] = BUSY; q_data[idx + j] = 0; q_beat[idx + j] = k;
    if (src < idx) q_addr[idx + j] = m_next(q_addr[src], q_size[src], q_burst[src]);
  end
  q_n = q_n + n;
endtask

// n IDLE cycles in the queue (the address and control keep their last values).
task automatic idle_q(input int n);
  for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)
    if (q_n > 0) q_push(q_addr[q_n - 1], q_write[q_n - 1], q_size[q_n - 1], q_burst[q_n - 1], IDLE, 64'h0, 0, 0);
    else q_push(0, 0, 0, SINGLE, IDLE, 64'h0, 0, 0);
endtask

// The driver: pick, hold, cancel.
int a_idx = -1, d_idx = -1;       // queue entries in the address phase and in the data phase (-1: none)
bit moved = 0;
logic        s_ready, s_resp, s_exok, s_write;
logic [DATA_W-1:0] s_rdata;
logic [31:0] s_addr;
logic [1:0]  s_trans;
logic [2:0]  s_size, s_burst;
int          s_done, s_acc, s_cfrom, s_cto, s_cmode;

task automatic complete(input int i);
  logic [15:0] lanes;
  logic [63:0] bytes;
  q_state[i] = 1; q_resp[i] = s_resp; q_exok[i] = s_exok; last_resp = s_resp; last_exokay = s_exok;
  if (!q_write[i]) begin
    lanes = beat_lanes(q_addr[i], q_size[i], BUS_BYTES);
    bytes = (s_rdata >> (8 * lanes[7:0])) & ((64'h1 << (8 * (lanes[15:8] - lanes[7:0] + 1))) - 1);
    q_rdata[i] = bytes; rd[n_rd] = bytes; rr[n_rd] = s_resp; n_rd = n_rd + 1;
  end
  if (!quiet) $display("e%0d D  %0s addr=0x%0h data=0x%0h %0s%0s", cycle, q_write[i] ? "write" : "read ", q_addr[i],
                       q_write[i] ? q_data[i] : q_rdata[i], resp_name(s_resp),
                       opt(q_excl[i], s_exok ? " EXOKAY" : " (HEXOKAY low: exclusive failed)"));
endtask

task automatic drive();
  logic [15:0] lanes;
  logic [63:0] s;
  int e;
  if (a_idx >= 0) begin
    e = a_idx;
    htrans = q_trans[e]; haddr = q_addr[e] + (moved ? (1 << q_size[e]) : 0); hwrite = q_write[e]; hsize = q_size[e];
    hburst = q_burst[e]; hprot = q_prot[e]; hmastlock = q_lock[e]; hexcl = q_excl[e]; hmaster = q_master[e];
  end else begin
    htrans = IDLE; hmastlock = 0; hexcl = 0;      // address and control keep their last values
  end
  if (d_idx >= 0 && q_write[d_idx]) begin
    lanes = beat_lanes(q_addr[d_idx], q_size[d_idx], BUS_BYTES);
    s = beat_strb(q_addr[d_idx], q_size[d_idx], BUS_BYTES);
    hwdata = q_data[d_idx] << (8 * lanes[7:0]);
    hwstrb = q_sforce[d_idx] ? q_strb[d_idx][BUS_BYTES-1:0] : s[BUS_BYTES-1:0];
    beat_a = q_addr[d_idx]; beat_m = hwstrb;
  end else begin
    hwdata = '0; hwstrb = '0; beat_m = 0;
  end
endtask

always @(posedge hclk) begin
  s_ready = hready; s_resp = hresp; s_exok = hexokay; s_rdata = hrdata; s_addr = haddr; s_trans = htrans;
  s_write = hwrite; s_size = hsize; s_burst = hburst;
  s_done = -1; s_acc = -1; s_cmode = 0;
  if (hresetn) begin
    if (s_ready === 1'b1) begin
      s_done = d_idx; d_idx = -1;
      if (a_idx >= 0 && moved) q_addr[a_idx] = s_addr;   // the address the subordinate took
      if (a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx] != IDLE) s_acc = a_idx;
      if (a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx][1]) d_idx = a_idx;
      a_idx = -1; moved = 0;
      if (running && q_next < q_n) begin a_idx = q_next; q_next = q_next + 1; end
    end else if (s_resp === 1'b1 && !no_cancel && a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx] != IDLE) begin
      // the first cycle of an ERROR: the transfer already on the wires is cancelled (IHI 0033C 5.1.3)
      s_cfrom = a_idx;
      if (d_idx >= 0 && q_bn[a_idx] == q_bn[d_idx]) begin
        s_cto = a_idx;
        while (s_cto < q_n && q_bn[s_cto] == q_bn[d_idx]) begin q_state[s_cto] = 2; s_cto = s_cto + 1; end
        q_next = s_cto; s_cmode = 1;               // the rest of the burst is dropped
      end else if (reissue) begin
        q_next = a_idx; s_cmode = 2;               // a separate transfer: issued again after the ERROR
      end else begin
        q_state[a_idx] = 2; s_cto = a_idx + 1; s_cmode = 3;   // a separate transfer, dropped
      end
      a_idx = -1;
    end else if (move_in_wait && a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx][1]) moved = 1;
  end
  #1;
  if (s_done >= 0) complete(s_done);
  if (s_acc >= 0 && !quiet)
    $display("e%0d A  %0s %0s addr=0x%0h size=%0d %0s%0s%0s", cycle, trans_name(s_trans), s_write ? "WRITE" : "READ", s_addr, s_size,
             burst_name(s_burst), opt(q_lock[s_acc], " locked"), opt(q_excl[s_acc], " exclusive"));
  if (s_cmode == 1 && !quiet)
    for (int j = s_cfrom; j < s_cto; j++)
      if (q_trans[j][1]) $display("e%0d X  cancelled %0s %0s addr=0x%0h (the rest of the burst is dropped)", cycle, trans_name(q_trans[j]), q_write[j] ? "WRITE" : "READ", q_addr[j]);
  if (s_cmode == 3 && !quiet)
    $display("e%0d X  cancelled %0s %0s addr=0x%0h", cycle, trans_name(q_trans[s_cfrom]), q_write[s_cfrom] ? "WRITE" : "READ", q_addr[s_cfrom]);
  if (s_cmode == 2 && !quiet)
    $display("e%0d X  withdrew %0s %0s addr=0x%0h (issued again after the ERROR)", cycle, trans_name(q_trans[s_cfrom]), q_write[s_cfrom] ? "WRITE" : "READ", q_addr[s_cfrom]);
  drive();
  drv_done = running && q_next >= q_n && a_idx < 0 && d_idx < 0;   // go() returns after this edge's log
end

// A text waveform for the lesson's trace blocks: with watch = 1, one line per rising edge with the
// values sampled at that edge (cycle k of a trace is what edge k sees).
int wave_edge = -1;
always @(posedge hclk) begin
  wave_edge = wave_edge + 1;
  if (watch) $display("wave e%0d: htrans=%0s haddr=%h hwrite=%b hsize=%0d hburst=%0s hwdata=%h hready=%b hresp=%b hrdata=%h",
                      wave_edge, trans_name(htrans), haddr, hwrite, hsize, burst_name(hburst), hwdata, hready, hresp, hrdata);
end

// Put the queue on the bus and wait until every transfer in it has ended; then empty the queue.
task automatic go();
  n_rd = 0; drv_done = 0; running = 1;
  wait (drv_done);
  running = 0; drv_done = 0; q_n = 0; q_next = 0;
endtask

// The table of a burst before it runs: the address, lanes and strobe of every beat.
task automatic beat_table(input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] hb, input int beats = 0);
  int n;
  int unsigned a, window, base;
  logic [15:0] lanes;
  logic [63:0] s;
  n = beats_of(hb) ? beats_of(hb) : (beats > 0 ? beats : 1);
  a = addr;
  $display("%0s at 0x%0h: %0d beat%0s of %0d byte%0s, bus %0d bytes", burst_name(hb), addr, n, opt(n > 1, "s"), 1 << size, opt(size != 0, "s"), BUS_BYTES);
  if (is_wrap(hb)) begin
    window = (1 << size) * beats_of(hb); base = (addr / window) * window;
    $display("  wraps inside 0x%0h-0x%0h (%0d beats x %0d bytes)", base, base + window - 1, beats_of(hb), 1 << size);
  end
  $display("  beat  address  lanes  strobe");
  for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) begin
    lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, BUS_BYTES);
    s = beat_strb(a, size, BUS_BYTES);
    $display("  %4d  0x%05h  %0d-%0d    %b", k, a[19:0], lanes[7:0], lanes[15:8], s[BUS_BYTES-1:0]);
    a = m_next(a, size, hb);
  end
  if (crosses_1k(addr, size, hb, n)) $display("  this burst crosses a 1 KB boundary");
  if (!aligned(addr, size)) $display("  0x%0h is not aligned to %0d bytes: AHB does not allow it", addr, 1 << size);
endtask

// One byte of the memory that owns an address (the fabric's second memory from 0x1000).
function automatic logic [7:0] mem_byte(input int unsigned a);
`ifdef AHB_MEM1
  if (a >= 32'h1000 && a < 32'h2000) return `AHB_MEM1.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH];
  if (a >= 32'h1000) return 8'h00;
`endif
  return `AHB_MEM.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH];
endfunction
task automatic set_byte(input int unsigned a, input logic [7:0] v);
`ifdef AHB_MEM1
  if (a >= 32'h1000 && a < 32'h2000) `AHB_MEM1.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH] = v;
  else if (a < 32'h1000) `AHB_MEM.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH] = v;
`else
  `AHB_MEM.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH] = v;
`endif
endtask

// The memory, n bytes from addr, one bus word per group.
task automatic dump(input int unsigned addr, input int n);
  string line;
  int unsigned a = (addr / 16) * 16;
  while (a < addr + n) begin
    line = $sformatf("0x%05h ", a[19:0]);
    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) begin
      if (i % BUS_BYTES == 0) line = {line, " "};
      line = {line, $sformatf(" %02h", mem_byte(a + i))};
    end
    $display("%s", line);
    a = a + 16;
  end
endtask

// Fill n bytes from addr with first, first+1, ... so untouched bytes stay recognisable.
task automatic mem_fill(input int unsigned addr, input int n, input logic [7:0] first = 8'h00);
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) set_byte(addr + i, first + i[7:0]);
endtask

// Drive nothing new for n cycles.
task automatic idle(input int n);
  repeat (n) @(posedge hclk);
  #1;
endtask

Check yourself

Predict the outputThe example's traffic runs with the beat log silenced: an INCR4 write burst with one BUSY before beat 2, one IDLE, and a single read. The checker counts transfers. What is the one line it prints?
`timescale 1ns/1ps
module tb;
  import ahb_pkg::*;
  localparam int DATA_W = 32, BUS_BYTES = DATA_W / 8;
  logic hclk = 0, hresetn = 0;
  always #5 hclk = ~hclk;                 // rising edges at 5, 15, 25, ...
  logic [31:0]       haddr = 0;
  logic [1:0]        htrans = 0;
  logic              hwrite = 0, hmastlock = 0, hexcl = 0;
  logic [2:0]        hsize = 0, hburst = 0;
  logic [3:0]        hprot = 4'b0011, hmaster = 0;
  logic [DATA_W-1:0] hwdata = 0;
  logic [DATA_W/8-1:0] hwstrb = 0;
  logic [DATA_W-1:0] hrdata;
  logic              hready, hresp, hexokay;
  logic hreadyout;
  ahb_mem #(.DATA_W(DATA_W)) mem (.hclk(hclk), .hresetn(hresetn), .hsel(1'b1), .haddr(haddr), .htrans(htrans), .hwrite(hwrite), .hsize(hsize), .hburst(hburst), .hprot(hprot), .hmastlock(hmastlock), .hwdata(hwdata), .hwstrb(hwstrb), .hexcl(hexcl), .hmaster(hmaster), .hready(hready),
    .hreadyout(hreadyout), .hresp(hresp), .hrdata(hrdata), .hexokay(hexokay));
  assign hready = hreadyout;              // one subordinate: its HREADYOUT is the bus HREADY
  `define AHB_MEM mem
  `define AHB_DEPTH 65536
  ahb_checker #(.DATA_W(DATA_W)) chk (.hclk(hclk), .hresetn(hresetn), .haddr(haddr), .htrans(htrans), .hwrite(hwrite), .hsize(hsize), .hburst(hburst), .hprot(hprot), .hmastlock(hmastlock), .hwdata(hwdata), .hexcl(hexcl), .hready(hready), .hresp(hresp), .hrdata(hrdata), .hexokay(hexokay));
  `include "ahb_tasks.svh"

