Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon® Memory-Mapped (Avalon-MM) DMA Interface for PCI Express* Solutions User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Datasheet 2. Getting Started with the Avalon-MM DMA 3. Parameter Settings 4. Physical Layout 5. IP Core Interfaces 6. Registers 7. Reset and Clocks 8. Error Handling 9. PCI Express Protocol Stack 10. Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon-MM DMA for PCI Express 11. Design Implementation A. Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) Header Formats B. Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon-MM DMA Interface for PCIe Solutions User Guide Archive C. Document Revision History
1. Datasheet x
1.1. Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon-MM DMA Interface for PCIe* Datasheet 1.2. Features 1.3. Comparison of Avalon-ST, Avalon-MM and Avalon-MM with DMA Interfaces 1.4. Release Information 1.5. Device Family Support 1.6. Design Examples 1.7. IP Core Verification 1.8. Resource Utilization 1.9. Recommended Speed Grades 1.10. Creating a Design for PCI Express
1.7. IP Core Verification x
1.7.1. Compatibility Testing Environment
2. Getting Started with the Avalon-MM DMA x
2.1. Understanding the Avalon-MM DMA Ports 2.2. Generating the Testbench 2.3. Simulating the Example Design in ModelSim* 2.4. Running a Gate-Level Simulation 2.5. Generating Synthesis Files 2.6. Compiling the Design 2.7. Creating a Quartus® Prime Project
2.2. Generating the Testbench x
2.2.1. Understanding the Simulation Generated Files 2.2.2. Understanding Simulation Log File Generation
3. Parameter Settings x
3.1. Parameters 3.2. Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon-MM Settings 3.3. Base Address Register (BAR) Settings 3.4. Device Identification Registers 3.5. PCI Express and PCI Capabilities Parameters 3.6. Configuration, Debug, and Extension Options 3.7. PHY Characteristics 3.8. Example Designs
3.1. Parameters x
3.1.1. RX Buffer Allocation Selections Available by Interface Type
3.5. PCI Express and PCI Capabilities Parameters x
3.5.1. Device Capabilities 3.5.2. Error Reporting 3.5.3. Link Capabilities 3.5.4. MSI and MSI-X Capabilities 3.5.5. Slot Capabilities 3.5.6. Power Management 3.5.7. Vendor Specific Extended Capability (VSEC)
4. Physical Layout x
4.1. Hard IP Block Placement In Cyclone® 10 GX Devices 4.2. Hard IP Block Placement In Arria® 10 Devices 4.3. Channel and Pin Placement for the Gen1, Gen2, and Gen3 Data Rates 4.4. Channel Placement and fPLL and ATX PLL Usage for the Gen3 Data Rate 4.5. PCI Express Gen3 Bank Usage Restrictions
5. IP Core Interfaces x
5.1. Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX DMA Avalon-MM DMA Interface to the Application Layer 5.2. Clock Signals 5.3. Reset, Status, and Link Training Signals 5.4. MSI Interrupts for Endpoints 5.5. Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface 5.6. Physical Layer Interface Signals 5.7. Test Signals 5.8. Arria® 10 Development Kit Conduit Interface
5.1. Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX DMA Avalon-MM DMA Interface to the Application Layer x
5.1.1. Avalon-MM DMA Interfaces when Descriptor Controller Is Internally Instantiated 5.1.2. Read Data Mover 5.1.3. Write DMA Avalon-MM Master Port 5.1.4. RX Master Module 5.1.5. Non-Bursing Slave Module 5.1.6. 32-Bit Control Register Access (CRA) Slave Signals 5.1.7. Avalon-ST Descriptor Control Interface when Instantiated Separately 5.1.8. Descriptor Controller Interfaces when Instantiated Internally
5.1.7. Avalon-ST Descriptor Control Interface when Instantiated Separately x
5.1.7.1. Avalon-ST Descriptor Status Interface 5.1.7.2. Avalon® -ST Descriptor Status Sources
5.1.8. Descriptor Controller Interfaces when Instantiated Internally x
5.1.8.1. Read Descriptor Controller Avalon-MM Master interface 5.1.8.2. Write Descriptor Controller Avalon-MM Master Interface 5.1.8.3. Read Descriptor Table Avalon-MM Slave Interface 5.1.8.4. Write Descriptor Table Avalon-MM Slave Interface
5.6. Physical Layer Interface Signals x
5.6.1. Serial Data Signals 5.6.2. PIPE Interface Signals
6. Registers x
6.1. Correspondence between Configuration Space Registers and the PCIe Specification 6.2. Type 0 Configuration Space Registers 6.3. Type 1 Configuration Space Registers 6.4. PCI Express Capability Structures 6.5. Intel-Defined VSEC Registers 6.6. Advanced Error Reporting Capability 6.7. DMA Descriptor Controller Registers 6.8. Control Register Access (CRA) Avalon-MM Slave Port
6.5. Intel-Defined VSEC Registers x
6.5.1. CvP Registers
6.6. Advanced Error Reporting Capability x
6.6.1. Uncorrectable Internal Error Mask Register 6.6.2. Uncorrectable Internal Error Status Register 6.6.3. Correctable Internal Error Mask Register 6.6.4. Correctable Internal Error Status Register
6.7. DMA Descriptor Controller Registers x
6.7.1. Read DMA Descriptor Controller Registers 6.7.2. Write DMA Descriptor Controller Registers 6.7.3. Read DMA and Write DMA Descriptor Format 6.7.4. Read DMA Example 6.7.5. Software Program for Simultaneous Read and Write DMA
7. Reset and Clocks x
7.1. Reset Sequence for Hard IP for PCI Express IP Core and Application Layer 7.2. Clocks
7.2. Clocks x
7.2.1. Clock Domains 7.2.2. Clock Summary
7.2.1. Clock Domains x
7.2.1.1. coreclkout_hip 7.2.1.2. pld_clk
8. Error Handling x
8.1. Physical Layer Errors 8.2. Data Link Layer Errors 8.3. Transaction Layer Errors 8.4. Error Reporting and Data Poisoning 8.5. Uncorrectable and Correctable Error Status Bits
9. PCI Express Protocol Stack x
9.1. Top-Level Interfaces 9.2. Data Link Layer 9.3. Physical Layer
9.1. Top-Level Interfaces x
9.1.1. Avalon-MM DMA Interface 9.1.2. Clocks and Reset 9.1.3. Interrupts 9.1.4. PIPE
10. Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon-MM DMA for PCI Express x
10.1. Understanding the Internal DMA Descriptor Controller 10.2. Understanding the External DMA Descriptor Controller
11. Design Implementation x
11.1. Making Pin Assignments to Assign I/O Standard to Serial Data Pins 11.2. Recommended Reset Sequence to Avoid Link Training Issues 11.3. SDC Timing Constraints 11.4. Warnings Encountered When Using Narrow Avalon-MM Interfaces
A. Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) Header Formats x
A.1. TLP Packet Formats without Data Payload A.2. TLP Packet Formats with Data Payload
C. Document Revision History x
C.1. Document Revision History for the Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon® Memory Mapped (Avalon-MM) DMA Interface for PCIe* Solutions User Guide
1. Datasheet
2. Getting Started with the Avalon-MM DMA
3. Parameter Settings
4. Physical Layout
5. IP Core Interfaces
6. Registers
7. Reset and Clocks
8. Error Handling
9. PCI Express Protocol Stack
10. Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon-MM DMA for PCI Express
11. Design Implementation
A. Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) Header Formats
B. Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon-MM DMA Interface for PCIe Solutions User Guide Archive
C. Document Revision History

