Altera RapidIO MegaCore Function User Manual

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Appendix C: Porting a RapidIO Design from the Previous Version of the Software

Upgrading a RapidIO Design to the Arria 10 Device Family

RapidIO MegaCore Function

August 2014

Altera Corporation

User Guide

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You cannot use external transceivers. Refer to

“Transceiver Selection” on page 3–2

.

You must use the high-speed transceivers on the target device, which are
configured with the RapidIO IP core. This change might affect connections.

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You cannot turn off automatic synchronization of transmitted ackID. Refer to

“Synchronizing Transmitted ackID” on page 3–2

. This change does not affect

connections.

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You cannot modify the default number 7 of link-request attempts before declaring
a fatal error. Refer to

“Number of Link-Request Attempts Before Declaring Fatal

Error” on page 3–2

. This change does not affect connections.

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You cannot modify the default Physical layer receive buffer size of 32 KBytes.
Refer to

“Receive Buffer Size” on page 3–3

. This change might affect resource

utilization but does not affect connections.

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You cannot modify the default Physical layer transmit buffer size of 32 KBytes.
Refer to

“Transmit Buffer Size” on page 3–3

. This change might affect resource

utilization but does not affect connections.

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You cannot generate a Physical layer only variation. Refer to

“Transport Layer” on

page 3–4

. This change might affect connections.

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You cannot turn on destination ID checking by default. Refer to

“Destination ID

Checking” on page 3–4

. However, Arria 10 variations do support dynamic

configuration of this feature.

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You cannot support a Maintenance Logical layer master port without supporting a
Maintenance Logical layer slave port, and vice versa. Refer to

“Maintenance

Logical Layer” on page 3–5

. This change might affect connections.

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You cannot modify the default number 16 of Maintenance transmit address
translation windows. Refer to

“Transmit Address Translation Windows” on

page 3–5

. This change might affect resource utilization but does not affect

connections.

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You cannot support MAINTENANCE port-write request reception without
supporting MAINTENANCE port-write request transmission, and vice versa. Refer
to

“Port Write” on page 3–5

. This change does not affect connections.

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You must support order preservation between read and write operations in the
I/O Avalon-MM Logical layer slave module. Refer to

“I/O Read and Write Order

Preservation” on page 3–6

. This change might affect resource utilization but does

not affect connections.

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You cannot modify the default number 16 of Rx address translation windows.
Refer to

“Avalon-MM Master” on page 3–7

. This change might affect resource

utilization but does not affect connections.

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You cannot modify the default number 16 of Tx address translation windows.
Refer to

“Avalon-MM Slave” on page 3–7

. This change might affect resource

utilization but does not affect connections.

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You cannot support DOORBELL message reception without supporting DOORBELL
message transmission, and vice versa. Refer to

“Doorbell Slave” on page 3–7

. This

change does not affect connections.

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