  initial begin

    repeat (2) @(posedge hclk); #1 hresetn = 1;   // reset released after edge 1
    @(posedge hclk); #1;                          // the first transfer may start after edge 2
    quiet = 1;
    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) wd[i] = 32'hb0 + i;
    ahb_burst(1, INCR4, 32'h200, 2);
    busy_at(2, 1);
    idle_q(1);
    ahb_read(32'h208, 2);
    go();
    repeat (3) @(posedge hclk);
    $finish;
  end
endmodule
Read included file: ahb_pkg.sv
`timescale 1ns/1ns
// ahb_pkg.sv: the encodings and the arithmetic of a burst (read-only).
// The memory, the driver, the checker and the lesson text all use these functions, so they never
// disagree about the address of a beat or the lanes it uses.
package ahb_pkg;
  localparam logic [1:0] IDLE = 2'b00, BUSY = 2'b01, NONSEQ = 2'b10, SEQ = 2'b11;
  localparam logic [2:0] SINGLE = 3'b000, INCR = 3'b001, WRAP4 = 3'b010, INCR4 = 3'b011,
                         WRAP8 = 3'b100, INCR8 = 3'b101, WRAP16 = 3'b110, INCR16 = 3'b111;
  localparam logic OKAY = 1'b0, ERROR = 1'b1;

  function automatic string trans_name(input logic [1:0] t);
    case (t) IDLE: return "IDLE"; BUSY: return "BUSY"; NONSEQ: return "NONSEQ"; default: return "SEQ"; endcase
  endfunction
  function automatic string burst_name(input logic [2:0] b);
    case (b)
      SINGLE: return "SINGLE"; INCR: return "INCR"; WRAP4: return "WRAP4"; INCR4: return "INCR4";
      WRAP8: return "WRAP8"; INCR8: return "INCR8"; WRAP16: return "WRAP16"; default: return "INCR16";
    endcase
  endfunction
  function automatic string resp_name(input logic r);
    return r ? "ERROR" : "OKAY";
  endfunction
  // s when c is 1, else the empty string (a string-typed result prints the same on every simulator).
  function automatic string opt(input bit c, input string s);
    if (c) return s;
    return "";
  endfunction

  // Beats in a burst: 1 for SINGLE, 4, 8 or 16 for the fixed bursts, 0 for INCR (undefined length).
  function automatic int beats_of(input logic [2:0] b);
    case (b) SINGLE: return 1; INCR: return 0; WRAP4, INCR4: return 4; WRAP8, INCR8: return 8; default: return 16; endcase
  endfunction
  function automatic bit is_wrap(input logic [2:0] b);
    return b == WRAP4 || b == WRAP8 || b == WRAP16;
  endfunction

  // The address of the beat after the one at a: the size in bytes further on; a wrapping burst
  // returns to the start of its window (beats x size bytes, aligned to that total) at the window's end.
  function automatic int unsigned next_addr(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b);
    int unsigned nb = 1 << size;
    int unsigned window = nb * beats_of(b);
    int unsigned base;
    if (!is_wrap(b)) return a + nb;
    base = (a / window) * window;
    if (a + nb >= base + window) return base;
    return a + nb;
  endfunction

  // The address of beat n of a burst that starts at start.
  function automatic int unsigned beat_addr(input int unsigned start, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b, input int n);
    int unsigned a = start;
    for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) a = next_addr(a, size, b);
    return a;
  endfunction

  // The lanes a transfer at address a uses on a bus of bus_bytes bytes, packed as {upper, lower}.
  // Every AHB transfer is aligned to its size, so it uses size bytes from its own lane upwards.
  function automatic logic [15:0] beat_lanes(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input int bus_bytes);
    int lower = a % bus_bytes;
    int upper = lower + (1 << size) - 1;
    if (upper > bus_bytes - 1) upper = bus_bytes - 1;
    return {upper[7:0], lower[7:0]};
  endfunction

  // The strobe of a transfer: a 1 for every lane it uses (bit l is lane l).
  function automatic logic [63:0] beat_strb(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input int bus_bytes);
    logic [15:0] lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, bus_bytes);
    logic [63:0] s = 0;
    for (int l = lanes[7:0]; l <= lanes[15:8]; l++) s[l] = 1'b1;
    return s;
  endfunction

  function automatic bit aligned(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size);
    return (a % (1 << size)) == 0;
  endfunction

  // True when an incrementing burst of n beats (n is used only for INCR) crosses a 1 KB boundary.
  function automatic bit crosses_1k(input int unsigned start, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b, input int n);
    int beats = beats_of(b) ? beats_of(b) : n;
    if (is_wrap(b) || beats < 2) return 0;
    return (start / 1024) != ((start + beats * (1 << size) - 1) / 1024);
  endfunction
endpackage
Read included file: ahb_mem.sv
`timescale 1ns/1ns
// ahb_mem.sv: an AHB subordinate with a byte-addressed memory behind it (read-only in this lesson).
// It registers an address phase at an edge where HSEL is 1, HTRANS is NONSEQ or SEQ and HREADY is 1,
// then runs the data phase: wait states with HREADYOUT low, a write takes HWDATA (and HWSTRB) at the
// edge that ends the data phase, a read drives HRDATA for the cycle that ends it. IDLE and BUSY get a
// zero-wait OKAY and change nothing. The switches below are plain variables: the stimulus sets them by
// name (mem.waits = 2;).
//   waits          wait states inserted in every data phase
//   waits_at[k]    wait states for the k-th transfer this memory takes (from 0; -1 = use waits)
//   err_above      transfers at or above this address get the two-cycle ERROR (and write nothing)
//   excl_on        AHB5 exclusive access: one monitor per HMASTER, HEXOKAY on success
//   trace          print every transfer the memory takes and every byte it writes
// Broken twins, each off by default:
//   ignore_hready    registers an address phase while HREADY is low (another subordinate is stretching),
//                    so it acts on a transfer the manager may still change or cancel
//   wdata_in_addr    takes HWDATA in the address phase, so a write stores the previous transfer's data
//   act_on_idle      treats IDLE and BUSY as transfers (waits, reads, writes HWDATA); this twin is an
//                    AHB-Lite design without an HWSTRB input, so it writes the lanes HSIZE selects
//   one_cycle_error  answers ERROR in one cycle (HRESP high with HREADYOUT high)
//   ignore_size      writes every lane of the bus word, whatever HSIZE and HWSTRB say
module ahb_mem #(parameter int DATA_W = 32, parameter int DEPTH = 65536) (
  input  logic              hclk,
  input  logic              hresetn,
  input  logic              hsel,
  input  logic [31:0]       haddr,
  input  logic [1:0]        htrans,
  input  logic              hwrite,
  input  logic [2:0]        hsize,
  input  logic [2:0]        hburst,
  input  logic [3:0]        hprot,
  input  logic              hmastlock,
  input  logic [DATA_W-1:0] hwdata,
  input  logic [DATA_W/8-1:0] hwstrb,
  input  logic              hexcl,
  input  logic [3:0]        hmaster,
  input  logic              hready,
  output logic              hreadyout,
  output logic              hresp,
  output logic [DATA_W-1:0] hrdata,
  output logic              hexokay
);
  import ahb_pkg::*;
  localparam int BUS = DATA_W / 8;

  // ---- switches ----
  int waits = 0;
  int waits_at [0:63];
  int unsigned err_above = 32'hffff_ffff;
  bit excl_on = 0, trace = 0;
  bit ignore_hready = 0, wdata_in_addr = 0, act_on_idle = 0, one_cycle_error = 0, ignore_size = 0;

  // ---- the memory ----
  logic [7:0] mem [0:DEPTH-1];
  int cycle = -1;
  int taken = 0;                              // transfers taken so far

  // ---- the data phase in progress ----
  bit              d_valid = 0, d_write = 0, d_err = 0, d_exok = 0, d_xfail = 0;
  int unsigned     d_addr = 0;
  logic [2:0]      d_size = 0;
  logic [1:0]      d_trans = 0;
  logic [DATA_W-1:0] d_wd = 0;                // HWDATA seen in the address phase (the wdata_in_addr twin)
  int              d_cnt = 0;                 // wait states still to insert
  bit              e_two = 0;                 // the ERROR response is in its second cycle

  // ---- exclusive monitors, one per HMASTER ----
  bit          mon_use [0:15];
  int unsigned mon_addr [0:15];
  int          mon_bytes [0:15];

  initial begin
    for (int i = 0; i < DEPTH; i++) mem[i] = 8'h00;
    for (int k = 0; k < 64; k++) waits_at[k] = -1;
    for (int m = 0; m < 16; m++) mon_use[m] = 0;
    hreadyout = 1; hresp = 0; hrdata = 0; hexokay = 0;
  end

  function automatic logic [DATA_W-1:0] read_word(input int unsigned a);
    logic [DATA_W-1:0] w = 0;
    int unsigned word = (a / BUS) * BUS;
    for (int l = 0; l < BUS; l++) w[8*l +: 8] = mem[(word + l) % DEPTH];
    return w;
  endfunction

  // Write the lanes of one transfer: the lanes its address and size select, where the strobe is 1.
  task automatic write_bytes(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [DATA_W-1:0] data, input logic [BUS-1:0] strb);
    logic [15:0] lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, BUS);
    int unsigned word = (a / BUS) * BUS;
    int lo = ignore_size ? 0 : lanes[7:0];
    int hi = ignore_size ? BUS - 1 : lanes[15:8];
    for (int l = lo; l <= hi; l++)
      if (ignore_size || act_on_idle || strb[l]) begin
        mem[(word + l) % DEPTH] = data[8*l +: 8];
        if (trace) $display("mem e%0d:   byte 0x%0h <= %02h (lane %0d)", cycle, word + l, data[8*l +: 8], l);
      end
    // any write ends the exclusive monitors that cover one of its bytes
    for (int m = 0; m < 16; m++)
      if (mon_use[m] && a < mon_addr[m] + mon_bytes[m] && mon_addr[m] < a + (1 << size)) mon_use[m] = 0;
  endtask

