Multi Channel DMA for PCI Express* Intel® FPGA IP Design Example User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Terms and Acronyms 2. Design Example Detailed Description 3. Design Example Quick Start Guide 4. Multi Channel DMA for FPGA IP Design Example User Guide Archives 5. Document Revision History for the Multi Channel DMA for FPGA IP Design Example User Guide
2. Design Example Detailed Description x
2.1. Design Example Overview 2.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 2.3. PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode 2.4. Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check 2.5. Avalon-ST Device-side Packet Loopback 2.6. Avalon-MM DMA 2.7. Traffic Generator and Checker
2.3. PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode x
2.3.1. Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode 2.3.2. Avalon-MM PIO Using MCDMA Bypass mode
2.3.1. Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode x
2.3.1.1. Four-Port Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode 2.3.1.2. Single-Port Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode
2.3.1.1. Four-Port Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode x
2.3.1.1.1. Simulation Result 2.3.1.1.2. Hardware Test Result
2.3.2. Avalon-MM PIO Using MCDMA Bypass mode x
2.3.2.1. Simulation Results 2.3.2.2. Hardware Test Results
2.4. Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check x
2.4.1. Four-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check 2.4.2. Single-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check
2.4.1. Four-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check x
2.4.1.1. Simulation Results 2.4.1.2. Hardware Test Results
2.4.2. Single-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check x
2.4.2.1. Simulation Waveforms 2.4.2.2. Simulation Log
2.5. Avalon-ST Device-side Packet Loopback x
2.5.1. Simulation Results 2.5.2. Hardware Test Results
2.6. Avalon-MM DMA x
2.6.1. Simulation Results 2.6.2. Hardware Test Results
2.7. Traffic Generator and Checker x
2.7.1. Traffic Generator and checker Example Design Register Map
3. Design Example Quick Start Guide x
3.1. Design Example Directory Structure 3.2. Generating the Example Design using Intel® Quartus® Prime 3.3. Simulating the Design Example 3.4. Compiling the Example Design in Intel® Quartus® Prime 3.5. Running the Design Example Application on a Hardware Setup
3.2. Generating the Example Design using Intel® Quartus® Prime x
3.2.1. Procedure
3.3. Simulating the Design Example x
3.3.1. Testbench Overview 3.3.2. Supported Simulators 3.3.3. Example Testbench Flow for DMA Test with Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check Design Example 3.3.4. Run the Simulation Script 3.3.5. View the Results
3.5. Running the Design Example Application on a Hardware Setup x
3.5.1. Program the FPGA 3.5.2. Quick Start Guide
3.5.2. Quick Start Guide x
3.5.2.1. Software Test Setup 3.5.2.2. Driver Support 3.5.2.3. MCDMA Custom Driver 3.5.2.4. MCDMA DPDK Poll Mode Driver 3.5.2.5. MCDMA Kernel Mode Character Device Driver 3.5.2.6. MCDMA Kernel Mode Network Device Driver
3.5.2.3. MCDMA Custom Driver x
3.5.2.3.1. Prerequisites 3.5.2.3.2. Software Setup 3.5.2.3.3. Run the Reference Example Application 3.5.2.3.4. 2K Channels Test with DIDF Mode
3.5.2.3.1. Prerequisites x
3.5.2.3.1.1. Configuration Changes from BIOS 3.5.2.3.1.2. External Packages 3.5.2.3.1.3. Set the Boot Parameters
3.5.2.3.2. Software Setup x
3.5.2.3.2.1. Installing the Linux Kernel Driver and Enabling VFs 3.5.2.3.2.2. Build and Install User Space Library 3.5.2.3.2.3. Create Guest VM by Using QEMU 3.5.2.3.2.4. Establish Communication Between Host and QEMU
3.5.2.3.3. Run the Reference Example Application x
3.5.2.3.3.1. Meta Data Test 3.5.2.3.3.2. BAM Test 3.5.2.3.3.3. BAS Test 3.5.2.3.3.4. Packet Gen Test
3.5.2.4. MCDMA DPDK Poll Mode Driver x
3.5.2.4.1. Prerequisites 3.5.2.4.2. Install PMD and Test Application 3.5.2.4.3. Run the Reference Example Application
3.5.2.4.1. Prerequisites x
3.5.2.4.1.1. Set the Boot Parameters 3.5.2.4.1.2. Configuration Changes from BIOS 3.5.2.4.1.3. Install and Build Testpmd
3.5.2.4.2. Install PMD and Test Application x
3.5.2.4.2.1. Create VM Environment
3.5.2.4.3. Run the Reference Example Application x
3.5.2.4.3.1. Example of Verifying on an AVMM Design 3.5.2.4.3.2. BAM Test 3.5.2.4.3.3. BAS Test
3.5.2.5. MCDMA Kernel Mode Character Device Driver x
3.5.2.5.1. Prerequisites 3.5.2.5.2. Software Setup 3.5.2.5.3. Examples
3.5.2.5.1. Prerequisites x
3.5.2.5.1.1. Host Configuration 3.5.2.5.1.2. Set the Boot Parameters
3.5.2.5.2. Software Setup x
3.5.2.5.2.1. Build and Install Kernel Driver 3.5.2.5.2.2. Build and Install Libmcmem 3.5.2.5.2.3. Build Testapp 3.5.2.5.2.4. Configure Kernel Driver 3.5.2.5.2.5. Configure Libmcmem 3.5.2.5.2.6. Configure Testapp
3.5.2.6. MCDMA Kernel Mode Network Device Driver x
3.5.2.6.1. Build and Install Netdev Driver 3.5.2.6.2. Configure the Device Communication 3.5.2.6.3. Test Procedure by Using Name Space Environment
1. Terms and Acronyms
2. Design Example Detailed Description
3. Design Example Quick Start Guide
4. Multi Channel DMA for FPGA IP Design Example User Guide Archives
5. Document Revision History for the Multi Channel DMA for FPGA IP Design Example User Guide

