Multi Channel DMA Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express Design Example User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction 2. Design Example Detailed Description 3. Design Example Quick Start Guide 4. User Guide Archives 5. Revision History for the Multi Channel DMA Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express Design Example User Guide
1. Introduction x
1.1. Terms and Acronyms 1.2. MCDMA IP Modes
2. Design Example Detailed Description x
2.1. Design Example Overview 2.2. Hardware and Software Requirements 2.3. PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode 2.4. Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check 2.5. Avalon-ST Device-side Packet Loopback 2.6. Avalon-MM DMA 2.7. BAM_BAS Traffic Generator and Checker 2.8. External Descriptor Controller
2.1. Design Example Overview x
2.1.1. MCDMA H-Tile Design Examples for Endpoint 2.1.2. MCDMA P-Tile Design Examples for Endpoint 2.1.3. MCDMA F-Tile Design Examples for Endpoint
2.3. PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode x
2.3.1. Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode 2.3.2. Avalon-MM PIO Using MCDMA Bypass mode
2.3.1. Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode x
2.3.1.1. Four-Port Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode 2.3.1.2. Single-Port Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode
2.3.1.1. Four-Port Avalon-ST PIO Using MCDMA Bypass Mode x
2.3.1.1.1. Simulation Result 2.3.1.1.2. Hardware Test Result
2.3.2. Avalon-MM PIO Using MCDMA Bypass mode x
2.3.2.1. Simulation Results 2.3.2.2. Hardware Test Results
2.4. Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check x
2.4.1. Four-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check 2.4.2. Single-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check
2.4.1. Four-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check x
2.4.1.1. Simulation Results 2.4.1.2. Hardware Test Results
2.4.2. Single-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check x
2.4.2.1. Simulation Waveforms 2.4.2.2. Simulation Log
2.5. Avalon-ST Device-side Packet Loopback x
2.5.1. Simulation Results 2.5.2. Hardware Test Results
2.6. Avalon-MM DMA x
2.6.1. Simulation Results 2.6.2. Hardware Test Results
2.7. BAM_BAS Traffic Generator and Checker x
2.7.1. BAM_BAS Traffic Generator and Checker Example Design Register Map
2.8. External Descriptor Controller x
2.8.1. Registers 2.8.2. Hardware Test Results
2.8.1. Registers x
2.8.1.1. GCSR Registers (Base address 64’h00000) 2.8.1.2. QCSR Registers(Base address 64’h10000)
3. Design Example Quick Start Guide x
3.1. Design Example Directory Structure 3.2. Generating the Example Design using Intel® Quartus® Prime 3.3. Simulating the Design Example 3.4. Compiling the Example Design in Intel® Quartus® Prime 3.5. Running the Design Example Application on a Hardware Setup
3.2. Generating the Example Design using Intel® Quartus® Prime x
3.2.1. Procedure
3.3. Simulating the Design Example x
3.3.1. Testbench Overview 3.3.2. Supported Simulators 3.3.3. Example Testbench Flow for DMA Test with Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check Design Example 3.3.4. Run the Simulation Script 3.3.5. View the Results
3.5. Running the Design Example Application on a Hardware Setup x
3.5.1. Program the FPGA 3.5.2. Quick Start Guide
3.5.2. Quick Start Guide x
3.5.2.1. Software Test Setup 3.5.2.2. Driver Support 3.5.2.3. MCDMA Custom Driver 3.5.2.4. MCDMA DPDK Poll Mode Driver 3.5.2.5. MCDMA Kernel Mode Character Device Driver 3.5.2.6. MCDMA Kernel Mode Network Device Driver
3.5.2.3. MCDMA Custom Driver x
3.5.2.3.1. Prerequisites 3.5.2.3.2. Software Setup 3.5.2.3.3. Run the Reference Example Application 3.5.2.3.4. Testing Bitstream Configuration beyond 256 Channels 3.5.2.3.5. External Descriptor Mode Verification
3.5.2.3.1. Prerequisites x
3.5.2.3.1.1. Configuration Changes from BIOS 3.5.2.3.1.2. External Packages 3.5.2.3.1.3. Set the Boot Parameters
3.5.2.3.2. Software Setup x
3.5.2.3.2.1. Installing the Linux Kernel Driver 3.5.2.3.2.2. Build and Install User Space Library 3.5.2.3.2.3. Enabling VFs and Create Guest VM by Using QEMU 3.5.2.3.2.4. Establish Communication Between Host and QEMU
3.5.2.3.3. Run the Reference Example Application x
3.5.2.3.3.1. Meta Data Test 3.5.2.3.3.2. BAM Test 3.5.2.3.3.3. BAS Test 3.5.2.3.3.4. Packet Gen Test
3.5.2.4. MCDMA DPDK Poll Mode Driver x
3.5.2.4.1. Prerequisites 3.5.2.4.2. Install PMD and Test Application 3.5.2.4.3. Run the Reference Example Application
3.5.2.4.1. Prerequisites x
3.5.2.4.1.1. Set the Boot Parameters 3.5.2.4.1.2. Configuration Changes from BIOS 3.5.2.4.1.3. Install and Build Testpmd
3.5.2.4.2. Install PMD and Test Application x
3.5.2.4.2.1. Create VM Environment
3.5.2.4.3. Run the Reference Example Application x
3.5.2.4.3.1. Example of Verifying on an AVMM Design 3.5.2.4.3.2. BAM Test 3.5.2.4.3.3. BAS Test
3.5.2.5. MCDMA Kernel Mode Character Device Driver x
3.5.2.5.1. Prerequisites 3.5.2.5.2. Software Setup 3.5.2.5.3. Examples
3.5.2.5.1. Prerequisites x
3.5.2.5.1.1. Host Configuration 3.5.2.5.1.2. Set the Boot Parameters
3.5.2.5.2. Software Setup x
3.5.2.5.2.1. Build and Install Kernel Driver 3.5.2.5.2.2. Build and Install Libmcmem 3.5.2.5.2.3. Build Testapp 3.5.2.5.2.4. Configure Kernel Driver 3.5.2.5.2.5. Configure Libmcmem 3.5.2.5.2.6. Configure Testapp
3.5.2.6. MCDMA Kernel Mode Network Device Driver x
3.5.2.6.1. Build and Install Netdev Driver 3.5.2.6.2. Enable VFs if SRIOV is Supported 3.5.2.6.3. Configure the Number of Channels Supported on the Device 3.5.2.6.4. Configure the MTU Value 3.5.2.6.5. Configure the Device Communication 3.5.2.6.6. Configure Transmit Queue Selection Mechanism 3.5.2.6.7. Test Procedure by Using Name Space Environment 3.5.2.6.8. PIO Test
3.5.2.6.6. Configure Transmit Queue Selection Mechanism x
3.5.2.6.6.1. MCDMA Queue Selection 3.5.2.6.6.2. Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) 3.5.2.6.6.3. Default
1. Introduction
2. Design Example Detailed Description
3. Design Example Quick Start Guide
4. User Guide Archives
5. Revision History for the Multi Channel DMA Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express Design Example User Guide

