RapidIO Intel FPGA IP User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
Product Discontinuance Notification 1. About the RapidIO Intel FPGA IP Core 2. Getting Started 3. Parameter Settings 4. Functional Description 5. Signals 6. Software Interface 7. Testbench 8. Platform Designer (Standard) Design Example 9. RapidIO Intel FPGA IP User Guide Archives 10. Document Revision History for the RapidIO Intel® FPGA IP User Guide A. Initialization Sequence B. Porting a RapidIO Design from the Previous Version of Software
1. About the RapidIO Intel FPGA IP Core x
1.1. Features 1.2. Device Family Support 1.3. IP Core Verification 1.4. Performance and Resource Utilization 1.5. Device Speed Grades 1.6. Release Information
1.1. Features x
1.1.1. Supported Transactions
1.3. IP Core Verification x
1.3.1. Simulation Testing 1.3.2. Hardware Testing 1.3.3. Interoperability Testing
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.2. Generating IP Cores 2.3. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) 2.4. RapidIO IP Core Testbench Files 2.5. Simulating IP Cores 2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 2.7. Specifying Timing Constraints 2.8. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA 2.9. Instantiating Multiple RapidIO IP Cores
2.1. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
2.1.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.2. Generating IP Cores x
2.2.1. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition)
2.5. Simulating IP Cores x
2.5.1. Simulating the Testbench with the ModelSim Simulator 2.5.2. Simulating the Testbench with the VCS Simulator 2.5.3. Simulating the Testbench with the Xcelium Simulator
2.6. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.6.1. Calibration Clock 2.6.2. Dynamic Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller 2.6.3. Transceiver Settings 2.6.4. Adding Transceiver Analog Settings for Arria II GX, Arria II GZ, and Stratix IV GX Variations 2.6.5. External Transceiver PLL 2.6.6. Transceiver PHY Reset Controller for Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Variations
2.9. Instantiating Multiple RapidIO IP Cores x
2.9.1. Clock and Signal Requirements for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Variations 2.9.2. Clock and Signal Requirements for Arria II GX, Arria II GZ, Cyclone IV GX, and Stratix IV GX Variations 2.9.3. Correcting the Synopsys Design Constraints File to Distinguish RapidIO IP Core Instances 2.9.4. Sourcing Multiple Tcl Scripts for Variations other than Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX
3. Parameter Settings x
3.1. Physical Layer Settings 3.2. Transport and Maintenance Settings 3.3. I/O and Doorbell Settings 3.4. Capability Registers Settings
3.1. Physical Layer Settings x
3.1.1. Device Options 3.1.2. Data Settings 3.1.3. Receive Priority Retry Thresholds 3.1.4. Transceiver Settings
3.2. Transport and Maintenance Settings x
3.2.1. Transport Layer 3.2.2. Input/Output Maintenance Logical Layer Module 3.2.3. Port Write
3.3. I/O and Doorbell Settings x
3.3.1. I/O Logical Layer Interfaces 3.3.2. I/O Slave Address Width 3.3.3. I/O Read and Write Order Preservation 3.3.4. Avalon® -MM Master 3.3.5. Avalon® -MM Slave 3.3.6. Doorbell Slave
3.4. Capability Registers Settings x
3.4.1. Device Registers 3.4.2. Assembly Registers 3.4.3. Processing Element Features 3.4.4. Switch Support 3.4.5. Data Messages
4. Functional Description x
4.1. Interfaces 4.2. Clocking and Reset Structure 4.3. Physical Layer 4.4. Transport Layer 4.5. Logical Layer Modules 4.6. Error Detection and Management
4.1. Interfaces x
4.1.1. RapidIO Interface 4.1.2. Avalon® Memory Mapped ( Avalon® -MM) Master and Slave Interfaces 4.1.3. Avalon® Streaming ( Avalon® -ST) Interface
4.1.2. Avalon® Memory Mapped ( Avalon® -MM) Master and Slave Interfaces x
4.1.2.1. Avalon® -MM Interface Widths in the RapidIO IP Core 4.1.2.2. Avalon® -MM Interface Byte Ordering
4.2. Clocking and Reset Structure x
4.2.1. RapidIO IP Core Clocking 4.2.2. Reset for RapidIO IP Cores
4.2.1. RapidIO IP Core Clocking x
4.2.1.1. Avalon® System Clock 4.2.1.2. Reference Clock 4.2.1.3. Other Input Clocks 4.2.1.4. Clock Domains 4.2.1.5. Baud Rates and Clock Frequencies
4.2.2. Reset for RapidIO IP Cores x
4.2.2.1. General RapidIO Reset Signal Requirements 4.2.2.2. Reset Controller 4.2.2.3. Reset Requirements for Arria® V, Cyclone® V, and Stratix® V Variations 4.2.2.4. Reset Requirements for Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Variations 4.2.2.5. RapidIO IP Core Reset Behavior
4.3. Physical Layer x
4.3.1. Features 4.3.2. Physical Layer Architecture 4.3.3. Low-level Interface Receiver 4.3.4. Low-Level Interface Transmitter 4.3.5. Protocol and Flow Control Engine 4.3.6. Physical Layer Receive Buffer 4.3.7. Physical Layer Transmit Buffer
4.3.3. Low-level Interface Receiver x
4.3.3.1. Receiver Transceiver 4.3.3.2. CRC Checking and Removal
4.3.4. Low-Level Interface Transmitter x
4.3.4.1. Transmitter Transceiver
4.3.6. Physical Layer Receive Buffer x
4.3.6.1. Error Conditions that Flush the Receive Buffer 4.3.6.2. Error Conditions Flagged for the Transport Layer 4.3.6.3. Receive Priority Threshold Values
4.3.7. Physical Layer Transmit Buffer x
4.3.7.1. Transmit and Retransmit Queues 4.3.7.2. Error Conditions that Flush the Transmit Buffer 4.3.7.3. Forced Compensation Sequence Insertion
4.4. Transport Layer x
4.4.1. Receiver 4.4.2. Transaction ID Ranges 4.4.3. Transmitter
4.5. Logical Layer Modules x
4.5.1. Concentrator Register Module 4.5.2. Maintenance Module 4.5.3. Input/Output Logical Layer Modules 4.5.4. Doorbell Module 4.5.5. Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface
4.5.2. Maintenance Module x
