Adding the remaining components to the qsys system – Altera IP Compiler for PCI Express User Manual

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Chapter 16: Qsys Design Example

Adding the Remaining Components to the Qsys System

IP Compiler for PCI Express User Guide

August 2014

Altera Corporation

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The values displayed for Posted header credit, Posted data credit,
Non-posted header credit

, Completion header credit, and Completion

data credit

are read-only. The values are computed based on the values set

for Maximum payload size and RX buffer credit allocation – performance
for received requests

.

7. Under the Avalon-MM Settings heading, specify the settings in

Table 16–6

.

8. Under the Address Translation heading, specify the settings in

Table 16–7

.

You can ignore the Address Translation Table Contents, as they are valid only for
the Fixed translation table configuration.

9. Click Finish to add the IP Compiler for PCI Express component pcie_hard_ip_0 to

your Qsys system.

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Your system is not yet complete, so you can ignore any error messages generated by
Qsys at this stage.

Adding the Remaining Components to the Qsys System

This section describes adding the DMA controller and on-chip memory to your Qsys
system.

1. To add the DMA Controller component to your system, from the System Contents

tab, under Bridges and Adapters in the DMA folder, double-click the DMA
Controller

component. This component contains read and write master ports and

a control port slave.

2. In the DMA Controller parameter editor, specify the settings in

Table 16–8

.

Table 16–6. Avalon-MM Settings

Parameter

Value

Peripheral Mode

Requester/Completer

Control Register Access (CRA) Avalon slave port

Turn this option on

Auto Enable PCIe Interrupt (enabled at power-on)

Turn this option off

Table 16–7. Address Translation Settings

Parameter

Value

Address Translation Table Configuration

Dynamic translation table

Number of address pages

2

Size of address pages

1 MByte - 20 bits

Table 16–8. DMA Controller Parameters

Parameter

Value

Width of the DMA length register

13

Enable burst transfers

Turn this option on

Maximum burst size

128

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