I am unable to compile and execute SystemC code generated from a Simulink model

I am following the stepos given in this example, https://www.mathworks.com/help/hdlverifier/ug/untimed-systemc-tlm-simulation.html

The code generation is successfull but when I click on "Verify TLM Component" in the Configuration Parameter window inside the TLM Testbench panel I get the following error,

### Starting component verification

### Checking available compiler.

### Building testbench and TLM component.

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>set "VS150COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\Tools\"

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>set "VSCMD_START_DIR=C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb"

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\Tools\\..\..\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall" x64

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[vcvarsall] Environment initialized for: 'x64'

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.16.27051.0

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am OPT_CXXFLAGS="/O2 /MT /D _NDEBUG" OPT_LDFLAGS=""

cd ..\DualFilter_uttb_tlm && nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am

cd ..\DualFilter && nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am

cl.exe /c /O2 /MT /D _NDEBUG /Fd".\obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.pdb" /D "RT" /D "USE_RTMODEL" /D "WIN64" /D "_LIB" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" /D "_UNICODE" /D "UNICODE" /I ".\include" /I "..\DualFilter\include" /I "..\DualFilter\utils" /I "" /I "" /D SC_INCLUDE_DYNAMIC_PROCESSES /nologo /FD /EHsc /W3 /TP /wd4244 /wd4267 /vmg /Foobj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.obj src\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.cpp

cl : Command line error D8004 : '/I' requires an argument

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\cl.exe"' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

[Walter Roberson]

those two /I "" appear to be a problem.

[Advait Thakre]

Sure, but I am not touching the generated code or the makefile before compiling. Are you saying the makefile automatically generated by simulink needs to be corrected so that I can compile the code properly?

[Walter Roberson]

I would suspect that you have left two configuration fields empty but that the makefile is blindly putting in those two empty values instead of just leaving that part out.

[Advait Thakre]

I set the environment vairables SYSTEMC_INC_PATH and TLM_INC_PATH, and the problem went away. But now I get a different error,

### Starting component verification

### Checking available compiler.

### Building testbench and TLM component.

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>set "VS150COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\Tools\"

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>set "VSCMD_START_DIR=C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb"

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\Tools\\..\..\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall" x64

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** Copyright (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation

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[vcvarsall] Environment initialized for: 'x64'

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.16.27051.0

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am OPT_CXXFLAGS="/O2 /MT /D _NDEBUG" OPT_LDFLAGS=""

cd ..\DualFilter_uttb_tlm && nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am

cd ..\DualFilter && nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am

cl.exe /c /O2 /MT /D _NDEBUG /Fd".\obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.pdb" /D "RT" /D "USE_RTMODEL" /D "WIN64" /D "_LIB" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" /D "_UNICODE" /D "UNICODE" /I ".\include" /I "..\DualFilter\include" /I "..\DualFilter\utils" /I "C:\Users\advaitthakre\Downloads\systemc-2.3.1\systemc-2.3.1\src" /I "C:\Users\advaitthakre\Downloads\systemc-2.3.1\systemc-2.3.1\src" /D SC_INCLUDE_DYNAMIC_PROCESSES /nologo /FD /EHsc /W3 /TP /wd4244 /wd4267 /vmg /Foobj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.obj src\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.cpp

DualFilter_uttb_tlm.cpp

Unknown compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Downloads\systemc-2.3.1\systemc-2.3.1\src\systemc.h(118): error C2039: 'gets': is not a member of 'std'

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\include\map(20): note: see declaration of 'std'

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Downloads\systemc-2.3.1\systemc-2.3.1\src\systemc.h(118): error C2873: 'gets': symbol cannot be used in a using-declaration

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\cl.exe"' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

[Advait Thakre]

After setting all the environment variables now I am stuck with this error,

### Starting component verification

### Checking available compiler.

### Building testbench and TLM component.

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>set "VS150COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\Tools\"

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>set "VSCMD_START_DIR=C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb"

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\Tools\\..\..\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall" x64

**********************************************************************

** Visual Studio 2017 Developer Command Prompt v15.9.58

** Copyright (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation

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[vcvarsall] Environment initialized for: 'x64'

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.16.27051.0

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am OPT_CXXFLAGS="/O2 /MT /D _NDEBUG" OPT_LDFLAGS=""

cd ..\DualFilter_uttb_tlm && nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am

cd ..\DualFilter && nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am

link.exe obj\mw_support_tb.obj obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb.obj obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb_main.obj /LIBPATH:"C:\Users\advaitthakre\Downloads\systemc-2.3.4\src" /LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2023b\extern\lib\win64\microsoft" /nologo /INCREMENTAL /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /MACHINE:X64 ..\DualFilter_uttb_tlm\lib\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.lib ..\DualFilter\lib\DualFilter.lib "" libmat.lib libmx.lib libeng.lib /PDB:".\obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb.pdb" /out:DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb.exe

LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file '.obj'

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\link.exe"' : return code '0x450'

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

[Walter Roberson]

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Downloads\systemc-2.3.1\systemc-2.3.1\src\systemc.h(118): error C2039: 'gets': is not a member of 'std'

std::gets was deprecated in C++11 and removed in C++14

[Advait Thakre]

I was able to get around std::gets error after I set all environment variables. Like I posted in my last message I am stuck on a different error now,

### Starting component verification

### Checking available compiler.

### Building testbench and TLM component.

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>set "VS150COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\Tools\"

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>set "VSCMD_START_DIR=C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb"

C:\Users\advaitthakre\Documents\SystemC\DualFilter_VP\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\Tools\\..\..\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall" x64