4.5.2.1. Maintenance Register 4.5.2.2. Maintenance Slave Processor 4.5.2.3. Maintenance Master Processor 4.5.2.4. Port-Write Processor 4.5.2.5. Maintenance Module Error Handling
4.5.2.4. Port-Write Processor x
4.5.2.4.1. Port-Write Transmission 4.5.2.4.2. Port-Write Reception
4.5.3. Input/Output Logical Layer Modules x
4.5.3.1. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master Module 4.5.3.2. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master Module Timing Diagrams 4.5.3.3. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave Module 4.5.3.4. Avalon® -MM Burstcount and Byteenable Encoding in RapidIO Packets 4.5.3.5. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave Module Timing Diagrams
4.5.3.1. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master Module x
4.5.3.1.1. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master Address Mapping Windows
4.5.3.3. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave Module x
4.5.3.3.1. Keeping Track of I/O Write Transactions 4.5.3.3.2. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave Address Mapping Windows 4.5.3.3.3. Input/Output Slave Translation Window Example 4.5.3.3.4. Translation Window 0 4.5.3.3.5. Translation Window 1 4.5.3.3.6. Translation Window 2
4.5.4. Doorbell Module x
4.5.4.1. Doorbell Module Block Diagram 4.5.4.2. Preserving Transaction Order 4.5.4.3. Doorbell Message Generation 4.5.4.4. Doorbell Message Reception
4.5.5. Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface x
4.5.5.1. Pass-Through Interface Examples
4.6. Error Detection and Management x
4.6.1. Physical Layer Error Management 4.6.2. Logical Layer Error Management 4.6.3. Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface
4.6.1. Physical Layer Error Management x
4.6.1.1. Protocol Violations 4.6.1.2. Fatal Errors
4.6.2. Logical Layer Error Management x
4.6.2.1. Maintenance Avalon® -MM Slave 4.6.2.2. Maintenance Avalon® -MM Master 4.6.2.3. Port-Write Reception Module 4.6.2.4. Port-Write Transmission Module 4.6.2.5. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave 4.6.2.6. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master
4.6.2.1. Maintenance Avalon® -MM Slave x
4.6.2.1.1. Standard Error Management Registers 4.6.2.1.2. Registers in the Implementation Defined Space 4.6.2.1.3. Maintenance Avalon® -MM Slave Interface's Error Indication Signal
4.6.2.5. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Slave x
4.6.2.5.1. Standard Error Management Registers 4.6.2.5.2. Registers in the Implementation Defined Space 4.6.2.5.3. The Avalon® -MM Slave Interface's Error Indication Signal
4.6.2.6. Input/Output Avalon® -MM Master x
4.6.2.6.1. Standard Error Management Registers 4.6.2.6.2. Response Packets with ERROR Status
5. Signals x
5.1. Physical Layer Signals 5.2. Transport and Logical Layer Signals
5.1. Physical Layer Signals x
5.1.1. Status Packet and Error Monitoring Signals 5.1.2. Multicast Event Signals 5.1.3. Receive Priority Retry Threshold-Related Signals 5.1.4. Physical Layer Buffer Status Signals 5.1.5. Transceiver Signals 5.1.6. Register-Related Signals
5.2. Transport and Logical Layer Signals x
5.2.1. Avalon® -MM Interface Signals 5.2.2. Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface Signals 5.2.3. Error Management Extension Signals 5.2.4. Packet and Error Monitoring Signal for the Transport Layer
6. Software Interface x
6.1. Physical Layer Registers 6.2. Transport and Logical Layer Registers
6.2. Transport and Logical Layer Registers x
6.2.1. Capability Registers (CARs) 6.2.2. Command and Status Registers (CSRs) 6.2.3. Maintenance Interrupt Control Registers 6.2.4. Receive Maintenance Registers 6.2.5. Transmit Maintenance Registers 6.2.6. Transmit Port-Write Registers 6.2.7. Receive Port-Write Registers 6.2.8. Input/Output Master Address Mapping Registers 6.2.9. Input/Output Slave Mapping Registers 6.2.10. Input/Output Slave Interrupts 6.2.11. Transport Layer Feature Register 6.2.12. Error Management Registers 6.2.13. Doorbell Message Registers
7. Testbench x
7.1. Reset, Initialization, and Configuration 7.2. Maintenance Write and Read Transactions 7.3. SWRITE Transactions 7.4. NWRITE_R Transactions 7.5. NWRITE Transactions 7.6. NREAD Transactions 7.7. Doorbell Transactions 7.8. Doorbell and Write Transactions With Transaction Order Preservation 7.9. Port-Write Transactions 7.10. Transactions Across the Avalon® -ST Pass-Through Interface
8. Platform Designer (Standard) Design Example x
8.1. Creating a New Intel® Quartus® Prime Project 8.2. Running Platform Designer (Standard) 8.3. Simulating the System
8.2. Running Platform Designer (Standard) x
8.2.1. Adding and Parameterizing the RapidIO Component 8.2.2. Adding and Connecting Other System Components 8.2.3. Connecting Clocks and the System Components 8.2.4. Generating the System
8.2.2. Adding and Connecting Other System Components x
8.2.2.1. Adding the Master Maintenance BFM 8.2.2.2. Adding the Master I/O BFM 8.2.2.3. Adding the On-Chip Memory
8.2.3. Connecting Clocks and the System Components x
8.2.3.1. Connecting Unconnected Clocks 8.2.3.2. Connecting System Components 8.2.3.3. Assigning Addresses and Setting the Clock Frequency
B. Porting a RapidIO Design from the Previous Version of Software x
B.1. Upgrading a RapidIO Design Without Changing Device Family B.2. Upgrading a RapidIO Design to the Intel® Arria® 10 and Intel® Cyclone® 10 GX Device Families
Product Discontinuance Notification
1. About the RapidIO Intel FPGA IP Core
2. Getting Started
3. Parameter Settings
4. Functional Description
5. Signals
6. Software Interface
7. Testbench
8. Platform Designer (Standard) Design Example
9. RapidIO Intel FPGA IP User Guide Archives
10. Document Revision History for the RapidIO Intel® FPGA IP User Guide
A. Initialization Sequence
B. Porting a RapidIO Design from the Previous Version of Software

