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. Multi Channel DMA Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express Design Example 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. H-Tile MCDMA IP - Design Examples for Endpoint 2.1.2. P-Tile MCDMA IP - Design Examples for Endpoint 2.1.3. F-Tile MCDMA IP - Design Examples for Endpoint 2.1.4. R-Tile MCDMA IP - 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. Single-Port Avalon-ST PIO using MCDMA Bypass Mode
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. Single-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check
2.4.1. Single-Port Avalon-ST Packet Generate/Check x
2.4.1.1. Simulation Waveforms 2.4.1.2. Simulation Log 2.4.1.3. Hardware Test Result
2.5. Avalon-ST Device-side Packet Loopback x
2.5.1. Simulation Results 2.5.2. Hardware Test Results Data Validation Test
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. Steps to Run the Simulation 3.3.6. View the Results
3.3.5. Steps to Run the Simulation x
3.3.5.1. Steps to Run the Simulation : QuestaSim* / Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition 3.3.5.2. Steps to Run the Simulation : VCS* / VCS* MX 3.3.5.3. Steps to Run the Simulation : Xcelium*
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 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 (for MCDMA Custom Driver) 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. Custom PIO Read Write Test 3.5.2.3.3.3. BAM Test 3.5.2.3.3.4. BAS Test 3.5.2.3.3.5. 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 (for CentOS) 3.5.2.4.3. Install PMD and Test Application (for Ubuntu) 3.5.2.4.4. Create VM Environment 3.5.2.4.5. 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
3.5.2.4.4. Create VM Environment x
3.5.2.4.4.1. Enable VFs 3.5.2.4.4.2. Create Guest VM by using QEMU 3.5.2.4.4.3. Establish Communication Between Host and VM
3.5.2.4.5. Run the Reference Example Application x
3.5.2.4.5.1. Channel ID VF PF Verification 3.5.2.4.5.2. Example of Verifying on an AVMM Design 3.5.2.4.5.3. Testing Bitstream Configuration beyond 256 Channels (for DPDK Poll Mode Driver) 3.5.2.4.5.4. BAM Test 3.5.2.4.5.5. BAS Test
3.5.2.5. MCDMA Kernel Mode Network Device Driver x
3.5.2.5.1. Build and Install Netdev Driver 3.5.2.5.2. Enable VFs if SRIOV is Supported 3.5.2.5.3. Configure the Number of Channels Supported on the Device 3.5.2.5.4. Configure the MTU Value 3.5.2.5.5. Configure the Device Communication 3.5.2.5.6. Configure Transmit Queue Selection Mechanism 3.5.2.5.7. Test Procedure by Using Name Space Environment 3.5.2.5.8. PIO Test
3.5.2.5.6. Configure Transmit Queue Selection Mechanism x
3.5.2.5.6.1. MCDMA Queue Selection 3.5.2.5.6.2. Transmit Packet Steering (XPS) 3.5.2.5.6.3. Default
1. Introduction
2. Design Example Detailed Description
3. Design Example Quick Start Guide
4. Multi Channel DMA Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express Design Example User Guide Archives
5. Revision History for the Multi Channel DMA Intel FPGA IP for PCI Express Design Example User Guide

2.5.2. Hardware Test Results

The Custom Driver was used to generate the following output.
Note: The same test options can be used with DPDK driver and Kernel Mode driver to generate comparable results.
PIO Test 
[root@bapvemb005t perfq_app]# ./perfq_app -b 0000:01:00.0 -o -v
PIO Write and Read Test ...
Pass

Figure 9. Performance Test: H-Tile-i option. Note: This hardware test was run with the Intel® Stratix® 10 GX H-tile PCIe Gen3 x16 configuration.

Figure 10. Performance Test: P-TileThis test was run with Intel Agilex® 7 F-Series P-Tile PCIe Gen4 x16 configuration.

Data Validation Test

[root@localhost perfq_app]#./perfq_app -b 0000:2d:00.0 -p 8192 -d 2 -c 4 -a 4 -s 268435456 -u -v
Allocating 4 Channels...

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BDF: 0000:2d:00.0
Channels Allocated: 4
QDepth 508
Number of pages: 8
Completion mode: WB
Payload Size per descriptor: 8192 Bytes
#Descriptors per channel: 32768
SOF on descriptor: 1
EOF on descriptor: 1
File Size: 8192 Bytes
Tx Batch Size: 127 Descriptors
Rx Batch Size: 127 Descriptors
DCA: OFF
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thread initialization in progress ...
Thread initialization done
All Threads exited
-------------------------------OUTPUT SUMMARY--------------------------------------------
Dir  #queues   Time_elpsd     B_trnsfrd           TBW     MPPS    Passed  Failed  %passed
Tx      4       00:00:429     1048576.00KB     02.30GBPS 00.30MPPS      4      0     100.00%
Rx      4       00:00:429     1048576.00KB     02.31GBPS 00.30MPPS      4      0     100.00%
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Full Forms:
TBW:            Total Bandwidth
IBW:            Interval Bandwidth
MIBW:           Mean Interval Bandwidth
HIBW:           Highest Interval Bandwidth
LIBW:           Lowest Interval Bandwidth
To enable data validation using -v option, set the software flags in user/common/mk/common.mk as follows:
  • cflags += -UPERFQ_PERF
  • cflags += -DPERFQ_LOAD_DATA
Note: This hardware test was run with Intel Agilex® 7 P-Tile PCIe Gen4x16 configuration.
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