[gpio/dv] code coverage exclusions
diff --git a/hw/ip/gpio/dv/Makefile b/hw/ip/gpio/dv/Makefile
index cc49990..859a33e 100644
--- a/hw/ip/gpio/dv/Makefile
+++ b/hw/ip/gpio/dv/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 export TB_TOP   := tb
 FUSESOC_CORE    := lowrisc:dv:gpio_sim:0.1
 COMPILE_KEY     ?= default
+COV_DUT_EXCL    ?= ${DV_DIR}/cov/gpio_cov_excl.el
 
 ####################################################################################################
 ##                     A D D    I N D I V I D U A L    T E S T S    B E L O W                     ##
diff --git a/hw/ip/gpio/dv/cov/gpio_cov_excl.el b/hw/ip/gpio/dv/cov/gpio_cov_excl.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4362fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/ip/gpio/dv/cov/gpio_cov_excl.el
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//==================================================
+// This file contains the Excluded objects
+// Generated By User: gaurangg
+// Format Version: 2
+// Date: Wed Oct 30 17:22:12 2019
+// ExclMode: default
+//==================================================
+CHECKSUM: "3109872245 3727953184"
+INSTANCE: tb.dut.u_reg.u_data_in
+ANNOTATION: "[UNR]"
+Block 1 "0" "assign wr_en = de;"
+CHECKSUM: "1352181506 3803838024"
+INSTANCE: tb.dut.u_reg.u_masked_out_lower_mask
+ANNOTATION: "[UNR]"
+Block 1 "0" "assign qs = d;"
+CHECKSUM: "1352181506 3803838024"
+INSTANCE: tb.dut.u_reg.u_masked_out_upper_mask
+ANNOTATION: "[UNR]"
+Block 1 "0" "assign qs = d;"
+CHECKSUM: "1352181506 3803838024"
+INSTANCE: tb.dut.u_reg.u_masked_oe_lower_mask
+ANNOTATION: "[UNR]"
+Block 1 "0" "assign qs = d;"
+CHECKSUM: "1352181506 3803838024"
+INSTANCE: tb.dut.u_reg.u_masked_oe_upper_mask
+ANNOTATION: "[UNR]"
+Block 1 "0" "assign qs = d;"
+CHECKSUM: "3109872245 1595801502"
+INSTANCE: tb.dut.u_reg.u_data_in
+ANNOTATION: "[UNR]"
+Branch 1 "1017474648" "(!rst_ni)" (2) "(!rst_ni) 0,0"