  always @(posedge hclk) begin
    cycle = cycle + 1;
    if (!hresetn) begin
      d_valid = 0; e_two = 0;
      hreadyout <= 1; hresp <= 0; hexokay <= 0;
    end else begin
      // 1. the data phase that ends or waits at this edge
      if (d_valid) begin
        if (hreadyout && hready) begin
          if (d_write && !d_err && !d_xfail)
            write_bytes(d_addr, d_size, wdata_in_addr ? d_wd : hwdata, hwstrb);
          d_valid = 0;
        end else if (!hreadyout) begin
          if (d_cnt > 0) d_cnt = d_cnt - 1;
          else if (d_err) e_two = 1;
        end
      end
      // 2. the address phase on the wires at this edge
      if (hsel && (htrans[1] || act_on_idle) && (hready || (ignore_hready && !d_valid))) begin
        d_valid = 1; d_addr = haddr; d_write = hwrite; d_size = hsize; d_trans = htrans; d_wd = hwdata;
        d_cnt = (taken < 64 && waits_at[taken] >= 0) ? waits_at[taken] : waits;
        taken = taken + 1;
        d_err = (haddr >= err_above); e_two = 0;
        d_exok = 0; d_xfail = 0;
        if (excl_on && hexcl && htrans[1] && !d_err) begin
          if (!hwrite) begin
            mon_use[hmaster] = 1; mon_addr[hmaster] = haddr; mon_bytes[hmaster] = 1 << hsize; d_exok = 1;
          end else if (mon_use[hmaster] && mon_addr[hmaster] == haddr && mon_bytes[hmaster] == (1 << hsize)) begin
            d_exok = 1; mon_use[hmaster] = 0;
          end else d_xfail = 1;
        end
        if (trace) $display("mem e%0d: %0s %0s 0x%0h size %0d%0s%0s%0s", cycle, trans_name(htrans), hwrite ? "write" : "read", haddr, hsize,
                            opt(!hready, " (taken while HREADY is low)"), opt(d_err, " -> ERROR"),
                            opt(d_xfail, " -> exclusive failed"));
      end
      // 3. the response for the cycle that starts now
      if (d_valid && d_cnt > 0) begin
        hreadyout <= 0; hresp <= 0; hexokay <= 0;
      end else if (d_valid && d_err) begin
        hreadyout <= one_cycle_error ? 1'b1 : e_two; hresp <= 1; hexokay <= 0;
      end else begin
        hreadyout <= 1; hresp <= 0; hexokay <= d_valid && d_exok;
      end
      if (d_valid && !d_write) hrdata <= d_err ? '0 : read_word(d_addr);
    end
  end
endmodule
Read included file: ahb_checker.sv
`timescale 1ns/1ns
// ahb_checker.sv: the rules of an AHB interface, checked at every rising edge (read-only).
// Each broken rule is named with the edge where it was seen:
//   reset         HTRANS is not IDLE, or HREADY is low, while reset is active;
//   hold          the address or control changed during a wait state (HREADY low), outside the
//                 changes the protocol allows;
//   trans_change  HTRANS changed during a wait state other than IDLE to NONSEQ, BUSY to SEQ (fixed
//                 bursts) or BUSY to anything (INCR); or SEQ/BUSY with no burst in progress;
//   seq_addr      a SEQ or BUSY address that is not the previous beat's address plus the size
//                 (wrapped for a WRAP burst);
//   burst_ctrl    HSIZE, HBURST, HWRITE or HPROT changed inside a burst;
//   align         a transfer not aligned to its size;
//   size_bus      a transfer wider than the data bus;
//   kb1           an incrementing burst that crosses a 1 KB boundary;
//   burst_len     a fixed-length burst that ends early or runs long, BUSY after a SINGLE, or BUSY
//                 after the last beat of a fixed-length burst;
//   idle_okay     an IDLE or BUSY transfer that did not get a zero-wait OKAY;
//   err_shape     an ERROR that is not two cycles (HREADY low then high, HRESP high in both);
//   exokay        HEXOKAY with HREADY low, with an ERROR, or for a transfer that was not exclusive;
//   known         x on the address, control, or the active lanes of the data.
// A NOTE (not a broken rule) marks a transfer kept after the first cycle of an ERROR: the protocol
// allows it, most managers cancel.
module ahb_checker #(parameter int DATA_W = 32) (
  input logic              hclk,
  input logic              hresetn,
  input logic [31:0]       haddr,
  input logic [1:0]        htrans,
  input logic              hwrite,
  input logic [2:0]        hsize,
  input logic [2:0]        hburst,
  input logic [3:0]        hprot,
  input logic              hmastlock,
  input logic [DATA_W-1:0] hwdata,
  input logic              hexcl,
  input logic              hready,
  input logic              hresp,
  input logic [DATA_W-1:0] hrdata,
  input logic              hexokay
);
  import ahb_pkg::*;
  localparam int BUS = DATA_W / 8;
  int cycle = -1, transfers = 0, waits = 0, errors = 0, broken = 0, notes = 0;

  function void report(input string rule, input string what);
    broken++;
    $display("RULE %s broken at edge %0d: %s", rule, cycle, what);
  endfunction

  function automatic logic [DATA_W-1:0] lane_mask(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size);
    logic [15:0] lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, BUS);
    logic [DATA_W-1:0] m = '0;
    for (int l = lanes[7:0]; l <= lanes[15:8]; l++) m[8*l +: 8] = 8'hff;
    return m;
  endfunction

  // The previous edge.
  bit          p_on = 0;
  logic        p_ready = 1, p_resp = 0, p_write = 0, p_lock = 0;
  logic [1:0]  p_trans = 0;
  logic [31:0] p_addr = 0;
  logic [2:0]  p_size = 0, p_burst = 0;
  logic [3:0]  p_prot = 0;
  bit          e_first = 0;           // the previous edge was the first cycle of an ERROR
  // The data phase in progress.
  bit          d_on = 0, d_idle = 0, d_write = 0, d_excl = 0;
  int unsigned d_addr = 0;
  logic [2:0]  d_size = 0;
  // The burst in progress.
  bit          b_on = 0, b_err = 0, b_write = 0, b_kb = 0;
  logic [2:0]  b_burst = 0, b_size = 0;
  logic [3:0]  b_prot = 0;
  int unsigned b_first = 0, b_last = 0;
  int          b_count = 0;
  int unsigned exp_a;

  task automatic end_burst();
    if (b_on && beats_of(b_burst) > 1 && b_count < beats_of(b_burst) && !b_err)
      report("burst_len", $sformatf("%0s burst at 0x%0h ended after %0d of %0d beats", burst_name(b_burst), b_first, b_count, beats_of(b_burst)));
    b_on = 0;
  endtask

  task automatic check_beat();
    if ((1 << hsize) > BUS) report("size_bus", $sformatf("a %0d-byte transfer on a %0d-byte bus", 1 << hsize, BUS));
    if (!aligned(haddr, hsize)) report("align", $sformatf("a %0d-byte transfer at 0x%0h is not aligned to its size", 1 << hsize, haddr));
  endtask

  task automatic check_ctrl(input string what);
    if (hsize !== b_size || hburst !== b_burst || hwrite !== b_write || hprot !== b_prot)
      report("burst_ctrl", $sformatf("%0s at 0x%0h changed HSIZE, HBURST, HWRITE or HPROT inside the burst", what, haddr));
  endtask

  always @(posedge hclk) begin
    cycle++;
    if (!hresetn) begin
      if (htrans !== IDLE) report("reset", "HTRANS is not IDLE during reset");
      if (hready !== 1) report("reset", "HREADY is low during reset");
      p_on = 0; d_on = 0; b_on = 0; e_first = 0;
    end else begin
      // ---- the data phase that ends or waits at this edge ----
      if (hready === 0) waits++;
      if (e_first) begin
        if (hresp !== 1 || hready !== 1) report("err_shape", "the second cycle of an ERROR must have HRESP high and HREADY high");
      end else if (hresp === 1 && hready === 1)
        report("err_shape", "ERROR with HREADY high in its first cycle: an ERROR takes two cycles");
      if (hresp === 1 && b_on) b_err = 1;
      if (d_on && d_idle) begin
        if (hready !== 1 || hresp !== 0) report("idle_okay", "an IDLE or BUSY transfer must get a zero-wait OKAY");
        d_on = 0;
      end
      if (hexokay === 1) begin
        if (hready !== 1) report("exokay", "HEXOKAY while HREADY is low");
        else if (hresp === 1) report("exokay", "HEXOKAY together with an ERROR");
        else if (!(d_on && d_excl)) report("exokay", "HEXOKAY for a transfer that was not exclusive");
      end
      if (hready === 1 && d_on && !d_idle) begin
        if (d_write && $isunknown(hwdata & lane_mask(d_addr, d_size))) report("known", "HWDATA is x on an active lane");
        if (!d_write && hresp === 0 && $isunknown(hrdata & lane_mask(d_addr, d_size))) report("known", "HRDATA is x on an active lane");
        transfers++;
        if (hresp === 1) errors++;
        d_on = 0;
      end
      if (e_first && hready === 1 && (htrans === NONSEQ || htrans === SEQ)) begin
        notes++;
        $display("NOTE cancel at edge %0d: the %0s at 0x%0h behind an ERROR was kept, not cancelled (allowed; most managers cancel)", cycle, trans_name(htrans), haddr);
      end
      // ---- the address phase on the wires at this edge ----
      if (htrans !== IDLE && ($isunknown(haddr) || $isunknown(hwrite) || $isunknown(hsize) || $isunknown(hburst)))
        report("known", "address or control is x while HTRANS is not IDLE");
      if ($isunknown(htrans)) report("known", "HTRANS is x");
      if (p_on && p_ready === 0 && !e_first) begin
        // a wait state at the previous edge: only the allowed changes
        if (p_trans == IDLE) begin
          if (htrans === BUSY || htrans === SEQ) report("trans_change", $sformatf("IDLE changed to %0s during a wait state (only NONSEQ may follow)", trans_name(htrans)));
        end else if (p_trans == BUSY) begin
          if (p_burst != INCR) begin
            if (htrans !== BUSY && htrans !== SEQ) report("trans_change", $sformatf("BUSY in a %0s burst changed to %0s during a wait state (only SEQ may follow)", burst_name(p_burst), trans_name(htrans)));
            else if (haddr !== p_addr) report("hold", $sformatf("HADDR changed from 0x%0h to 0x%0h during a wait state", p_addr, haddr));
          end
        end else begin
          if (htrans !== p_trans) report("trans_change", $sformatf("%0s changed to %0s during a wait state", trans_name(p_trans), trans_name(htrans)));
          else if (haddr !== p_addr) report("hold", $sformatf("HADDR changed from 0x%0h to 0x%0h during a wait state", p_addr, haddr));
          else if (hwrite !== p_write || hsize !== p_size || hburst !== p_burst || hprot !== p_prot || hmastlock !== p_lock)
            report("hold", "HWRITE, HSIZE, HBURST, HPROT or HMASTLOCK changed during a wait state");
        end
      end
      if (hready === 1) begin
        // the address phase is accepted at this edge
        if (htrans === IDLE) begin
          end_burst();
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 1;
        end else if (htrans === NONSEQ) begin
          end_burst();
          check_beat();
          b_on = 1; b_err = 0; b_kb = 0; b_first = haddr; b_last = haddr; b_count = 1;
          b_burst = hburst; b_size = hsize; b_write = hwrite; b_prot = hprot;
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 0; d_write = hwrite; d_addr = haddr; d_size = hsize; d_excl = hexcl;
        end else if (htrans === SEQ) begin
          if (!b_on) report("trans_change", $sformatf("SEQ at 0x%0h with no burst in progress", haddr));
          else begin
            exp_a = next_addr(b_last, b_size, b_burst);
            if (haddr !== exp_a) report("seq_addr", $sformatf("SEQ at 0x%0h; the beat after 0x%0h in a %0s burst of %0d-byte transfers is 0x%0h", haddr, b_last, burst_name(b_burst), 1 << b_size, exp_a));
            check_ctrl("SEQ");
            if (!is_wrap(b_burst) && !b_kb && (haddr / 1024) != (b_first / 1024)) begin
              b_kb = 1;
              report("kb1", $sformatf("SEQ at 0x%0h crosses the 1 KB boundary of the burst that started at 0x%0h", haddr, b_first));
            end
            b_count++;
            if (beats_of(b_burst) > 0 && b_count > beats_of(b_burst))
              report("burst_len", $sformatf("beat %0d of a %0s burst, which has %0d beats", b_count, burst_name(b_burst), beats_of(b_burst)));
            b_last = haddr;
          end
          check_beat();
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 0; d_write = hwrite; d_addr = haddr; d_size = hsize; d_excl = hexcl;
        end else if (htrans === BUSY) begin
          if (!b_on) report("trans_change", $sformatf("BUSY at 0x%0h with no burst in progress", haddr));
          else if (b_burst == SINGLE) report("burst_len", "BUSY after a SINGLE transfer");
          else begin
            exp_a = next_addr(b_last, b_size, b_burst);
            if (beats_of(b_burst) > 1 && b_count == beats_of(b_burst))
              report("burst_len", $sformatf("BUSY after the last beat of the %0s burst (a fixed-length burst ends with SEQ)", burst_name(b_burst)));
            else if (haddr !== exp_a) report("seq_addr", $sformatf("BUSY at 0x%0h must show the next beat's address 0x%0h", haddr, exp_a));
            check_ctrl("BUSY");
          end
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 1;
        end
      end
      e_first = (hresp === 1 && hready === 0);
    end
    p_on = hresetn; p_ready = hready; p_resp = hresp; p_trans = htrans; p_addr = haddr; p_write = hwrite;
    p_size = hsize; p_burst = hburst; p_prot = hprot; p_lock = hmastlock;
  end
  final $display("checker: %0d transfers, %0d wait edges, %0d errors, %0d rules broken", transfers, waits, errors, broken);
endmodule
Read included file: ahb_tasks.svh
// ahb_tasks.svh: the manager side of the bench, as tasks for the stimulus (read-only).
// ahb_write, ahb_read and ahb_burst queue transfers; go() puts the queue on the bus and returns when
// the last data phase has ended. The driver below issues the next address phase at the same edge where
// the previous one is accepted, so the address of transfer N+1 is on the wires during the data phase
// of transfer N. Write data for a burst goes in wd[0], wd[1], ... (one entry per beat, the lowest byte
// at the lowest address); the data of every read comes back in rd[0], rd[1], ... in issue order, with
// the responses in rr[].
// The beat log has one line per accepted address phase (A), per ended data phase (D) and per transfer
// the manager cancels (X), each with the edge where it happened; watch = 1 adds one line per edge.
int cycle = -1;
always @(posedge hclk) cycle = cycle + 1;

