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. 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
2.6.7. Step 7: Compile the Base Revision and Export the Static Region x
2.6.7.1. Understanding PR Logic Utilization Reports
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 RTL Wrapper for PR Persona Switching Simulation
2.10.2. Simulating PR Persona Replacement x
RTL Wrapper for PR Persona Switching Simulation 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
1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Creating a Partial Reconfiguration Design
3. Partial Reconfiguration Solutions IP User Guide
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

2.10.2. Simulating PR Persona Replacement

The logical operation of the PR partition changes when a new persona loads during the partial reconfiguration process. Simulate the replacement of personas using multiplexers on the input and output of the persona under simulation.

Create RTL wrapper logic to represent the top-level of the persona. The wrapper instantiates the default persona during compilation. During simulation, the wrapper allows the replacement of the active persona with another persona. Instantiate each persona as the behavioral RTL in the PR simulation model the Intel® Quartus® Prime EDA Netlist Writer generates.

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software includes simulation modules to interface with your simulation testbench:

  • altera_pr_wrapper_mux_in
  • altera_pr_wrapper_mux_out
  • altera_pr_persona_if (SystemVerilog interface allows you to connect the wrapper multiplexers to a testbench driver)
Figure 34. Simulation of PR Persona Switching

RTL Wrapper for PR Persona Switching Simulation

The pr_activate input of the altera_pr_wrapper_mux_out module enables the MUX to output X. This functionality allows the simulation of unknown outputs from the PR persona, and also verifies the normal operation of the design’s freeze logic. The following code corresponds to the simulation of PR persona switching, shown in the above figure: 

module pr_core_wrapper
(
   input wire a,
   input wire b,
   output wire o
);

localparam ENABLE_PERSONA_1 = 1;
localparam ENABLE_PERSONA_2 = 1;
localparam ENABLE_PERSONA_3 = 1;
localparam NUM_PERSONA = 3;

logic pr_activate;
int persona_select;

altera_pr_persona_if persona_bfm();
assign pr_activate = persona_bfm.pr_activate;
assign persona_select = persona_bfm.persona_select;


wire a_mux [NUM_PERSONA-1:0];
wire b_mux [NUM_PERSONA-1:0];
wire o_mux [NUM_PERSONA-1:0];

generate
   if (ENABLE_PERSONA_1) begin
      localparam persona_id = 0;

      `ifdef ALTERA_ENABLE_PR_MODEL
         assign u_persona_0.altera_sim_pr_activate = pr_activate;
      `endif

      pr_and u_persona_0
      (
         .a(a_mux[persona_id]),
         .b(b_mux[persona_id]),
         .o(o_mux[persona_id])
      );
   end
endgenerate

generate
   if (ENABLE_PERSONA_2) begin
      localparam persona_id = 1;

      `ifdef ALTERA_ENABLE_PR_MODEL
         assign u_persona_1.altera_sim_pr_activate = pr_activate;
      `endif

      pr_or u_persona_1
      (
         .a(a_mux[persona_id]),
         .b(b_mux[persona_id]),
         .o(o_mux[persona_id])
      );

   end
endgenerate

generate
   if (ENABLE_PERSONA_3) begin
      localparam persona_id = 2;

      `ifdef ALTERA ENABLE PR MODEL
         assign u_persona_2.altera_sim_pr_activate = pr_activate;
      `endif

      pr_empty u_persona_2
      (
         .a(a_mux[persona_id]),
         .b(b_mux[persona_id]),
         .o(o_mux[persona_id])
      );

   end
endgenerate


altera_pr_wrapper_mux_in #(.NUM_PERSONA(NUM_PERSONA), .WIDTH(1)) \
     u_a_mux(.sel(persona_select), .mux_in(a), .mux_out(a_mux));

altera_pr_wrapper_mux_in #(.NUM_PERSONA(NUM_PERSONA), .WIDTH(1)) \
     u_b_mux(.sel(persona_select), .mux_in(b), .mux_out(b_mux));

altera_pr_wrapper_mux_out #(.NUM_PERSONA(NUM_PERSONA), .WIDTH(1)) \
     u_o_mux(.sel(persona_select), .mux_in(o_mux), .mux_out(o), .pr_activate \
     (pr_activate));

endmodule

Section Content
altera_pr_persona_if Module
altera_pr_wrapper_mux_out Module
altera_pr_wrapper_mux_in Module

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