Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon® Memory-Mapped (Avalon-MM) DMA Interface for PCI Express* Solutions User Guide

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Date 6/03/2021
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5.7.1. Read DMA Descriptor Controller Registers

The following table describes the registers in the internal DMA Descriptor Controller. When the DMA Descriptor Controller is externally instantiated, these registers are accessed through a BAR. The offsets must be added to the base address for the read controller. When the Descriptor Controller is internally instantiated these registers are accessed through BAR0. The read controller is at offset 0x0000.

Address Offset

Register

Access

Description

0x0000

RC Read Status and Descriptor Base (Low)

R/W

Specifies the lower 32-bits of the base address of the read status and descriptor table in the Root Complex memory. This address must be on a 32-byte boundary. Software must program this register after programming the upper 32 bits at offset 0x4. To change the RC Read Status and Descriptor Base (Low)base address, all descriptors specified by the RD_TABLE_SIZE must be exhausted.

0x0004

RC Read Status and Descriptor Base (High)

R/W

Specifies the upper 32-bits of the base address of the read status and descriptor table in the Root Complex memory. Software must program this register before programming the lower 32 bits of this register.

0x0008

EP Read Descriptor FIFO Base (Low)

RW

Specifies the lower 32 bits of the base address of the read descriptor FIFO in Endpoint memory. The Read DMA fetches the descriptors from Root Complex memory. The address must be the Avalon-MM address of the Descriptor Controller's Read Descriptor Table Avalon-MM Slave Port as seen by the Read DMA Avalon-MM Master Port. You must program this register after programming the upper 32 bits at offset 0xC.

0x000C

EP Read Descriptor FIFO Base (High)

RW

Specifies the upper 32 bits of the base address of the read descriptor table in Endpoint Avalon-MM memory. The Read DMA fetches the descriptors from Root Complex memory and writes the descriptors to the FIFO at this location. This must be the Avalon-MM address of the descriptor controller's Read Descriptor Table Avalon-MM Slave Port as seen by the Read DMA Avalon-MM Master Port. You must program this register before programming the lower 32 bits of this register.

0x0010

RD_DMA_LAST_PTR

RW

When read, returns the ID of the last descriptor requested. If no DMA request is outstanding or the DMA is in reset, returns a value 0xFF.

When written, specifies the ID of the last descriptor requested. The difference between the value read and the value written is the number of descriptors to be processed.

For example, if the value reads 4, the last descriptor requested is 4. To specify 5 more descriptors, software should write a 9 into the RD_DMA_LAST_PTR register. The DMA executes 5 more descriptors.

To have the read DMA record the done bit of every descriptor, program this register to transfer one descriptor at a time.

The descriptor ID loops back to 0 after reaching RD_TABLE_SIZE. For example, if the RD_DMA_LAST_PTR value read is 126 and you want to execute three more descriptors, software must write 127, and then 1 into the RD_DMA_LAST_PTRregister.

0x0014 RD_TABLE_SIZE

RW

Specifies the size of the Read descriptor table. Set to the number of descriptors - 1. By default, RD_TABLE_SIZE is set to 127.This value specifies the last Descriptor ID. To change the RC Read Status and Descriptor Base (Low)base address, all descriptors specified by the RD_TABLE_SIZE must be exhausted.
0x0018 RD_CONTROL

RW

[31:1] Reserved.

[0]Done. When set, the Descriptor Controller writes the Done bit for each descriptor in the status table. When not set the Descriptor Controller writes the Done for the final descriptor, as specified by RD_DMA_LAST_PTR. In both cases, the Descriptor Controller sends a MSI to the host after the completion of the last descriptor along with the status update for the last descriptor.