R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express 2. IP Architecture and Functional Description 3. Advanced Features 4. Interfaces 5. Parameters 6. Troubleshooting/Debugging 7. R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* User Guide Archives 8. Document Revision History for the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express User Guide A. Configuration Space Registers B. Root Port Enumeration C. Implementation of Address Translation Services (ATS) in Endpoint Mode D. Packets Forwarded to the User Application in TLP Bypass Mode E. Margin Masks for the R-Tile Avalon Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express
1. About the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express x
1.1. Overview 1.2. Features 1.3. Release Information 1.4. Device Family Support 1.5. Performance and Resource Utilization 1.6. IP Core Support Levels
1.1. Overview x
1.1.1. Standards and Specifications Compliance
1.2. Features x
1.2.1. Multifunction and Virtualization Features
2. IP Architecture and Functional Description x
2.1. Overview 2.2. PCIe Hard IP Mode 2.3. PIPE Direct Mode
2.2. PCIe Hard IP Mode x
2.2.1. Clocking 2.2.2. Reset 2.2.3. PCI Express Protocol Stack
2.2.2. Reset x
2.2.2.1. Single PERST 2.2.2.2. Independent PERST
2.2.2.2. Independent PERST x
2.2.2.2.1. REFCLK and PERST Guidelines when Using Independent PERST
2.2.3. PCI Express Protocol Stack x
2.2.3.1. PMA 2.2.3.2. Data Link Layer Overview 2.2.3.3. Transaction Layer Overview
2.2.3.3. Transaction Layer Overview x
2.2.3.3.1. Deferrable Memory Write (DMWr)
2.3. PIPE Direct Mode x
2.3.1. Clocking 2.3.2. Reset 2.3.3. PIPE Layer
3. Advanced Features x
3.1. PCIe Port Bifurcation and PHY Channel Mapping 3.2. Virtualization Support 3.3. TLP Bypass Mode
3.2. Virtualization Support x
3.2.1. SR-IOV Support 3.2.2. VirtIO Support
3.2.1. SR-IOV Support x
3.2.1.1. SR-IOV Supported Features List 3.2.1.2. Implementation 3.2.1.3. VF to PF Mapping 3.2.1.4. Function Level Reset (FLR)
3.2.1.2. Implementation x
3.2.1.2.1. VF Error Flag Interface (for x16/x8 Cores Only)
3.2.2. VirtIO Support x
3.2.2.1. VirtIO Supported Features List 3.2.2.2. Overview 3.2.2.3. Parameters 3.2.2.4. VirtIO PCI Configuration Access Interface 3.2.2.5. Registers
3.2.2.5. Registers x
3.2.2.5.1. VirtIO Common Configuration Capability Register (Address: 0x012) 3.2.2.5.2. VirtIO Common Configuration BAR Indicator Register (Address: 0x013) 3.2.2.5.3. VirtIO Common Configuration BAR Offset Register (Address: 0x014) 3.2.2.5.4. VirtIO Common Configuration Structure Length Register (Address 0x015) 3.2.2.5.5. VirtIO Notifications Capability Register (Address: 0x016) 3.2.2.5.6. VirtIO Notifications BAR Indicator Register (Address: 0x017) 3.2.2.5.7. VirtIO Notifications BAR Offset Register (Address: 0x018) 3.2.2.5.8. VirtIO Notifications Structure Length Register (Address: 0x019) 3.2.2.5.9. VirtIO Notifications Notify Off Multiplier Register (Address: 0x01A) 3.2.2.5.10. VirtIO ISR Status Capability Register (Address: 0x02F) 3.2.2.5.11. VirtIO ISR Status BAR Indicator Register (Address: 0x030) 3.2.2.5.12. VirtIO ISR Status BAR Offset Register (Address: 0x031) 3.2.2.5.13. VirtIO ISR Status Structure Length Register (Address: 0x032) 3.2.2.5.14. VirtIO Device Specific Capability Register (Address: 0x033) 3.2.2.5.15. VirtIO Device Specific BAR Indicator Register (Address: 0x034) 3.2.2.5.16. VirtIO Device Specific BAR Offset Register (Address 0x035) 3.2.2.5.17. VirtIO Device Specific Structure Length Register (Address: 0x036) 3.2.2.5.18. VirtIO PCI Configuration Access Capability Register (Address: 0x037) 3.2.2.5.19. VirtIO PCI Configuration Access BAR Indicator Register (Address: 0x038) 3.2.2.5.20. VirtIO PCI Configuration Access BAR Offset Register (Address: 0x039) 3.2.2.5.21. VirtIO PCI Configuration Access Structure Length Register (Address: 0x03A) 3.2.2.5.22. VirtIO PCI Configuration Access Data Register (Address: 0x03B)
