GTS AXI Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* User Guide
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4.16. Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
The GTS AXI Streaming IP supports SR-IOV. The endpoint port controllers in the IP support up to 4 physical functions (PF) and 256 virtual functions (VF) per SR-IOV endpoint. The VF configuration space registers are hardened in the PCIe* Hard IP; hence they do not require FPGA fabric resources. The specific VF-based work queues and interrupt tables must be implemented in the FPGA fabric by the user application.
| Feature | Support | 
|---|---|
| SR-IOV | Supported in Endpoint mode up to 256 VFs. | 
| MSI | Supported in PFs only. Not supported in VFs. No Per Vector Masking (PVM). If you need PVM, you must use MSI-X. 
           Note: Note: When SR-IOV is enabled, either MSI or MSI-X must be enabled. 
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| MSI-X | Supported by all PFs. For SR-IOV, PFs and VFs are always MSI-X capable. 
           Note: VFs share a common Table Size. VF Table BIR/Offset and PBA BIR/Offset are fixed at compile time. 
           
           Note: When SR-IOV is enabled, either MSI or MSI-X must be enabled. 
           | 
| Function Level Reset (FLR) | Supported by all PFs/VFs. | 
| Required for all SR-IOV functions. | |
| Extended Tags | Supported by all PFs/VFs. The Extended Tags feature allows the TLP Tag field to be 8-bit, thus allowing the support of 256 tags. The application is restricted to a max of 256 outstanding tags, at any given time, for all functions combined. The application logic is responsible for implementing the tag generation/tracking functions. | 
| 10-bit Tags | Supports 10-bit tag completer capability on x8 capable controller. | 
| AER | PFs are always AER capable. No AER implemented for VFs. | 
| Active-State Power Management (ASPM) Optionality Compliance | Supported by all PFs/VFs. Only used to indicate ASPM is supported. | 
| Atomic Ops | Requester capability is supported by all PFs/VFs. Completer capability is supported. Compare and Swap (CAS) AtomicOps are also supported. They can handle up to 128-bit operands. | 
| Internal Error Reporting | Supported by all PFs (because all PFs are AER capable). No support for VFs (because VFs do not support AER). | 
| TLP Processing Hints | 2-bit Processing Hint and 8-bit Steering Tag are supported by all PFs/VFs. TPH Prefixes are not supported. You can optionally choose to enable the TPH Requestor capability. However, the IP is always TPH Completer capable. | 
| ID-Based ordering | Supported by all PFs/VFs. However, the IP core does NOT perform the reordering. The Application Layer must do the reordering. The IP core only provides the IDO Request & Completion Enable bits in the Device Control 2 register. This gives the application permission to set the Attr bits in Requests and Completions that it transmits. 
           Note: Reordering capability on the RX side may be limited by your bypass queue. On the TX side, the IP core does not set the IDO bits on internally generated TLPs. 
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| Relaxed Ordering | Implemented on the RX side. This feature is always active. On the TX side, reordering is done by the application. | 
| Alternative Routing ID Interpretation (ARI) | EP (PFs/VFs) is always ARI capable. This is a device-level option (all lanes or none support ARI). In addition, RP is always ARI capable (ARI Forwarding Supported bit is always 1). | 
| Address Translation Service (ATS) | Supported by all EP PFs/VFs. | 
| Page Request Service Interface (PRI) | Supported by all EP PFs/VFs. | 
| User Extensions (Customer VSEC) | Supported by all PFs/VFs. | 
| PCIe* 3.0 Receiver Impedance (3.0 ECN) | Supported | 
| Device Serial Number | Supported | 
| Completion Timeout Ranges (Device Capabilities 2) | All ranges are supported. | 
| Data Link Layer Active Reporting Capability (Link Capabilities) | This capability is always supported in RP mode, but not in EP mode. | 
| Surprise Down Error Reporting Capability (Link Capabilities) | Supported | 
| PM-PCI Power Management | Only D0/D3 states are supported. | 
| ASPM (L0s/L1) | Supported | 
| Process Address Space ID (PASID) | Supported | 
| TLP prefix | Supported, mainly for PASID | 
| Latency Tolerance Reporting (LTR) | Supported (only for PASID) | 
| Access Control Services | Supported | 
| Advanced Error Reporting (AER) | AER supported for PFs. |