GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 10/31/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Overview 2. Quick Start Guide 3. Configuring and Generating the IP 4. Integrating the GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP With Your Application 5. Designing with the IP Core 6. Designing the IP Solution 7. Sharing Clocking and Applying SDC Constraints 8. Runtime Flow 9. Simulating the IP 10. Troubleshooting and Debugging Issues 11. Appendix A: Functional Description 12. Registers 13. Document Revision History for the GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP User Guide
1. Overview x
1.1. About the GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP 1.2. About the Document 1.3. Key Concepts 1.4. System Level Block Diagram 1.5. Design Checklist 1.6. IP Design Flow 1.7. Dynamic Reconfiguration 1.8. Design Considerations 1.9. Design Migration Guidelines 1.10. Design Flow Requirements
1.1. About the GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP x
1.1.1. Release Information 1.1.2. Features 1.1.3. High-Level Functional Overview 1.1.4. Licensing the IP 1.1.5. Device Family Support 1.1.6. Device Speed Grade Support 1.1.7. IP Performance and Resource Utilization
1.2. About the Document x
1.2.1. Target Audience 1.2.2. Conventions Used in the Document 1.2.3. Terminology 1.2.4. Acronyms 1.2.5. Reference Documents and Training 1.2.6. GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Target Applications
2. Quick Start Guide x
2.1. Steps to Generate and Run the Design Example 2.2. Steps to Create a Custom Dynamic Reconfiguration Design
2.1. Steps to Generate and Run the Design Example x
2.1.1. Generating the Design Example 2.1.2. Compiling the Design Example 2.1.3. Simulating the Design Example
2.2. Steps to Create a Custom Dynamic Reconfiguration Design x
2.2.1. Simulating the Custom Design
3. Configuring and Generating the IP x
3.1. Configuring the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Project 3.2. Generating Dynamic Reconfiguration Design and Configuration Profiles 3.3. Generating HDL for Synthesis and Simulation 3.4. Using the HSSI Support Logic Assignment Editor 3.5. HSSI Support Logic Generation 3.6. Generating the Design Example 3.7. Compiling the Design Example
3.2. Generating Dynamic Reconfiguration Design and Configuration Profiles x
3.2.1. Configuring the IP
3.2.1. Configuring the IP x
3.2.1.1. Configuring the IP Presets 3.2.1.2. Configuring the IP Parameters
3.4. Using the HSSI Support Logic Assignment Editor x
3.4.1. Quartus User Flow
3.4.1. Quartus User Flow x
3.4.1.1. IP List 3.4.1.2. Dynamic Reconfiguration Group List 3.4.1.3. Properties 3.4.1.4. DR Group Visualization Pane 3.4.1.5. Messages Pane
3.6. Generating the Design Example x
3.6.1. Generated Directory Structure and Files
4. Integrating the GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP With Your Application x
4.1. High-Level Interface Types 4.2. Dependent/Supporting IPs 4.3. Implementing Required Clocking 4.4. Implementing Required Resets 4.5. Implementing Required AVMM Interface 4.6. Control and Status Interface 4.7. Implementing Mux Selector Interface 4.8. Implementing SRC Interface 4.9. Implementing Local AVMM Interface 4.10. Connecting the Interfaces 4.11. Signal Functions 4.12. Integrating the IP With User Logic 4.13. Integrating the IP With Your Board 4.14. Integrating the IP on the Stack With a Software Driver
5. Designing with the IP Core x
5.1. Release Constraints 5.2. DR Design Guidelines
6. Designing the IP Solution x
6.1. Dynamic Reconfiguration QSF Settings 6.2. Defining DR Combinations 6.3. Instantiating the Generated DR Group 6.4. Generating and Instantiating the DR Controller
9. Simulating the IP x
9.1. Design Example Features 9.2. Simulating the GTS PMA/FEC Direct PHY Altera FPGA IP Example Design Testbench
9.2. Simulating the GTS PMA/FEC Direct PHY Altera FPGA IP Example Design Testbench x
9.2.1. Simulating the Design Example
9.2.1. Simulating the Design Example x
9.2.1.1. Simulating the Testbench Flow 9.2.1.2. Verifying the Simulation Results
11. Appendix A: Functional Description x