2.4.1. Four-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check

Figure 10.  Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check

This design example performs H2D and D2H multi channel DMA via Avalon-ST streaming as well as PIO operations. The Multi Channel DMA for PCI Express IP core provides four independent Avalon-ST Source/Sink ports. DMA channel and Avalon-ST port has 1:1 mapping.

This design example instantiates a packet generator and checker module.

For H2D (Tx) DMA, the host populates the descriptor rings, allocates Tx packet buffers in the host memory, and fills the Tx buffers with a predefined pattern. When the application updates the Queue Tail Pointer register (Q_TAIL_POINTER), the MCDMA IP starts the H2D DMA and sends the received data to the packet checker module, which verifies the data integrity.

For D2H (Rx) DMA, packets generated from a packet generator module are transferred to the host memory, where the host checks the data integrity.

For Bidirectional DMA, the packet generator and checker modules transmit/receive the packets simultaneously.

In addition, the design example enables Avalon-MM PIO master which bypasses the DMA path. It allows application to perform single, non-bursting register read/write operation with on-chip memory block. Also, test application software, perfq_app, uses the Avalon-MM PIO Master port to configure the Packet Generator and Checker.

The design example includes the Multi Channel DMA for PCI Express IP Core with the parameters you specified and following components:
  • resetIP – Reset Release IP that holds the Multi Channel DMA in reset until the entire FPGA fabric enters user mode.
  • MEM_PIO – On-chip memory for the PIO operation. Connected to the MCDMA Avalon-MM PIO Master (rx_pio_master) port that is mapped to PCIe BAR2.
  • GEN_CHK – Packet Generator and Checker for MCDMA. Connected to the MCDMA Avalon-ST Source (h2d_st_x) and Avalon-ST Sink (d2h_st_x) ports.
Transfer mode Options supported in test application software (perfq_app) command line:
  • PIO test: -o
  • DMA test: -t (Tx), -r (Rx), -z (Bidirectional)

For a description of which driver(s) to use with this design example, refer to Driver Support.


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