R-Tile Avalon® Streaming IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide

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1. Functional Descriptions of the Design Examples 2. Quick Start Guide 3. R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide Archives 4. Document Revision History for the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide
1. Functional Descriptions of the Design Examples x
1.1. Glossary of Terms 1.2. Overview of the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express
1.2. Overview of the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express x
1.2.1. Functional Description for the Programmed Input/Output (PIO) Design Example 1.2.2. Functional Description for the Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Design Example 1.2.3. Functional Description for the Performance Design Example 1.2.4. Functional Description for the Performance Design Example for TL Bypass Mode 1.2.5. Hardware and Software Requirements
1.2.1. Functional Description for the Programmed Input/Output (PIO) Design Example x
1.2.1.1. Credit Initialization Sequence
1.2.1.1. Credit Initialization Sequence x
1.2.1.1.1. Credit Value Initialization and Return 1.2.1.1.2. Credit Distribution
2. Quick Start Guide x
2.1. Directory Structure 2.2. Generating the Design Example 2.3. Simulating the Design Example 2.4. Root Port BFM 2.5. Compiling the Design Example 2.6. Installing the Linux Kernel Driver 2.7. Running the Design Example
2.2. Generating the Design Example x
2.2.1. Generating the Design Example with R-Tile Configured in PIPE Mode 2.2.2. Generating the Performance Design Example for TL Bypass Mode
2.3. Simulating the Design Example x
2.3.1. Steps to Run Simulations 2.3.2. Testbench
2.3.1. Steps to Run Simulations x
2.3.1.1. Siemens EDA QuestaSIM* Simulator 2.3.1.2. VCS* Simulator 2.3.1.3. VCS* MX Simulator 2.3.1.4. Xcelium* Simulator 2.3.1.5. Riviera* Simulator
2.3.2. Testbench x
2.3.2.1. Testbench Modules 2.3.2.2. Test Driver Module 2.3.2.3. PIO Design Example Testbench 2.3.2.4. SR-IOV Design Example Testbench
2.4. Root Port BFM x
2.4.1. BFM Memory Map 2.4.2. Configuration Space Bus and Device Numbering 2.4.3. Configuration of Root Port and Endpoint 2.4.4. Issuing Read and Write Transactions to the Application Layer 2.4.5. BFM Procedures and Functions
2.4.5. BFM Procedures and Functions x
2.4.5.1. ebfm_barwr Procedure 2.4.5.2. ebfm_barwr_imm Procedure 2.4.5.3. ebfm_barrd_wait Procedure 2.4.5.4. ebfm_barrd_nowt Procedure 2.4.5.5. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_wait Procedure 2.4.5.6. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_nowt Procedure 2.4.5.7. ebfm_cfgrd_wait Procedure 2.4.5.8. ebfm_cfgrd_nowt Procedure 2.4.5.9. BFM Configuration Procedures 2.4.5.10. BFM Shared Memory Access Procedures 2.4.5.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures 2.4.5.12. Verilog HDL Formatting Functions
2.4.5.9. BFM Configuration Procedures x
2.4.5.9.1. ebfm_cfg_rp_ep Procedure 2.4.5.9.2. ebfm_cfg_decode_bar Procedure
2.4.5.10. BFM Shared Memory Access Procedures x
2.4.5.10.1. Shared Memory Constants 2.4.5.10.2. shmem_write Task 2.4.5.10.3. shmem_read Function 2.4.5.10.4. shmem_display Verilog HDL Function 2.4.5.10.5. shmem_fill Procedure 2.4.5.10.6. shmem_chk_ok Function
2.4.5.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures x
2.4.5.11.1. ebfm_display Verilog HDL Function 2.4.5.11.2. ebfm_log_stop_sim Verilog HDL Function 2.4.5.11.3. ebfm_log_set_suppressed_msg_mask Task 2.4.5.11.4. ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask Verilog HDL Task 2.4.5.11.5. ebfm_log_open Verilog HDL Function 2.4.5.11.6. ebfm_log_close Verilog HDL Function
2.4.5.12. Verilog HDL Formatting Functions x
2.4.5.12.1. himage1 2.4.5.12.2. himage2 2.4.5.12.3. himage4 2.4.5.12.4. himage8 2.4.5.12.5. himage16 2.4.5.12.6. dimage1 2.4.5.12.7. dimage2 2.4.5.12.8. dimage3 2.4.5.12.9. dimage4 2.4.5.12.10. dimage5 2.4.5.12.11. dimage6 2.4.5.12.12. dimage7
2.7. Running the Design Example x
2.7.1. Running the PIO Design Example 2.7.2. Running the SR-IOV Design Example 2.7.3. Running the Performance Design Example (Endpoint) 2.7.4. Running the Performance Design Example for TL Bypass Mode
1. Functional Descriptions of the Design Examples
2. Quick Start Guide
3. R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide Archives
4. Document Revision History for the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide

2.4.5.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures

The following procedures and functions are available in the Verilog HDL include file altpcietb_bfm_log.v.

These procedures provide support for displaying messages in a common format, suppressing informational messages, and stopping simulation on specific message types.

The following constants define the type of message and their values determine whether a message is displayed or simulation is stopped after a specific message. Each displayed message has a specific prefix, based on the message type in the following table.

You can suppress the display of certain message types. The default values determining whether a message type is displayed are defined in the following table. To change the default message display, modify the display default value with a procedure call to ebfm_log_set_suppressed_msg_mask.

Certain message types also stop simulation after the message is displayed. The following table shows the default value determining whether a message type stops simulation. You can specify whether simulation stops for particular messages with the procedure ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask.

All of these log message constants are of the type integer.

Table 10.  Log Messages

Constant (Message Type)

Description

Mask Bit No

Display

by Default

Simulation Stops by Default

Message

Prefix
EBFM_MSG_DEBUG

Specifies debug messages.

0

No

No

 DEBUG:
EBFM_MSG_INFO

Specifies informational messages, such as configuration register values, starting and ending of tests.

1

Yes

No

 INFO:
EBFM_MSG_WARNING

Specifies warning messages, such as tests being skipped due to the specific configuration.

2

Yes

No

 WARNING:
EBFM_MSG_ERROR_INFO

Specifies additional information for an error. Use this message to display preliminary information before an error message that stops simulation.

3

Yes

No

 ERROR:
EBFM_MSG_ERROR_CONTINUE

Specifies a recoverable error that allows simulation to continue. Use this error for data comparison failures.

4

Yes

No

 ERROR:
EBFM_MSG_ERROR_FATAL

Specifies an error that stops simulation because the error leaves the testbench in a state where further simulation is not possible.

N/A

Yes

Cannot suppress

Yes

Cannot suppress

 FATAL:
EBFM_MSG_ERROR_FATAL_TB_ERR

Used for BFM test driver or Root Port BFM fatal errors. Specifies an error that stops simulation because the error leaves the testbench in a state where further simulation is not possible. Use this error message for errors that occur due to a problem in the BFM test driver module or the Root Port BFM, that are not caused by the Endpoint Application Layer being tested.

N/A

Yes

Cannot suppress

Yes

Cannot suppress

 FATAL:

Section Content
ebfm_display Verilog HDL Function
ebfm_log_stop_sim Verilog HDL Function
ebfm_log_set_suppressed_msg_mask Task
ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask Verilog HDL Task
ebfm_log_open Verilog HDL Function
ebfm_log_close Verilog HDL Function

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