11.1. AVMM Clock Crossing Bridge 11.2. AVMM Decoder 11.3. Mux Sel, Local AVMM, and SRC Interface 11.4. Dynamic Reconfiguration CSR
12. Registers x
12.1. Configuration Registers 12.2. GTS Transceiver PHY Design Example: Registers
12.1. Configuration Registers x
12.1.1. Register Next ID Configuration 0 12.1.2. Register Next ID Configuration 1 12.1.3. Register Next ID Configuration 2 12.1.4. Register Next ID Configuration 3 12.1.5. Register Next ID Configuration 4 12.1.6. Register Next ID Configuration 5 12.1.7. Register Next ID Configuration 6 12.1.8. Register Next ID Configuration 7 12.1.9. Register Next ID Configuration 8 12.1.10. Register Next ID Configuration 9 12.1.11. Register Next ID Configuration 10 12.1.12. Register Next ID Configuration 11 12.1.13. Register Next ID Configuration 12 12.1.14. Register Next ID Configuration 13 12.1.15. Register Next ID Configuration 14 12.1.16. Register Next ID Configuration 15 12.1.17. Register Next ID Configuration 16 12.1.18. Register Next ID Configuration 17 12.1.19. Register Next ID Configuration 18 12.1.20. Register Next ID Configuration 19 12.1.21. Register Trigger 12.1.22. Register Trigger Status 12.1.23. Register Error Configuration 12.1.24. Register Error Status
1. Overview
2. Quick Start Guide
3. Configuring and Generating the IP
4. Integrating the GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP With Your Application
5. Designing with the IP Core
6. Designing the IP Solution
7. Sharing Clocking and Applying SDC Constraints
8. Runtime Flow
9. Simulating the IP
10. Troubleshooting and Debugging Issues
11. Appendix A: Functional Description
12. Registers
13. Document Revision History for the GTS Dynamic Reconfiguration Controller IP User Guide

6.1. Dynamic Reconfiguration QSF Settings

This section describes the QSF settings available for dynamic reconfiguration.
  1. The following example demonstrates how to set global assignments for IP files in a .qsf. These settings are used to specify the IP variants that should be included in the design. 
    • set_global_assignment -name IP_FILE ip_variant_1.ip
    • set_global_assignment -name IP_FILE ip_variant_2.ip
  2. To combine these variants into a DR Group, use the following QSF setting, This command adds an instance of the variant IP to the group, where the instance name and DR group name are user-specified:
    set_instance_assignment -name DR_IP_INSTANCE <ip variant name> -to 
	    <instance name> -section_id <DR Group name>
  3. Additionally, to assign a profile ID to this IP variant instance, use the following command. This profile ID is used to trigger reconfiguration in the DR controller registers. Note that the numbers must start at 1.
    set_instance_assignment -name DR_GROUP_RECONFIG_ID 1 -to ip_variant_1_inst -section_id dr_top
    You can also assign a profile ID to this IP variant instance. This number is used to trigger reconfiguration in the DR controller registers. Numbers must start at 1. 
    set_instance_assignment -name DR_GROUP_RECONFIG_ID <N> -to <instance name> -section_id <DR Group name
    Note: When instantiating a Multi-Rate IP (MRIP) (for example, DPHY or Ethernet) with multiple profiles enabled, those additional profiles are automatically assigned reconfig IDs by the DR tool, starting from the DR_GROUP_RECONFIG_ID specified by the user. For example:
    • Instantiate two multi-rate DPHY instances with 4 profiles each:
      • Assign the first instance DR_GROUP_RECONFIG_ID 1
        • The internal profiles are given the reconfig IDs 1,2,3,4
      • Assign the next DPHY instance RECONFIG_ID 5
        • The internal profiles for the second instance are given the reconfig IDs 5,6,7,8
    • During run-time, you must enable or disable each profile individually based on the computed reconfig ID number above.
  4. Set the relative physical position of the XCVR serial pins for this IP variant instance within the group.
    set_instance_assignment -name DR_IP_INSTANCE_RELATIVE_LOCATION <N> -to 
          <instance name> -section_id <DR Group name>
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