Arria V Avalon-ST Interface for PCIe Solutions User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Datasheet 2. Getting Started with the Arria V Hard IP for PCI Express 3. Parameter Settings 4. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions 5. Registers 6. Interrupts 7. Error Handling 8. IP Core Architecture 9. Transaction Layer Protocol (TLP) Details 10. Throughput Optimization 11. Design Implementation 12. Additional Features 13. Hard IP Reconfiguration 14. Transceiver PHY IP Reconfiguration 15. Testbench and Design Example 16. Debugging A. Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) Header Formats B. Lane Initialization and Reversal C. Document Revision History
1. Datasheet x
1.1. Arria V Avalon-ST Interface for PCIe Datasheet 1.2. Features 1.3. Release Information 1.4. Device Family Support 1.5. Configurations 1.6. Example Designs 1.7. Debug Features 1.8. IP Core Verification 1.9. Performance and Resource Utilization 1.10. Recommended Speed Grades 1.11. Creating a Design for PCI Express
1.8. IP Core Verification x
1.8.1. Compatibility Testing Environment
2. Getting Started with the Arria V Hard IP for PCI Express x
2.1. Qsys Design Flow 2.2. Modifying the Example Design 2.3. Using the IP Catalog To Generate Your Arria V Hard IP for PCI Express as a Separate Component
2.1. Qsys Design Flow x
2.1.1. Generating the Testbench 2.1.2. Simulating the Example Design 2.1.3. Generating Synthesis Files 2.1.4. Understanding the Files Generated 2.1.5. Understanding Physical Placement of the PCIe IP Core 2.1.6. Compiling the Design in the Quartus® Prime Software
3. Parameter Settings x
3.1. Avalon-ST System Settings 3.2. Link Capabilities 3.3. Port Function Parameters Shared Across All Port Functions 3.4. Port Function Parameters Defined Separately for All Port Functions
3.3. Port Function Parameters Shared Across All Port Functions x
3.3.1. Device Capabilities 3.3.2. Error Reporting 3.3.3. Link Capabilities 3.3.4. Slot Capabilities 3.3.5. Power Management
3.4. Port Function Parameters Defined Separately for All Port Functions x
3.4.1. Base Address Register (BAR) and Expansion ROM Settings 3.4.2. Base and Limit Registers for Root Ports 3.4.3. Device Identification Registers for Function <n> 3.4.4. Func <n> Device 3.4.5. Func <n> Link 3.4.6. Func <n> MSI and MSI-X Capabilities 3.4.7. Func <n> Legacy Interrupt
4. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions x
4.1. Arria V Hard IP for PCI Express with Avalon-ST Interface to the Application Layer 4.2. Clock Signals 4.3. Reset Signals 4.4. Hard IP Status 4.5. Error Signals 4.6. ECRC Forwarding 4.7. Interrupts for Endpoints 4.8. Interrupts for Root Ports 4.9. Completion Side Band Signals 4.10. Transaction Layer Configuration Space Signals 4.11. LMI Signals 4.12. Power Management Signals 4.13. Physical Layer Interface Signals
4.1. Arria V Hard IP for PCI Express with Avalon-ST Interface to the Application Layer x
4.1.1. Avalon‑ST RX Interface 4.1.2. Avalon-ST TX Interface
4.1.1. Avalon‑ST RX Interface x
4.1.1.1. Avalon-ST RX Component Specific Signals 4.1.1.2. Data Alignment and Timing for the 64‑Bit Avalon® -ST RX Interface 4.1.1.3. Data Alignment and Timing for the 128‑Bit Avalon‑ST RX Interface
4.1.2. Avalon-ST TX Interface x
