Article ID: 000085812 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 09/22/2011

Non-System-Wide Reset Can Cause Improper Initialization of Mailbox Core

Environment

    Quartus® II Subscription Edition
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Critical Issue

Description

The altera_avalon_mailbox peripheral might not be initialized properly when a soft (non-system-wide) reset occurs. In this condition, mailbox contents (read and write pointers) are not reinitialized and might show potentially stale data.

Resolution

Ensure that a system-wide reset event occurs by asserting the reset_n input to the SOPC Builder system containing the mailbox. This resets all peripherals and Nios II processors in the system.

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