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1. Device Configuration User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
2. Agilex™ 5 Configuration Details
3. Agilex™ 5 Configuration Schemes
4. Including the Reset Release Intel® FPGA IP in Your Design
5. Remote System Update (RSU)
6. Agilex™ 5 Configuration Features
7. Agilex™ 5 Debugging Guide
8. Document Revision History for the Device Configuration User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs
3.1.1. Avalon® -ST Configuration Scheme Hardware Components and File Types
3.1.2. Enabling Avalon-ST Device Configuration
3.1.3. The AVST_READY Signal
3.1.4. RBF Configuration File Format
3.1.5. Avalon-ST Single-Device Configuration
3.1.6. Debugging Guidelines for the Avalon® -ST Configuration Scheme
3.1.7. IP for Use with the Avalon® -ST Configuration Scheme: Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP (PFL II)
3.1.7.1. Functional Description
3.1.7.2. Designing with the Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP for Avalon-ST Single Device Configuration
3.1.7.3. Generating the Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP
3.1.7.4. Constraining the Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP
3.1.7.5. Using the Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP
3.1.7.6. Supported Flash Memory Devices
3.1.7.3.1. Controlling Avalon-ST Configuration with Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP
3.1.7.3.2. Mapping Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP and Flash Address
3.1.7.3.3. Creating a Single Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP for Programming and Configuration
3.1.7.3.4. Creating Separate Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP Functions
3.1.7.4.1. Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP Recommended Design Constraints to FPGA Avalon-ST Pins
3.1.7.4.2. Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP Recommended Design Constraints for Using QSPI Flash
3.1.7.4.3. Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP Recommended Design Constraints for using CFI Flash
3.1.7.4.4. Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP Recommended Constraints for Other Input Pins
3.1.7.4.5. Parallel Flash Loader II Intel® FPGA IP Recommended Constraints for Other Output Pins
3.2.1. AS Configuration Scheme Hardware Components and File Types
3.2.2. AS Single-Device Configuration
3.2.3. AS Using Multiple Serial Flash Devices
3.2.4. AS Configuration Timing Parameters
3.2.5. Skew Tolerance Guidelines
3.2.6. Programming Serial Flash Devices
3.2.7. Serial Flash Memory Layout
3.2.8. AS_CLK
3.2.9. Active Serial Configuration Software Settings
3.2.10. Quartus® Prime Programming Steps
3.2.11. Debugging Guidelines for the AS Configuration Scheme
5.1. Remote System Update Functional Description
5.2. Guidelines for Performing Remote System Update Functions for Non-HPS
5.3. Commands and Responses
5.4. Quad SPI Flash Layout
5.5. Generating Remote System Update Image Files Using the Programming File Generator
5.6. Remote System Update from FPGA Core Example
5.6.1. Prerequisites
5.6.2. Creating Initial Flash Image Containing Bitstreams for Factory Image and One Application Image
5.6.3. Programming Flash Memory with the Initial Remote System Update Image
5.6.4. Reconfiguring the Device with an Application or Factory Image
5.6.5. Adding an Application Image
5.6.6. Removing an Application Image
7.1. Configuration Debugging Checklist
7.2. Agilex™ 5 Configuration Architecture Overview
7.3. Understanding Configuration Status Using quartus_pgm command
7.4. Configuration File Format Differences
7.5. Understanding SEUs
7.6. Reading the Unique 64-Bit CHIP ID
7.7. Understanding and Troubleshooting Configuration Pin Behavior
7.8. Configuration Debugger Tool
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5.4.2.3. Configuration Pointer Block Layout
The configuration pointer block contains a list of application image addresses. The SDM tries the images in sequence until one of them is successful or all fail. The structure contains the following information:
Offset | Size (in bytes) | Description |
---|---|---|
0x00 | 4 | Magic number 0x57789609 |
0x04 | 4 | Size of pointer block header (0x18 for this document) |
0x08 | 4 | Size of pointer block (4096 for this document) |
0x0C | 4 | Reserved |
0x10 | 4 | Offset to image pointers (IPTAB) |
0x14 | 4 | Total number of image pointer slots allocated = 508 |
0x18 | 8 | Reserved |
0x20 (IPTAB) 21 | 8 | First (lowest priority) image pointer slot (IPTAB) |
8 | Second (2nd lowest priority) image pointer slot | |
8 | … | |
8 | Last (highest priority) image pointer |
The configuration pointer block can contain up to 508 application image pointers. A typical configuration pointer block update procedure consists of adding a new pointer and potentially clearing an older pointer. Typically, the pointer block update uses one new slot. Consequently, you can make 508 updates before the pointer block must be erased. The erase procedure is called pointer block compression. This procedure is power failure safe, as there are two copies of the pointer block. The copies are in different flash erase sectors. While one copy is being updated the other copy is still valid.
Note: In order to successfully update SPTs and CPBs, the HPS software (U-Boot or Linux) must be configured to support a minimum QSPI erase granularity smaller or equal to CPB and SPT sizes. All supported flash devices offer erase granularities of 4 KB, 32 KB, and 64 KB. HPS software is typically configured with either 4 KB or 64 KB erase granularity. When the HPS software is configured with 64 KB erase granularity, the CPB and SPT sizes must be configured in Programming File Generator to be 64 KB instead of the default 32 KB.
21 The offset may vary in future firmware updates.