AN 798: Partial Reconfiguration with the Arria 10 HPS

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Partial Reconfiguration with the Intel® Arria® 10 HPS
Partial Reconfiguration with the Intel® Arria® 10 HPS x
Advantages of Partial Reconfiguration Scope of This Document Prerequisites for Using This Document Partial Reconfiguration Tools and Methods Arria 10 SoC Partial Reconfiguration Workflow Partial Reconfiguration Limitations Creating the PR Example Design Generating the Example Software Image Loading Partial Reconfiguration Designs Using Linux Important Partial Reconfiguration Terminology Revision History
Prerequisites for Using This Document x
Knowledge Prerequisites Software Tool Prerequisites Hardware Prerequisites
Partial Reconfiguration Tools and Methods x
Hardware Tools and Methods Software Tools and Methods
Hardware Tools and Methods x
Arria 10 SoC Partial Reconfiguration Support Overview of the Arria 10 GHRD
Arria 10 SoC Partial Reconfiguration Workflow x
Hardware Workflow Software Workflow
Creating the PR Example Design x
Qsys Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Logic Importing the GHRD Project Add a Partial Reconfiguration Region to the GHRD Building the Base Revision with the Reconfigurable Design Partition Synthesizing an Alternate Persona Implementing the Alternate Persona Generating the RBF FPGA Image Files Design Handoff to Software Developer
Qsys Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Logic x
PR Freeze Bridge PR Freeze Controller
Add a Partial Reconfiguration Region to the GHRD x
Creating the Partial Reconfiguration Design Adding the PR Region Connecting New Ports in the GHRD Module Instantiation
Generating the Example Software Image x
Overview of Software Image Creation Generating a New Boot Device Tree Creating the Device Tree Overlays
Generating a New Boot Device Tree x
Critical Information in the Default Device Tree Steps to Create a New Device Tree
Loading Partial Reconfiguration Designs Using Linux x
Installing Files on the SD Card Loading and Unloading the Device Tree Overlays
Partial Reconfiguration with the Intel® Arria® 10 HPS

Synthesizing an Alternate Persona

  1. Create a new design revision for the alternate persona synthesis step. This revision is not based on any existing revision and is created blank with no existing files, settings, or constraints. This revision is only for synthesizing the PR region logic and does not require any of the normal top level settings or constraints, such as pin placement.
    Figure 26. Creating Blank Revision for Alternate Persona

    Click OK to create the revision and open it as the current revision.

  2. Ensure that the new revision's Device Type setting matches the other revisions. If it does not, you can change it by clicking Device in the Assignments menu, to open the Device dialog box.
  3. To change the revision type of the new revision, point to Assignments, click Settings, choose the General category, and change the Revision Type field to Partial Reconfiguration – Persona Synthesis as shown below.
    Figure 27. Setting the Revision Type
  4. Change the Top-level entity field to pr_region_alternate. This is the name of a new Qsys design that is generated in a later step.
  5. Create a new Qsys Pro design called pr_region_alternate.qsys as shown below.
    Figure 28. New Design for Alternate Persona
  6. Add an Avalon-MM pipeline bridge, an on-chip memory, and a system ID peripheral, as described in "Creating the Partial Reconfiguration Design". However, configure a different value in the 32-bit system ID field of the system ID peripheral, and set the base address of the system ID peripheral to 0x0200. Leave the on-chip memory base address at 0x0000.
    At runtime, software will read the system ID from each design revision. For each PR region, it will read a unique value from a unique address. This will demonstrate that the PR region has changed and Linux was updated properly.
  7. Click Generate RTL and then Finish. This closes the Qsys Pro design.
  8. Run the first two stages of the compilation flow (IP generation and analysis and synthesis), as follows:
    1. If the Compilation Dashboard is not visible, click Compilation Dashboard in the Tasks window.
    2. Click IP Generation.
    3. When IP generation is complete, click Analysis & Synthesis.
    No further compilation is needed for the alternate persona synthesis step. Running further compilation steps on this type of revision is prohibited by the tools.
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