Msi and msi-x capabilities, Msi and msi-x capabilities -12 – Altera Arria 10 Avalon-ST User Manual

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Parameter

Value

Description

Data link layer

active reporting

On/Off

Turn On this parameter for a downstream port, if the

component supports the optional capability of reporting the

DL_Active state of the Data Link Control and Management

State Machine. For a hot-plug capable downstream port (as

indicated by the

Hot

Plug Capable

field of the

Slot

Capabilities

register), this parameter must be turned On.

For upstream ports and components that do not support this

optional capability, turn Off this option. This parameter is

only supported for the Arria 10 Hard IP for PCI Express in

Root Port mode.

Surprise down

reporting

On/Off

When this option is On, a downstream port supports the

optional capability of detecting and reporting the surprise

down error condition. This parameter is only supported for

the Arria 10 Hard IP for PCI Express in Root Port mode.

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.

MSI and MSI-X Capabilities

Table 4-9: MSI and MSI-X Capabilities

Parameter

Value

Description

MSI messages

requested

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32

Specifies the number of messages the Application Layer can

request. Sets the value of the

Multiple Message Capable

field of the

Message Control

register, 0x050[31:16].

MSI-X Capabilities

Implement MSI-

X

On/Off

When On, enables the MSI-X functionality.

Bit Range

Table size

[10:0]

System software reads this field to determine the MSI-X Table

size <n>, which is encoded as <n–1>. For example, a returned

value of 2047 indicates a table size of 2048. This field is read-

only. Legal range is 0–2047 (2

11

).

Address offset: 0x068[26:16]

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MSI and MSI-X Capabilities

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2014.08.18

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