Mailbox Client Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP User Guide 2. Appendix: CONFIG_STATUS and RSU_STATUS Error Code Descriptions
1. Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP User Guide x
1.1. Device Family Support 1.2. Parameters 1.3. Mailbox Client Intel FPGA Core Interface Signals 1.4. Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP Avalon® MM Memory Map 1.5. Commands and Responses 1.6. Specifying the Command and Response FIFO Depths 1.7. Enabling Cryptographic Services 1.8. Using the Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP 1.9. Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP Core Use Case Examples 1.10. Nios® II HAL Driver 1.11. Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP User Guide Archives 1.12. Document Revision History for the Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP User Guide
1.3. Mailbox Client Intel FPGA Core Interface Signals x
1.3.1. Clock and Reset Interfaces 1.3.2. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Interface 1.3.3. AXI Target Interface
1.4. Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP Avalon® MM Memory Map x
1.4.1. Interrupt Enable Register 1.4.2. Interrupt Status Register 1.4.3. Timer Registers
1.5. Commands and Responses x
1.5.1. Operation Commands 1.5.2. Error Code Responses 1.5.3. Error Code Recovery
1.10. Nios® II HAL Driver x
1.10.1. Driver API
1. Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP User Guide
2. Appendix: CONFIG_STATUS and RSU_STATUS Error Code Descriptions

1.12. Document Revision History for the Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP User Guide

Document Version Intel® Quartus® Prime Version Changes
2021.11.10 21.3 Made the following changes:
  • Updated the device family support for Intel® Agilex™ devices.
  • Added new section describing support for cryptographic services.
  • Revised Interrupt Enable Register table. Added new registers:
    • EN_CRYPTO_MEMORY_TIMEOUT
    • EN_CRYPTO_ERROR_RECOVERY_PROGRESS
  • Revised Interrupt Status Register table. Added new interrupts:
    • CRYPTO_MEMORY_TIMEOUT
    • CRYPTO_ERROR_RECOVERY_PROGRESS
  • Revised Command List and Description table. Updated description for:
    • CONFIG_STATUS
    • RSU_STATUS
  • Updated the mailbox_client_send_cmd command in the Driver API section.
    • Revised response buffer length declaration from a pointer (alt_u32* resp_buf_len) to an integer (alt_u32 resp_buf_len).
    • Added an ENOBUFS-related footnote.
2021.06.21 21.2 Made the following changes:
  • Revised Interrupt Enable Register. Added note about enable bits.
  • Revised Command List and Description table. Updated description for:
    • RSU_STATUS
    • QSPI_OPEN
    • QSPI_SET_CS
    • QSPI_ERASE
  • Revised Read Command Description in the Using the Mailbox Client Intel® FPGA IP . Added attention note about accessing SDM over an Avalon® memory-mapped interface.
  • Revised Nios® II HAL Driver. Added text about absolute addressing to the quad SPI.
  • Added mailbox_client_flash_get_info operation in the Driver API section.
  • Removed Driver API Application topic. The content was moved to a file referenced in the Driver API section.
  • Updated Appendix: CONFIG_STATUS and RSU_STATUS Error Code Descriptions. Added 0xD00D - 0xD013 minor error codes descriptions.
2021.03.29 21.1 Made the following changes:
  • Revised the Flow Chart for Response Packet figure and the Read Command Description section.
  • Revised RSU_IMAGE_UPDATE description in the Command List and Description table.
  • Added new topics:
    • Nios® II HAL Driver
    • Driver API
    • Driver API Application
  • Restructured Operation Commands. Moved major and minor error code descriptions for the CONFIG_STATUS and RSU_STATUS commands to the Appendix: CONFIG_STATUS and RSU_STATUS Error Code Descriptions.
2020.12.14 20.4 Made the following changes:
  • Revised block diagram description in the Mailbox Client Intel® FPGA IP User Guide topic.
  • Updated the Mailbox Client Intel® FPGA IP System Block Diagram figure. The figure depicts various ways to communicate with Mailbox Client IP.
  • Added important note about resetting QSPI flash in the Operation Commands topic.
  • Updated the Command List and Description table:
    • Revised GET_TEMPERATURE command description. Clarified difference between Intel® Stratix® 10 and devices.