3.3. TLP Bypass Mode x
3.3.1. Overview 3.3.2. Register Settings for the TLP Bypass Mode 3.3.3. Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface 3.3.4. Avalon® Streaming Interface
3.3.2. Register Settings for the TLP Bypass Mode x
3.3.2.1. TLPBYPASS_ERR_EN (Address 0x1314) 3.3.2.2. TLPBYPASS_ERR_STATUS (Address 0x1310)
3.3.4. Avalon® Streaming Interface x
3.3.4.1. Configuration TLP 3.3.4.2. Transmit Interface 3.3.4.3. Receive Interface 3.3.4.4. Malformed TLP 3.3.4.5. ECRC
4. Interfaces x
4.1. Clocks and Resets 4.2. Serial Data Interface 4.3. PCI Express Mode 4.4. PIPE Direct Mode
4.1. Clocks and Resets x
4.1.1. Clocks 4.1.2. Resets
4.3. PCI Express Mode x
4.3.1. Avalon® Streaming Interface 4.3.2. Precision Time Measurement (PTM) Interface (Endpoint Only) 4.3.3. Interrupt Interface 4.3.4. Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface 4.3.5. Error Interface 4.3.6. Completion Timeout Interface 4.3.7. Configuration Intercept Interface 4.3.8. Power Management Interface 4.3.9. Hard IP Status Interface 4.3.10. Page Request Services (PRS) Interface (Endpoint Only) 4.3.11. Function-Level Reset (FLR) Interface (Endpoint Only) 4.3.12. SR-IOV VF Error Flag Interface (Endpoint Only) 4.3.13. General Purpose VSEC Interface
4.3.1. Avalon® Streaming Interface x
4.3.1.1. TLP Header and Data Alignment for the Avalon® streaming RX and TX Interfaces 4.3.1.2. Credit Control 4.3.1.3. Avalon® Streaming RX Interface 4.3.1.4. Avalon® Streaming TX Interface 4.3.1.5. Tag Allocation
4.3.1.2. Credit Control x
4.3.1.2.1. Credit Interface - Data and Header 4.3.1.2.2. Credit Initialization 4.3.1.2.3. Credit Update/Release 4.3.1.2.4. RX Flow Control Interface 4.3.1.2.5. TX Flow Control Interface
4.3.1.3. Avalon® Streaming RX Interface x
4.3.1.3.1. Application Logic Guidelines for the Avalon Streaming RX Interface
4.3.1.4. Avalon® Streaming TX Interface x
4.3.1.4.1. Application Logic Guidelines for the Avalon Streaming TX Interface 4.3.1.4.2. Avalon® Streaming TX Interface pX_tx_st_ready_o Behavior
4.3.1.5. Tag Allocation x
4.3.1.5.1. Completion Buffer Size
4.3.3. Interrupt Interface x
4.3.3.1. Legacy Interrupts 4.3.3.2. MSI 4.3.3.3. MSI-X
4.3.3.3. MSI-X x
4.3.3.3.1. Implementing MSI-X Interrupts
4.3.8. Power Management Interface x
4.3.8.1. D3Hot Entry 4.3.8.2. D3Hot Exit 4.3.8.3. D3Cold Entry 4.3.8.4. D3Cold Exit
4.3.8.2. D3Hot Exit x
4.3.8.2.1. D3Hot Exit Initiated by Host 4.3.8.2.2. D3Hot Exit Initiated by EP
4.4. PIPE Direct Mode x
4.4.1. Data Signals 4.4.2. Command and Status Signals 4.4.3. Message Bus Signals 4.4.4. Deskew Signals 4.4.5. PIPE Direct Reset Sequence 4.4.6. PIPE Direct Speed Change 4.4.7. PIPE Lane Reset Staggering 4.4.8. Unused Lanes in PIPE Direct Mode
4.4.1. Data Signals x
4.4.1.1. Transmit Signals 4.4.1.2. Receive Signals
4.4.4. Deskew Signals x
4.4.4.1. MAC to PHY (M2P) Signals 4.4.4.2. PHY to MAC (P2M) Signals
5. Parameters x
5.1. Top-Level Settings 5.2. Core Parameters
5.2. Core Parameters x
5.2.1. Avalon Parameters 5.2.2. Base Address Registers 5.2.3. PCI Express and PCI Capabilities Parameters
5.2.3. PCI Express and PCI Capabilities Parameters x
5.2.3.1. Device Capabilities 5.2.3.2. VirtIO Parameters 5.2.3.3. Link Capabilities 5.2.3.4. Legacy Interrupt Pin Register 5.2.3.5. MSI Capabilities 5.2.3.6. MSI-X Capabilities 5.2.3.7. Slot Capabilities 5.2.3.8. Latency Tolerance Reporting (LTR) 5.2.3.9. Process Address Space ID (PASID) 5.2.3.10. Device Serial Number Capability 5.2.3.11. Page Request Service (PRS) 5.2.3.12. Access Control Service (ACS) 5.2.3.13. Power Management 5.2.3.14. Vendor Specific Extended Capability (VSEC) Registers 5.2.3.15. TLP Processing Hints (TPH) 5.2.3.16. Address Translation Services (ATS) Capabilities 5.2.3.17. Precision Time Management (PTM)
6. Troubleshooting/Debugging x
6.1. Hardware Debug 6.2. Operating System Tools and Utilities 6.3. Signal Tap Logic Analyzer 6.4. Using the Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface for Debugging 6.5. Other Interfaces That Can Be Used for Debug Activities 6.6. Debug Toolkit