localparam int QN = 512;
int unsigned q_addr [0:QN-1];
logic        q_write [0:QN-1];
logic [2:0]  q_size [0:QN-1];
logic [2:0]  q_burst [0:QN-1];
logic [1:0]  q_trans [0:QN-1];
logic [63:0] q_data [0:QN-1];
logic        q_lock [0:QN-1], q_excl [0:QN-1], q_sforce [0:QN-1];
logic [3:0]  q_prot [0:QN-1], q_master [0:QN-1];
logic [7:0]  q_strb [0:QN-1];
int          q_bn [0:QN-1], q_beat [0:QN-1], q_state [0:QN-1];   // burst number, beat, 0 queued 1 done 2 cancelled
logic [63:0] q_rdata [0:QN-1];
logic        q_resp [0:QN-1], q_exok [0:QN-1];
int q_n = 0, q_next = 0, bn = 0, last_start = 0, last_bn = 0;

logic [63:0] wd [0:255];
logic [63:0] rd [0:255];
logic        rr [0:255];
int          n_rd = 0;
logic        last_resp = 0, last_exokay = 0;
// quiet = 1 silences the beat log; watch = 1 prints the bus at every edge.
bit quiet = 0, watch = 0, running = 0, drv_done = 0;
// Driver switches (broken twins, off by default):
//   move_in_wait  the address moves on by one transfer size during a wait state
//   no_cancel     the transfer behind an ERROR is not cancelled (allowed, but the checker notes it)
// After the first cycle of an ERROR the driver cancels the transfer already in its address phase: the
// rest of the same burst is dropped; a separate transfer is issued again afterwards (reissue = 0 drops it).
//   busy_end      a BUSY after the last beat of every fixed-length burst
//   cross_1k      incrementing bursts are issued across a 1 KB boundary instead of being split
//   unaligned     transfers not aligned to their size are issued instead of refused
//   wrap_bug      a WRAP8 burst's addresses wrap inside 16 bytes, as if it were WRAP4
bit reissue = 1;
bit move_in_wait = 0, no_cancel = 0, busy_end = 0, cross_1k = 0, unaligned = 0, wrap_bug = 0;
// Attributes of the transfers queued next.
logic       lock = 0, excl = 0;
logic [3:0] prot = 4'b0011, master = 0;
bit         strb_force = 0;
logic [7:0] strb_val = 8'hff;
// What the bus is carrying in the data phase, for the waveform scenes: the address and lanes of the beat.
int unsigned beat_a = 0;
logic [7:0]  beat_m = 0;

function automatic int unsigned m_next(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b);
  if (wrap_bug && b == WRAP8) return next_addr(a, size, WRAP4);
  return next_addr(a, size, b);
endfunction

task automatic q_push(input int unsigned a, input logic w, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b, input logic [1:0] t,
                      input logic [63:0] data, input int burst_no, input int beat);
  q_addr[q_n] = a; q_write[q_n] = w; q_size[q_n] = size; q_burst[q_n] = b; q_trans[q_n] = t; q_data[q_n] = data;
  q_lock[q_n] = lock; q_excl[q_n] = excl; q_prot[q_n] = prot; q_master[q_n] = master;
  q_sforce[q_n] = strb_force; q_strb[q_n] = strb_val;
  q_bn[q_n] = burst_no; q_beat[q_n] = beat; q_state[q_n] = 0; q_resp[q_n] = 0; q_exok[q_n] = 0; q_rdata[q_n] = 0;
  q_n = q_n + 1;
endtask

task automatic q_copy(input int dst, input int src);
  q_addr[dst] = q_addr[src]; q_write[dst] = q_write[src]; q_size[dst] = q_size[src]; q_burst[dst] = q_burst[src];
  q_trans[dst] = q_trans[src]; q_data[dst] = q_data[src]; q_lock[dst] = q_lock[src]; q_excl[dst] = q_excl[src];
  q_prot[dst] = q_prot[src]; q_master[dst] = q_master[src]; q_sforce[dst] = q_sforce[src]; q_strb[dst] = q_strb[src];
  q_bn[dst] = q_bn[src]; q_beat[dst] = q_beat[src]; q_state[dst] = q_state[src];
endtask

// One write of size bytes (0 = byte, 1 = halfword, 2 = word) at addr; data holds the bytes, lowest first.
task automatic ahb_write(input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [63:0] data);
  if (!unaligned && !aligned(addr, size))
    $display("refused: a %0d-byte transfer at 0x%0h is not aligned (every AHB transfer is aligned to its size)", 1 << size, addr);
  else begin
    bn = bn + 1; last_start = q_n; last_bn = bn;
    q_push(addr, 1, size, SINGLE, NONSEQ, data, bn, 0);
  end
endtask

// One read of size bytes at addr; the bytes come back in rd[] in issue order.
task automatic ahb_read(input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size);
  if (!unaligned && !aligned(addr, size))
    $display("refused: a %0d-byte transfer at 0x%0h is not aligned (every AHB transfer is aligned to its size)", 1 << size, addr);
  else begin
    bn = bn + 1; last_start = q_n; last_bn = bn;
    q_push(addr, 0, size, SINGLE, NONSEQ, 0, bn, 0);
  end
endtask

// A burst: hburst SINGLE, INCR (beats gives its length), WRAP4, INCR4, ... INCR16. Write data from wd[].
// An incrementing burst that would cross a 1 KB boundary is issued as two INCR bursts split at the
// boundary (unless cross_1k is set).
task automatic ahb_burst(input logic w, input logic [2:0] hb, input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size, input int beats = 0);
  int n;
  int unsigned a;
  logic [2:0] b;
  logic [1:0] t;
  bit split;
  n = beats_of(hb) ? beats_of(hb) : (beats > 0 ? beats : 1);
  a = addr; b = hb; split = 0;
  if (!unaligned && !aligned(addr, size))
    $display("refused: a %0d-byte burst at 0x%0h is not aligned (every AHB transfer is aligned to its size)", 1 << size, addr);
  else begin
    if (!cross_1k && crosses_1k(addr, size, hb, n)) begin
      split = 1; b = INCR;
      $display("note: %0s at 0x%0h would cross a 1 KB boundary; issued as INCR bursts split at the boundary", burst_name(hb), addr);
    end
    bn = bn + 1; last_start = q_n; last_bn = bn;
    for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) begin
      t = (k == 0) ? NONSEQ : SEQ;
      if (k > 0 && split && (a % 1024) == 0) begin t = NONSEQ; bn = bn + 1; end
      q_push(a, w, size, b, t, w ? wd[k] : 64'h0, bn, k);
      a = m_next(a, size, b);
    end
    if (busy_end && beats_of(b) > 1) q_push(a, w, size, b, BUSY, 64'h0, bn, n);
  end
endtask

// n BUSY cycles before beat k of the burst queued last (k = its length: after the last beat).
task automatic busy_at(input int k, input int n = 1);
  int idx, src;
  idx = q_n;
  for (int j = q_n - 1; j >= last_start; j--)
    if (q_trans[j][1] && q_beat[j] == k) idx = j;
  src = (idx < q_n) ? idx : q_n - 1;           // the beat the BUSY announces, or the last beat
  for (int j = q_n - 1; j >= idx; j--) q_copy(j + n, j);
  for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) begin
    q_copy(idx + j, src >= idx ? src + n : src);
    q_trans[idx + j] = BUSY; q_data[idx + j] = 0; q_beat[idx + j] = k;
    if (src < idx) q_addr[idx + j] = m_next(q_addr[src], q_size[src], q_burst[src]);
  end
  q_n = q_n + n;
endtask

// n IDLE cycles in the queue (the address and control keep their last values).
task automatic idle_q(input int n);
  for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)
    if (q_n > 0) q_push(q_addr[q_n - 1], q_write[q_n - 1], q_size[q_n - 1], q_burst[q_n - 1], IDLE, 64'h0, 0, 0);
    else q_push(0, 0, 0, SINGLE, IDLE, 64'h0, 0, 0);
endtask

// The driver: pick, hold, cancel.
int a_idx = -1, d_idx = -1;       // queue entries in the address phase and in the data phase (-1: none)
bit moved = 0;
logic        s_ready, s_resp, s_exok, s_write;
logic [DATA_W-1:0] s_rdata;
logic [31:0] s_addr;
logic [1:0]  s_trans;
logic [2:0]  s_size, s_burst;
int          s_done, s_acc, s_cfrom, s_cto, s_cmode;

task automatic complete(input int i);
  logic [15:0] lanes;
  logic [63:0] bytes;
  q_state[i] = 1; q_resp[i] = s_resp; q_exok[i] = s_exok; last_resp = s_resp; last_exokay = s_exok;
  if (!q_write[i]) begin
    lanes = beat_lanes(q_addr[i], q_size[i], BUS_BYTES);
    bytes = (s_rdata >> (8 * lanes[7:0])) & ((64'h1 << (8 * (lanes[15:8] - lanes[7:0] + 1))) - 1);
    q_rdata[i] = bytes; rd[n_rd] = bytes; rr[n_rd] = s_resp; n_rd = n_rd + 1;
  end
  if (!quiet) $display("e%0d D  %0s addr=0x%0h data=0x%0h %0s%0s", cycle, q_write[i] ? "write" : "read ", q_addr[i],
                       q_write[i] ? q_data[i] : q_rdata[i], resp_name(s_resp),
                       opt(q_excl[i], s_exok ? " EXOKAY" : " (HEXOKAY low: exclusive failed)"));
endtask

task automatic drive();
  logic [15:0] lanes;
  logic [63:0] s;
  int e;
  if (a_idx >= 0) begin
    e = a_idx;
    htrans = q_trans[e]; haddr = q_addr[e] + (moved ? (1 << q_size[e]) : 0); hwrite = q_write[e]; hsize = q_size[e];
    hburst = q_burst[e]; hprot = q_prot[e]; hmastlock = q_lock[e]; hexcl = q_excl[e]; hmaster = q_master[e];
  end else begin
    htrans = IDLE; hmastlock = 0; hexcl = 0;      // address and control keep their last values
  end
  if (d_idx >= 0 && q_write[d_idx]) begin
    lanes = beat_lanes(q_addr[d_idx], q_size[d_idx], BUS_BYTES);
    s = beat_strb(q_addr[d_idx], q_size[d_idx], BUS_BYTES);
    hwdata = q_data[d_idx] << (8 * lanes[7:0]);
    hwstrb = q_sforce[d_idx] ? q_strb[d_idx][BUS_BYTES-1:0] : s[BUS_BYTES-1:0];
    beat_a = q_addr[d_idx]; beat_m = hwstrb;
  end else begin
    hwdata = '0; hwstrb = '0; beat_m = 0;
  end
endtask

