Article ID: 000074758 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 08/21/2023

Why do my Arria® V and Cyclone® V Avalon-MM configuration of PCI Express fail to link train correctly?

Environment

  • Quartus® II Subscription Edition
  • Arria® V Hard IP for PCI Express Intel® FPGA IP
  • BUILT IN - ARTICLE INTRO SECOND COMPONENT
    Description

    Due to a bug in version 12.1SP1 of the Quartus® II software, the required PCIe® transceiver PMA setting in Avalon-MM mode is incorrectly set to zero for Arria® V and Cyclone® V devices.

    Resolution

    After Qsys generation has been completed, manually modify the following files found in the folder <Qsys System>\synthesis\submodules\

    altpcie_av_hip_ast_hwtcl.v and altpcie_cv_hip_ast_hwtcl.v

    Change from:
                  parameter rpre_emph_a_val_hwtcl                         = 0,
          parameter rpre_emph_b_val_hwtcl                         = 0,
          parameter rpre_emph_c_val_hwtcl                         = 0,
          parameter rpre_emph_d_val_hwtcl                         = 0,
          parameter rpre_emph_e_val_hwtcl                         = 0,
          parameter rvod_sel_a_val_hwtcl                          = 0,
          parameter rvod_sel_b_val_hwtcl                          = 0,
          parameter rvod_sel_c_val_hwtcl                          = 0,
          parameter rvod_sel_d_val_hwtcl                          = 0,
          parameter rvod_sel_e_val_hwtcl                          = 0

    To:
                  parameter rpre_emph_a_val_hwtcl                         = 6\'b000000,
          parameter rpre_emph_b_val_hwtcl                         = 6\'b000000,
          parameter rpre_emph_c_val_hwtcl                         = 6\'b010000,
          parameter rpre_emph_d_val_hwtcl                         = 6\'b001100,
          parameter rpre_emph_e_val_hwtcl                         = 6\'b000101,
          parameter rvod_sel_a_val_hwtcl                          = 6\'b101001,
          parameter rvod_sel_b_val_hwtcl                          = 6\'b100111,
          parameter rvod_sel_c_val_hwtcl                          = 6\'b100101,
          parameter rvod_sel_d_val_hwtcl                          = 6\'b100111,
          parameter rvod_sel_e_val_hwtcl                          = 6\'b001111

    This issue is scheduled to be fixed in a future version of the Quartus® II Software.

    Related Products

    This article applies to 2 products

    Cyclone® V GX FPGA
    Arria® V GX FPGA