25G Ethernet Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP 2. Getting Started 3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Parameters 4. Functional Description 5. Reset 6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions 7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions 8. Debugging the Link 9. 25G Ethernet Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA IP User Guide Archive 10. Document Revision History for the 25G Ethernet Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA IP User Guide
1. About the 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP x
1.1. Release Information 1.2. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Supported Features 1.3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support 1.4. IP Core Verification 1.5. Performance and Resource Utilization
1.3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support x
1.3.1. Device Family Support 1.3.2. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Device Speed Grade Support
1.4. IP Core Verification x
1.4.1. Simulation Environment 1.4.2. Compilation Checking 1.4.3. Hardware Testing
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Specifying the 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Parameters and Options 2.3. Simulating the IP Core 2.4. Generated File Structure 2.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 2.6. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
2.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.5. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.5.1. Pin Assignments 2.5.2. Adding the Transceiver PLL 2.5.3. Handling Potential Jitter in Intel® Arria® 10 Devices 2.5.4. Adding the External Time-of-Day Module for Variations with 1588 PTP Feature 2.5.5. Placement Settings for the 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core
4. Functional Description x
4.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Functional Description 4.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission
4.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core Functional Description x
4.1.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core TX MAC Datapath 4.1.2. 25 GbE TX PCS 4.1.3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core RX MAC Datapath 4.1.4. Link Fault Signaling Interface 4.1.5. 25 GbE RX PCS 4.1.6. Flow Control 4.1.7. 1588 Precision Time Protocol Interfaces
4.1.1. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core TX MAC Datapath x
4.1.1.1. Frame Padding 4.1.1.2. Preamble Insertion 4.1.1.3. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion 4.1.1.4. Frame Check Sequence (CRC32) Insertion
4.1.2. 25 GbE TX PCS x
4.1.2.1. TX RSFEC
4.1.3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core RX MAC Datapath x
4.1.3.1. IP Core Preamble Processing 4.1.3.2. IP Core Malformed Packet Handling 4.1.3.3. Length/Type Field Processing 4.1.3.4. RX CRC Checking and Dynamic Forwarding
4.1.3.3. Length/Type Field Processing x
4.1.3.3.1. Length Checking
4.1.5. 25 GbE RX PCS x
4.1.5.1. RX RSFEC
4.1.6. Flow Control x
4.1.6.1. TX Pause/PFC Flow Control Frame Transmission Request 4.1.6.2. XON/XOFF Pause Frames
4.1.7. 1588 Precision Time Protocol Interfaces x
4.1.7.1. Implementing a 1588 System That Includes a 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Core 4.1.7.2. PTP Receive Functionality 4.1.7.3. PTP Transmit Functionality 4.1.7.4. External Time-of-Day Module for 1588 PTP Variations 4.1.7.5. PTP Timestamp and TOD Formats
4.2. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission x
4.2.1. Order of Transmission 4.2.2. Bit Order For TX and RX Datapaths
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions x
6.1. TX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.2. RX MAC Interface to User Logic 6.3. Transceivers 6.4. Transceiver Reconfiguration Signals 6.5. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Management Interface 6.6. 1588 PTP Interface Signals 6.7. Miscellaneous Status and Debug Signals 6.8. Reset Signals
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions x
7.1. PHY Registers 7.2. TX MAC Registers 7.3. RX MAC Registers 7.4. Pause/PFC Flow Control Registers 7.5. Statistics Registers 7.6. 1588 PTP Registers 7.7. TX Reed-Solomon FEC Registers 7.8. RX Reed-Solomon FEC Registers
7.5. Statistics Registers x
7.5.1. TX Statistics Registers 7.5.2. RX Statistics Registers
8. Debugging the Link x
8.1. Error Insertion Test and Debugging
1. About the 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP
2. Getting Started
3. 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP Parameters
4. Functional Description
5. Reset
6. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions
7. Control, Status, and Statistics Register Descriptions
8. Debugging the Link
9. 25G Ethernet Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA IP User Guide Archive
10. Document Revision History for the 25G Ethernet Intel® Arria® 10 FPGA IP User Guide

4.1.7.3. PTP Transmit Functionality

When you send a 1588 PTP packet to a 25G Ethernet Intel FPGA IP core with Enable IEEE 1588 turned on in the parameter editor, you should assert the following respective input signals with the TX SOP signal to tell the IP core the PTP operations or processes that the IP core should perform to the packet:

  • tx_egress_timestamp_request_valid: assert this signal to tell the IP core to process the current packet in two-step processing mode.
  • tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_timestamp_insert: assert this signal to tell the IP core to process the current packet in one-step processing mode and to insert the exit timestamp for the packet in the packet (insertion mode).
  • tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_residence_time_update: assert this signal to tell the IP core to process the current packet in one-step processing mode and to update the timestamp in the packet by adding the latency through the IP core (the residence time in the IP core) to the cumulative delay field maintained in the packet (correction mode). This mode supports transparent clock systems.
Note: If tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_residence_time_update is asserted, you should not assert tx_egress_timestamp_request_valid or tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_timestamp_insert as the result will be undefined.

