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

1.3. Terms and Acronyms

Table 2.  Glossary of Terms
Term Description
AXI Advanced eXtensible Interface
AXI-MM AXI Memory-Mapped
AXI-ST AXI Stream
AXI MCDMA IP Abbreviation used in this document. Refers to the AXI Multichannel DMA FPGA IP for PCI Express
AXI Streaming IP Abbreviation used in this document. Refers to the AXI Streaming FPGA IP for PCI Express
BAM Bursting Master
BAS Bursting Slave
Channel A DMA channel consists of a pair of Host-to-Device (H2D) and Device-to-Host (D2H) descriptor queues to handle bidirectional data transfer
CSR Control and Status Register
DMA Direct Memory Access
D2H Device-to-Host
Gen1 PCIe 1.0
Gen2 PCIe 2.0
Gen3 PCIe 3.0
Gen4 PCIe 4.0
Gen5 PCIe 5.0
H2D Host-to-Device
HIP Hard IP
Avalon MCDMA IP H/P/F/R-Tile Multichannel DMA FPGA IP for PCI Express. These IPs use traditional Avalon® interface protocol
MCDMA Multichannel Direct Memory Access
QCSR Queue Control and Status Register
TLP Transaction Layer Packet
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