L-Tile and H-Tile Avalon® Memory-mapped Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* User Guide

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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction 2. Quick Start Guide 3. Interface Overview 4. Parameters 5. Designing with the IP Core 6. Block Descriptions 7. Registers 8. Programming Model for the DMA Descriptor Controller 9. Programming Model for the Avalon® -MM Root Port 10. Avalon-MM Testbench and Design Example 11. Troubleshooting and Observing the Link A. PCI Express Core Architecture B. Root Port Enumeration C. Document Revision History
1. Introduction x
1.1. Avalon-MM Interface for PCIe 1.2. Features 1.3. Release Information 1.4. Device Family Support 1.5. Recommended Fabric Speed Grades 1.6. Performance and Resource Utilization 1.7. Transceiver Tiles 1.8. PCI Express IP Core Package Layout 1.9. Channel Availability
2. Quick Start Guide x
2.1. Design Components 2.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 2.3. Directory Structure 2.4. Generating the Design Example 2.5. Simulating the Design Example 2.6. Compiling the Design Example and Programming the Device 2.7. Installing the Linux Kernel Driver 2.8. Running the Design Example Application
3. Interface Overview x
3.1. Avalon-MM DMA Interfaces when Descriptor Controller Is Internally Instantiated 3.2. Avalon-MM DMA Interfaces when Descriptor Controller is Externally Instantiated 3.3. Other Avalon-MM Interfaces 3.4. Clocks and Reset 3.5. System Interfaces
3.3. Other Avalon-MM Interfaces x
3.3.1. Avalon-MM Master Interfaces 3.3.2. Avalon-MM Slave Interfaces 3.3.3. Control Register Access (CRA) Avalon-MM Slave
4. Parameters x
4.1. Avalon-MM Settings 4.2. Base Address Registers 4.3. Device Identification Registers 4.4. PCI Express and PCI Capabilities Parameters 4.5. Configuration, Debug and Extension Options 4.6. PHY Characteristics 4.7. Example Designs
4.4. PCI Express and PCI Capabilities Parameters x
4.4.1. Device Capabilities 4.4.2. Link Capabilities 4.4.3. MSI and MSI-X Capabilities 4.4.4. Slot Capabilities 4.4.5. Power Management 4.4.6. Vendor Specific Extended Capability (VSEC)
5. Designing with the IP Core x
5.1. Generation 5.2. Simulation 5.3. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 5.4. Channel Layout and PLL Usage
6. Block Descriptions x
6.1. Interfaces
6.1. Interfaces x
6.1.1. Intel® Stratix® 10 DMA Avalon-MM DMA Interface to the Application Layer 6.1.2. Avalon-MM Interface to the Application Layer 6.1.3. Clocks and Reset 6.1.4. Interrupts 6.1.5. Flush Requests 6.1.6. Serial Data, PIPE, Status, Reconfiguration, and Test Interfaces
6.1.1. Intel® Stratix® 10 DMA Avalon-MM DMA Interface to the Application Layer x
6.1.1.1. Descriptor Controller Interfaces when Instantiated Internally 6.1.1.2. Write DMA Avalon-MM Master Port 6.1.1.3. Descriptor Controller Interfaces when Instantiated Externally
6.1.1.1. Descriptor Controller Interfaces when Instantiated Internally x
6.1.1.1.1. Read Data Mover 6.1.1.1.2. Read Descriptor Controller Avalon-MM Master interface 6.1.1.1.3. Write Descriptor Controller Avalon-MM Master Interface 6.1.1.1.4. Read Descriptor Table Avalon-MM Slave Interface 6.1.1.1.5. Write Descriptor Table Avalon-MM Slave Interface
6.1.1.3. Descriptor Controller Interfaces when Instantiated Externally x
6.1.1.3.1. Avalon® -ST Descriptor Source
6.1.2. Avalon-MM Interface to the Application Layer x
6.1.2.1. Bursting and Non-Bursting Avalon® -MM Module Signals 6.1.2.2. Non-Bursing Slave Module 6.1.2.3. 32-Bit Control Register Access (CRA) Slave Signals 6.1.2.4. Bursting Slave Module
6.1.3. Clocks and Reset x
6.1.3.1. Clocks 6.1.3.2. Resets
6.1.4. Interrupts x
6.1.4.1. MSI Interrupts for Endpoints 6.1.4.2. Legacy Interrupts
6.1.6. Serial Data, PIPE, Status, Reconfiguration, and Test Interfaces x
6.1.6.1. Serial Data Interface 6.1.6.2. PIPE Interface 6.1.6.3. Hard IP Status Interface 6.1.6.4. Hard IP Reconfiguration 6.1.6.5. Test Interface
7. Registers x
7.1. Configuration Space Registers 7.2. Avalon-MM DMA Bridge Registers
7.1. Configuration Space Registers x
7.1.1. Register Access Definitions 7.1.2. PCI Configuration Header Registers 7.1.3. PCI Express Capability Structures 7.1.4. Intel Defined VSEC Capability Header 7.1.5. Uncorrectable Internal Error Status Register 7.1.6. Uncorrectable Internal Error Mask Register 7.1.7. Correctable Internal Error Status Register 7.1.8. Correctable Internal Error Mask Register
7.1.4. Intel Defined VSEC Capability Header x
7.1.4.1. Intel Defined Vendor Specific Header 7.1.4.2. Intel Marker 7.1.4.3. JTAG Silicon ID 7.1.4.4. User Configurable Device and Board ID
7.2. Avalon-MM DMA Bridge Registers x
7.2.1. PCI Express Avalon-MM Bridge Register Address Map 7.2.2. DMA Descriptor Controller Registers
7.2.1. PCI Express Avalon-MM Bridge Register Address Map x