always @(posedge hclk) begin
  s_ready = hready; s_resp = hresp; s_exok = hexokay; s_rdata = hrdata; s_addr = haddr; s_trans = htrans;
  s_write = hwrite; s_size = hsize; s_burst = hburst;
  s_done = -1; s_acc = -1; s_cmode = 0;
  if (hresetn) begin
    if (s_ready === 1'b1) begin
      s_done = d_idx; d_idx = -1;
      if (a_idx >= 0 && moved) q_addr[a_idx] = s_addr;   // the address the subordinate took
      if (a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx] != IDLE) s_acc = a_idx;
      if (a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx][1]) d_idx = a_idx;
      a_idx = -1; moved = 0;
      if (running && q_next < q_n) begin a_idx = q_next; q_next = q_next + 1; end
    end else if (s_resp === 1'b1 && !no_cancel && a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx] != IDLE) begin
      // the first cycle of an ERROR: the transfer already on the wires is cancelled (IHI 0033C 5.1.3)
      s_cfrom = a_idx;
      if (d_idx >= 0 && q_bn[a_idx] == q_bn[d_idx]) begin
        s_cto = a_idx;
        while (s_cto < q_n && q_bn[s_cto] == q_bn[d_idx]) begin q_state[s_cto] = 2; s_cto = s_cto + 1; end
        q_next = s_cto; s_cmode = 1;               // the rest of the burst is dropped
      end else if (reissue) begin
        q_next = a_idx; s_cmode = 2;               // a separate transfer: issued again after the ERROR
      end else begin
        q_state[a_idx] = 2; s_cto = a_idx + 1; s_cmode = 3;   // a separate transfer, dropped
      end
      a_idx = -1;
    end else if (move_in_wait && a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx][1]) moved = 1;
  end
  #1;
  if (s_done >= 0) complete(s_done);
  if (s_acc >= 0 && !quiet)
    $display("e%0d A  %0s %0s addr=0x%0h size=%0d %0s%0s%0s", cycle, trans_name(s_trans), s_write ? "WRITE" : "READ", s_addr, s_size,
             burst_name(s_burst), opt(q_lock[s_acc], " locked"), opt(q_excl[s_acc], " exclusive"));
  if (s_cmode == 1 && !quiet)
    for (int j = s_cfrom; j < s_cto; j++)
      if (q_trans[j][1]) $display("e%0d X  cancelled %0s %0s addr=0x%0h (the rest of the burst is dropped)", cycle, trans_name(q_trans[j]), q_write[j] ? "WRITE" : "READ", q_addr[j]);
  if (s_cmode == 3 && !quiet)
    $display("e%0d X  cancelled %0s %0s addr=0x%0h", cycle, trans_name(q_trans[s_cfrom]), q_write[s_cfrom] ? "WRITE" : "READ", q_addr[s_cfrom]);
  if (s_cmode == 2 && !quiet)
    $display("e%0d X  withdrew %0s %0s addr=0x%0h (issued again after the ERROR)", cycle, trans_name(q_trans[s_cfrom]), q_write[s_cfrom] ? "WRITE" : "READ", q_addr[s_cfrom]);
  drive();
  drv_done = running && q_next >= q_n && a_idx < 0 && d_idx < 0;   // go() returns after this edge's log
end

// A text waveform for the lesson's trace blocks: with watch = 1, one line per rising edge with the
// values sampled at that edge (cycle k of a trace is what edge k sees).
int wave_edge = -1;
always @(posedge hclk) begin
  wave_edge = wave_edge + 1;
  if (watch) $display("wave e%0d: htrans=%0s haddr=%h hwrite=%b hsize=%0d hburst=%0s hwdata=%h hready=%b hresp=%b hrdata=%h",
                      wave_edge, trans_name(htrans), haddr, hwrite, hsize, burst_name(hburst), hwdata, hready, hresp, hrdata);
end

// Put the queue on the bus and wait until every transfer in it has ended; then empty the queue.
task automatic go();
  n_rd = 0; drv_done = 0; running = 1;
  wait (drv_done);
  running = 0; drv_done = 0; q_n = 0; q_next = 0;
endtask

// The table of a burst before it runs: the address, lanes and strobe of every beat.
task automatic beat_table(input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] hb, input int beats = 0);
  int n;
  int unsigned a, window, base;
  logic [15:0] lanes;
  logic [63:0] s;
  n = beats_of(hb) ? beats_of(hb) : (beats > 0 ? beats : 1);
  a = addr;
  $display("%0s at 0x%0h: %0d beat%0s of %0d byte%0s, bus %0d bytes", burst_name(hb), addr, n, opt(n > 1, "s"), 1 << size, opt(size != 0, "s"), BUS_BYTES);
  if (is_wrap(hb)) begin
    window = (1 << size) * beats_of(hb); base = (addr / window) * window;
    $display("  wraps inside 0x%0h-0x%0h (%0d beats x %0d bytes)", base, base + window - 1, beats_of(hb), 1 << size);
  end
  $display("  beat  address  lanes  strobe");
  for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) begin
    lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, BUS_BYTES);
    s = beat_strb(a, size, BUS_BYTES);
    $display("  %4d  0x%05h  %0d-%0d    %b", k, a[19:0], lanes[7:0], lanes[15:8], s[BUS_BYTES-1:0]);
    a = m_next(a, size, hb);
  end
  if (crosses_1k(addr, size, hb, n)) $display("  this burst crosses a 1 KB boundary");
  if (!aligned(addr, size)) $display("  0x%0h is not aligned to %0d bytes: AHB does not allow it", addr, 1 << size);
endtask

// One byte of the memory that owns an address (the fabric's second memory from 0x1000).
function automatic logic [7:0] mem_byte(input int unsigned a);
`ifdef AHB_MEM1
  if (a >= 32'h1000 && a < 32'h2000) return `AHB_MEM1.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH];
  if (a >= 32'h1000) return 8'h00;
`endif
  return `AHB_MEM.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH];
endfunction
task automatic set_byte(input int unsigned a, input logic [7:0] v);
`ifdef AHB_MEM1
  if (a >= 32'h1000 && a < 32'h2000) `AHB_MEM1.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH] = v;
  else if (a < 32'h1000) `AHB_MEM.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH] = v;
`else
  `AHB_MEM.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH] = v;
`endif
endtask

// The memory, n bytes from addr, one bus word per group.
task automatic dump(input int unsigned addr, input int n);
  string line;
  int unsigned a = (addr / 16) * 16;
  while (a < addr + n) begin
    line = $sformatf("0x%05h ", a[19:0]);
    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) begin
      if (i % BUS_BYTES == 0) line = {line, " "};
      line = {line, $sformatf(" %02h", mem_byte(a + i))};
    end
    $display("%s", line);
    a = a + 16;
  end
endtask

// Fill n bytes from addr with first, first+1, ... so untouched bytes stay recognisable.
task automatic mem_fill(input int unsigned addr, input int n, input logic [7:0] first = 8'h00);
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) set_byte(addr + i, first + i[7:0]);
endtask

// Drive nothing new for n cycles.
task automatic idle(input int n);
  repeat (n) @(posedge hclk);
  #1;
endtask
Spot the bugEach option queues some traffic and then runs it. Which option breaks a rule about where BUSY may appear?
Read included file: ahb_pkg.sv
`timescale 1ns/1ns
// ahb_pkg.sv: the encodings and the arithmetic of a burst (read-only).
// The memory, the driver, the checker and the lesson text all use these functions, so they never
// disagree about the address of a beat or the lanes it uses.
package ahb_pkg;
  localparam logic [1:0] IDLE = 2'b00, BUSY = 2'b01, NONSEQ = 2'b10, SEQ = 2'b11;
  localparam logic [2:0] SINGLE = 3'b000, INCR = 3'b001, WRAP4 = 3'b010, INCR4 = 3'b011,
                         WRAP8 = 3'b100, INCR8 = 3'b101, WRAP16 = 3'b110, INCR16 = 3'b111;
  localparam logic OKAY = 1'b0, ERROR = 1'b1;

  function automatic string trans_name(input logic [1:0] t);
    case (t) IDLE: return "IDLE"; BUSY: return "BUSY"; NONSEQ: return "NONSEQ"; default: return "SEQ"; endcase
  endfunction
  function automatic string burst_name(input logic [2:0] b);
    case (b)
      SINGLE: return "SINGLE"; INCR: return "INCR"; WRAP4: return "WRAP4"; INCR4: return "INCR4";
      WRAP8: return "WRAP8"; INCR8: return "INCR8"; WRAP16: return "WRAP16"; default: return "INCR16";
    endcase
  endfunction
  function automatic string resp_name(input logic r);
    return r ? "ERROR" : "OKAY";
  endfunction
  // s when c is 1, else the empty string (a string-typed result prints the same on every simulator).
  function automatic string opt(input bit c, input string s);
    if (c) return s;
    return "";
  endfunction

  // Beats in a burst: 1 for SINGLE, 4, 8 or 16 for the fixed bursts, 0 for INCR (undefined length).
  function automatic int beats_of(input logic [2:0] b);
    case (b) SINGLE: return 1; INCR: return 0; WRAP4, INCR4: return 4; WRAP8, INCR8: return 8; default: return 16; endcase
  endfunction
  function automatic bit is_wrap(input logic [2:0] b);
    return b == WRAP4 || b == WRAP8 || b == WRAP16;
  endfunction

  // The address of the beat after the one at a: the size in bytes further on; a wrapping burst
  // returns to the start of its window (beats x size bytes, aligned to that total) at the window's end.
  function automatic int unsigned next_addr(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b);
    int unsigned nb = 1 << size;
    int unsigned window = nb * beats_of(b);
    int unsigned base;
    if (!is_wrap(b)) return a + nb;
    base = (a / window) * window;
    if (a + nb >= base + window) return base;
    return a + nb;
  endfunction

  // The address of beat n of a burst that starts at start.
  function automatic int unsigned beat_addr(input int unsigned start, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b, input int n);
    int unsigned a = start;
    for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) a = next_addr(a, size, b);
    return a;
  endfunction

  // The lanes a transfer at address a uses on a bus of bus_bytes bytes, packed as {upper, lower}.
  // Every AHB transfer is aligned to its size, so it uses size bytes from its own lane upwards.
  function automatic logic [15:0] beat_lanes(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input int bus_bytes);
    int lower = a % bus_bytes;
    int upper = lower + (1 << size) - 1;
    if (upper > bus_bytes - 1) upper = bus_bytes - 1;
    return {upper[7:0], lower[7:0]};
  endfunction

  // The strobe of a transfer: a 1 for every lane it uses (bit l is lane l).
  function automatic logic [63:0] beat_strb(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input int bus_bytes);
    logic [15:0] lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, bus_bytes);
    logic [63:0] s = 0;
    for (int l = lanes[7:0]; l <= lanes[15:8]; l++) s[l] = 1'b1;
    return s;
  endfunction

  function automatic bit aligned(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size);
    return (a % (1 << size)) == 0;
  endfunction

  // True when an incrementing burst of n beats (n is used only for INCR) crosses a 1 KB boundary.
  function automatic bit crosses_1k(input int unsigned start, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b, input int n);
    int beats = beats_of(b) ? beats_of(b) : n;
    if (is_wrap(b) || beats < 2) return 0;
    return (start / 1024) != ((start + beats * (1 << size) - 1) / 1024);
  endfunction
endpackage
Read included file: ahb_mem.sv
`timescale 1ns/1ns
// ahb_mem.sv: an AHB subordinate with a byte-addressed memory behind it (read-only in this lesson).
// It registers an address phase at an edge where HSEL is 1, HTRANS is NONSEQ or SEQ and HREADY is 1,
// then runs the data phase: wait states with HREADYOUT low, a write takes HWDATA (and HWSTRB) at the
// edge that ends the data phase, a read drives HRDATA for the cycle that ends it. IDLE and BUSY get a
// zero-wait OKAY and change nothing. The switches below are plain variables: the stimulus sets them by
// name (mem.waits = 2;).
//   waits          wait states inserted in every data phase
//   waits_at[k]    wait states for the k-th transfer this memory takes (from 0; -1 = use waits)
//   err_above      transfers at or above this address get the two-cycle ERROR (and write nothing)
//   excl_on        AHB5 exclusive access: one monitor per HMASTER, HEXOKAY on success
//   trace          print every transfer the memory takes and every byte it writes
// Broken twins, each off by default:
//   ignore_hready    registers an address phase while HREADY is low (another subordinate is stretching),
//                    so it acts on a transfer the manager may still change or cancel
//   wdata_in_addr    takes HWDATA in the address phase, so a write stores the previous transfer's data
//   act_on_idle      treats IDLE and BUSY as transfers (waits, reads, writes HWDATA); this twin is an
//                    AHB-Lite design without an HWSTRB input, so it writes the lanes HSIZE selects
//   one_cycle_error  answers ERROR in one cycle (HRESP high with HREADYOUT high)
//   ignore_size      writes every lane of the bus word, whatever HSIZE and HWSTRB say
module ahb_mem #(parameter int DATA_W = 32, parameter int DEPTH = 65536) (
  input  logic              hclk,
  input  logic              hresetn,
  input  logic              hsel,
  input  logic [31:0]       haddr,
  input  logic [1:0]        htrans,
  input  logic              hwrite,
  input  logic [2:0]        hsize,
  input  logic [2:0]        hburst,
  input  logic [3:0]        hprot,
  input  logic              hmastlock,
  input  logic [DATA_W-1:0] hwdata,
  input  logic [DATA_W/8-1:0] hwstrb,
  input  logic              hexcl,
  input  logic [3:0]        hmaster,
  input  logic              hready,
  output logic              hreadyout,
  output logic              hresp,
  output logic [DATA_W-1:0] hrdata,
  output logic              hexokay
);
  import ahb_pkg::*;
  localparam int BUS = DATA_W / 8;

