: In the pre silicon example I have, there is a PCIe exerciser imbedded in the emulation model that communicates with an API running on arm. If we have a real PCIe interface with a Mentor PCIe bridge, can we connect an external exerciser to it or must we

:  In the pre silicon example I have, there is a PCIe exerciser imbedded in the emulation model that communicates with an API running on arm.  If we have a real PCIe interface with a Mentor PCIe bridge, can we connect an external exerciser to it or must we use a default interface