Intel® Arria® 10 Hard Processor System Technical Reference Manual

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Date 8/28/2023
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22.5.3. Transmit FIFO Overflow

Setting the DMA burst length to a value greater than the watermark level that triggers the DMA request might cause overflow when there is not enough space in the transmit FIFO to service the destination burst request. Therefore, the following equation must be adhered to in order to avoid overflow: †

DMA burst length <= FIFO_DEPTH - decoded watermark level of IIR_FCR.TET

In case 2: decoded watermark level of IIR_FCR.TET = 64, the amount of space in the transmit FIFO at the time of the burst request is made is equal to the DMA burst length. Thus, the transmit FIFO may be full, but not overflowed, at the completion of the burst transaction. †

Therefore, for optimal operation, DMA burst length must be set at the FIFO level that triggers a transmit DMA request; that is: †

DMA burst length = FIFO_DEPTH - decoded watermark level of IIR_FCR.TET

Adhering to this equation reduces the number of DMA bursts needed for block transfer, and this in turn improves bus utilization. †

The transmit FIFO is not be full at the end of a DMA burst transfer if the UART controller has successfully transmitted one data item or more on the UART serial transmit line during the transfer. †