    • Revised RSU_IMAGE_UPDATE command description.
      • Added text about resetting QSPI flash.
      • Added text describing behavior between the external host and FPGA.
      • Removed text: Returns a non-zero response if the device is already processing a configuration command.
    • Updated QSPI_WRITE and QSPI_READ descriptions to specify that the maximum transfer size is 4 kilobytes or 1024 words.
    • Corrected response length from 1 to 0 for the QSPI_OPEN, QSPI_CLOSE and QSPI_SET_CS command.
    • Revised QSPI_OPEN, QSPI_WRITE, QSPI_READ_DEVICE_REG, and QSPI_WRITE_DEVICE_REG descriptions.
    • Added a new command: REBOOT_HPS.
  • Added new topic: Error Code Recovery.
  • Revised Timer Registers topic. Added footnotes and updated registers description.
  • Updated Flow Chart for Reading Response Packet figure.
2020.10.05 20.3 Made the following changes:
  • Revised GET TEMPERATURE command description for Intel® Agilex™ devices in the Command List and Description table.
  • Added recommendation about the reset synchronizer in the Mailbox Client FPGA Core Signals section.
  • Updated the Error Codes table. Added new error code responses:
    • HW_ERROR
    • COMMAND_SPECIFIC_ERROR
2020.06.30 20.2 Made the following changes:
  • Revised LENGTH and Command Code/Error Code descriptions in the Command and Response Header Description table.
  • Revised GET_TEMPERATURE command description in the Command List and Description table.
  • Removed UNKNOWN_BR command from the Error Codes table.
  • Added new timer feature to handle the error detection for the incomplete transaction timeout error and the SDM backpressure timeout fatal error.
  • Added support for an EOP_TIMEOUT interrupt which indicates that the full command did not include the EOP.
  • Added support for a BACKPRESSURE_TIMEOUT interrupt which indicates that an error within the SDM occurred.
  • Removed SD/MMC text from the CLIENT_ID_NO_MATCH description in the Error Codes table.
  • Updated write and read command descriptions in the Using the Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP section.
2020.04.13 20.1 Made the following changes:
  • Added the following restriction to the definition of QSPI_SET_CS: Access to the QSPI flash memory devices using SDM_IO pins is only available for the AS x4 configuration scheme, JTAG configuration, and a design compiled for ASx4 configuration. For the Avalon® ST configuration scheme, you must connect QSPI flash memories to GPIO pins.
  • Added the following text to the definition of the Failing image field of the RSU_STATUS command:
    Note: A rising edge on nCONFIG to reconfigure from ASx4, does not clear this field. Information about failing image only updates when the Mailbox Client receives a new RSU_IMAGE_UPDATE command and successfully configures from the update image.
  • Added RSU_NOTIFY command in the Command List and Description table.
  • Revised the Flow Chart for Writing Command Packet and Flow Chart for Reading Response Packet to include the correct sequence for writing commands into a command FIFO and reading response packets from a response FIFO. Updated corresponding Write Command Description and Read Command Description sections.
2020.03.17 19.3 Made the following changes:
  • Updated the Error Codes table:
    • Renamed INVALID_COMMAND_PARAMETERS to INVALID_LENGTH.
    • Changed COMMAND_INVALID_ON_SOURCE hex value from 5 to 6.
    • Changed CLIENT_ID_NO_MATCH hex value from 6 to 8.
    • Changed INVALID_ADDRESS hex value from 7 to 9.
    • Added AUTHENTICATION_FAIL command.
    • Changed TIMEOUT hex value from 8 to B.
    • Changed HW_NOT_READY hex value from 9 to C.
2019.09.30 19.3 Made the following changes:
  • Added device support for the Intel® Agilex™ device.
  • Added support for a COMMAND_INVALID interrupt which indicates the command length specified in the header does not match the actual command sent.
  • Changed name of the IP from Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP to Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP.
  • Revised introduction including the Figure 1: Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP System Block Diagram.
  • Revised the Flow Chart for Writing Command Packet and Flow Chart for Reading Response Packet to include logic to handle multiple word commands and responses.
  • Changed references to names of all mailbox client IPs. The mailbox clients IP no longer include the Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA in their names.
  • Added reference to AN 891: Using the Reset Release Intel FPGA IP.
