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

2.3. Simulating the Design Example

The simulation setup involves the use of a Root Port Bus Functional Model (BFM) to exercise the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCIe (DUT) as shown in the following figure.

Figure 22. PIO Design Example Simulation Testbench
Figure 23. SR-IOV Design Example Simulation Testbench

For a more detailed description of the testbench and the modules inside it, refer to Testbench. Also, for more details on the Root Port BFM specifically, refer to the Root Port BFM section.

The following flow diagram shows the steps to simulate the design example:

Figure 24. Procedure

The following figure shows the link status information for a Gen5 x16 Endpoint simulation:

Figure 25. Link Status for a Gen5 x16 Endpoint Simulation

After a successful simulation, the simulation.log file contains a "successful completion" message.

This testbench simulates up to a Gen5 x16 variant.


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Steps to Run Simulations
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