4.1.2.1. Avalon-ST Packets to PCI Express TLPs 4.1.2.2. Data Alignment and Timing for the 64‑Bit Avalon-ST TX Interface 4.1.2.3. Data Alignment and Timing for the 128‑Bit Avalon‑ST TX Interface 4.1.2.4. Root Port Mode Configuration Requests
4.10. Transaction Layer Configuration Space Signals x
4.10.1. Configuration Space Register Access Timing 4.10.2. Configuration Space Register Access
4.13. Physical Layer Interface Signals x
4.13.1. Transceiver Reconfiguration 4.13.2. Serial Interface Signals 4.13.3. Hard IP Reconfiguration Interface 4.13.4. PIPE Interface Signals 4.13.5. Test Signals
4.13.2. Serial Interface Signals x
4.13.2.1. Physical Layout of Hard IP in Arria V Devices 4.13.2.2. Channel Placement in Arria V Devices
5. Registers x
5.1. Correspondence between Configuration Space Registers and the PCIe Specification 5.2. Type 0 Configuration Space Registers 5.3. Type 1 Configuration Space Registers 5.4. PCI Express Capability Structures 5.5. Intel-Defined VSEC Registers 5.6. CvP Registers 5.7. Uncorrectable Internal Error Mask Register 5.8. Uncorrectable Internal Error Status Register 5.9. Correctable Internal Error Mask Register 5.10. Correctable Internal Error Status Register
6. Interrupts x
6.1. Interrupts for Endpoints 6.2. Interrupts for Root Ports
6.1. Interrupts for Endpoints x
6.1.1. MSI Interrupts 6.1.2. MSI-X 6.1.3. Implementing MSI-X Interrupts
6.1.3. Implementing MSI-X Interrupts x
6.1.3.1. Legacy Interrupts
6.1.3.1. Legacy Interrupts x
6.1.3.1.1. Enabling MSI or Legacy Interrupts
7. Error Handling x
7.1. Physical Layer Errors 7.2. Data Link Layer Errors 7.3. Transaction Layer Errors 7.4. Error Reporting and Data Poisoning 7.5. Uncorrectable and Correctable Error Status Bits
8. IP Core Architecture x
8.1. Top-Level Interfaces 8.2. Transaction Layer 8.3. Data Link Layer 8.4. Physical Layer 8.5. Multi-Function Support
8.1. Top-Level Interfaces x
8.1.1. Avalon-ST Interface 8.1.2. Clocks and Reset 8.1.3. Local Management Interface (LMI Interface) 8.1.4. Hard IP Reconfiguration 8.1.5. Transceiver Reconfiguration 8.1.6. Interrupts 8.1.7. PIPE
8.2. Transaction Layer x
8.2.1. Configuration Space
9. Transaction Layer Protocol (TLP) Details x
9.1. Supported Message Types 9.2. Transaction Layer Routing Rules 9.3. Receive Buffer Reordering
9.1. Supported Message Types x
9.1.1. INTX Messages 9.1.2. Power Management Messages 9.1.3. Error Signaling Messages 9.1.4. Locked Transaction Message 9.1.5. Slot Power Limit Message 9.1.6. Vendor-Defined Messages 9.1.7. Hot Plug Messages
9.3. Receive Buffer Reordering x
9.3.1. Using Relaxed Ordering
10. Throughput Optimization x
10.1. Throughput of Posted Writes 10.2. Throughput of Non-Posted Reads
11. Design Implementation x
11.1. Making Analog QSF Assignments Using the Assignment Editor 11.2. Making Pin Assignments 11.3. Recommended Reset Sequence to Avoid Link Training Issues
12. Additional Features x
12.1. Configuration over Protocol (CvP) 12.2. Autonomous Mode 12.3. ECRC
12.2. Autonomous Mode x
12.2.1. Enabling Autonomous Mode 12.2.2. Enabling CvP Initialization
12.3. ECRC x
12.3.1. ECRC on the RX Path 12.3.2. ECRC on the TX Path
14. Transceiver PHY IP Reconfiguration x
14.1. Connecting the Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller IP Core 14.2. Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller Connectivity for Designs Using CvP
15. Testbench and Design Example x
