Ethernet Subsystem Intel® FPGA IP User Guide: Early Access Customer Release

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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Introduction 2. Feature Description 3. Ethernet Subsystem Parameters 4. Subsystem Abstraction Layer (SAL) 5. Dynamic Reconfiguration Extension Subsystem 6. Interfaces and Signals 7. Recommended Clock Connections 8. Register Descriptions 9. Ethernet SS IP Example Design 10. Document Revision History for Ethernet Subsystem Intel FPGA IP User Guide: Early Access Customer Release
1. Introduction x
1.1. Supported Features 1.2. Getting Started 1.3. Resource Utilization
2. Feature Description x
2.1. Ethernet Subsystem Intel FPGA IP Overview 2.2. Supported Features
3. Ethernet Subsystem Parameters x
3.1. Parameter Editor Parameters 3.2. E-Tile Port Enablement Guidelines and Restrictions 3.3. F-tile Ethernet Port to PMA Channel Mapping
4. Subsystem Abstraction Layer (SAL) x
4.1. Subsystem Abstraction Layer (SAL) Commands
4.1. Subsystem Abstraction Layer (SAL) Commands x
4.1.1. NOP(0x0) 4.1.2. get_hssi_profile 4.1.3. set_hssi_profile 4.1.4. read_MAC_statistic (0x3) 4.1.5. get_mtu(0x4) 4.1.6. set_csr for E-Tile (0x5) 4.1.7. set_csr for F-Tile 4.1.8. get_csr for E-Tile (0x6) 4.1.9. get_csr for F-Tile 4.1.10. enable_loopback for E-Tile (0x7) 4.1.11. enable_loopback for F-Tile 4.1.12. disable_loopback for E-Tile (0x8) 4.1.13. disable_loopback for F-Tile 4.1.14. Reset MAC Statistics (0x9) 4.1.15. set_mtu for F-Tile 4.1.16. Ncsi_get_link_status 4.1.17. Reserved 4.1.18. firmware_version (0xFF)
6. Interfaces and Signals x
6.1. AXI4 Interfaces 6.2. Serial Interface 6.3. Clocks 6.4. Resets
6.1. AXI4 Interfaces x
6.1.1. AXI-Lite CSR 6.1.2. AXI-ST Client Interface 6.1.3. AXI-ST PHY Direct 6.1.4. AXI-ST PTP 6.1.5. Flow Control
7. Recommended Clock Connections x
7.1. Driving Multiple Ports with the Same Clock 7.2. Alternate Clock Connections for MAC Async Client FIFO 7.3. F-Tile Clock Connections for PTP Synchronous and Asynchronous cases 7.4. Clock Connections for SyncE Operation 7.5. F-Tile PMA and FEC Direct PHY IP Clock Output
8. Register Descriptions x
8.1. Subsystem Registers 8.2. Port Registers 8.3. F-tile Address Maps 8.4. F-tile ANLT Port Register Map 8.5. F-tile PTP Tile Adapter Register Map
8.1. Subsystem Registers x
8.1.1. Device Feature Header Lo 8.1.2. Device Feature Header Hi 8.1.3. Feature GUID_L 8.1.4. Feature GUID_H 8.1.5. Feature CSR ADDR 8.1.6. Feature CSR Size Group 8.1.7. Version 8.1.8. Feature List 8.1.9. Interface Attribute Port X Parameters 8.1.10. HSSI Command/Status 8.1.11. HSSI Control/Address 8.1.12. HSSI Read Data 8.1.13. HSSI Write Data 8.1.14. HSSI Ethernet Port X Status
8.2. Port Registers x
8.2.1. E-Tile PTP Packet Classifier Registers
8.2.1. E-Tile PTP Packet Classifier Registers x
8.2.1.1. Recognized and Unrecognized Packet Counters 8.2.1.2. Parse Graph Specific Packet Counters
9. Ethernet SS IP Example Design x
9.1. Steps to Generate the Example Design 9.2. Supported Simulators 9.3. Running the Simulation Tests 9.4. Running the Hardware Tests
9.3. Running the Simulation Tests x
9.3.1. Steps to Simulate the Design Example
9.4. Running the Hardware Tests x
9.4.1. Supported Boards 9.4.2. Steps to Compile the Design Example for Hardware 9.4.3. Steps to Run the Design Example on Hardware
1. Introduction
2. Feature Description
3. Ethernet Subsystem Parameters
4. Subsystem Abstraction Layer (SAL)
5. Dynamic Reconfiguration Extension Subsystem
6. Interfaces and Signals
7. Recommended Clock Connections
8. Register Descriptions
9. Ethernet SS IP Example Design
10. Document Revision History for Ethernet Subsystem Intel FPGA IP User Guide: Early Access Customer Release

5. Dynamic Reconfiguration Extension Subsystem

The following diagram shows the Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) Extension Subsystem when it is enabled in the Subsystem GUI. The Subsystem Abstraction Layer (SAL) is always included as part of the Ethernet Subsystem, including the HSSI control and status registers.
Figure 6. Dynamic Reconfiguration Extension Subsystem

The main functionality of the DR Extension Subsystem is to provide a standard mechanism for external software to allow you to dynamically reconfigure a subset of the transceiver channels to operate in different modes (e.g.: data rates) without impacting the adjacent active channels.

The Host CPU communicates with the NIOS soft microcontroller via four 32 bits registers, HSSI Command/Status, HSSI Control/Address, HSSI Write Data, and HSSI Read Data CSRs. The control registers are 32 bits read/write which travel from the external host software to the NIOS. The detail of HSSI Control and Status 0/1 usage are covered in Subsystem Abstraction Layer section.

The external software can make simple “peek/poke” style transaction requests to the NIOS using a traditional asynchronous handshake procedure. You must be aware that the NIOS is not optimized for speed. It is expected to take a few microseconds to complete and acknowledge most transactions.

The internal DR handshake procedure is slightly different between Agilex E/F-tile. In F-tile, the DR triggering is performed by the host through writing into DR SIP CSR which is located at base address 0x200 - 0x27F in Subsystem CSR register space.

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