AXI Multichannel DMA IP for PCI Express* User Guide

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Date 8/11/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. About This Document 2. Introduction 3. Functional Description 4. Parameters 5. Interfaces 6. Designing with the IP Core 7. Known Issues 8. Revision History for the AXI Multichannel DMA IP for PCI Express* User Guide
1. About This Document x
1.1. Intended Audience 1.2. Conventions 1.3. Terms and Acronyms 1.4. Related Information
2. Introduction x
2.1. Overview 2.2. IP Features 2.3. Device Family Support 2.4. IP and Design Example Support 2.5. Recommended Speed Grade 2.6. Resource Utilization 2.7. Release Information
2.2. IP Features x
2.2.1. Root Port Mode Features 2.2.2. Endpoint Mode Features 2.2.3. Design Example Support
4. Parameters x
4.1. IP Settings 4.2. Design Examples
4.1. IP Settings x
4.1.1. PCIe Settings
4.1.1. PCIe Settings x
4.1.1.1. MCDMA Settings 4.1.1.2. PCI Express / PCI Capabilities 4.1.1.3. Base Address Registers
4.1.1.1. MCDMA Settings x
4.1.1.1.1. Multichannel DMA Mode 4.1.1.1.2. Bursting Master Mode 4.1.1.1.3. Bursting Slave Mode 4.1.1.1.4. BAM+BAS Mode 4.1.1.1.5. BAM+MCDMA Mode 4.1.1.1.6. BAM+BAS+MCDMA Mode
4.1.1.2. PCI Express / PCI Capabilities x
4.1.1.2.1. PCIe Device 4.1.1.2.2. PCIe MSI-X
4.1.1.2.2. PCIe MSI-X x
4.1.1.2.2.1. PCIe PF MSI-X 4.1.1.2.2.2. PCIe VF MSI-X
4.2. Design Examples x
4.2.1. Aligning AXI MCDMA IP Settings with AXI Streaming IP for PCI Express
5. Interfaces x
5.1. System Block Diagram 5.2. Clocks and Resets 5.3. PCIe IP-facing Interfaces 5.4. User-facing Interfaces
5.3. PCIe IP-facing Interfaces x
5.3.1. PCIe AXI-ST TX Interface (ss_tx_st) 5.3.2. PCIe AXI-ST RX Interface (ss_rx_st) 5.3.3. Control and Status Register Interface (ss_csr_lite) 5.3.4. Flow Control Credit Interface 5.3.5. Configuration Intercept Interface (CII) 5.3.6. Completion Timeout Interface (ss_cplto) 5.3.7. Function Level Reset Interface 5.3.8. Control Shadow Interface (ss_ctrlshadow)
5.3.4. Flow Control Credit Interface x
5.3.4.1. Transmit Flow Credit Interface (ss_txcrdt) 5.3.4.2. Receive Flow Control Credit Interface (ss_rxcrdt)
5.3.5. Configuration Intercept Interface (CII) x
5.3.5.1. Configuration Intercept Request Interface (ss_cii_req) 5.3.5.2. Configuration Intercept Response Interface (ss_cii_resp)
5.3.7. Function Level Reset Interface x
5.3.7.1. FLR Received Interface (ss_flrrcvd) 5.3.7.2. FLR Completion Interface (ss_flrcmpl)
5.4. User-facing Interfaces x
5.4.1. H2D AXI-ST Source (h2d_st_initatr) 5.4.2. D2H AXI-ST Sink (d2h_st_respndr) 5.4.3. H2D/D2H AXI-MM Master 5.4.4. BAM AXI-MM Master (bam_mm_initatr) 5.4.5. BAS AXI-MM Slave (bas_mm_respndr) 5.4.6. PIO AXI-Lite Master (pio_lite_initiatr) 5.4.7. HIP Reconfig AXI-Lite Slave (user_csr_lite) 5.4.8. User Event MSI-X (user_msix) 5.4.9. User Event MSI (user_msi) 5.4.10. User Function Level Reset (user_flr) 5.4.11. User Configuration Intercept Interface - EP Only 5.4.12. Configuration Slave (cs_lite_respndr) - RP Only
5.4.3. H2D/D2H AXI-MM Master x
5.4.3.1. AXI-MM Write (H2D) 5.4.3.2. AXI-MM Read Channel (D2H)
5.4.11. User Configuration Intercept Interface - EP Only x
5.4.11.1. User Configuration Intercept Request Interface (user_cii_req) 5.4.11.2. User Configuration Intercept Response Interface (user_cii_resp)
6. Designing with the IP Core x
6.1. Generating the IP Core 6.2. IP Core Generation Output 6.3. Simulating the IP Core 6.4. Quick Start Guide
6.4. Quick Start Guide x
6.4.1. Design Example Overview 6.4.2. Functional Description 6.4.3. Generating the Design Example 6.4.4. Simulating the Design Example 6.4.5. Testing the Design Example
1. About This Document
2. Introduction
3. Functional Description
4. Parameters
5. Interfaces
6. Designing with the IP Core
7. Known Issues
8. Revision History for the AXI Multichannel DMA IP for PCI Express* User Guide

7. Known Issues

Table 62.  Known Issues
Issue HSD-ES Found In Status
When you enable address byte aligned transfers, you may observe a DMA failure for lower payload sizes on the AXI interface. 16023190098 24.1 Byte aligned access is not supported. Address should be aligned to the data width.

A fix is planned for a future release.
A Virtual Function DMA with MSIX enabled gets stuck. 16024369928 24.2 A fix is planned for a future release.
You may observe the AXI-MM DMA being stuck, and a Queue reset failure, during a hardware test. 16024808887 24.3 Fixed in 25.1.1.
A BAS data validation failure is observed in BAM+BAS+MCDMA mode using the AXI-MM interface during a hardware test. 16026624756 25.1 A fix is planned for a future release.
IP upgrades from v24.1 to v25.1, and from v24.2 to v25.1, will fail. 16027079112 25.1 To upgrade the IP from 1.0.0 to 3.0.0 ( Quartus® Prime 25.1), add app_err interface signals in the top-level file which is <design example>/pcie_ed/synth/pcie_ed.v:
wire                  dut_ss_app_err_tvalid;   
	wire               dut_ss_app_err_tready;    
	wire    [31:0]     dut_ss_app_err_tdata;            
	wire               dut_ss_app_err_tlast;
	wire    [13:0]     dut_app_ss_st_err_tuser_error_type_app_ss_st_err_tuser_error_type;
Rx(D2H) data validation error. 16027730547 25.1.1 A fix is planned for a future release.
Rx Stuck and Queue reset failure with DMA test. 16027528472 25.1.1 A fix is planned for a future release.
X propagation in the header with ATT enabled and address not aligned to data width. 16027824074 25.1.1 A fix is planned for a future release.
In bidirectional DMA test using AXI-S Packet Generate/Check design example, performance may drop with increasing payload size/channel. 16027711385 25.1.1 A fix is planned for a future release.
H2D DMA performance drop with AXI-S Packet Generate/Check design example. 16027711269 25.1.1 A fix is planned for a future release.
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