  // ---- switches ----
  int waits = 0;
  int waits_at [0:63];
  int unsigned err_above = 32'hffff_ffff;
  bit excl_on = 0, trace = 0;
  bit ignore_hready = 0, wdata_in_addr = 0, act_on_idle = 0, one_cycle_error = 0, ignore_size = 0;

  // ---- the memory ----
  logic [7:0] mem [0:DEPTH-1];
  int cycle = -1;
  int taken = 0;                              // transfers taken so far

  // ---- the data phase in progress ----
  bit              d_valid = 0, d_write = 0, d_err = 0, d_exok = 0, d_xfail = 0;
  int unsigned     d_addr = 0;
  logic [2:0]      d_size = 0;
  logic [1:0]      d_trans = 0;
  logic [DATA_W-1:0] d_wd = 0;                // HWDATA seen in the address phase (the wdata_in_addr twin)
  int              d_cnt = 0;                 // wait states still to insert
  bit              e_two = 0;                 // the ERROR response is in its second cycle

  // ---- exclusive monitors, one per HMASTER ----
  bit          mon_use [0:15];
  int unsigned mon_addr [0:15];
  int          mon_bytes [0:15];

  initial begin
    for (int i = 0; i < DEPTH; i++) mem[i] = 8'h00;
    for (int k = 0; k < 64; k++) waits_at[k] = -1;
    for (int m = 0; m < 16; m++) mon_use[m] = 0;
    hreadyout = 1; hresp = 0; hrdata = 0; hexokay = 0;
  end

  function automatic logic [DATA_W-1:0] read_word(input int unsigned a);
    logic [DATA_W-1:0] w = 0;
    int unsigned word = (a / BUS) * BUS;
    for (int l = 0; l < BUS; l++) w[8*l +: 8] = mem[(word + l) % DEPTH];
    return w;
  endfunction

  // Write the lanes of one transfer: the lanes its address and size select, where the strobe is 1.
  task automatic write_bytes(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [DATA_W-1:0] data, input logic [BUS-1:0] strb);
    logic [15:0] lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, BUS);
    int unsigned word = (a / BUS) * BUS;
    int lo = ignore_size ? 0 : lanes[7:0];
    int hi = ignore_size ? BUS - 1 : lanes[15:8];
    for (int l = lo; l <= hi; l++)
      if (ignore_size || act_on_idle || strb[l]) begin
        mem[(word + l) % DEPTH] = data[8*l +: 8];
        if (trace) $display("mem e%0d:   byte 0x%0h <= %02h (lane %0d)", cycle, word + l, data[8*l +: 8], l);
      end
    // any write ends the exclusive monitors that cover one of its bytes
    for (int m = 0; m < 16; m++)
      if (mon_use[m] && a < mon_addr[m] + mon_bytes[m] && mon_addr[m] < a + (1 << size)) mon_use[m] = 0;
  endtask

  always @(posedge hclk) begin
    cycle = cycle + 1;
    if (!hresetn) begin
      d_valid = 0; e_two = 0;
      hreadyout <= 1; hresp <= 0; hexokay <= 0;
    end else begin
      // 1. the data phase that ends or waits at this edge
      if (d_valid) begin
        if (hreadyout && hready) begin
          if (d_write && !d_err && !d_xfail)
            write_bytes(d_addr, d_size, wdata_in_addr ? d_wd : hwdata, hwstrb);
          d_valid = 0;
        end else if (!hreadyout) begin
          if (d_cnt > 0) d_cnt = d_cnt - 1;
          else if (d_err) e_two = 1;
        end
      end
      // 2. the address phase on the wires at this edge
      if (hsel && (htrans[1] || act_on_idle) && (hready || (ignore_hready && !d_valid))) begin
        d_valid = 1; d_addr = haddr; d_write = hwrite; d_size = hsize; d_trans = htrans; d_wd = hwdata;
        d_cnt = (taken < 64 && waits_at[taken] >= 0) ? waits_at[taken] : waits;
        taken = taken + 1;
        d_err = (haddr >= err_above); e_two = 0;
        d_exok = 0; d_xfail = 0;
        if (excl_on && hexcl && htrans[1] && !d_err) begin
          if (!hwrite) begin
            mon_use[hmaster] = 1; mon_addr[hmaster] = haddr; mon_bytes[hmaster] = 1 << hsize; d_exok = 1;
          end else if (mon_use[hmaster] && mon_addr[hmaster] == haddr && mon_bytes[hmaster] == (1 << hsize)) begin
            d_exok = 1; mon_use[hmaster] = 0;
          end else d_xfail = 1;
        end
        if (trace) $display("mem e%0d: %0s %0s 0x%0h size %0d%0s%0s%0s", cycle, trans_name(htrans), hwrite ? "write" : "read", haddr, hsize,
                            opt(!hready, " (taken while HREADY is low)"), opt(d_err, " -> ERROR"),
                            opt(d_xfail, " -> exclusive failed"));
      end
      // 3. the response for the cycle that starts now
      if (d_valid && d_cnt > 0) begin
        hreadyout <= 0; hresp <= 0; hexokay <= 0;
      end else if (d_valid && d_err) begin
        hreadyout <= one_cycle_error ? 1'b1 : e_two; hresp <= 1; hexokay <= 0;
      end else begin
        hreadyout <= 1; hresp <= 0; hexokay <= d_valid && d_exok;
      end
      if (d_valid && !d_write) hrdata <= d_err ? '0 : read_word(d_addr);
    end
  end
endmodule
Read included file: ahb_checker.sv
`timescale 1ns/1ns
// ahb_checker.sv: the rules of an AHB interface, checked at every rising edge (read-only).
// Each broken rule is named with the edge where it was seen:
//   reset         HTRANS is not IDLE, or HREADY is low, while reset is active;
//   hold          the address or control changed during a wait state (HREADY low), outside the
//                 changes the protocol allows;
//   trans_change  HTRANS changed during a wait state other than IDLE to NONSEQ, BUSY to SEQ (fixed
//                 bursts) or BUSY to anything (INCR); or SEQ/BUSY with no burst in progress;
//   seq_addr      a SEQ or BUSY address that is not the previous beat's address plus the size
//                 (wrapped for a WRAP burst);
//   burst_ctrl    HSIZE, HBURST, HWRITE or HPROT changed inside a burst;
//   align         a transfer not aligned to its size;
//   size_bus      a transfer wider than the data bus;
//   kb1           an incrementing burst that crosses a 1 KB boundary;
//   burst_len     a fixed-length burst that ends early or runs long, BUSY after a SINGLE, or BUSY
//                 after the last beat of a fixed-length burst;
//   idle_okay     an IDLE or BUSY transfer that did not get a zero-wait OKAY;
//   err_shape     an ERROR that is not two cycles (HREADY low then high, HRESP high in both);
//   exokay        HEXOKAY with HREADY low, with an ERROR, or for a transfer that was not exclusive;
//   known         x on the address, control, or the active lanes of the data.
// A NOTE (not a broken rule) marks a transfer kept after the first cycle of an ERROR: the protocol
// allows it, most managers cancel.
module ahb_checker #(parameter int DATA_W = 32) (
  input logic              hclk,
  input logic              hresetn,
  input logic [31:0]       haddr,
  input logic [1:0]        htrans,
  input logic              hwrite,
  input logic [2:0]        hsize,
  input logic [2:0]        hburst,
  input logic [3:0]        hprot,
  input logic              hmastlock,
  input logic [DATA_W-1:0] hwdata,
  input logic              hexcl,
  input logic              hready,
  input logic              hresp,
  input logic [DATA_W-1:0] hrdata,
  input logic              hexokay
);
  import ahb_pkg::*;
  localparam int BUS = DATA_W / 8;
  int cycle = -1, transfers = 0, waits = 0, errors = 0, broken = 0, notes = 0;

  function void report(input string rule, input string what);
    broken++;
    $display("RULE %s broken at edge %0d: %s", rule, cycle, what);
  endfunction

  function automatic logic [DATA_W-1:0] lane_mask(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size);
    logic [15:0] lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, BUS);
    logic [DATA_W-1:0] m = '0;
    for (int l = lanes[7:0]; l <= lanes[15:8]; l++) m[8*l +: 8] = 8'hff;
    return m;
  endfunction

  // The previous edge.
  bit          p_on = 0;
  logic        p_ready = 1, p_resp = 0, p_write = 0, p_lock = 0;
  logic [1:0]  p_trans = 0;
  logic [31:0] p_addr = 0;
  logic [2:0]  p_size = 0, p_burst = 0;
  logic [3:0]  p_prot = 0;
  bit          e_first = 0;           // the previous edge was the first cycle of an ERROR
  // The data phase in progress.
  bit          d_on = 0, d_idle = 0, d_write = 0, d_excl = 0;
  int unsigned d_addr = 0;
  logic [2:0]  d_size = 0;
  // The burst in progress.
  bit          b_on = 0, b_err = 0, b_write = 0, b_kb = 0;
  logic [2:0]  b_burst = 0, b_size = 0;
  logic [3:0]  b_prot = 0;
  int unsigned b_first = 0, b_last = 0;
  int          b_count = 0;
  int unsigned exp_a;

  task automatic end_burst();
    if (b_on && beats_of(b_burst) > 1 && b_count < beats_of(b_burst) && !b_err)
      report("burst_len", $sformatf("%0s burst at 0x%0h ended after %0d of %0d beats", burst_name(b_burst), b_first, b_count, beats_of(b_burst)));
    b_on = 0;
  endtask

  task automatic check_beat();
    if ((1 << hsize) > BUS) report("size_bus", $sformatf("a %0d-byte transfer on a %0d-byte bus", 1 << hsize, BUS));
    if (!aligned(haddr, hsize)) report("align", $sformatf("a %0d-byte transfer at 0x%0h is not aligned to its size", 1 << hsize, haddr));
  endtask

  task automatic check_ctrl(input string what);
    if (hsize !== b_size || hburst !== b_burst || hwrite !== b_write || hprot !== b_prot)
      report("burst_ctrl", $sformatf("%0s at 0x%0h changed HSIZE, HBURST, HWRITE or HPROT inside the burst", what, haddr));
  endtask

