Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Partial Reconfiguration

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Answers to Top FAQs 2. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design 3. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide A. Partial Reconfiguration M20K Protection Methodology for Intel Agilex 7 Devices B. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
2. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design x
2.1. What's New In This Version 2.2. Partial Reconfiguration Terminology 2.3. Partial Reconfiguration Process Sequence 2.4. Internal Host Partial Reconfiguration 2.5. External Host Partial Reconfiguration 2.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow 2.7. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations 2.8. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration 2.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis 2.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation 2.11. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging 2.12. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs and Intel Agilex® 7 Designs) 2.13. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 2.14. Avoiding PR Programming Errors 2.15. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs 2.16. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design Revision History
2.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow x
2.6.1. Step 1: Identify Partial Reconfiguration Resources 2.6.2. Step 2: Create Design Partitions 2.6.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design 2.6.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP 2.6.5. Step 5: Define Personas 2.6.6. Step 6: Create Revisions for Personas 2.6.7. Step 7: Compile the Base Revision and Export the Static Region 2.6.8. Step 8: Setup PR Implementation Revisions 2.6.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device
2.6.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design x
2.6.3.1. Applying Floorplan Constraints Incrementally
2.6.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
2.6.4.1. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel FPGA IP 2.6.4.2. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10/Cyclone 10 FPGA IP
2.6.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device x
2.6.9.1. Generating PR Bitstream Files 2.6.9.2. Generating PR Bitstream Files 2.6.9.3. Partial Reconfiguration Bitstream Compatibility Checking 2.6.9.4. Raw Binary Programming File Byte Sequence Transmission Examples 2.6.9.5. Generating a Merged .pmsf File from Multiple .pmsf Files ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs)
2.7. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations x
2.7.1. Partial Reconfiguration Design Guidelines 2.7.2. PR Design Timing Closure Best Practices 2.7.3. PR File Management 2.7.4. Evaluating PR Region Initial Conditions 2.7.5. Creating Wrapper Logic for PR Regions 2.7.6. Creating Freeze Logic for PR Regions 2.7.7. Resetting the PR Region Registers 2.7.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region 2.7.9. Planning Clocks and other Global Routing 2.7.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories
2.7.3. PR File Management x
2.7.3.1. Method 1 (Preferred): Specify Unique Entity and File Names for Each Persona 2.7.3.2. Method 2: Set QSF Assignment for a Parameterized PR Persona
2.7.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region x
2.7.8.1. Viewing Row Clock Region Boundaries
2.7.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories x
2.7.10.1. Clock Gating
2.8. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration x
2.8.1. Using Parent QDB Files from Different Compiles
2.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis x
2.9.1. Running Timing Analysis on Aggregate Revisions
2.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation x
2.10.1. Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Flow 2.10.2. Simulating PR Persona Replacement
2.10.2. Simulating PR Persona Replacement x
2.10.2.1. altera_pr_persona_if Module 2.10.2.2. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_out Module 2.10.2.3. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_in Module
2.11. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging x
2.11.1. Debugging PR Designs with the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer 2.11.2. Instantiating the Intel Configuration Reset Release Endpoint to Debug Logic IP
2.12. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs and Intel Agilex® 7 Designs) x
2.12.1. PR Bitstream Security Validation ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 2.12.2. PR Bitstream Authentication ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 2.12.3. PR Bitstream Encryption ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs)
2.13. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) x
2.13.1. Generating an Encrypted PR Bitstream ( Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 2.13.2. Clock-to-Data Ratio for Bitstream Encryption and Compression ( Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 2.13.3. Data Compression Comparison
2.15. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs x
2.15.1. Version-Compatible Database Flow for PR Designs 2.15.2. Generating a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs
3. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide x
3.1. Internal and External PR Host Configurations 3.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel FPGA IP 3.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel Arria® 10/Cyclone® 10 FPGA IP 3.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller Intel FPGA IP 3.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller Intel® FPGA IP 3.6. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 3.7. Avalon® Streaming Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 3.8. Generating and Simulating Intel® FPGA IP 3.9. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Partial Reconfiguration Archive 3.10. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide Revision History
3.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel FPGA IP x
3.2.1. Memory Map 3.2.2. Parameters 3.2.3. Ports 3.2.4. Timing Specifications 3.2.5. PR Error Recovery 3.2.6. Secure Device Manager Firmware Error Reporting
3.2.5. PR Error Recovery x
3.2.5.1. PR Error Recovery Timing Specifications
3.2.6. Secure Device Manager Firmware Error Reporting x
3.2.6.1. SDM Firmware Error Reporting Timing Specification
3.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel Arria® 10/Cyclone® 10 FPGA IP x
3.3.1. Agent Interface 3.3.2. Reconfiguration Sequence 3.3.3. Interrupt Interface 3.3.4. Parameters 3.3.5. Ports 3.3.6. Timing Specifications 3.3.7. PR Control Block and CRC Block Verilog HDL Manual Instantiation 3.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation 3.3.9. PR Control Block Signals 3.3.10. Configuring an External Host for Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs
3.3.4. Parameters x
3.3.4.1. Error Detection CRC Requirements
3.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation x
3.3.8.1. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Component Declaration
3.3.9. PR Control Block Signals x
3.3.9.1. PR Control Block Signal Timing Diagrams
3.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller Intel FPGA IP x
3.4.1. Parameters 3.4.2. Ports 3.4.3. Partial Reconfiguration External Controller Intel FPGA IP Timing Specifications 3.4.4. Configuring an External Host for Intel® Stratix® 10 or Intel Agilex® 7 Designs
3.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
3.5.1. Registers 3.5.2. Parameters 3.5.3. Ports
3.6. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
3.6.1. Parameters 3.6.2. Interface Ports
3.7. Avalon® Streaming Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
3.7.1. Parameters 3.7.2. Ports
3.8. Generating and Simulating Intel® FPGA IP x
3.8.1. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 3.8.2. Running the Freeze Bridge Update script 3.8.3. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 3.8.4. Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX PR Control Block Simulation Model 3.8.5. Generating the PR Persona Simulation Model 3.8.6. Secure Device Manager Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Model
3.8.6. Secure Device Manager Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Model x
3.8.6.1. Monitoring the SDM 3.8.6.2. Simulating Unknown Outputs and Persona Activation 3.8.6.3. Simulation RBF Required Word Sequence
A. Partial Reconfiguration M20K Protection Methodology for Intel Agilex 7 Devices x
A.1. Protect M20Ks from Spurious Clock Signals during PR Operation A.2. Partial Reconfiguration M20K Protection Methodology for Intel Agilex 7 Devices Revision History
A.1. Protect M20Ks from Spurious Clock Signals during PR Operation x
A.1.1. Use Case 1: Partial Reconfiguration with the PR Region Controller IP A.1.2. Use Case 2: PR Without the PR Region Controller IP A.1.3. Use Case 3: Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration A.1.4. Use Case 4: Static Update Partial Reconfiguration
A.1.1. Use Case 1: Partial Reconfiguration with the PR Region Controller IP x
A.1.1.1. RTL Changes for Use Case 1 A.1.1.2. Compilation for Use Case 1 A.1.1.3. Operation in Hardware for Use Case 1
A.1.1.1. RTL Changes for Use Case 1 x
A.1.1.1.1. PR Region Controller CSR Bits for the m20k_ce_ctl Signal
A.1.3. Use Case 3: Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration x
A.1.3.1. Adding HPR Partitions in a Subsequent Implementation Compile
1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design
3. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide
A. Partial Reconfiguration M20K Protection Methodology for Intel Agilex 7 Devices
B. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

