Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Partial Reconfiguration

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Document Table of Contents x
Answers to Top FAQs 1. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design 2. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide A. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
1. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design x
1.1. What's New In This Version 1.2. Partial Reconfiguration Terminology 1.3. Partial Reconfiguration Process Sequence 1.4. Internal Host Partial Reconfiguration 1.5. External Host Partial Reconfiguration 1.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow 1.7. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations 1.8. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration 1.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis 1.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation 1.11. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging 1.12. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Stratix® 10 and Agilex™ 7 Designs) 1.13. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 1.14. Avoiding PR Programming Errors 1.15. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs 1.16. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design Revision History
1.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow x
1.6.1. Step 1: Identify Partial Reconfiguration Resources 1.6.2. Step 2: Create Design Partitions 1.6.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design 1.6.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller IP 1.6.5. Step 5: Define Personas 1.6.6. Step 6: Create Revisions for Personas 1.6.7. Step 7: Compile the Base Revision and Export the Static Region 1.6.8. Step 8: Setup PR Implementation Revisions 1.6.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device
1.6.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design x
1.6.3.1. Applying Floorplan Constraints Incrementally
1.6.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller IP x
1.6.4.1. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller IP 1.6.4.2. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Arria® 10/Cyclone 10 IP
1.6.7. Step 7: Compile the Base Revision and Export the Static Region x
1.6.7.1. Understanding PR Logic Utilization Reports
1.6.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device x
1.6.9.1. Generating PR Bitstream Files 1.6.9.2. Generating PR Bitstream Files 1.6.9.3. Partial Reconfiguration Bitstream Compatibility Checking 1.6.9.4. Raw Binary Programming File Byte Sequence Transmission Examples 1.6.9.5. Generating a Merged .pmsf File from Multiple .pmsf Files ( Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Designs)
1.7. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations x
1.7.1. Partial Reconfiguration Design Guidelines 1.7.2. PR Design Timing Closure Best Practices 1.7.3. PR File Management 1.7.4. Evaluating PR Region Initial Conditions 1.7.5. Creating Wrapper Logic for PR Regions 1.7.6. Creating Freeze Logic for PR Regions 1.7.7. Resetting the PR Region Registers 1.7.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region 1.7.9. Planning Clocks and other Global Routing 1.7.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories
1.7.3. PR File Management x
1.7.3.1. Method 1 (Preferred): Specify Unique Entity and File Names for Each Persona 1.7.3.2. Method 2: Set QSF Assignment for a Parameterized PR Persona
1.7.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region x
1.7.8.1. Viewing Row Clock Region Boundaries
1.7.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories x
1.7.10.1. Clock Gating
1.8. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration x
1.8.1. Using Parent QDB Files from Different Compiles
1.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis x
1.9.1. Running Timing Analysis on Aggregate Revisions
1.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation x
1.10.1. Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Flow 1.10.2. Simulating PR Persona Replacement
1.10.2. Simulating PR Persona Replacement x
1.10.2.1. altera_pr_persona_if Module 1.10.2.2. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_out Module 1.10.2.3. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_in Module
1.11. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging x
1.11.1. Debugging PR Designs with the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer 1.11.2. Instantiating the Configuration Reset Release Endpoint to Debug Logic IP
1.12. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Stratix® 10 and Agilex™ 7 Designs) x
1.12.1. PR Bitstream Security Validation ( Stratix® 10 and Agilex™ 7 Designs) 1.12.2. PR Bitstream Authentication ( Stratix® 10 and Agilex™ 7 Designs) 1.12.3. PR Bitstream Encryption ( Stratix® 10 and Agilex™ 7 Designs)
1.13. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) x
1.13.1. Generating an Encrypted PR Bitstream ( Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 1.13.2. Clock-to-Data Ratio for Bitstream Encryption and Compression ( Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 1.13.3. Data Compression Comparison
1.15. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs x
1.15.1. Version-Compatible Database Flow for PR Designs 1.15.2. Generating a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs
2. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide x
2.1. Internal and External PR Host Configurations 2.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller IP 2.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Arria® 10/Cyclone® 10 IP 2.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller IP 2.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller IP 2.6. Avalon® -MM Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 2.7. Avalon® -ST Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 2.8. Generating and Simulating Altera* IP 2.9. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Partial Reconfiguration Archive 2.10. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide Revision History
2.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller IP x
2.2.1. Memory Map 2.2.2. Parameters 2.2.3. Ports 2.2.4. Timing Specifications 2.2.5. PR Error Recovery 2.2.6. Secure Device Manager Firmware Error Reporting
2.2.5. PR Error Recovery x
2.2.5.1. PR Error Recovery Timing Specifications
2.2.6. Secure Device Manager Firmware Error Reporting x
2.2.6.1. SDM Firmware Error Reporting Timing Specification
2.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Arria® 10/Cyclone® 10 IP x
2.3.1. Agent Interface 2.3.2. Reconfiguration Sequence 2.3.3. Interrupt Interface 2.3.4. Parameters 2.3.5. Ports 2.3.6. Timing Specifications 2.3.7. PR Control Block and CRC Block Verilog HDL Manual Instantiation 2.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation 2.3.9. PR Control Block Signals 2.3.10. Configuring an External Host for Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Designs
2.3.4. Parameters x
2.3.4.1. Error Detection CRC Requirements
2.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation x
2.3.8.1. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Component Declaration
2.3.9. PR Control Block Signals x
2.3.9.1. PR Control Block Signal Timing Diagrams
2.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller IP x
2.4.1. Parameters 2.4.2. Ports 2.4.3. Partial Reconfiguration External Controller IP Timing Specifications 2.4.4. Configuring an External Host ( Stratix® 10 or Agilex™ FPGA Portfolio Devices)
2.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller IP x
2.5.1. Registers 2.5.2. Parameters 2.5.3. Ports
2.6. Avalon® -MM Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
2.6.1. Parameters 2.6.2. Interface Ports
2.7. Avalon® -ST Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
2.7.1. Parameters 2.7.2. Ports
2.8. Generating and Simulating Altera* IP x
2.8.1. Specifying the IP Parameters and Options ( Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 2.8.2. Running the Freeze Bridge Update script 2.8.3. IP Core Generation Output ( Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 2.8.4. Arria® 10 and Cyclone® 10 GX PR Control Block Simulation Model 2.8.5. Generating the PR Persona Simulation Model 2.8.6. Secure Device Manager Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Model
2.8.6. Secure Device Manager Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Model x
2.8.6.1. Monitoring the SDM 2.8.6.2. Simulating Unknown Outputs and Persona Activation 2.8.6.3. Simulation RBF Required Word Sequence
Answers to Top FAQs
1. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design
2. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide
A. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