The IP core transmits the 1588 PTP packet in an Ethernet frame after PTP processing.

Figure 23. PTP Transmit Block Diagram

In one-step mode, the IP core either overwrites the timestamp information provided at the user-specified offset with the packet exit timestamp (insertion mode), or adds the residence time in this system to the value at the specified offset (correction mode). You tell the IP core how to process the timestamp by asserting the appropriate signal with the TX SOP signal. You must specify the offset of the timestamp in the packet (tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_offset_timestamp) in insertion mode, or the offset of the correction field in the packet (tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_offset_correction_field) in correction mode. In addition, the IP core zeroes out or updates the UDP checksum, or leaves the UDP checksum as is, depending on the mutually exclusive tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_checksum_zero and tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_checksum_correct signals. Checksum calculation is mandatory for the UDP/IPv6 protocol. You must extend 2 bytes at the end of the UDP payload of the PTP packet. The MAC function modifies the extended bytes to ensure that the UDP checksum remains uncompromised.

Two-step PTP processing ignores the values on the one-step processing signals. In two-step processing mode, the IP core does not modify the current timestamp in the packet. Instead, the IP core transmits a two-step derived timestamp on the separate tx_egress_timestamp_96b_data[95:0] or tx_egress_timestamp_64b_data[63:0] bus, when it begins transmitting the Ethernet frame. The value on the tx_egress_timestamp_{96b,64b}_data bus is the packet exit timestamp. The tx_egress_timestamp_{96b,64b}_data bus holds a valid value when the corresponding tx_egress_timestamp_{96b,64b}_valid signal is asserted.

In addition, to help the client to identify the packet, you can specify a fingerprint to be passed by the IP core in the same clock cycle with the timestamp. To specify the number of distinct fingerprint values the IP core can handle, set the Fingerprint width parameter to the desired number of bits W. You provide the fingerprint value to the IP core in the tx_egress_timestamp_request_fingerprint[(W–1):0] signal. The IP core then drives the fingerprint on the appropriate tx_egress_timestamp_{96b,64b}_fingerprint[(W–1):0] port with the corresponding output timestamp, when it asserts the tx_egress_timestamp_{96b,64b}_valid signal.

The IP core calculates the packet exit timestamp.

exit TOD = entry TOD + IP core maintained expected latency + user-configured PMA latency

  • entry TOD is the value in tx_time_of_day_96b_data or tx_time_of_day_64b_data when the packet enters the IP core.
  • The expected latency through the IP core is a static value. The IP core maintains this value internally.
  • The IP core reads the user-configured PMA latency from the TX_PTP_PMA_LATENCY register. This option is provided for user flexibility.

The IP core provides the exit TOD differently in different processing modes.

  • In two-step mode, the IP core drives the exit TOD on tx_egress_timestamp_96b_data and on tx_egress_timestamp_64b_data, as available.
  • In one-step processing insertion mode, the IP core inserts the exit TOD in the timestamp field of the packet at the offset you specify in tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_offset_timestamp.
  • In one-step processing correction mode, the IP core calculates the exit TOD and uses it only to calculate the residence time.

In one-step processing correction mode, the IP core calculates the updated correction field value:

exit correction field value = entry correction field value + residence time + asymmetry extra latency

  • residence time = exit TOD – entry (ingress) timestamp.
  • entry (ingress) timestamp is the value on tx_etstamp_ins_ctrl_ingress_timestamp_{95,64}b in the SOP cycle when the IP core received the packet on the TX client interface. The application is responsible to drive this signal with the correct value for the cumulative calculation. The correct value depends on system configuration.
  • The IP core reads the asymmetry extra latency from the TX_PTP_ASYM_DELAY register if the tx_egress_asymmetry_update signal is asserted. This option is provided for additional user-defined precision. You can set the value of this register and set the tx_egress_asymmetry_update signal to indicate the register value should be included in the latency calculation.
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