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1. Datasheet
2. Getting Started with the Avalon-MM DMA
3. Parameter Settings
4. Registers
5. Error Handling
6. PCI Express Protocol Stack
7. V-Series Avalon-MM DMA for PCI Express
8. Transceiver PHY IP Reconfiguration
A. Frequently Asked Questions for V-Series Avalon-MM DMA Interface for PCIe
B. V-Series Interface for PCIe Solutions User Guide Archive
C. Document Revision History
1.1. V-Series Avalon-MM DMA Interface for PCIe* Datasheet
1.2. Features
1.3. Comparison of Avalon-ST, Avalon-MM and Avalon-MM with DMA Interfaces for V-Series Devices
1.4. Release Information
1.5. V-Series Device Family Support
1.6. Design Examples
1.7. Debug Features
1.8. IP Core Verification
1.9. Resource Utilization
1.10. V-Series Recommended Speed Grades
1.11. Creating a Design for PCI Express
4.1. Correspondence between Configuration Space Registers and the PCIe Specification
4.2. Type 0 Configuration Space Registers
4.3. Type 1 Configuration Space Registers
4.4. PCI Express Capability Structures
4.5. Intel-Defined VSEC Registers
4.6. Advanced Error Reporting Capability
4.7. DMA Descriptor Controller Registers
4.8. Control Register Access (CRA) Avalon-MM Slave Port
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6.1.4. Interrupts
The Hard IP for PCI Express offers the following interrupt mechanisms:
- Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI)— MSI uses the TLP single dword memory writes to to implement interrupts. This interrupt mechanism conserves pins because it does not use separate wires for interrupts. In addition, the single dword provides flexibility in data presented in the interrupt message. The MSI Capability structure is stored in the Configuration Space and is programmed using Configuration Space accesses.
- MSI-X—The Transaction Layer generates MSI-X messages which are single dword memory writes. The MSI-X Capability structure points to an MSI-X table structure and MSI-X PBA structure which are stored in memory. This scheme is in contrast to the MSI capability structure, which contains all of the control and status information for the interrupt vectors.