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

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Answers to Top FAQs 2. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design 3. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide A. Partial Reconfiguration M20K Protection Methodology for Intel Agilex 7 Devices B. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
2. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design x
2.1. What's New In This Version 2.2. Partial Reconfiguration Terminology 2.3. Partial Reconfiguration Process Sequence 2.4. Internal Host Partial Reconfiguration 2.5. External Host Partial Reconfiguration 2.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow 2.7. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations 2.8. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration 2.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis 2.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation 2.11. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging 2.12. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs and Intel Agilex® 7 Designs) 2.13. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 2.14. Avoiding PR Programming Errors 2.15. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs 2.16. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design Revision History
2.6. Partial Reconfiguration Design Flow x
2.6.1. Step 1: Identify Partial Reconfiguration Resources 2.6.2. Step 2: Create Design Partitions 2.6.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design 2.6.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP 2.6.5. Step 5: Define Personas 2.6.6. Step 6: Create Revisions for Personas 2.6.7. Step 7: Compile the Base Revision and Export the Static Region 2.6.8. Step 8: Setup PR Implementation Revisions 2.6.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device
2.6.3. Step 3: Floorplan the Design x
2.6.3.1. Applying Floorplan Constraints Incrementally
2.6.4. Step 4: Add the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
2.6.4.1. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel FPGA IP 2.6.4.2. Adding the Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel® Arria® 10/Cyclone 10 FPGA IP
2.6.9. Step 9: Program the FPGA Device x
2.6.9.1. Generating PR Bitstream Files 2.6.9.2. Generating PR Bitstream Files 2.6.9.3. Partial Reconfiguration Bitstream Compatibility Checking 2.6.9.4. Raw Binary Programming File Byte Sequence Transmission Examples 2.6.9.5. Generating a Merged .pmsf File from Multiple .pmsf Files ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs)
2.7. Partial Reconfiguration Design Considerations x
2.7.1. Partial Reconfiguration Design Guidelines 2.7.2. PR Design Timing Closure Best Practices 2.7.3. PR File Management 2.7.4. Evaluating PR Region Initial Conditions 2.7.5. Creating Wrapper Logic for PR Regions 2.7.6. Creating Freeze Logic for PR Regions 2.7.7. Resetting the PR Region Registers 2.7.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region 2.7.9. Planning Clocks and other Global Routing 2.7.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories Verilog RTL for Clock Enable VHDL RTL for Clock Enable
2.7.3. PR File Management x
2.7.3.1. Method 1 (Preferred): Specify Unique Entity and File Names for Each Persona 2.7.3.2. Method 2: Set QSF Assignment for a Parameterized PR Persona
2.7.8. Promoting Global Signals in a PR Region x
2.7.8.1. Viewing Row Clock Region Boundaries
2.7.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories x
Verilog RTL for Clock Enable VHDL RTL for Clock Enable 2.7.10.1. Clock Gating
2.8. Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration x
2.8.1. Using Parent QDB Files from Different Compiles
2.9. Partial Reconfiguration Design Timing Analysis x
2.9.1. Running Timing Analysis on Aggregate Revisions
2.10. Partial Reconfiguration Design Simulation x
2.10.1. Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Flow 2.10.2. Simulating PR Persona Replacement
2.10.2. Simulating PR Persona Replacement x
2.10.2.1. altera_pr_persona_if Module 2.10.2.2. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_out Module 2.10.2.3. altera_pr_wrapper_mux_in Module
2.11. Partial Reconfiguration Design Debugging x
2.11.1. Debugging PR Designs with the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer 2.11.2. Instantiating the Intel Configuration Reset Release Endpoint to Debug Logic IP
2.12. Partial Reconfiguration Security ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs and Intel Agilex® 7 Designs) x
2.12.1. PR Bitstream Security Validation ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 2.12.2. PR Bitstream Authentication ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs) 2.12.3. PR Bitstream Encryption ( Intel® Stratix® 10 Designs)
2.13. PR Bitstream Compression and Encryption ( Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) x