7.2.1.1. Avalon-MM to PCI Express Interrupt Status Registers 7.2.1.2. Avalon-MM to PCI Express Interrupt Enable Registers 7.2.1.3. Address Mapping for High-Performance Avalon-MM 32-Bit Slave Modules 7.2.1.4. PCI Express to Avalon-MM Interrupt Status and Enable Registers for Endpoints 7.2.1.5. PCI Express Configuration Information Registers
7.2.2. DMA Descriptor Controller Registers x
7.2.2.1. Read DMA Internal Descriptor Controller Registers 7.2.2.2. Write DMA Internal Descriptor Controller Registers
8. Programming Model for the DMA Descriptor Controller x
8.1. Read DMA Example 8.2. Write DMA Example 8.3. Software Program for Simultaneous Read and Write DMA 8.4. Read DMA and Write DMA Descriptor Format
9. Programming Model for the Avalon® -MM Root Port x
9.1. Root Port TLP Data Control and Status Registers 9.2. Sending a TLP 9.3. Receiving a Non-Posted Completion TLP 9.4. Example of Reading and Writing BAR0 Using the CRA Interface
10. Avalon-MM Testbench and Design Example x
10.1. Avalon-MM Endpoint Testbench 10.2. Endpoint Design Example 10.3. Avalon® -MM Test Driver Module 10.4. Root Port BFM 10.5. BFM Procedures and Functions
10.2. Endpoint Design Example x
10.2.1. BAR Setup
10.4. Root Port BFM x
10.4.1. Overview 10.4.2. Issuing Read and Write Transactions to the Application Layer 10.4.3. Configuration of Root Port and Endpoint 10.4.4. Configuration Space Bus and Device Numbering 10.4.5. BFM Memory Map
10.5. BFM Procedures and Functions x
10.5.1. ebfm_barwr Procedure 10.5.2. ebfm_barwr_imm Procedure 10.5.3. ebfm_barrd_wait Procedure 10.5.4. ebfm_barrd_nowt Procedure 10.5.5. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_wait Procedure 10.5.6. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_nowt Procedure 10.5.7. ebfm_cfgrd_wait Procedure 10.5.8. ebfm_cfgrd_nowt Procedure 10.5.9. BFM Configuration Procedures 10.5.10. BFM Shared Memory Access Procedures 10.5.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures 10.5.12. Verilog HDL Formatting Functions
10.5.9. BFM Configuration Procedures x
10.5.9.1. ebfm_cfg_rp_ep Procedure 10.5.9.2. ebfm_cfg_decode_bar Procedure
10.5.10. BFM Shared Memory Access Procedures x
10.5.10.1. Shared Memory Constants 10.5.10.2. shmem_write Task 10.5.10.3. shmem_read Function 10.5.10.4. shmem_display Verilog HDL Function 10.5.10.5. shmem_fill Procedure 10.5.10.6. shmem_chk_ok Function
10.5.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures x
10.5.11.1. ebfm_display Verilog HDL Function 10.5.11.2. ebfm_log_stop_sim Verilog HDL Function 10.5.11.3. ebfm_log_set_suppressed_msg_mask Task 10.5.11.4. ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask Verilog HDL Task 10.5.11.5. ebfm_log_open Verilog HDL Function 10.5.11.6. ebfm_log_close Verilog HDL Function
10.5.12. Verilog HDL Formatting Functions x
10.5.12.1. himage1 10.5.12.2. himage2 10.5.12.3. himage4 10.5.12.4. himage8 10.5.12.5. himage16 10.5.12.6. dimage1 10.5.12.7. dimage2 10.5.12.8. dimage3 10.5.12.9. dimage4 10.5.12.10. dimage5 10.5.12.11. dimage6 10.5.12.12. dimage7
11. Troubleshooting and Observing the Link x
11.1. Troubleshooting 11.2. PCIe Link Inspector Overview
11.1. Troubleshooting x
11.1.1. Simulation Fails To Progress Beyond Polling.Active State 11.1.2. Hardware Bring-Up Issues 11.1.3. Link Training 11.1.4. Use Third-Party PCIe Analyzer
11.2. PCIe Link Inspector Overview x
11.2.1. PCIe* Link Inspector Hardware
11.2.1. PCIe* Link Inspector Hardware x
11.2.1.1. Enabling the PCIe* Link Inspector 11.2.1.2. Launching the PCIe* Link Inspector 11.2.1.3. The PCIe* Link Inspector LTSSM Monitor 11.2.1.4. Accessing the Configuration Space and Transceiver Registers 11.2.1.5. Additional Status Commands
11.2.1.3. The PCIe* Link Inspector LTSSM Monitor x
11.2.1.3.1. LTSSM Monitor Registers 11.2.1.3.2. ltssm_save2file <file_name> 11.2.1.3.3. ltssm_file2console 11.2.1.3.4. ltssm_debug_check 11.2.1.3.5. ltssm_display <num_states> 11.2.1.3.6. ltssm_save_oldstates
11.2.1.4. Accessing the Configuration Space and Transceiver Registers x
11.2.1.4.1. PCIe* Link Inspector Commands 11.2.1.4.2. NPDME PLL and Channel Commands 11.2.1.4.3. Register Address Map
11.2.1.5. Additional Status Commands x
11.2.1.5.1. Displaying PLL Lock and Calibration Status Registers
A. PCI Express Core Architecture x
A.1. Transaction Layer A.2. Data Link Layer A.3. Physical Layer
C. Document Revision History x
C.1. Document Revision History for the L-Tile and H-Tile Avalon® Memory-mapped Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* User Guide
1. Introduction
2. Quick Start Guide
3. Interface Overview
4. Parameters
5. Designing with the IP Core
6. Block Descriptions
7. Registers
8. Programming Model for the DMA Descriptor Controller
9. Programming Model for the Avalon® -MM Root Port
10. Avalon-MM Testbench and Design Example
11. Troubleshooting and Observing the Link
A. PCI Express Core Architecture
B. Root Port Enumeration
C. Document Revision History