2.6.2. Interface Ports

The Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP core has the following interface ports.

Table 50.  Interface Ports

Port

 Width

Direction

Description

clock 1 Input Input clock for the IP.
reset_n 1 Input Synchronous reset for the IP.
freeze_conduit_freeze 1 Input When this signal is high, the bridge handles any current transaction properly then freezes the Avalon memory-mapped PR interfaces.
freeze_conduit_illegal_request 1 Output

High on this bus indicates that an illegal request was issued to the bridge during the freeze state.

pr_freeze_pr_freeze 1 Input Enabled freeze port coming from the PR region.
Table 51.   Avalon® Memory-Mapped Agent to PR Region Host Interface Ports

Port

Width

Direction

Description

slv_bridge_to_pr_read 1 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region read port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_waitrequest 1 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region waitrequest port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_write 1 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region write port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_address 32 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region address port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_byteenable 4 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region byteenable port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_writedata 32 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region writedata port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_readdata 32 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region readdata port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_burstcount 3 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region burstcount port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_readdatavalid 1 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region readdatavalid port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_beginbursttransfer 1 Output Optional Avalon® -MM agent bridge to PR region beginbursttransfer port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_debugaccess 1 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region debugaccess port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_response 2 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region response port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_lock 1 Output Optional Avalon® -MM agent bridge to PR region lock port.
slv_bridge_to_pr_writeresponsevalid 1 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to PR region writeresponsevalid port.
Table 52.   Avalon® Memory-Mapped Agent to Static Region Master Interface Ports
Note: Same setting as Avalon® memory-mapped master to PR region agent interface.

Port

Width

Direction

Description

slv_bridge_to_sr_read 1 Input Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region read port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_waitrequest 1 Output Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region waitrequest port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_write 1 Input Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region write port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_address 32 Input Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region address port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_byteenable 4 Input Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region byteenable port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_writedata 32 Input Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region writedata port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_readdata 32 Output Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region readdata port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_burstcount 3 Input Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region burstcount port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_beginbursttransfer 1 Input Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region beginbursttransfer port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_debugaccess 1 Input Avalon® -MM agent bridge to static region debugaccess port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_response 2 Output Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region response port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_lock 1 Input Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region lock port.
slv_bridge_to_sr_writeresponsevalid 1 Output Avalon® memory-mapped agent bridge to static region writereponsevalid port.
Table 53.   Avalon® Memory-Mapped Master to PR Region Agent Interface Ports

Port

Width

Direction

Description

mst_bridge_to_pr_read 1 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region read port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_waitrequest 1 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region waitrequest port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_write 1 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region write port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_address 32 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region address port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_byteenable 4 Input Optional Avalon® -MM master bridge to PR region byteenable port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_writedata 32 Input Optional Avalon® -MM master bridge to PR region writedata port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_readdata 32 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region readdata port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_burstcount 3 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region burstcount port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_readdatavalid 1 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region readdatavalid port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_beginbursttransfer 1 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region beginbursttransfer port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_debugaccess 1 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region debugaccess port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_response 2 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region response port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_lock 1 Input Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region lock port.
mst_bridge_to_pr_writeresponsevalid 1 Output Optional Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to PR region writeresponsevalid port.
Table 54.   Avalon® Memory-Mapped Master to Static Region Agent Interface PortsSame setting as Avalon® Memory-Mapped agent to PR region master interface.

Port

 Width

Direction

Description

mst_bridge_to_sr_read 1 Output Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region read port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_waitrequest 1 Input Avalon® memory-mapped bridge to static region waitrequest port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_write 1 Output Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region write port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_address 32 Output Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region address port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_byteenable 4 Output Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region byteenable port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_writedata 32 Output Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region writedata port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_readdata 32 Input Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region readdata port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_burstcount 3 Output Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region burstcount port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_readdatavalid 1 Input Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region readdatavalid port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_beginbursttransfer 1 Output Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region beginbursttransfer port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_debugaccess 1 Output Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region debugaccess port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_response 2 Input Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region response port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_lock 1 Output Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region lock port.
mst_bridge_to_sr_writeresponsevalid 1 Input Avalon® memory-mapped master bridge to static region writeresponsevalid port.
Figure 76.  Avalon® Memory-Mapped Host Interface Ports
Figure 77.  Avalon® Memory-Mapped Agent Interface Ports
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