15.1. Endpoint Testbench 15.2. Root Port Testbench 15.3. Test Driver Module 15.4. Root Port Design Example 15.5. Root Port BFM Overview 15.6. BFM Procedures and Functions 15.7. Setting Up Simulation
15.1. Endpoint Testbench x
15.1.1. Endpoint Testbench for SR-IOV
15.5. Root Port BFM Overview x
15.5.1. BFM Memory Map 15.5.2. Configuration Space Bus and Device Numbering 15.5.3. Configuration of Root Port and Endpoint 15.5.4. Issuing Read and Write Transactions to the Application Layer
15.6. BFM Procedures and Functions x
15.6.1. ebfm_barwr Procedure 15.6.2. ebfm_barwr_imm Procedure 15.6.3. ebfm_barrd_wait Procedure 15.6.4. ebfm_barrd_nowt Procedure 15.6.5. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_wait Procedure 15.6.6. ebfm_cfgwr_imm_nowt Procedure 15.6.7. ebfm_cfgrd_wait Procedure 15.6.8. ebfm_cfgrd_nowt Procedure 15.6.9. BFM Configuration Procedures 15.6.10. BFM Shared Memory Access Procedures 15.6.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures 15.6.12. Verilog HDL Formatting Functions
15.6.9. BFM Configuration Procedures x
15.6.9.1. ebfm_cfg_rp_ep Procedure 15.6.9.2. ebfm_cfg_decode_bar Procedure
15.6.10. BFM Shared Memory Access Procedures x
15.6.10.1. Shared Memory Constants 15.6.10.2. shmem_write Task 15.6.10.3. shmem_read Function 15.6.10.4. shmem_display Verilog HDL Function 15.6.10.5. shmem_fill Procedure 15.6.10.6. shmem_chk_ok Function
15.6.11. BFM Log and Message Procedures x
15.6.11.1. ebfm_display Verilog HDL Function 15.6.11.2. ebfm_log_stop_sim Verilog HDL Function 15.6.11.3. ebfm_log_set_suppressed_msg_mask Task 15.6.11.4. ebfm_log_set_stop_on_msg_mask Verilog HDL Task 15.6.11.5. ebfm_log_open Verilog HDL Function 15.6.11.6. ebfm_log_close Verilog HDL Function
15.6.12. Verilog HDL Formatting Functions x
15.6.12.1. himage1 15.6.12.2. himage2 15.6.12.3. himage4 15.6.12.4. himage8 15.6.12.5. himage16 15.6.12.6. dimage1 15.6.12.7. dimage2 15.6.12.8. dimage3 15.6.12.9. dimage4 15.6.12.10. dimage5 15.6.12.11. dimage6 15.6.12.12. dimage7
15.7. Setting Up Simulation x
15.7.1. Changing Between Serial and PIPE Simulation 15.7.2. Using the PIPE Interface for Gen1 and Gen2 Variants 15.7.3. Viewing the Important PIPE Interface Signals 15.7.4. Disabling the Scrambler for Gen1 and Gen2 Simulations 15.7.5. Disabling 8B/10B Encoding and Decoding for Gen1 and Gen2 Simulations 15.7.6. Changing between the Hard and Soft Reset Controller
16. Debugging x
16.1. Hardware Bring-Up Issues 16.2. Link Training 16.3. Use Third-Party PCIe Analyzer 16.4. BIOS Enumeration Issues
16.2. Link Training x
16.2.1. Link Hangs in L0 State
A. Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) Header Formats x
A.1. TLP Packet Formats without Data Payload A.2. TLP Packet Formats with Data Payload
C. Document Revision History x
C.1. Document Revision History of the Arria V Avalon® Streaming (Avalon-ST) Interface for PCIe* Solutions User Guide
1. Datasheet
2. Getting Started with the Arria V Hard IP for PCI Express
3. Parameter Settings
4. Interfaces and Signal Descriptions
5. Registers
6. Interrupts
7. Error Handling
8. IP Core Architecture
9. Transaction Layer Protocol (TLP) Details
10. Throughput Optimization
11. Design Implementation
12. Additional Features
13. Hard IP Reconfiguration
14. Transceiver PHY IP Reconfiguration
15. Testbench and Design Example
16. Debugging
A. Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) Header Formats
B. Lane Initialization and Reversal
C. Document Revision History