2.5. Avalon-ST Device-side Packet Loopback

Figure 22.  Avalon-ST Device-side Packet Loopback

This design example performs H2D and D2H multi channel DMA via Avalon-ST streaming. The Multi Channel DMA for PCI Express IP core provides four independent Avalon-ST Source/Sink ports. DMA channel and Avalon-ST port has 1:1 mapping.

For H2D streaming, Multi Channel DMA sends the data to Avalon-ST loopback FIFOs via four Avalon-ST Source ports. For D2H streaming, Multi Channel DMA receives the data from Avalon-ST loopback FIFOs via Avalon-ST Sink ports.

In this device-side loopback example, the Host first sets up memory locations within the Host memory. Data from the Host memory is then sent to the device-side memory by the Multi Channel DMA for PCI Express IP via H2D DMA operations. Finally, the IP loops this data back to the Host memory using D2H DMA operations.

In addition, the design example enables Avalon-MM PIO master which bypasses the DMA path. It allows application to perform single, non-bursting register read/write operation with on-chip memory block.

The design example includes the Multi Channel DMA for PCI Express IP Core with the parameters you specified and following components:
  • resetIP – Reset Release IP that holds the Multi Channel DMA in reset until the entire FPGA fabric enters user mode
  • MEM_PIO – On-chip memory for the PIO operation. Connected to the MCDMA Avalon-MM PIO Master (rx_pio_master) port that is mapped to PCIe BAR2
  • FIFO_ST0 , FIFO_ST1 , FIFO_ST2 , and FIFO_ST3 – Avalon-ST FIFOs for streaming loopback. Connected to the MCDMA Avalon-ST Source (h2d_st_x) and Avalon-ST Sink (d2h_st_x) ports
Transfer mode options supported in test application software (perfq_app) command line:
  • PIO test: -o
  • DMA test: -i (performance loopback operation where the Tx and Rx are run in two different threads), -v (enable data validation, which will perform a data integrity check).
    • -i without -v flag displays the throughput per channel

For a description of which driver(s) to use with this design example, refer to Driver Support.

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