Altera Interlaken MegaCore Function - Manual (Page 73)

June 2012 Altera Corporation Interlaken MegaCore Function
User Guide
B. Excluding Transceivers for Faster
Simulation
The external transceiver interface is the interface that connects the Interlaken
MegaCore function to a transceiver if you turn on the Exclude transceiver parameter.
You might choose to turn on this parameter to increase the simulation speed of your
design. However, excluding the transceivers from the Interlaken MegaCore function
removes them from both the functional simulation model and the synthesizable RTL.
Therefore, you should expect to regenerate your Interlaken IP core with the
transceivers after you verify your design in simulation.
Excluding the transceivers from the Interlaken MegaCore function also excludes the
reset controller. Therefore, if you exclude transceivers from your Interlaken MegaCore
function, your testbench must control the individual resets for the different internal
blocks of the Interlaken MegaCore function.
The external transceiver interface provides parallel transmit and receive datapaths,
plus the necessary clock signals to allow you to connect the Interlaken MegaCore
function to high-speed transceivers in your design. In addition, it provides reset
signals to reset the individual MegaCore function blocks.
An Interlaken MegaCore function that excludes transceivers can include or exclude
the out-of-band flow control block.