F-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Acronyms 2. Design Example Description 3. Quick Start Guide 4. F-Tile Avalon Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express Design Example User Guide Archives 5. Revision History for the F-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide
2. Design Example Description x
2.1. Programmed Input/Output Design Example 2.2. Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Design Example 2.3. Performance Design Example
2.1. Programmed Input/Output Design Example x
2.1.1. Programmed Input/Output Design Example Functional Description 2.1.2. Programmed Input/Output Design Example Simulation Testbench
2.1.1. Programmed Input/Output Design Example Functional Description x
2.1.1.1. F-Tile Avalon-ST IP for PCI Express Hard IP (DUT) 2.1.1.2. PIO Application (APPS) 2.1.1.3. On-Chip Memory (MEM) 2.1.1.4. F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks IP 2.1.1.5. Reset Release IP
2.1.1.2. PIO Application (APPS) x
2.1.1.2.1. Scheduler 2.1.1.2.2. Read Write Module 2.1.1.2.3. Avalon-MM Interface 2.1.1.2.4. Completion Module 2.1.1.2.5. Width Adapter
2.2. Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Design Example x
2.2.1. Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Design Example Functional Description 2.2.2. Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Design Example Simulation Testbench
2.2.1. Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Design Example Functional Description x
2.2.1.1. F-Tile Avalon-ST IP for PCI Express Hard IP (DUT) 2.2.1.2. SR-IOV Applications (APPS)
2.2.1.2. SR-IOV Applications (APPS) x
2.2.1.2.1. Access Parser 2.2.1.2.2. Access Router 2.2.1.2.3. Completion 2.2.1.2.4. PF Segram 2.2.1.2.5. VF Segram 2.2.1.2.6. F-Tile Reference and System PLL Clocks IP 2.2.1.2.7. Reset Release IP
2.3. Performance Design Example x
2.3.1. Performance Design Example Functional Description 2.3.2. Performance Design Example Simulation Testbench
3. Quick Start Guide x
3.1. Directory Structure 3.2. Generating the Design Example 3.3. Simulating the Design Example 3.4. Compiling the Design Example 3.5. Hardware and Software Requirements 3.6. Installing the Linux Kernel Driver 3.7. Running the Design Example
3.3. Simulating the Design Example x
3.3.1. Steps to Run Simulation 3.3.2. Testbench
3.3.1. Steps to Run Simulation x
3.3.1.1. Steps to Run Simulation : VCS* 3.3.1.2. Steps to Run Simulation : VCS* MX 3.3.1.3. Steps to Run Simulation : QuestaSim* / ModelSim* - Intel® FPGA Starter Edition / Questa* Intel® FPGA Starter Edition 3.3.1.4. Steps to Run Simulation : Xcelium*
3.3.2. Testbench x
3.3.2.1. Test Driver Module 3.3.2.2. PIO Design Example Testbench 3.3.2.3. SR-IOV Design Example Testbench 3.3.2.4. Performance Design Example Testbench
3.7. Running the Design Example x
3.7.1. Running the PIO Design Example 3.7.2. Running the SR-IOV Design Example 3.7.3. Running the Performance Design Example
1. Acronyms
2. Design Example Description
3. Quick Start Guide
4. F-Tile Avalon Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express Design Example User Guide Archives
5. Revision History for the F-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide

3.3.2.2. PIO Design Example Testbench

The figure below shows the PIO design example simulation design hierarchy. The tests for the PIO design example are defined with the apps_type_hwtcl parameter set to 3. The tests run under this parameter value are defined in ebfm_cfg_rp_ep_rootport, find_mem_bar and downstream_loop.

Figure 22. PIO Design Example Simulation Design Hierarchy
The testbench starts with link training and then accesses the configuration space of the IP for enumeration. A task called downstream_loop (defined in the Root Port PCIe BFM altpcietb_bfm_rp_gen4_x16.sv) then performs the PCIe link test. This test consists of the following steps:
  1. Issue a memory write command to write a single dword of data into the on-chip memory behind the Endpoint.
  2. Issue a memory read command to read back data from the on-chip memory.
  3. Compare the read data with the write data. If they match, the test counts this as a Pass.
  4. Repeat Steps 1, 2 and 3 for 10 iterations.

The first memory write takes place around 236 µs. It is followed by a memory read at the Avalon® -ST RX interface of the F-tile Hard IP for PCIe. The Completion TLP appears shortly after the memory read request at the Avalon® -ST TX interface. The memory write and read transactions and the Completion TLP are shown in the following waveforms.

Figure 23. Simulation Waveforms for the PIO Design Example for the F-Tile Avalon® -ST IP for PCIe
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