  • Added reference to the Intel® Agilex™ Power Management User Guide.
  • Updated the description of the GET_TEMPERATURE command to say the mask argument is optional. When omitted, the command returns the temperature for sensor 0.
  • Updated the RSU_STATUS command to say the highest priority failing image, not the last failing image. The error information is for the first failing image which is the highest priority failing image.
  • Added descriptions for CONFIG_STATUS and RSU_STATUS major and minor error codes.
  • Added HPS_COLDRESET and HPS_WARMRESET to the list of soft functions for the CONFIG_STATUS command.
  • Added Mailbox Client Intel FPGA IP User Guide Archives topic.
  • Added the following Intel FPGA IPs to the list of IPs that require proper use of the Command and Command last registers:
    • Advanced SEU Detection Intel IP
    • Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel IP
    • Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller Intel FPGA IP
    • Edited entire user guide for clarity and style.
Document Version Changes
2019.04.19
  • Updated the Feature Description topic.
  • Added a note to Figure: Command and Response Header Format.
  • Updated Table: Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Command and Response Header Description to update the description for bit[11] of the command and response header.
  • Updated Table: Command List and Description to update the descriptions for CONFIG_STATUS and RSU_STATUS.
  • Renamed topic title Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core Avalon® -MM Interface to Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core Signals.
  • Renamed table title Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core Avalon® -MM Interface to Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core Signal Description.
  • Updated Table: Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core Signal Description to include information on clock and reset signals.
  • Updated Table: Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core Avalon® -Memory Map to remove urgent command and urgent FIFO empty space.
  • Updated the Using the Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core topic:
    • Added new Figures: Flow Chart for Writing Command Packet and Flow Chart for Reading Response Packet.
    • Added a new section—Restrictions.
    • Updated the description in the Writing Command Packet section.
  • Updated the Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core Use Case Examples topic.
  • Made editorial updates throughout the document.
2019.03.14
  • Updated the Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core User Guide topic.
  • Updated Figure: Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core and System Block Diagram.
  • Updated Table: Command List and Description:
    • Updated the column name Number of Commands to Command Length.
    • Updated the column name Number of Responses to Respond Length.
    • Corrected the description for QSPI_READ, QSPI_WRITE, and QSPI_ERASE.
2019.02.25
  • Updated the description in the Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core User Guide topic.
  • Updated Figure: Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core User Guide.
  • Updated Table: Interrupt Status Register to update the description for DATA_VALID.
  • Renamed the following topic titles:
    • Commands and Error Codes to Commands and Responses
    • Commands to Operation Commands.
  • Updated Table: Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Command and Response Header Description to update the descriptions for Length and Command Code/Error Code.
  • Updated Table: Command List and Description:
    • Updated the number of responses and description for CONFIG_STATUS.
    • Updated the number of responses for RSU_STATUS.
    • Updated the descriptions for QSPI_READ, QSPI_WRITE, and QSPI_ERASE.
  • Updated Table: Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Error Code Responses and Description to update the description for UNKNOWN_BR.
  • Updated the Writing Command Packet and Reading Command Packet sections in the Using the Mailbox Client Intel® Stratix® 10 FPGA IP Core topic.
  • Updated the Mailbox Client Intel Stratix 10 FPGA IP Core Use Case Examples topic.
  • Removed the following topics:
    • Example 1: Reading Intel® eASIC™ N5X IDCODE and Voltage
    • Example 2: Read and Write EPCQ-L or QSPI Devices
2018.10.15
  • Updated Table: Command List and Description to include the following commands:
    • Updated the descriptions for GET_TEMPERATURE.
    • Added new commands:
      • RSU_IMAGE_UPDATE
      • CONFIG_STATUS
      • RSU_STATUS
    • Removed the command GET_DESIGNHASH.
  • Updated Table: Error Code Responses and Description to update the value of the following error code responses:
    • NOT_CONFIGURED
    • ALT_SDM_MBOX_RESP_DEVICE_BUSY
    • ALT_SDM_MBOX_RESP_NO_VALID_RESP_AVAILABLE
    • ALT_SDM_MBOX_RESP_ERROR
  • Added a note to Figure: Mailbox Client Intel Stratix 10 FPGA IP Core Block Diagram.
  • Made minor editorial updates.
2018.02.14 Initial release.
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