4.3.5. Protocol and Flow Control Engine

The Physical layer protocol and flow control engine uses a sliding window protocol to handle incoming and outgoing packets.This block performs the following tasks:
  • Monitors incoming and outgoing packet ackIDs to maintain proper flow
  • Processes incoming control symbols
  • Creates and transmits outgoing control symbols

On the receiver side, this block keeps track of the sequence of ackIDs and determines which packets are acknowledged and which packets to retry or drop. On the transmitter side, it keeps track of the sequence of ackIDs, tells the transmit buffer control block which packet to send, and sets the outgoing packets’ ackID. It also tells the transmit buffer control block when a packet has been acknowledged—and can therefore be discarded from the buffers.

The Physical layer protocol and flow control engine ensures that a maximum of 31 unacknowledged packets are transmitted, and that the ackIDs are used and acknowledged in sequential order.

If the receiver cannot accept a packet due to buffer congestion, a packet-retry control symbol with the packet’s ackID is sent to the transmitter. The sender then sends a restart-from-retry control symbol and retransmits all packets starting from the specified ackID. The RapidIO IP core supports receiver-controlled flow control in both directions.

If the receiver or the protocol and flow control block detects that an incoming packet or control symbol is corrupted or a link protocol violation has occurred, the protocol and flow control block enters an error recovery process. Link protocol violations include acknowledgement time-outs based on the timers the protocol and flow control block sets for every outgoing packet. In the case of a corrupted incoming packet or control symbol, and some link protocol violations, the block instructs the transmitter to send a packet-not-accepted symbol to the sender. A link-request link-response control symbol pair is then exchanged between the link partners and the sender then retransmits all packets starting from the ackID specified in the link-response control symbol. The transmitter attempts the link-request link-response control symbol pair exchange as many times as specified by the value N that you provided for the Link-request attempts parameter in the RapidIO parameter editor. If the protocol and control block times out awaiting the response to the Nth link-request control symbol, it declares a fatal error.

The Physical layer can retransmit any unacknowledged packet because it keeps a copy of each transmitted packet until the packet is acknowledged with a packet-accepted control symbol.

When a time-out occurs for an outgoing packet, the protocol and flow control block treats it as an unexpected acknowledge control symbol, and starts the recovery process. If a packet is retransmitted, the time-out counter is reset.

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