6.1.2.1. Bursting and Non-Bursting Avalon® -MM Module Signals

The Avalon® -MM Master module translates read and write TLPs received from the PCIe* link to Avalon® -MM transactions for connected slaves. You can enable up to six Avalon® -MM Master interfaces. One of the six Base Address Registers (BARs) define the base address for each master interface. This module allows other PCIe* components, including host software, to access the Avalon® -MM slaves connected in the Platform Designer.

The Enable burst capability for Avalon-MM Bar0-5 Master Port parameter on the Base address register tab determines the type of Avalon® -MM master to use for each BAR. Two types are available:

  • A high performance, 256-bit master with burst support. This type supports high bandwidth data transfers.
  • A non-bursting 32-bit master with byte level byte enables. This type supports for access to control and status registers.
Table 39.  Avalon-MM RX Master Interface Signals <n> = the BAR number, and can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.

Signal Name

Direction

Description

rxm_bar<n>_write_o

Output

Asserted by the core to request a write to an Avalon-MM slave.

rxm_bar<n>_address_o[<W>-1:0]

Output

The address of the Avalon-MM slave being accessed.

rxm_bar<n>_writedata_o[255:0]

Output

RX data being written to slave
rxm_bar<n>_byteenable_o[31:0]

Output

Dword enables for write data.

rxm_bar<n>_burstcount_o[4:0]

(available in burst mode only)

Output

The burst count, measured in 256-bit words of the RX write or read request. The maximum data in a burst is 512 bytes. This optional signal is available only when you turn on Enable burst capability for RXM Avalon-MM BAR<n> Master ports.

rxm_bar<n>_waitrequest_i

Input

Asserted by the external Avalon-MM slave to hold data transfer.

rxm_bar<n>_read_o

Output

Asserted by the core to request a read.

rxm_bar<n>_readdata_i[255:0]

Input

Read data returned from Avalon-MM slave in response to a read request. This data is sent to the IP core through the TX interface.

rxm_bar<n>_readdatavalid_i

Input

Asserted by the system interconnect fabric to indicate that the read data is valid.

rxm_irq_i[<m>:0], <m> < 16

Input

Connect interrupts to the Avalon® -MM interface. These signals are only available for the Avalon® -MM when the CRA port is enabled. A rising edge triggers an MSI interrupt. The hard IP core converts this event to an MSI interrupt and sends it to the Root Port. The host reads the Interrupt Status register to retrieve the interrupt vector. Host software services the interrupt and notifies the target upon completion.

As many as 16 individual interrupt signals (<m>≤15) are available. If rxm_irq_<n>[<m>:0] is asserted on consecutive cycles without the deassertion of all interrupt inputs, no MSI message is sent for subsequent interrupts. To avoid losing interrupts, software must ensure that all interrupt sources are cleared for each MSI message received.
Note: These signals are not available when the IP core is operating in DMA mode (i.e. when the Enable Avalon-MM DMA option in the Avalon-MM Settings tab of the GUI is set to On).

The following timing diagram illustrates the RX master port propagating requests to the Application Layer and also shows simultaneous read and write activities.

Figure 43. Simultaneous RXM Read and RXM Write
Figure 44. RX Master Interface
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