AN 820: Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration over PCI Express* Reference Design for Intel® Stratix® 10 Devices

ID 683531
Date 9/24/2018
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1.1.2. Memory Address Mapping

The PCIe* IP core connects to the design core through two BARs (base address registers) - BAR 2 and BAR 4, which in turn connect to their exclusive Avalon-MM interface.

In addition to connecting to the interface controls such as the Avalon-MM freeze bridges and the PR region controller for the PR region, BAR 4 also connects directly to up to 8 kB of memory in the PR region. Driver accessed components, such as the PR IP core and the system description ROM use BAR 2. The following table lists the memory address mapping for the PCIe* IP core:
Table 1.   PCIe* Memory Address Map
Domain Address Map Base End
BAR 2 System Description ROM 0x0000_0000 0x0000_0FFF
BAR 2 PR IP 0x0000_1000 0x0000_103F
BAR 4 PR Region 0x0000_0000 0x0000_FFFF
BAR 4 PR Region Controller 0x0001_0000 0x0001_000F
BAR 4 DDR4 Calibration Export 0x0001_0010 0x0001_001F

The reference design exports the status of the DDR4 calibration, provided by the External Memory Interfaces IP core. Upon initialization, the EMIF IP core performs training to reset the DDR4 interface. The EMIF reports the success or the failure of the reset in its calibration flag. The host decides the necessary action in the event of DDR4 failing the reset training, so this interface is exported to the host.

The following table lists the memory address mapping from the External Memory Interfaces IP core, to the PR logic:
Table 2.  DDR4 External Memory Interfaces (EMIF) Memory Address Map
Address Map Base End
DDR 0x0000_0000 0x7fff_ffff
The 2 GB DDR4 memory space is available to PR logic through an Avalon-MM interface.