10.1. Understanding the Internal DMA Descriptor Controller

When you select Instantiate internal descriptor controller in the parameter editor, the Avalon-MM with DMA includes an internal DMA Descriptor Controller to manage read and write DMA operations. The DMA Descriptor Controller includes read and write data movers to perform local memory reads and writes. It supports up to 128 descriptors for read and write DMAs. Host software programs the DMA Descriptor Controller internal registers with the location and size of the descriptor table residing in the PCI Express main memory. The descriptor control logic directs the DMA read logic to copy the entire table to its local FIFOs.
Figure 50.  Platform Designer Design Example with the Internal DMA Descriptor ControllerThis Platform Designer design example, ep_g3x8_avmm256_integrated.qsys, is available in the <install_dir>/ ip/altera/altera_pcie/altera_pcie_a10_ed/example_design/a10 directory. Refer to Getting Started with the Arria® 10 or Cyclone® 10 GX Avalon-MM DMA for instructions on simulating and compiling this example design. This screen capture filters out some interface types for clarity.
Figure 51. Avalon-MM DMA Block Diagram with the Internal DMA Descriptor ControllerThis block diagram corresponds to the Platform Designer system shown in the previous figure.

This design uses BAR0 and BAR1 to create a 64-bit address to access the DMA Descriptor Controller. These BARs cannot connect to any other interface. If BAR0 must access a different interface, you must use an external DMA descriptor controller. Intel recommends that you select the internal DMA Descriptor Controller if you do not plan to modify this component.

The high-performance BAR2 or BAR2 and BAR3 for 64-bit addresses is available to receive data for other high performance functions.

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