R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express 2. Quick Start Guide 3. R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide Archives 4. Document Revision History for the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide
1. About the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express x
1.1. Functional Description for the Programmed Input/Output (PIO) Design Example 1.2. Functional Description for the Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Design Example 1.3. Functional Description for the Performance Design Example 1.4. Hardware and Software Requirements
1.1. Functional Description for the Programmed Input/Output (PIO) Design Example x
1.1.1. Credit Initialization Sequence
1.1.1. Credit Initialization Sequence x
1.1.1.1. Credit Value Initialization and Return 1.1.1.2. Credit Distribution
2. Quick Start Guide x
2.1. Directory Structure 2.2. Generating the Design Example 2.3. Simulating the Design Example 2.4. Root Port BFM 2.5. Compiling the Design Example 2.6. Installing the Linux Kernel Driver 2.7. Running the Design Example
2.3. Simulating the Design Example x
2.3.1. Steps to Run Simulations 2.3.2. Testbench
2.3.1. Steps to Run Simulations x
2.3.1.1. Siemens EDA QuestaSim* Simulator 2.3.1.2. VCS* Simulator 2.3.1.3. VCS* MX Simulator 2.3.1.4. Xcelium* Simulator
2.3.2. Testbench x
2.3.2.1. Testbench Modules 2.3.2.2. Test Driver Module 2.3.2.3. PIO Design Example Testbench 2.3.2.4. SR-IOV Design Example Testbench
2.4. Root Port BFM x
2.4.1. BFM Memory Map 2.4.2. Configuration Space Bus and Device Numbering 2.4.3. Configuration of Root Port and Endpoint 2.4.4. Issuing Read and Write Transactions to the Application Layer 2.4.5. BFM Procedures and Functions
2.4.5. BFM Procedures and Functions x
2.4.5.1. ebfm_barwr Procedure 2.4.5.2. ebfm_barwr_imm Procedure 2.4.5.3. ebfm_barrd_wait Procedure 2.4.5.4. ebfm_barrd_nowt Procedure 2.4.5.5. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_wait Procedure 2.4.5.6. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_nowt Procedure 2.4.5.7. ebfm_cfgrd_wait Procedure 2.4.5.8. ebfm_cfgrd_nowt Procedure 2.4.5.9. BFM Configuration Procedures 2.4.5.10. BFM Shared Memory Access Procedures 2.4.5.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures 2.4.5.12. Verilog HDL Formatting Functions
2.4.5.9. BFM Configuration Procedures x
2.4.5.9.1. ebfm_cfg_rp_ep Procedure 2.4.5.9.2. ebfm_cfg_decode_bar Procedure
2.4.5.10. BFM Shared Memory Access Procedures x
2.4.5.10.1. Shared Memory Constants 2.4.5.10.2. shmem_write Task 2.4.5.10.3. shmem_read Function 2.4.5.10.4. shmem_display Verilog HDL Function 2.4.5.10.5. shmem_fill Procedure 2.4.5.10.6. shmem_chk_ok Function
2.4.5.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures x
2.4.5.11.1. ebfm_display Verilog HDL Function 2.4.5.11.2. ebfm_log_stop_sim Verilog HDL Function 2.4.5.11.3. ebfm_log_set_suppressed_msg_mask Task 2.4.5.11.4. ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask Verilog HDL Task 2.4.5.11.5. ebfm_log_open Verilog HDL Function 2.4.5.11.6. ebfm_log_close Verilog HDL Function
2.4.5.12. Verilog HDL Formatting Functions x
2.4.5.12.1. himage1 2.4.5.12.2. himage2 2.4.5.12.3. himage4 2.4.5.12.4. himage8 2.4.5.12.5. himage16 2.4.5.12.6. dimage1 2.4.5.12.7. dimage2 2.4.5.12.8. dimage3 2.4.5.12.9. dimage4 2.4.5.12.10. dimage5 2.4.5.12.11. dimage6 2.4.5.12.12. dimage7
2.7. Running the Design Example x
2.7.1. Running the PIO Design Example 2.7.2. Running the SR-IOV Design Example 2.7.3. Running the Performance Design Example
1. About the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express
2. Quick Start Guide
3. R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide Archives
4. Document Revision History for the R-Tile Avalon® Streaming Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* Design Example User Guide

1.3. Functional Description for the Performance Design Example

Note:

This design example is only supported in devices with the following OPN numbers: AGIx027R29AxxxxR3, AGIx027R29AxxxxR2, AGIx027R29BxxxxR3, AGIx023R18AxxxxR0, AGIx041R29DxxxxR0, AGIx041R29DxxxxR1, AGMx039R47AxxR0. For more details on OPN decoding, refer to the Intel Agilex® 7 FPGAs and SoCs Device Overview.

The Performance design example performs memory transfers from the R-Tile Avalon Streaming Intel FPGA IP for PCIe to the host system memory. You can configure the End Point Traffic Generator design example to send:
  • Memory Write-only TLPs
  • Memory Read-only TLPs
  • Both Memory Write and Memory Read TLPs

There is a traffic counter implemented in the FPGA Application logic to measure the amount of traffic that is being generated. To make a traffic measurement, the software application running at the host side issues a memory read TLP, acquires the counter value, and prints the traffic generated on the system terminal. The software application performs a memory write to the control register within the Application logic to start and stop the traffic.

Figure 10. High-Level View of the Endpoint Traffic Generator Design Example

The Performance design example includes all the necessary files to be compiled in the Intel® Quartus® Prime software. It supports the Gen5 x16, 1024-bit interface Hard IP Mode, with a 500MHz clock frequency.

The design example also includes the following components:
  • The generated R-Tile Avalon Streaming Hard IP Endpoint variant (DUT). This component interacts with the root complex or switch at the other end of the PCIe link and translates the data on the PCIe link into the Avalon Streaming (Avalon-ST) data format.
  • The pioperf_multitlp_adapter (Avalon-ST Interface Adapter) module converts the 4 data segments of the Avalon-ST interface into two single-segment streams of Avalon-ST data.
  • The pioperf_rx_diverter module diverts Memory Write, Memory Read and Completion TLPs from the Host to their respective destinations for further processing.
  • The pioperf_rx_intf (RX Interface) module decodes the TLP headers and data from the pioperf_rx_diverter module. It also extracts the information needed to construct the TLP header of the Completion data such as the requester ID, tag, attribute, Traffic Class (TC) and byte count.
  • The pioperf_wr_traffic_gen (Write Traffic Controller) module generates memory writes based on the information in the control register.
  • The pioperf_rd_traffic_gen (Read Traffic Controller) module generates Memory Read TLPs based on the information in the control register. Every Memory Read request is monitored until the arrival of its corresponding Completion.
  • The crdt_intf module updates the necessary credits between the DUT and the pioperf_multitlp_adapter to ensure proper flow control for the received and transmitted TLPs.
  • The Reset Release IP holds the control circuit in reset until the FPGA has fully entered into user mode. The FPGA asserts the INIT_DONE output to signal that the device is in user mode. The Reset Release IP generates an inverted version of the internal INIT_DONE signal to create the nINIT_DONE output.
Figure 11. Gen5 x16 Performance Design Example
Figure 12.  Platform Designer System Contents for the R-Tile 1x16 Performance Design Example
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