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2.1. Device Footprint
2.2. Power Management
2.3. Configuration
2.4. Design Security Differences
2.5. Logic Elements and Embedded Memory
2.6. PLL and Clock Network
2.7. Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
2.8. I/O Interfaces
2.9. LVDS SERDES Interface
2.10. Sensor Monitoring System
2.11. MIPI D-PHY Interface
2.12. External Memory Interface (EMIF)
2.13. Hard Processor System (HPS)
2.14. Transceiver and Serial Protocols
2.15. PCIe Interface
2.16. Ethernet Interface
2.3.1. General Configuration Pin and Sequences
2.3.2. Device Configuration and the Secure Device Manager (SDM)
2.3.3. Active Serial (AS) Configuration
2.3.4. Avalon® -ST Configuration
2.3.5. JTAG Configuration
2.3.6. Configuration via Protocol (CvP)
Key Differences
2.3.7. QSPI Flash Access and Remote System Upgrade Feature
2.3.8. SEU Features
2.3.9. Configuration File Format Differences
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2.3.6. Configuration via Protocol (CvP)
This topic describes key Configuration via Protocol (CvP) differences between Cyclone® V and Agilex™ 5 devices.
Key Differences
- Agilex™ 5 device supports both the CvP initialization and update mode.
- Agilex™ 5 CvP supports PCIe* mode up to PCIe* 4.0 x8 mode. The following table provides further details about the supported PCIe* modes:
Table 6. PCIe Mode Device PCIe* Mode Cyclone® V PCIe* 1.0/2.0 x1/x2/x4 Agilex™ 5 PCIe* 4.0 x1/x2/x4/x8 Note: Although in an Agilex™ 5 device, you can only select PCIe* 3.0 and above in PCIe* HIP, the host can down-train the link to PCIe* 1.0 and PCIe* 2.0 if necessary to perform CvP. - The CvP driver that an Agilex™ 5 device supports is an open-source Linux upstream driver stored in the Altera open-source GitHub repository. The CvP driver for a Cyclone® V device is a downstream driver published on the Intel® website.
For additional information, refer to the Configuration via Protocol (CvP) Implementation in V-series FPGA Devices User Guide and Configuration via Protocol (CvP) Implementation User Guide: Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs.