Link, Slot, Link –6 slot –6 – Altera Arria V Hard IP for PCI Express User Manual

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Chapter 4: Parameter Settings for the Arria V Hard IP for PCI Express

Port Functions

Arria V Hard IP for PCI Express

December 2013

Altera Corporation

User Guide

Link

Table 4–4

describes the Link Capabilities parameters.

Slot

Table 4–12

describes the Slot Capabilities parameters.

Table 4–4. Link Capabilities

0x090

Parameter

Value

Description

Link port number

0x01

(default

value)

Sets the read-only value of the port number field in the

Link Capabilities

register. This is an 8-bit field which you can specify.

Slot clock
configuration

On/Off

When On, indicates that the Endpoint or Root Port uses the same physical reference
clock that the system provides on the connector. When Off, the IP core uses an
independent clock regardless of the presence of a reference clock on the connector.

Table 4–5. Slot Capabilities

0x094

Parameter

Value

Description

Use Slot register

On/Off

The slot capability is required for Root Ports if a slot is implemented on the port. Slot
status is recorded in the

PCI

Express

Capabilities

Register

. This parameter is

only valid for Root Port variants.

Defines the characteristics of the slot. You turn this option on by selecting. The
various bits of the Slot Capability register have the following definitions:

Slot power scale

0–3

Specifies the scale used for the Slot power limit. The following coefficients are
defined:

0 = 1.0x

1 = 0.1x

2 = 0.01x

3 = 0.001x

The default value prior to hardware and firmware initialization is b’0 or 1.0x. Writes
to this register also cause the port to send the

Set_Slot_Power_Limit

Message.

Refer to Section 6.9 of the

PCI Express Base Specification Revision 2.1

for more

information.

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19 18 17 16 15 14

7 6

5

Physical Slot Number

No Command Completed Support

Electromechanical Interlock Present

Slot Power Limit Scale

Slot Power Limit Value

Hot-Plug Capable

Hot-Plug Surprise

Power Indicator Present

Attention Indicator Present

MRL Sensor Present

Power Controller Present

Attention Button Present

0

4

3

2

1

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