9.3. Receive Buffer Reordering

The PCI, PCI-X and PCI Express protocols include ordering rules for concurrent TLPs. Ordering rules are necessary for the following reasons:

  • To guarantee that TLPs complete in the intended order
  • To avoid deadlock
  • To maintain computability with ordering used on legacy buses
  • To maximize performance and throughput by minimizing read latencies and managing read/write ordering
  • To avoid race conditions in systems that include legacy PCI buses by guaranteeing that reads to an address do not complete before an earlier write to the same address

PCI uses a strongly-ordered model with some exceptions to avoid potential deadlock conditions. PCI-X added a relaxed ordering (RO) bit in the TLP header. It is bit 5 of byte 2 in the TLP header, or the high-order bit of the attributes field in the TLP header. If this bit is set, relaxed ordering is permitted. If software can guarantee that no dependencies exist between pending transactions, you can safely set the relaxed ordering bit.

The following table summarizes the ordering rules from the PCI specification. In this table, the entries have the following meanings:

  • Columns represent the first transaction issued.
  • Rows represent the next transaction.
  • At each intersection, the implicit question is: should this row packet be allowed to pass the column packet? The following three answers are possible:
    • Yes: the second transaction must be allowed to pass the first to avoid deadlock.
    • Y/N: There are no requirements. A device may allow the second transaction to pass the first.
    • No: The second transaction must not be allowed to pass the first.

The following transaction ordering rules apply to the table below.

  • A Memory Write or Message Request with the Relaxed Ordering Attribute bit clear (b’0) must not pass any other Memory Write or Message Request.
  • A Memory Write or Message Request with the Relaxed Ordering Attribute bit set (b’1) is permitted to pass any other Memory Write or Message Request.
  • Endpoints, Switches, and Root Complex may allow Memory Write and Message Requests to pass Completions or be blocked by Completions.
  • Memory Write and Message Requests can pass Completions traveling in the PCI Express to PCI directions to avoid deadlock.
  • If the Relaxed Ordering attribute is not set, then a Read Completion cannot pass a previously enqueued Memory Write or Message Request.
  • If the Relaxed Ordering attribute is set, then a Read Completion is permitted to pass a previously enqueued Memory Write or Message Request.
  • Read Completion associated with different Read Requests are allowed to be blocked by or to pass each other.
  • Read Completions for Request (same Transaction ID) must return in address order.
  • Non-posted requests cannot pass other non-posted requests.
  • CfgRd0CfgRd0 can pass IORd or MRd.
  • CfgWr0 can IORd or MRd.
  • CfgRd0 can pass IORd or MRd.
  • CfrWr0 can pass IOWr.
Table 76.  Transaction Ordering Rules

Can the Row Pass the Column?

Posted Req

Non Posted Req

Completion

Memory Write or Message Req

Read Request

I/O or Cfg Write Req

Spec

Hard IP

Spec

Hard IP

Spec

Hard IP

Spec

Hard IP

P

Posted Req

No

Y/N

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Y/N

Yes

No

No

NP

Read Req

No

No

Y/N

No

Y/N

No

Y/N

No

Non-Posted Req with data

No

No

Y/N

No

Y/N

No

Y/N

No

Cmpl

Cmpl

No

Y/N

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Y/N

No

No

No

I/O or Configuration Write Cmpl

Y/N

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Y/N

No

As the table above indicates, the RX datapath implements an RX buffer reordering function that allows Posted and Completion transactions to pass Non-Posted transactions (as allowed by PCI Express ordering rules) when the Application Layer is unable to accept additional Non-Posted transactions.

The Application Layer dynamically enables the RX buffer reordering by asserting the rx_mask signal. The rx_mask signal blocks non-posted Req transactions made to the Application Layer interface so that only posted and completion transactions are presented to the Application Layer.

Note: MSI requests are conveyed in exactly the same manner as PCI Express memory write requests and are indistinguishable from them in terms of flow control, ordering, and data integrity.

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Using Relaxed Ordering

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