Intel® Stratix® 10 Hard Processor System Technical Reference Manual

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Date 11/28/2022
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8.3.1.1. Initializing and Clearing of Memory before Enabling ECC

Due to the DMA controller FIFO implementation, you must initialize and clear the FIFO before you enable the ECC to avoid a single event upset (SEU).

The following describes the initialization requirements:
  • You must write a known pattern for data and ECC syndrome bits in memory, which involves the initialization of data to zero and corresponding nonzero ECC in hardware.
  • Software must wait for the initialization process to complete before memory access is allowed. The initialization process cannot be interrupted nor stopped.