**********************************************************************

** Visual Studio 2017 Developer Command Prompt v15.9.58

** Copyright (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation

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[vcvarsall] Environment initialized for: 'x64'

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.16.27051.0

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am OPT_CXXFLAGS="/O2 /MT /D _NDEBUG" OPT_LDFLAGS=""

cd ..\DualFilter_uttb_tlm && nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am

cd ..\DualFilter && nmake.exe /nologo /f makefile.mk all-am

link.exe obj\mw_support_tb.obj obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb.obj obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb_main.obj /LIBPATH:"C:\Users\advaitthakre\Downloads\systemc-2.3.4\src" /LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2023b\extern\lib\win64\microsoft" /nologo /INCREMENTAL /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /MACHINE:X64 ..\DualFilter_uttb_tlm\lib\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.lib ..\DualFilter\lib\DualFilter.lib "" libmat.lib libmx.lib libeng.lib /PDB:".\obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb.pdb" /out:DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb.exe

LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file '.obj'

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\link.exe"' : return code '0x450'

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.16.27023\bin\HostX64\x64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

[Walter Roberson]

I do not know? The only thing I notice is that between ..\DualFilter\lib\DualFilter.lib and libmat.lib there is a "" and possibly that is being treated as an empty name with default extension .obj

[Jerome Chevalier]

Based on the compilation log, the environment variables pointing to your SystemC library installation are missing

cl.exe /c /O2 /MT /D _NDEBUG /Fd".\obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.pdb" /D "RT" /D "USE_RTMODEL" /D "WIN64" /D "_LIB" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" /D "_UNICODE" /D "UNICODE" /I ".\include" /I "..\DualFilter\include" /I "..\DualFilter\utils" /I "" /I "" /D SC_INCLUDE_DYNAMIC_PROCESSES /nologo /FD /EHsc /W3 /TP /wd4244 /wd4267 /vmg /Foobj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.obj src\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.cpp

cl : Command line error D8004 : '/I' requires an argument

You must download and compile the SystemC library and define the following variables in your system (or enter the values directly in the 'TLM Compilation' dialog):

• SYSTEMC_INC_PATH and TLM_INC_PATH to provide the path to the systemC and tlm .h include files
• SYSTEMC_LIB_NAME and SYSTEMC_LIB_PATH to provide the name and location of the systemC .lib static library file.

see the following link for more information: https://www.mathworks.com/help/hdlverifier/ug/select-tlm-compilation-options.html?searchHighlight=systemc%20lib&s_tid=srchtitle_support_results_2_systemc%20lib

[Jerome Chevalier]

Based on the linker log, SYSTEMC_LIB_NAME environment variable is missing

link.exe obj\mw_support_tb.obj obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb.obj obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb_main.obj /LIBPATH:"C:\Users\advaitthakre\Downloads\systemc-2.3.4\src" /LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2023b\extern\lib\win64\microsoft" /nologo /INCREMENTAL /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /MACHINE:X64 ..\DualFilter_uttb_tlm\lib\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.lib ..\DualFilter\lib\DualFilter.lib "" libmat.lib libmx.lib libeng.lib /PDB:".\obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb.pdb" /out:DualFilter_uttb_tlm_tb.exe

Answer 1

[Marc Erickson]

You appear to have a missing the specification of the systemc library and so it is showing up as an empty string in the linker line:

..\DualFilter\lib\DualFilter.lib "" libmat.lib

Please read through:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/hdlverifier/ug/select-tlm-compilation-options.html?searchHighlight=systemc%20lib&s_tid=srchtitle_support_results_2_systemc%20lib

Here is a successful link command for a design named "Subsystem".

link.exe \
obj\mw_support_tb.obj obj\Subsystem_tlm_tb.obj obj\Subsystem_tlm_tb_main.obj \
/LIBPATH:"F:/tools/SystemC/systemc-2.3.1/lib/win64" /LIBPATH:"O:\27\matlab\extern\lib\win64\microsoft" \
/nologo /INCREMENTAL /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE /MACHINE:X64 \
..\Subsystem_tlm\lib\Subsystem_tlm.lib ..\Subsystem\lib\Subsystem.lib \
"systemc-vs-15.0.lib" \
libmat.lib libmx.lib libeng.lib \
/PDB:".\obj\Subsystem_tlm_tb.pdb" /out:Subsystem_tlm_tb.exe

If you continue to have issues, you can file a tech support request and we can look further.

Answer 2

[Jerome Chevalier]

Based on the compilation log, the environment variables pointing to your SystemC library installation are missing

cl.exe /c /O2 /MT /D _NDEBUG /Fd".\obj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.pdb" /D "RT" /D "USE_RTMODEL" /D "WIN64" /D "_LIB" /D "_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" /D "_UNICODE" /D "UNICODE" /I ".\include" /I "..\DualFilter\include" /I "..\DualFilter\utils" /I "" /I "" /D SC_INCLUDE_DYNAMIC_PROCESSES /nologo /FD /EHsc /W3 /TP /wd4244 /wd4267 /vmg /Foobj\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.obj src\DualFilter_uttb_tlm.cpp

cl : Command line error D8004 : '/I' requires an argument

You must download and compile the SystemC library and define the following variables in your system (or enter the values directly in the 'TLM Compilation' dialog):

• SYSTEMC_INC_PATH and TLM_INC_PATH to provide the path to the systemC and tlm .h include files
• SYSTEMC_LIB_NAME and SYSTEMC_LIB_PATH to provide the name and location of the systemC .lib static library file.

see the following link for more information: https://www.mathworks.com/help/hdlverifier/ug/select-tlm-compilation-options.html?searchHighlight=systemc%20lib&s_tid=srchtitle_support_results_2_systemc%20lib