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
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
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

3.6. Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP

The Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge Intel® FPGA IP freezes a PR region Avalon® memory-mapped interface when the freeze input signal is high. It is recommended that each Avalon® memory-mapped interface to a PR region use an instance of the Freeze Bridge IP.
Figure 72.  Avalon® Memory-Mapped Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge IP
Table 46.  Read and Write Request to PR Region Avalon® Memory-Mapped Agent InterfaceThe Freeze Bridge handles read and write transactions differently for each of the following possible interface configurations. The Freeze Bridge is in the freeze state until the PR region or PR region controller asserts the freeze signal.
Interface Connection Behavior
Read request to Avalon® memory-mapped slave interface in PR region
  1. During the freeze state, any read transaction responds with bogus data <h'DEADBEEF>. The corresponding freeze_illegal_request register bit sets.
  2. During the freeze state, readrequest, writerequest, waitrequest, beginbursttransfer, lock, and debugaccess signals in the PR region interface tie low.
  3. The Avalon® memory-mapped agent response signal constantly returns 2’b10, to indicate an unsuccessful transaction from an endpoint agent.
  4. If you disable Enable Freeze port from PR region, the IP generates no responses.
Write request to slave interface in PR region
  1. The Freeze Bridge ignores any write transactions during the freeze state. The Freeze Bridge pulls the waitrequest, beginbursttransfer, lock and debugaccess signals low. The IP sets the corresponding freeze_illegal_request register bit.
  2. The Avalon® memory-mapped agent response signal updates with 2’b10 to indicate an unsuccessful transaction from an endpoint agent.
  3. If you disable Enable Freeze port from PR region, the IP generates no responses.
Table 47.  Read and Write Request from PR Region Avalon® Memory Mapped Host Interface
Interface Connection Behavior
Read/Write request from Avalon® -MM master interface in PR region (old or new persona)
  1. During the freeze state, the IP ignores the read and write signals from the PR region.
  2. The read and write signals to the static region deassert.
Table 48.   Avalon-MM Partial Reconfiguration Freeze Bridge Signal BehaviorThe table below summarizes the Avalon® interface output signal behavior when the Freeze Bridge is in a frozen state. When not frozen, all signals are just pass-through.
Signal Agent Bridge Host Bridge
write ‘b0 (tie low) ‘b0 (tie low)
read ‘b0 (tie low) ‘b0 (tie low)
address Pass through Pass through
writedata Pass through Pass through
readdata Return <h’DEADBEEF> always Pass through
byteenable Pass through Pass through
burstcount Pass through Pass through
beginbursttransfer ‘b0 (tie low) ‘b0 (tie low)
debugaccess ‘b0 (tie low) ‘b0 (tie low)
readdatavalid Return ‘b1 when there is a request, else ‘b0 Pass through
waitrequest Return ‘b1 when there is a request, else ‘b0 ‘b0 (tie low)
response Return ‘b10 always Pass through
lock ‘b0 (tie low) ‘b0 (tie low)
writeresponsevalid Return ‘b1 when there is a request, else ‘b0 Pass through

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