  always @(posedge hclk) begin
    cycle++;
    if (!hresetn) begin
      if (htrans !== IDLE) report("reset", "HTRANS is not IDLE during reset");
      if (hready !== 1) report("reset", "HREADY is low during reset");
      p_on = 0; d_on = 0; b_on = 0; e_first = 0;
    end else begin
      // ---- the data phase that ends or waits at this edge ----
      if (hready === 0) waits++;
      if (e_first) begin
        if (hresp !== 1 || hready !== 1) report("err_shape", "the second cycle of an ERROR must have HRESP high and HREADY high");
      end else if (hresp === 1 && hready === 1)
        report("err_shape", "ERROR with HREADY high in its first cycle: an ERROR takes two cycles");
      if (hresp === 1 && b_on) b_err = 1;
      if (d_on && d_idle) begin
        if (hready !== 1 || hresp !== 0) report("idle_okay", "an IDLE or BUSY transfer must get a zero-wait OKAY");
        d_on = 0;
      end
      if (hexokay === 1) begin
        if (hready !== 1) report("exokay", "HEXOKAY while HREADY is low");
        else if (hresp === 1) report("exokay", "HEXOKAY together with an ERROR");
        else if (!(d_on && d_excl)) report("exokay", "HEXOKAY for a transfer that was not exclusive");
      end
      if (hready === 1 && d_on && !d_idle) begin
        if (d_write && $isunknown(hwdata & lane_mask(d_addr, d_size))) report("known", "HWDATA is x on an active lane");
        if (!d_write && hresp === 0 && $isunknown(hrdata & lane_mask(d_addr, d_size))) report("known", "HRDATA is x on an active lane");
        transfers++;
        if (hresp === 1) errors++;
        d_on = 0;
      end
      if (e_first && hready === 1 && (htrans === NONSEQ || htrans === SEQ)) begin
        notes++;
        $display("NOTE cancel at edge %0d: the %0s at 0x%0h behind an ERROR was kept, not cancelled (allowed; most managers cancel)", cycle, trans_name(htrans), haddr);
      end
      // ---- the address phase on the wires at this edge ----
      if (htrans !== IDLE && ($isunknown(haddr) || $isunknown(hwrite) || $isunknown(hsize) || $isunknown(hburst)))
        report("known", "address or control is x while HTRANS is not IDLE");
      if ($isunknown(htrans)) report("known", "HTRANS is x");
      if (p_on && p_ready === 0 && !e_first) begin
        // a wait state at the previous edge: only the allowed changes
        if (p_trans == IDLE) begin
          if (htrans === BUSY || htrans === SEQ) report("trans_change", $sformatf("IDLE changed to %0s during a wait state (only NONSEQ may follow)", trans_name(htrans)));
        end else if (p_trans == BUSY) begin
          if (p_burst != INCR) begin
            if (htrans !== BUSY && htrans !== SEQ) report("trans_change", $sformatf("BUSY in a %0s burst changed to %0s during a wait state (only SEQ may follow)", burst_name(p_burst), trans_name(htrans)));
            else if (haddr !== p_addr) report("hold", $sformatf("HADDR changed from 0x%0h to 0x%0h during a wait state", p_addr, haddr));
          end
        end else begin
          if (htrans !== p_trans) report("trans_change", $sformatf("%0s changed to %0s during a wait state", trans_name(p_trans), trans_name(htrans)));
          else if (haddr !== p_addr) report("hold", $sformatf("HADDR changed from 0x%0h to 0x%0h during a wait state", p_addr, haddr));
          else if (hwrite !== p_write || hsize !== p_size || hburst !== p_burst || hprot !== p_prot || hmastlock !== p_lock)
            report("hold", "HWRITE, HSIZE, HBURST, HPROT or HMASTLOCK changed during a wait state");
        end
      end
      if (hready === 1) begin
        // the address phase is accepted at this edge
        if (htrans === IDLE) begin
          end_burst();
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 1;
        end else if (htrans === NONSEQ) begin
          end_burst();
          check_beat();
          b_on = 1; b_err = 0; b_kb = 0; b_first = haddr; b_last = haddr; b_count = 1;
          b_burst = hburst; b_size = hsize; b_write = hwrite; b_prot = hprot;
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 0; d_write = hwrite; d_addr = haddr; d_size = hsize; d_excl = hexcl;
        end else if (htrans === SEQ) begin
          if (!b_on) report("trans_change", $sformatf("SEQ at 0x%0h with no burst in progress", haddr));
          else begin
            exp_a = next_addr(b_last, b_size, b_burst);
            if (haddr !== exp_a) report("seq_addr", $sformatf("SEQ at 0x%0h; the beat after 0x%0h in a %0s burst of %0d-byte transfers is 0x%0h", haddr, b_last, burst_name(b_burst), 1 << b_size, exp_a));
            check_ctrl("SEQ");
            if (!is_wrap(b_burst) && !b_kb && (haddr / 1024) != (b_first / 1024)) begin
              b_kb = 1;
              report("kb1", $sformatf("SEQ at 0x%0h crosses the 1 KB boundary of the burst that started at 0x%0h", haddr, b_first));
            end
            b_count++;
            if (beats_of(b_burst) > 0 && b_count > beats_of(b_burst))
              report("burst_len", $sformatf("beat %0d of a %0s burst, which has %0d beats", b_count, burst_name(b_burst), beats_of(b_burst)));
            b_last = haddr;
          end
          check_beat();
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 0; d_write = hwrite; d_addr = haddr; d_size = hsize; d_excl = hexcl;
        end else if (htrans === BUSY) begin
          if (!b_on) report("trans_change", $sformatf("BUSY at 0x%0h with no burst in progress", haddr));
          else if (b_burst == SINGLE) report("burst_len", "BUSY after a SINGLE transfer");
          else begin
            exp_a = next_addr(b_last, b_size, b_burst);
            if (beats_of(b_burst) > 1 && b_count == beats_of(b_burst))
              report("burst_len", $sformatf("BUSY after the last beat of the %0s burst (a fixed-length burst ends with SEQ)", burst_name(b_burst)));
            else if (haddr !== exp_a) report("seq_addr", $sformatf("BUSY at 0x%0h must show the next beat's address 0x%0h", haddr, exp_a));
            check_ctrl("BUSY");
          end
          d_on = 1; d_idle = 1;
        end
      end
      e_first = (hresp === 1 && hready === 0);
    end
    p_on = hresetn; p_ready = hready; p_resp = hresp; p_trans = htrans; p_addr = haddr; p_write = hwrite;
    p_size = hsize; p_burst = hburst; p_prot = hprot; p_lock = hmastlock;
  end
  final $display("checker: %0d transfers, %0d wait edges, %0d errors, %0d rules broken", transfers, waits, errors, broken);
endmodule
Read included file: ahb_tasks.svh
// ahb_tasks.svh: the manager side of the bench, as tasks for the stimulus (read-only).
// ahb_write, ahb_read and ahb_burst queue transfers; go() puts the queue on the bus and returns when
// the last data phase has ended. The driver below issues the next address phase at the same edge where
// the previous one is accepted, so the address of transfer N+1 is on the wires during the data phase
// of transfer N. Write data for a burst goes in wd[0], wd[1], ... (one entry per beat, the lowest byte
// at the lowest address); the data of every read comes back in rd[0], rd[1], ... in issue order, with
// the responses in rr[].
// The beat log has one line per accepted address phase (A), per ended data phase (D) and per transfer
// the manager cancels (X), each with the edge where it happened; watch = 1 adds one line per edge.
int cycle = -1;
always @(posedge hclk) cycle = cycle + 1;

localparam int QN = 512;
int unsigned q_addr [0:QN-1];
logic        q_write [0:QN-1];
logic [2:0]  q_size [0:QN-1];
logic [2:0]  q_burst [0:QN-1];
logic [1:0]  q_trans [0:QN-1];
logic [63:0] q_data [0:QN-1];
logic        q_lock [0:QN-1], q_excl [0:QN-1], q_sforce [0:QN-1];
logic [3:0]  q_prot [0:QN-1], q_master [0:QN-1];
logic [7:0]  q_strb [0:QN-1];
int          q_bn [0:QN-1], q_beat [0:QN-1], q_state [0:QN-1];   // burst number, beat, 0 queued 1 done 2 cancelled
logic [63:0] q_rdata [0:QN-1];
logic        q_resp [0:QN-1], q_exok [0:QN-1];
int q_n = 0, q_next = 0, bn = 0, last_start = 0, last_bn = 0;

logic [63:0] wd [0:255];
logic [63:0] rd [0:255];
logic        rr [0:255];
int          n_rd = 0;
logic        last_resp = 0, last_exokay = 0;
// quiet = 1 silences the beat log; watch = 1 prints the bus at every edge.
bit quiet = 0, watch = 0, running = 0, drv_done = 0;
// Driver switches (broken twins, off by default):
//   move_in_wait  the address moves on by one transfer size during a wait state
//   no_cancel     the transfer behind an ERROR is not cancelled (allowed, but the checker notes it)
// After the first cycle of an ERROR the driver cancels the transfer already in its address phase: the
// rest of the same burst is dropped; a separate transfer is issued again afterwards (reissue = 0 drops it).
//   busy_end      a BUSY after the last beat of every fixed-length burst
//   cross_1k      incrementing bursts are issued across a 1 KB boundary instead of being split
//   unaligned     transfers not aligned to their size are issued instead of refused
//   wrap_bug      a WRAP8 burst's addresses wrap inside 16 bytes, as if it were WRAP4
bit reissue = 1;
bit move_in_wait = 0, no_cancel = 0, busy_end = 0, cross_1k = 0, unaligned = 0, wrap_bug = 0;
// Attributes of the transfers queued next.
logic       lock = 0, excl = 0;
logic [3:0] prot = 4'b0011, master = 0;
bit         strb_force = 0;
logic [7:0] strb_val = 8'hff;
// What the bus is carrying in the data phase, for the waveform scenes: the address and lanes of the beat.
int unsigned beat_a = 0;
logic [7:0]  beat_m = 0;

function automatic int unsigned m_next(input int unsigned a, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b);
  if (wrap_bug && b == WRAP8) return next_addr(a, size, WRAP4);
  return next_addr(a, size, b);
endfunction

task automatic q_push(input int unsigned a, input logic w, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] b, input logic [1:0] t,
                      input logic [63:0] data, input int burst_no, input int beat);
  q_addr[q_n] = a; q_write[q_n] = w; q_size[q_n] = size; q_burst[q_n] = b; q_trans[q_n] = t; q_data[q_n] = data;
  q_lock[q_n] = lock; q_excl[q_n] = excl; q_prot[q_n] = prot; q_master[q_n] = master;
  q_sforce[q_n] = strb_force; q_strb[q_n] = strb_val;
  q_bn[q_n] = burst_no; q_beat[q_n] = beat; q_state[q_n] = 0; q_resp[q_n] = 0; q_exok[q_n] = 0; q_rdata[q_n] = 0;
  q_n = q_n + 1;
endtask

task automatic q_copy(input int dst, input int src);
  q_addr[dst] = q_addr[src]; q_write[dst] = q_write[src]; q_size[dst] = q_size[src]; q_burst[dst] = q_burst[src];
  q_trans[dst] = q_trans[src]; q_data[dst] = q_data[src]; q_lock[dst] = q_lock[src]; q_excl[dst] = q_excl[src];
  q_prot[dst] = q_prot[src]; q_master[dst] = q_master[src]; q_sforce[dst] = q_sforce[src]; q_strb[dst] = q_strb[src];
  q_bn[dst] = q_bn[src]; q_beat[dst] = q_beat[src]; q_state[dst] = q_state[src];
endtask

// One write of size bytes (0 = byte, 1 = halfword, 2 = word) at addr; data holds the bytes, lowest first.
task automatic ahb_write(input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [63:0] data);
  if (!unaligned && !aligned(addr, size))
    $display("refused: a %0d-byte transfer at 0x%0h is not aligned (every AHB transfer is aligned to its size)", 1 << size, addr);
  else begin
    bn = bn + 1; last_start = q_n; last_bn = bn;
    q_push(addr, 1, size, SINGLE, NONSEQ, data, bn, 0);
  end
endtask

// One read of size bytes at addr; the bytes come back in rd[] in issue order.
task automatic ahb_read(input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size);
  if (!unaligned && !aligned(addr, size))
    $display("refused: a %0d-byte transfer at 0x%0h is not aligned (every AHB transfer is aligned to its size)", 1 << size, addr);
  else begin
    bn = bn + 1; last_start = q_n; last_bn = bn;
    q_push(addr, 0, size, SINGLE, NONSEQ, 0, bn, 0);
  end
endtask

// A burst: hburst SINGLE, INCR (beats gives its length), WRAP4, INCR4, ... INCR16. Write data from wd[].
// An incrementing burst that would cross a 1 KB boundary is issued as two INCR bursts split at the
// boundary (unless cross_1k is set).
task automatic ahb_burst(input logic w, input logic [2:0] hb, input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size, input int beats = 0);
  int n;
  int unsigned a;
  logic [2:0] b;
  logic [1:0] t;
  bit split;
  n = beats_of(hb) ? beats_of(hb) : (beats > 0 ? beats : 1);
  a = addr; b = hb; split = 0;
  if (!unaligned && !aligned(addr, size))
    $display("refused: a %0d-byte burst at 0x%0h is not aligned (every AHB transfer is aligned to its size)", 1 << size, addr);
  else begin
    if (!cross_1k && crosses_1k(addr, size, hb, n)) begin
      split = 1; b = INCR;
      $display("note: %0s at 0x%0h would cross a 1 KB boundary; issued as INCR bursts split at the boundary", burst_name(hb), addr);
    end
    bn = bn + 1; last_start = q_n; last_bn = bn;
    for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) begin
      t = (k == 0) ? NONSEQ : SEQ;
      if (k > 0 && split && (a % 1024) == 0) begin t = NONSEQ; bn = bn + 1; end
      q_push(a, w, size, b, t, w ? wd[k] : 64'h0, bn, k);
      a = m_next(a, size, b);
    end
    if (busy_end && beats_of(b) > 1) q_push(a, w, size, b, BUSY, 64'h0, bn, n);
  end
endtask

