Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Partial Reconfiguration

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design 2. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
1. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design x
1.1. Partial Reconfiguration Terminology 1.2. Partial Reconfiguration Process Sequence 1.3. Internal Host Partial Reconfiguration 1.4. External Host Partial Reconfiguration 1.5. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow 1.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations 1.7. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration 1.8. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis 1.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation 1.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging 1.11. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 1.12. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 1.13. Avoiding PR Programming Errors 1.14. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs 1.15. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design Revision History
1.5. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow x
1.5.1. Step 1: Identify Partial Reconfiguration Resources 1.5.2. Step 2: Create Design Partitions 1.5.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design 1.5.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP 1.5.5. Step 5: Define Personas 1.5.6. Step 6: Create Revisions for Personas 1.5.7. Step 7: Compile the Base Revision and Export the Static Region 1.5.8. Step 8: Setup PR Implementation Revisions 1.5.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device
1.5.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design x
1.5.3.1. Applying Floorplan Constraints Incrementally
1.5.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
1.5.4.1. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel FPGA IP 1.5.4.2. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10/Cyclone 10 FPGA IP
1.5.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device x
1.5.9.1. Generating PR Bitstream Files 1.5.9.2. Partial Reconfiguration Bitstream Compatibility Checking 1.5.9.3. Raw Binary Programming File Byte Sequence Transmission Examples 1.5.9.4. Generating a Merged .pmsf File from Multiple .pmsf Files ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs)
1.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations x
1.6.1. Partial Reconfiguration Design Guidelines 1.6.2. PR Design Timing Closure Best Practices 1.6.3. PR File Management 1.6.4. Evaluating PR Region Initial Conditions 1.6.5. Creating Wrapper Logic for PR Regions 1.6.6. Creating Freeze Logic for PR Regions 1.6.7. Resetting the PR Region Registers 1.6.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region 1.6.9. Planning Clocks and other Global Routing 1.6.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories with Initialized Contents
1.6.3. PR File Management x
1.6.3.1. Method 1 (Preferred): Specify Unique Entity and File Names for Each Persona
1.6.3.1. Method 1 (Preferred): Specify Unique Entity and File Names for Each Persona x
1.6.3.1.1. Method 2: Set QSF Assignment for a Parameterized PR Persona
1.6.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region x
1.6.8.1. Viewing Row Clock Region Boundaries
1.6.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories with Initialized Contents x
1.6.10.1. Clock Gating
1.7. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration x
1.7.1. Using Parent QDB Files from Different Compiles
1.8. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis x
1.8.1. Running Timing Analysis on Aggregate Revisions
1.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation x
1.9.1. Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Flow
1.9.1. Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Flow x
1.9.1.1. Simulating PR Persona Replacement 1.9.1.2. altera_pr_persona_if Module 1.9.1.3. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_out Module 1.9.1.4. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_in Module
1.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging x
1.10.1. Debugging PR Designs with the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer 1.10.2. Instantiating the Intel Configuration Reset Release Endpoint to Debug Logic IP
1.11. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) x
1.11.1. PR Bitstream Security Validation ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 1.11.2. PR Bitstream Authentication ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 1.11.3. PR Bitstream Encryption ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs)
1.12. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) x
1.12.1. Generating an Encrypted PR Bitstream ( Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 1.12.2. Clock-to-Data Ratio for Bitstream Encryption and Compression ( Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 1.12.3. Data Compression Comparison
1.14. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs x
1.14.1. Version-Compatible Database Flow for PR Designs 1.14.2. Generating a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs
2. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide x
2.1. Internal and External PR Host Configurations 2.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP 2.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10 /Cyclone 10 FPGA IP 2.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller Intel® FPGA IP 2.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller Intel® FPGA IP 2.6. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 2.7. Avalon® Streaming Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 2.8. Generating and Simulating Intel® FPGA IP 2.9. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Partial Reconfiguration Archive 2.10. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide Revision History
2.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
2.2.1. Memory Map 2.2.2. Parameters 2.2.3. Ports 2.2.4. Timing Specifications
2.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10 /Cyclone 10 FPGA IP x
2.3.1. Agent Interface 2.3.2. Reconfiguration Sequence 2.3.3. Interrupt Interface 2.3.4. Parameters 2.3.5. Ports 2.3.6. Timing Specifications 2.3.7. PR Control Block and CRC Block Verilog HDL Manual Instantiation 2.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation 2.3.9. PR Control Block Signals 2.3.10. Configuring an External Host for Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs
2.3.4. Parameters x
2.3.4.1. Error Detection CRC Requirements
2.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation x
2.3.8.1. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Component Declaration
2.3.9. PR Control Block Signals x
2.3.9.1. PR Control Block Signal Timing Diagrams
2.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
2.4.1. Parameters 2.4.2. Ports 2.4.3. Configuring an External Host for Intel® Stratix® 10 or Intel® Agilex™ Designs
2.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
2.5.1. Registers 2.5.2. Parameters 2.5.3. Ports
2.6. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
2.6.1. Parameters 2.6.2. Interface Ports
2.7. Avalon® Streaming Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
2.7.1. Parameters 2.7.2. Ports
2.8. Generating and Simulating Intel® FPGA IP x
2.8.1. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 2.8.2. Running the Freeze Bridge Update script 2.8.3. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 2.8.4. Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX PR Control Block Simulation Model 2.8.5. Generating the PR Persona Simulation Model
1. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design
2. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