2.13.1. Generating an Encrypted PR Bitstream ( Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 2.13.2. Clock-to-Data Ratio for Bitstream Encryption and Compression ( Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs) 2.13.3. Data Compression Comparison
2.15. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs x
2.15.1. Version-Compatible Database Flow for PR Designs 2.15.2. Generating a Version-Compatible Compilation Database for PR Designs
3. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide x
3.1. Internal and External PR Host Configurations 3.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel FPGA IP 3.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel Arria® 10/Cyclone® 10 FPGA IP 3.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller Intel FPGA IP 3.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller Intel® FPGA IP 3.6. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 3.7. Avalon® Streaming Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP 3.8. Generating and Simulating Intel® FPGA IP 3.9. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Partial Reconfiguration Archive 3.10. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide Revision History
3.2. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel FPGA IP x
3.2.1. Memory Map 3.2.2. Parameters 3.2.3. Ports 3.2.4. Timing Specifications 3.2.5. PR Error Recovery 3.2.6. Secure Device Manager Firmware Error Reporting
3.2.5. PR Error Recovery x
3.2.5.1. PR Error Recovery Timing Specifications
3.2.6. Secure Device Manager Firmware Error Reporting x
3.2.6.1. SDM Firmware Error Reporting Timing Specification
3.3. Partial Reconfiguration Controller Intel Arria® 10/Cyclone® 10 FPGA IP x
3.3.1. Agent Interface 3.3.2. Reconfiguration Sequence 3.3.3. Interrupt Interface 3.3.4. Parameters 3.3.5. Ports 3.3.6. Timing Specifications 3.3.7. PR Control Block and CRC Block Verilog HDL Manual Instantiation 3.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation 3.3.9. PR Control Block Signals 3.3.10. Configuring an External Host for Intel® Arria® 10 or Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Designs
3.3.4. Parameters x
3.3.4.1. Error Detection CRC Requirements
3.3.8. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Manual Instantiation x
3.3.8.1. PR Control Block and CRC Block VHDL Component Declaration
3.3.9. PR Control Block Signals x
3.3.9.1. PR Control Block Signal Timing Diagrams
3.4. Partial Reconfiguration External Configuration Controller Intel FPGA IP x
3.4.1. Parameters 3.4.2. Ports 3.4.3. Partial Reconfiguration External Controller Intel FPGA IP Timing Specifications 3.4.4. Configuring an External Host for Intel® Stratix® 10 or Intel Agilex® 7 Designs
3.5. Partial Reconfiguration Region Controller Intel® FPGA IP x
3.5.1. Registers 3.5.2. Parameters 3.5.3. Ports
3.6. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
3.6.1. Parameters 3.6.2. Interface Ports
3.7. Avalon® Streaming Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP x
3.7.1. Parameters 3.7.2. Ports
3.8. Generating and Simulating Intel® FPGA IP x
3.8.1. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 3.8.2. Running the Freeze Bridge Update script 3.8.3. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 3.8.4. Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX PR Control Block Simulation Model 3.8.5. Generating the PR Persona Simulation Model 3.8.6. Secure Device Manager Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Model
3.8.6. Secure Device Manager Partial Reconfiguration Simulation Model x
3.8.6.1. Monitoring the SDM 3.8.6.2. Simulating Unknown Outputs and Persona Activation 3.8.6.3. Simulation RBF Required Word Sequence
A. Partial Reconfiguration M20K Protection Methodology for Intel Agilex 7 Devices x
A.1. Protect M20Ks from Spurious Clock Signals during PR Operation A.2. Partial Reconfiguration M20K Protection Methodology for Intel Agilex 7 Devices Revision History
A.1. Protect M20Ks from Spurious Clock Signals during PR Operation x
A.1.1. Use Case 1: Partial Reconfiguration with the PR Region Controller IP A.1.2. Use Case 2: PR Without the PR Region Controller IP A.1.3. Use Case 3: Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration A.1.4. Use Case 4: Static Update Partial Reconfiguration
A.1.1. Use Case 1: Partial Reconfiguration with the PR Region Controller IP x
A.1.1.1. RTL Changes for Use Case 1 A.1.1.2. Compilation for Use Case 1 A.1.1.3. Operation in Hardware for Use Case 1
A.1.1.1. RTL Changes for Use Case 1 x
A.1.1.1.1. PR Region Controller CSR Bits for the m20k_ce_ctl Signal
A.1.3. Use Case 3: Hierarchical Partial Reconfiguration x
A.1.3.1. Adding HPR Partitions in a Subsequent Implementation Compile
1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design
3. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide
A. Partial Reconfiguration M20K Protection Methodology for Intel Agilex 7 Devices
B. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