6.1. Hardware Debug x
6.1.1. Debugging Link Training Issues 6.1.2. Debugging Device Enumeration Issues 6.1.3. Debugging Data Transfer and Performance Issues
6.1.3. Debugging Data Transfer and Performance Issues x
6.1.3.1. Advanced Error Reporting (AER)
6.2. Operating System Tools and Utilities x
6.2.1. Using lspci Utility to Read Negotiated Link Speed
6.4. Using the Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface for Debugging x
6.4.1. Using the Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface to Enable and Read ECRC and LCRC Error Counts
6.6. Debug Toolkit x
6.6.1. Overview 6.6.2. Enabling the R-Tile Debug Toolkit 6.6.3. Launching the R-tile Debug Toolkit 6.6.4. Using the R-Tile Debug Toolkit
6.6.4. Using the R-Tile Debug Toolkit x
6.6.4.1. R-Tile Information 6.6.4.2. Event Counters 6.6.4.3. Link Inspector 6.6.4.4. Configuration Space 6.6.4.5. Channel Parameters
6.6.4.5. Channel Parameters x
6.6.4.5.1. General PHY 6.6.4.5.2. Tx Path 6.6.4.5.3. Rx Path 6.6.4.5.4. Lane Margining
C. Implementation of Address Translation Services (ATS) in Endpoint Mode x
C.1. Sending Translated/Untranslated Requests C.2. Sending a Page Request Message from the Endpoint (EP) to the Root Complex (RC) C.3. Invalidating Requests/Completions
D. Packets Forwarded to the User Application in TLP Bypass Mode x
D.1. EP TLP Bypass Mode (Upstream) D.2. RC TLP Bypass Mode (Downstream)
E. Margin Masks for the R-Tile Avalon Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express x
E.1. Margin Masks Overview E.2. 5x5 Testing Efficiency E.3. Debug Toolkit Margin Methodology
E.2. 5x5 Testing Efficiency x
E.2.1. First Time Testing E.2.2. Spot Check Testing
E.3. Debug Toolkit Margin Methodology x
E.3.1. Debug Toolkit Testing Process
1. About the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express
2. IP Architecture and Functional Description
3. Advanced Features
4. Interfaces
5. Parameters
6. Troubleshooting/Debugging
7. R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* User Guide Archives
8. Document Revision History for the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express User Guide
A. Configuration Space Registers
B. Root Port Enumeration
C. Implementation of Address Translation Services (ATS) in Endpoint Mode
D. Packets Forwarded to the User Application in TLP Bypass Mode
E. Margin Masks for the R-Tile Avalon Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express

E.3.1. Debug Toolkit Testing Process

As previously mentioned, Intel recommends you to perform the procedure detailed in 5x5 Testing Efficiency, where you test five different boards with five power-cycled runs on each part or board. This is the recommended process:
  1. Power on the board with the link under test at the L0 LTSSM state and at the desired PCIe Speed with no recoveries on the PCIe link.
  2. Load the Debug Toolkit and run the Lane Margining tool to get the margins on all PCIe lanes and store the data samples.
  3. Apply a power cycle to the board and repeat steps 1 and 2 five times once the PCIe link under test is properly trained.
  4. Perform steps 1 to 3 for each test board (in this case five different boards or parts).
  5. Finally, you must get an average of the collected Time Margin, Voltage Margin Up and Voltage Margin Down values to compare with Margin Mask values provided in Margin Mask Values for the R-Tile Avalon Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express. If any average value of the lane margins is greater than or equal to the Margin Mask value, it means that the test values are good and meet the minimum values required. Otherwise, if the value of the average lane margins is less than the Margin Mask value, it means that there are more CRC errors than expected and the link has not been trained correctly.
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