Intel® Arria® 10 Avalon® Streaming with SR-IOV IP for PCIe* User Guide

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Date 1/11/2022
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3.8. Address Translation Services (ATS)

ATS extends the PCIe protocol to support an address translation agent (TA) that translates DMA addresses to cached addresses in the device. The translation agent can be located in or above the Root Port. Locating translated addresses in the device minimizes latency and provides a scalable, distributed caching system that improves I/O performance. The Address Translation Cache (ATC) located in the device reduces the processing load on the translation agent, enhancing system performance. For more information about ATS, refer to Address Translation Services Revision 1.1.
Table 15.  ATS CapabilitiesATS must maintain cache coherence between the addresses in the TA and ATC. The TA and associated software ensure that the addresses caches in the ATC are not stale by issuing Invalidate Requests. An Invalidate Request clears a specific subset of the address range from the ATC. For more information about ATS, refer to Address Translation Services Revision 1.1 The values specified here are common for all PFs.

Parameter

Value

Description

PF0 - PF3 Maximum outstanding Invalidate Requests 0-32

Specifies the maximum number outstanding Invalidate Requests for each PF before putting backpressure on the upstream connection.