2.7.10. Implementing Clock Enable for On-Chip Memories

Follow these guidelines to implement clock enable for on-chip memories:
  1. To avoid spurious writes during PR programming for memories, implement the clock enable circuit in the same PR region as the M20K or MLAB RAM. This circuit depends on an active-high clear signal from the static region.
  2. Before you begin the PR programming, assert this signal to disable the memory’s clock enable. Your system PR controller must deassert the clear signal on PR programming completion. You can use the freeze signal for this purpose.
  3. Use the Intel® Quartus® Prime IP Catalog or Platform Designer to instantiate the On-Chip Memory and RAM Intel® FPGA IP cores that include an option to automatically add this circuitry.
    Note: If you turn on the Implement clock-enable circuitry for use in a partial reconfiguration region option when parameterizing RAM Intel FPGA IP from the IP catalog, the Intel® Quartus® Prime software adds a freeze port to the RAM IP for use in the PR region.
    Figure 29. Clock-Enable Circuitry Option in RAM 1 Port Intel FPGA IP Parameter Editor


Figure 30. RAM Clock Enable Circuit for PR Region


Verilog RTL for Clock Enable

module mem_enable_verilog (
        input clock,      
        input freeze,
        input clken_in, 
        output wire ram_wrclocken
);
   reg ce_reg;
    reg [1:0] ce_delay;

    always @(posedge clock, posedge freeze) begin
        if (freeze) begin
            ce_delay <= 2'b0;
        end
        else begin
            ce_delay <= {ce_delay[0], 1'b1};
        end
    end

    always @(posedge clock, negedge ce_delay[1]) begin
        if (~ce_delay[1]) begin
            ce_reg <= 1'b0;
        end
        else begin
            ce_reg <= clken_in;
        end
    end

    assign ram_wrclocken = ce_reg;
endmodule

VHDL RTL for Clock Enable

ENTITY mem_enable_vhd IS PORT(
        clock      : in  std_logic;
        freeze  : in  std_logic;
		clken_in : in std_logic;
        ram_wrclocken : out std_logic);
END mem_enable_vhd;

ARCHITECTURE behave OF mem_enable_vhd is
	SIGNAL ce_reg: std_logic;
	SIGNAL ce_delay: std_logic_vector(1 downto 0);
BEGIN
PROCESS (clock, freeze)
BEGIN
	IF ((clock'EVENT AND clock = '1') or (freeze'EVENT AND freeze = '1')) THEN
		IF (freeze = '1') THEN
			ce_delay <= "00";
		ELSE
			ce_delay <= ce_delay(0) & '1';
		END IF;
	END IF;
	
END PROCESS;

PROCESS (clock, ce_delay(1))
BEGIN
	IF ((clock'EVENT AND clock = '1') or (ce_delay(1)'EVENT AND ce_delay(1) = '0')) THEN
		IF (ce_delay(1) = '0') THEN
			ce_reg <= '0';
		ELSE
			ce_reg <= clken_in;
		END IF;
	END IF;
	
END PROCESS;

ram_wrclocken <= ce_reg;

END ARCHITECTURE behave;

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