Multi Channel DMA Intel® FPGA IP for PCI Express* User Guide

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Date 1/29/2024
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5.1.2. MCDMA Settings

Figure 24. MCDMA Settings Parameters
Table 60.  MCDMA Settings
Parameter Value Description

PIO BAR2 Address Width

NA

128 Bytes - 7 bits ~ 8 EBytes - 63 bits

Address width for PIO AVMM port. Default address width is 22 bits

User Mode

Multi channel DMA

Bursting Master

Bursting Slave

BAM+BAS

BAM+MCDMA

BAM+BAS+MCDMA

This option allows user to configure the mode of operation for MCDMA IP. MCDMA mode has the DMA functionality. BAM and BAS offer Bursting Master and Slave AVMM capabilities without DMA functionality

Interface type

AVMM

AVST

User logic interface type for D2HDM and H2DDM.

Default: Avalon-MM Interface

Number of ports

1

Number of ports for AVMM and AVST interface is 1.

Enable User-MSIX

On / Off

User MSI-X enables user application to initiate interrupts through MCDMA, this option is available only if the user selects MCDMA mode

Enable User-FLR

On / Off

User FLR interface allows passing of FLR signals to the user side application

D2H Prefetch channels

8

16

32

64

128

256

Sets the D2H Prefetch channels.

Applicable to AVST 1 port interface only.

In the current release, the D2H Prefetch Channels parameter follows the total number of DMA channels that you select in the IP Parameter Editor up to 256 total channels. When the total number of channels selected is greater than 256, then D2H Prefetch channels are fixed to 64.

Maximum Descriptor Fetch

16

32

64

Sets the maximum descriptors that are fetched per D2H prefetch channel.

Applicable to AVST 1 port interface only.

Enable Metadata

On / Off

Enable Metadata.

Applicable to AVST 1 port interface only.

Enable config slave

On / Off

This parameter is not user configurable. This is turned on automatically when a Root Port mode is selected. Not applicable to Endpoint mode.

Enable MSI Capability Value

On / Off

Enables or disables MSI capability for BAS. Note: This parameter is only available when User Mode is set to BAS or BAM+BAS.

Number of MSI Messages Requested

1

2

4

8

16

32

Sets the number of messages that the application can request in the multiple message capable field of the Message Control register.

Enable MSI 64-bit addressing Value

On / Off

Enables or disables 64-bit MSI addressing.

Enable MSI Extended Data Capability

On / Off

Enables or disables MSI extended data capability.

Enable address byte aligned transfer

On / Off

This option allows you to enable the Byte aligned address mode support needed for Kernel or DPDK drivers and DMA makes no assumption on the alignment of data with respect to to the address.

Note: This parameter is only available when the Interface type is set to AVST.