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1. Introduction
2. Quick Start Guide
3. Interface Overview
4. Parameters
5. Designing with the IP Core
6. Block Descriptions
7. Interrupts
8. Registers
9. Testbench and Design Example
10. Troubleshooting and Observing the Link
A. PCI Express Core Architecture
B. TX Credit Adjustment Sample Code
C. Root Port Enumeration
D. Document Revision History
1.1. Avalon-ST Interface with Optional SR-IOV for PCIe Introduction
1.2. Features
1.3. Release Information
1.4. Device Family Support
1.5. Recommended Fabric Speed Grades
1.6. Performance and Resource Utilization
1.7. Transceiver Tiles
1.8. PCI Express IP Core Package Layout
1.9. Channel Availability
2.1. Design Components
2.2. Hardware and Software Requirements
2.3. Directory Structure
2.4. Generating the Design Example
2.5. Simulating the Design Example
2.6. Compiling the Design Example and Programming the Device
2.7. Installing the Linux Kernel Driver
2.8. Running the Design Example Application
3.1. Avalon-ST RX Interface
3.2. Avalon-ST TX Interface
3.3. TX Credit Interface
3.4. TX and RX Serial Data
3.5. Clocks
3.6. Function-Level Reset (FLR) Interface
3.7. Control Shadow Interface for SR-IOV
3.8. Configuration Extension Bus Interface
3.9. Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface
3.10. Interrupt Interfaces
3.11. Power Management Interface
3.12. Reset
3.13. Transaction Layer Configuration Interface
3.14. PLL Reconfiguration Interface
3.15. PIPE Interface (Simulation Only)
4.1. Stratix 10 Avalon-ST Settings
4.2. Multifunction and SR-IOV System Settings
4.3. Base Address Registers
4.4. Device Identification Registers
4.5. TPH/ATS Capabilities
4.6. PCI Express and PCI Capabilities Parameters
4.7. Configuration, Debug and Extension Options
4.8. PHY Characteristics
4.9. Example Designs
6.1.1. TLP Header and Data Alignment for the Avalon-ST RX and TX Interfaces
6.1.2. Avalon-ST 256-Bit RX Interface
6.1.3. Avalon-ST 512-Bit RX Interface
6.1.4. Avalon-ST 256-Bit TX Interface
6.1.5. Avalon-ST 512-Bit TX Interface
6.1.6. TX Credit Interface
6.1.7. Interpreting the TX Credit Interface
6.1.8. Clocks
6.1.9. Update Flow Control Timer and Credit Release
6.1.10. Function-Level Reset (FLR) Interface
6.1.11. Resets
6.1.12. Interrupts
6.1.13. Control Shadow Interface for SR-IOV
6.1.14. Transaction Layer Configuration Space Interface
6.1.15. Configuration Extension Bus Interface
6.1.16. Hard IP Status Interface
6.1.17. Hard IP Reconfiguration
6.1.18. Power Management Interface
6.1.19. Serial Data Interface
6.1.20. PIPE Interface
6.1.21. Test Interface
6.1.22. PLL IP Reconfiguration
6.1.23. Message Handling
8.1.1. Register Access Definitions
8.1.2. PCI Configuration Header Registers
8.1.3. PCI Express Capability Structures
8.1.4. Intel Defined VSEC Capability Header
8.1.5. General Purpose Control and Status Register
8.1.6. Uncorrectable Internal Error Status Register
8.1.7. Uncorrectable Internal Error Mask Register
8.1.8. Correctable Internal Error Status Register
8.1.9. Correctable Internal Error Mask Register
8.1.10. SR-IOV Virtualization Extended Capabilities Registers Address Map
8.1.10.1. ARI Enhanced Capability Header
8.1.10.2. SR-IOV Enhanced Capability Registers
8.1.10.3. Initial VFs and Total VFs Registers
8.1.10.4. VF Device ID Register
8.1.10.5. Page Size Registers
8.1.10.6. VF Base Address Registers (BARs) 0-5
8.1.10.7. Secondary PCI Express Extended Capability Header
8.1.10.8. Lane Status Registers
8.1.10.9. Transaction Processing Hints (TPH) Requester Enhanced Capability Header
8.1.10.10. TPH Requester Capability Register
8.1.10.11. TPH Requester Control Register
8.1.10.12. Address Translation Services ATS Enhanced Capability Header
8.1.10.13. ATS Capability Register and ATS Control Register
9.4.1. ebfm_barwr Procedure
9.4.2. ebfm_barwr_imm Procedure
9.4.3. ebfm_barrd_wait Procedure
9.4.4. ebfm_barrd_nowt Procedure
9.4.5. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_wait Procedure
9.4.6. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_nowt Procedure
9.4.7. ebfm_cfgrd_wait Procedure
9.4.8. ebfm_cfgrd_nowt Procedure
9.4.9. BFM Configuration Procedures
9.4.10. BFM Shared Memory Access Procedures
9.4.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures
9.4.12. Verilog HDL Formatting Functions
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6. Block Descriptions
The Intel L-/H-Tile Avalon-ST for PCI Express implements the complete PCI Express protocol stack as defined in the PCI Express Base Specification. The protocol stack includes the following layers:
- Transaction Layer—The Transaction Layer contains the Configuration Space, which manages communication with the Application Layer, the RX and TX channels, the RX buffer, and flow control credits.
- Data Link Layer—The Data Link Layer, located between the Physical Layer and the Transaction Layer, manages packet transmission and maintains data integrity at the link level. Specifically, the Data Link Layer performs the following tasks:
- Manages transmission and reception of Data Link Layer Packets (DLLPs)
- Generates all transmission link cyclical redundancy code (LCRC) values and checks all LCRCs during reception
- Manages the retry buffer and retry mechanism according to received ACK/NAK Data Link Layer packets
- Initializes the flow control mechanism for DLLPs and routes flow control credits to and from the Transaction Layer
- Physical Layer—The Physical Layer initializes the speed, lane numbering, and lane width of the PCI Express link according to packets received from the link and directives received from higher layers. The following figure provides a high‑level block diagram.
Figure 32. Intel L-/H-Tile Avalon-ST for PCI Express
Each channel of the Physical Layer is paired with an Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) module. The FPGA fabric interfaces to the PCI Express IP core through the EMIB.