Successful PR Session ( Intel® Arria® 10 Example)

The following flow describes a successful Intel® Arria® 10 PR session:

  1. Assert PR_REQUEST and wait for PR_READY; drive PR_DATA to 0.
  2. The PR control block asserts PR_READY, asynchronous to clk.
  3. Start sending Raw Binary File (.rbf) to the PR control block, with 1 valid word per clock cycle. On .rbf file transfer completion, drive PR_DATA to 0. The PR control block asynchronously asserts PR_DONE when the control block completes the reconfiguration operation. The PR control block deasserts PR_READY on configuration completion.
  4. Deassert PR_REQUEST. The PR control block acknowledges the end of PR_REQUEST, and deasserts PR_DONE. The host can now initiate another PR session.
Figure 47. Timing Diagram for Successful Intel® Arria® 10 PR Session
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Unsuccessful PR Session with Configuration Frame Readback Error ( Intel Arria 10 Example)

The following flow describes an Intel® Arria® 10 PR session with error in the EDCRC verification of a configuration frame readback:
  1. The PR control block internally detects a CRC error.
  2. The CRC control block then asserts CRC_ERROR.
  3. The PR control block asserts the PR_ERROR.
  4. The PR control block deasserts PR_READY, so that the host can withdraw the PR_REQUEST.
  5. The PR control block deasserts CRC_ERROR and clears the internal CRC_ERROR signal to get ready for a new PR session. The host can now initiate another PR session.
Figure 48. Timing Diagram for Unsuccessful Intel® Arria® 10 PR Session with Configuration Frame Readback Error

Unsuccessful PR Session with PR_ERROR ( Intel Arria 10 Example)

The following flow describes an Intel® Arria® 10 PR session with transmission error or configuration CRC error:

  1. The PR control block asserts PR_ERROR.
  2. The PR control block deasserts PR_READY, so that the host can withdraw PR_REQUEST.
  3. The PR control block deasserts PR_ERROR to get ready for a new PR session. The host can now initiate another PR session.
Figure 49. Timing Diagram for Unsuccessful Intel® Arria® 10 PR Session with PR_ERROR

Late Withdrawal PR Session ( Intel Arria 10 Example)

The following flow describes a late withdrawal Intel® Arria® 10 PR session:

  1. The PR host can withdraw the request after the PR control block asserts PR_READY.
  2. The PR control block deasserts PR_READY. The host can now initiate another PR session.
Figure 50. Timing Diagram for Late Withdrawal Intel® Arria® 10 PR Session
Note: The PR host can withdraw the request any time before the PR controller asserts PR_READY. Therefore, the PR host must not return until the PR control block asserts PR_READY. Provide at least 10 PR_CLK cycles after deassertion of PR_REQUEST, before requesting a new PR session.
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