// n BUSY cycles before beat k of the burst queued last (k = its length: after the last beat).
task automatic busy_at(input int k, input int n = 1);
  int idx, src;
  idx = q_n;
  for (int j = q_n - 1; j >= last_start; j--)
    if (q_trans[j][1] && q_beat[j] == k) idx = j;
  src = (idx < q_n) ? idx : q_n - 1;           // the beat the BUSY announces, or the last beat
  for (int j = q_n - 1; j >= idx; j--) q_copy(j + n, j);
  for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) begin
    q_copy(idx + j, src >= idx ? src + n : src);
    q_trans[idx + j] = BUSY; q_data[idx + j] = 0; q_beat[idx + j] = k;
    if (src < idx) q_addr[idx + j] = m_next(q_addr[src], q_size[src], q_burst[src]);
  end
  q_n = q_n + n;
endtask

// n IDLE cycles in the queue (the address and control keep their last values).
task automatic idle_q(input int n);
  for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)
    if (q_n > 0) q_push(q_addr[q_n - 1], q_write[q_n - 1], q_size[q_n - 1], q_burst[q_n - 1], IDLE, 64'h0, 0, 0);
    else q_push(0, 0, 0, SINGLE, IDLE, 64'h0, 0, 0);
endtask

// The driver: pick, hold, cancel.
int a_idx = -1, d_idx = -1;       // queue entries in the address phase and in the data phase (-1: none)
bit moved = 0;
logic        s_ready, s_resp, s_exok, s_write;
logic [DATA_W-1:0] s_rdata;
logic [31:0] s_addr;
logic [1:0]  s_trans;
logic [2:0]  s_size, s_burst;
int          s_done, s_acc, s_cfrom, s_cto, s_cmode;

task automatic complete(input int i);
  logic [15:0] lanes;
  logic [63:0] bytes;
  q_state[i] = 1; q_resp[i] = s_resp; q_exok[i] = s_exok; last_resp = s_resp; last_exokay = s_exok;
  if (!q_write[i]) begin
    lanes = beat_lanes(q_addr[i], q_size[i], BUS_BYTES);
    bytes = (s_rdata >> (8 * lanes[7:0])) & ((64'h1 << (8 * (lanes[15:8] - lanes[7:0] + 1))) - 1);
    q_rdata[i] = bytes; rd[n_rd] = bytes; rr[n_rd] = s_resp; n_rd = n_rd + 1;
  end
  if (!quiet) $display("e%0d D  %0s addr=0x%0h data=0x%0h %0s%0s", cycle, q_write[i] ? "write" : "read ", q_addr[i],
                       q_write[i] ? q_data[i] : q_rdata[i], resp_name(s_resp),
                       opt(q_excl[i], s_exok ? " EXOKAY" : " (HEXOKAY low: exclusive failed)"));
endtask

task automatic drive();
  logic [15:0] lanes;
  logic [63:0] s;
  int e;
  if (a_idx >= 0) begin
    e = a_idx;
    htrans = q_trans[e]; haddr = q_addr[e] + (moved ? (1 << q_size[e]) : 0); hwrite = q_write[e]; hsize = q_size[e];
    hburst = q_burst[e]; hprot = q_prot[e]; hmastlock = q_lock[e]; hexcl = q_excl[e]; hmaster = q_master[e];
  end else begin
    htrans = IDLE; hmastlock = 0; hexcl = 0;      // address and control keep their last values
  end
  if (d_idx >= 0 && q_write[d_idx]) begin
    lanes = beat_lanes(q_addr[d_idx], q_size[d_idx], BUS_BYTES);
    s = beat_strb(q_addr[d_idx], q_size[d_idx], BUS_BYTES);
    hwdata = q_data[d_idx] << (8 * lanes[7:0]);
    hwstrb = q_sforce[d_idx] ? q_strb[d_idx][BUS_BYTES-1:0] : s[BUS_BYTES-1:0];
    beat_a = q_addr[d_idx]; beat_m = hwstrb;
  end else begin
    hwdata = '0; hwstrb = '0; beat_m = 0;
  end
endtask

always @(posedge hclk) begin
  s_ready = hready; s_resp = hresp; s_exok = hexokay; s_rdata = hrdata; s_addr = haddr; s_trans = htrans;
  s_write = hwrite; s_size = hsize; s_burst = hburst;
  s_done = -1; s_acc = -1; s_cmode = 0;
  if (hresetn) begin
    if (s_ready === 1'b1) begin
      s_done = d_idx; d_idx = -1;
      if (a_idx >= 0 && moved) q_addr[a_idx] = s_addr;   // the address the subordinate took
      if (a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx] != IDLE) s_acc = a_idx;
      if (a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx][1]) d_idx = a_idx;
      a_idx = -1; moved = 0;
      if (running && q_next < q_n) begin a_idx = q_next; q_next = q_next + 1; end
    end else if (s_resp === 1'b1 && !no_cancel && a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx] != IDLE) begin
      // the first cycle of an ERROR: the transfer already on the wires is cancelled (IHI 0033C 5.1.3)
      s_cfrom = a_idx;
      if (d_idx >= 0 && q_bn[a_idx] == q_bn[d_idx]) begin
        s_cto = a_idx;
        while (s_cto < q_n && q_bn[s_cto] == q_bn[d_idx]) begin q_state[s_cto] = 2; s_cto = s_cto + 1; end
        q_next = s_cto; s_cmode = 1;               // the rest of the burst is dropped
      end else if (reissue) begin
        q_next = a_idx; s_cmode = 2;               // a separate transfer: issued again after the ERROR
      end else begin
        q_state[a_idx] = 2; s_cto = a_idx + 1; s_cmode = 3;   // a separate transfer, dropped
      end
      a_idx = -1;
    end else if (move_in_wait && a_idx >= 0 && q_trans[a_idx][1]) moved = 1;
  end
  #1;
  if (s_done >= 0) complete(s_done);
  if (s_acc >= 0 && !quiet)
    $display("e%0d A  %0s %0s addr=0x%0h size=%0d %0s%0s%0s", cycle, trans_name(s_trans), s_write ? "WRITE" : "READ", s_addr, s_size,
             burst_name(s_burst), opt(q_lock[s_acc], " locked"), opt(q_excl[s_acc], " exclusive"));
  if (s_cmode == 1 && !quiet)
    for (int j = s_cfrom; j < s_cto; j++)
      if (q_trans[j][1]) $display("e%0d X  cancelled %0s %0s addr=0x%0h (the rest of the burst is dropped)", cycle, trans_name(q_trans[j]), q_write[j] ? "WRITE" : "READ", q_addr[j]);
  if (s_cmode == 3 && !quiet)
    $display("e%0d X  cancelled %0s %0s addr=0x%0h", cycle, trans_name(q_trans[s_cfrom]), q_write[s_cfrom] ? "WRITE" : "READ", q_addr[s_cfrom]);
  if (s_cmode == 2 && !quiet)
    $display("e%0d X  withdrew %0s %0s addr=0x%0h (issued again after the ERROR)", cycle, trans_name(q_trans[s_cfrom]), q_write[s_cfrom] ? "WRITE" : "READ", q_addr[s_cfrom]);
  drive();
  drv_done = running && q_next >= q_n && a_idx < 0 && d_idx < 0;   // go() returns after this edge's log
end

// A text waveform for the lesson's trace blocks: with watch = 1, one line per rising edge with the
// values sampled at that edge (cycle k of a trace is what edge k sees).
int wave_edge = -1;
always @(posedge hclk) begin
  wave_edge = wave_edge + 1;
  if (watch) $display("wave e%0d: htrans=%0s haddr=%h hwrite=%b hsize=%0d hburst=%0s hwdata=%h hready=%b hresp=%b hrdata=%h",
                      wave_edge, trans_name(htrans), haddr, hwrite, hsize, burst_name(hburst), hwdata, hready, hresp, hrdata);
end

// Put the queue on the bus and wait until every transfer in it has ended; then empty the queue.
task automatic go();
  n_rd = 0; drv_done = 0; running = 1;
  wait (drv_done);
  running = 0; drv_done = 0; q_n = 0; q_next = 0;
endtask

// The table of a burst before it runs: the address, lanes and strobe of every beat.
task automatic beat_table(input int unsigned addr, input logic [2:0] size, input logic [2:0] hb, input int beats = 0);
  int n;
  int unsigned a, window, base;
  logic [15:0] lanes;
  logic [63:0] s;
  n = beats_of(hb) ? beats_of(hb) : (beats > 0 ? beats : 1);
  a = addr;
  $display("%0s at 0x%0h: %0d beat%0s of %0d byte%0s, bus %0d bytes", burst_name(hb), addr, n, opt(n > 1, "s"), 1 << size, opt(size != 0, "s"), BUS_BYTES);
  if (is_wrap(hb)) begin
    window = (1 << size) * beats_of(hb); base = (addr / window) * window;
    $display("  wraps inside 0x%0h-0x%0h (%0d beats x %0d bytes)", base, base + window - 1, beats_of(hb), 1 << size);
  end
  $display("  beat  address  lanes  strobe");
  for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) begin
    lanes = beat_lanes(a, size, BUS_BYTES);
    s = beat_strb(a, size, BUS_BYTES);
    $display("  %4d  0x%05h  %0d-%0d    %b", k, a[19:0], lanes[7:0], lanes[15:8], s[BUS_BYTES-1:0]);
    a = m_next(a, size, hb);
  end
  if (crosses_1k(addr, size, hb, n)) $display("  this burst crosses a 1 KB boundary");
  if (!aligned(addr, size)) $display("  0x%0h is not aligned to %0d bytes: AHB does not allow it", addr, 1 << size);
endtask

// One byte of the memory that owns an address (the fabric's second memory from 0x1000).
function automatic logic [7:0] mem_byte(input int unsigned a);
`ifdef AHB_MEM1
  if (a >= 32'h1000 && a < 32'h2000) return `AHB_MEM1.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH];
  if (a >= 32'h1000) return 8'h00;
`endif
  return `AHB_MEM.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH];
endfunction
task automatic set_byte(input int unsigned a, input logic [7:0] v);
`ifdef AHB_MEM1
  if (a >= 32'h1000 && a < 32'h2000) `AHB_MEM1.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH] = v;
  else if (a < 32'h1000) `AHB_MEM.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH] = v;
`else
  `AHB_MEM.mem[a % `AHB_DEPTH] = v;
`endif
endtask

// The memory, n bytes from addr, one bus word per group.
task automatic dump(input int unsigned addr, input int n);
  string line;
  int unsigned a = (addr / 16) * 16;
  while (a < addr + n) begin
    line = $sformatf("0x%05h ", a[19:0]);
    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) begin
      if (i % BUS_BYTES == 0) line = {line, " "};
      line = {line, $sformatf(" %02h", mem_byte(a + i))};
    end
    $display("%s", line);
    a = a + 16;
  end
endtask

// Fill n bytes from addr with first, first+1, ... so untouched bytes stay recognisable.
task automatic mem_fill(input int unsigned addr, input int n, input logic [7:0] first = 8'h00);
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) set_byte(addr + i, first + i[7:0]);
endtask

// Drive nothing new for n cycles.
task automatic idle(input int n);
  repeat (n) @(posedge hclk);
  #1;
endtask
ConceptDuring an INCR4 write burst the manager is not ready to send beat 2. What does it drive in that cycle?
Read the waveformIn the measured burst, which cycle carries a transfer type that the memory must answer with a zero-wait OKAY and otherwise ignore?
Beats 1 and 2 with the pause between them
0123htransSEQBUSYSEQhaddr20420820chwdatab0b10b2hready

Cycles 5 to 8 of the figure, shown here as cycles 0 to 3.

Remember

  • HTRANS[1] says whether the address phase holds a transfer: NONSEQ and SEQ do, IDLE and BUSY do not.
  • A subordinate answers IDLE and BUSY with a zero-wait OKAY and ignores them, even when it is selected and the address looks live.
  • NONSEQ starts a single transfer or a burst; SEQ continues it at the previous address plus the size, with identical control.
  • BUSY pauses a burst and already shows the next beat; it may not follow a SINGLE, and fixed-length bursts end with SEQ.
  • An undefined-length INCR burst may end after BUSY with IDLE or NONSEQ.