3.3.4. Parameters

The Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10 /Cyclone 10 FPGA IP supports customization of the following parameters.

Table 21.  Parameter Settings

Parameter

Value

Description

Use as partial reconfiguration internal host On|Off

Enables the controller for use as an internal host. Enabling this option auto-instantiates prblock and crcblock WYSIWYG as part of your design. Disable this option to use the controller as an external host. Connect additional interface signals to the dedicated partial reconfiguration pins.

Enable JTAG debug mode On|Off

Enables access to the controller by the Intel® Quartus® Prime Programmer for partial reconfiguration over a JTAG interface.

Enable Avalon® -MM slave interface On|Off Enables the controller's Avalon® memory-mapped agent interface. When this setting is Off, the IP controller enables the conduit interface.
Enable interrupt interface On|Off Enables interrupt assertion for detection of incompatible bitstream, CRC_ERROR, PR_ERROR, or successful partial reconfiguration. Upon interrupt, query PR_CSR[4:2] for status. Write a 1 to PR_CSR[5] to clear the interrupt. Use only together with the Avalon® memory-mapped agent interface.
Enable freeze interface On|Off

Enables the controller's single-bit freeze interface. This interface identifies whether any region in the design is active or frozen for partial reconfiguration operations. Leave this interface off, and use the freeze interface from the Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller IP instead.

Enable bitstream compatibility check On|Off

Enables bitstream compatibility checks during partial reconfiguration operation from the external host. Bitstream compatibility check automatically enables when you use partial reconfiguration by internal host. Specify the partial reconfiguration bitstream ID value if you enable this option for partial reconfiguration by external host.

PR bitstream ID <32-bit integer>

Specifies a signed, 32-bit integer value of the partial reconfiguration bitstream ID for the external host. This value must match the partial reconfiguration bitstream ID that the Compiler generates for the target partial reconfiguration design. Locate the partial reconfiguration bitstream ID of the target partial reconfiguration design in the Assembler report (.asm.rpt).

Input data width 1|8|16|32

Specifies the size of the controller's data conduit interface in bits. Refer to Error Detection CRC Requirements.

Clock-to-data ratio 1|4|8

Specifies the clock-to-data ratio that corresponds with the partial reconfiguration bitstream data type. Refer to the Valid combinations and CD Ratio for Bitstream Encryption and Compression Table.

Divide error detection frequency by 1..256

Specifies the divide value of the internal clock. This value determines the frequency of the error detection CRC. The divide value must be a power of two. Refer to device documentation to determine the frequency of the internal clock for the device you select. Refer to Error Detection CRC Requirements.

Enable enhanced decompression On|Off

Enable enhanced decompression of partial reconfiguration bitstreams.

Note: You cannot use enhanced decompression together with encryption simultaneously. Enhanced decompression is only available with the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10 /Cyclone 10 FPGA IP.
Table 22.  Advanced Settings

Parameter

Value

Description

Auto-instantiate partial reconfiguration control block On|Off

Automatically includes the partial reconfiguration control block in the controller. When using the controller as an internal host, disable this option to share the partial reconfiguration block with other IP cores. Rather, manually instantiate the partial reconfiguration control block, and connect the relevant signals to the controller.

Auto-instantiate CRC block On|Off Automatically includes the CRC block within the controller. Leave this option enabled unless you plan to use single event upset (SEU) IP in the same PR design. If you disable this option, IP generation exports the crc_error_pin for manual connection to an external CRC block that you manually instantiate. If you disable this option and then subsequently leave the exported crc_error_pin floating, the PR operation is undetermined due to unexpected crc_error_pin.
Generate timing constraints file On|Off

Automatically generates an appropriate Synopsys Design Constraints (.sdc) file to constrain the timing of the controller. Disable this option when providing timing constraints in another file.

Figure 55.  Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10/Cyclone 10 FPGA IP Parameter Editor

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