User guide
Table Of Contents
- Cyclone V Hard IP for PCI Express User Guide
- Contents
- 1. Datasheet
- 2. Getting Started with the Cyclone V Hard IP for PCI Express
- 3. Getting Started with the Avalon-MM Cyclone Hard IP for PCI Express
- Running Qsys
- Customizing the Cyclone VHard IP for PCI Express IP Core
- Adding the Remaining Components to the Qsys System
- Completing the Connections in Qsys
- Specifying Clocks and Interrupts
- Specifying Exported Interfaces
- Specifying Address Assignments
- Simulating the Example Design
- Simulating the Single DWord Design
- Understanding Channel Placement Guidelines
- Adding Synopsis Design Constraints
- Creating a Quartus II Project
- Compiling the Design
- Programming a Device
- 4. Parameter Settings for the Cyclone V Hard IP for PCI Express
- 5. Parameter Settings for the Avalon-MM Cyclone V Hard IP for PCI Express
- 6. IP Core Architecture
- Key Interfaces
- Protocol Layers
- Multi-Function Support
- PCI Express Avalon-MM Bridge
- Avalon-MM Bridge TLPs
- Avalon-MM-to-PCI Express Write Requests
- Avalon-MM-to-PCI Express Upstream Read Requests
- PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Read Completions
- PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Downstream Write Requests
- PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Downstream Read Requests
- Avalon-MM-to-PCI Express Read Completions
- PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Address Translation for Endpoints
- Minimizing BAR Sizes and the PCIe Address Space
- Avalon-MM-to-PCI Express Address Translation Algorithm
- Single DWord Completer Endpoint
- 7. IP Core Interfaces
- Cyclone V Hard IP for PCI Express
- Avalon-MM Hard IP for PCI Express
- Physical Layer Interface Signals
- Test Signals
- 8. Register Descriptions
- Configuration Space Register Content
- Altera-Defined Vendor Specific Extended Capability (VSEC)
- PCI Express Avalon-MM Bridge Control Register Access Content
- Avalon-MM to PCI Express Interrupt Registers
- PCI Express Mailbox Registers
- Avalon-MM-to-PCI Express Address Translation Table
- Root Port TLP Data Registers
- Programming Model for Avalon-MM Root Port
- PCI Express to Avalon-MM Interrupt Status and Enable Registers for Root Ports
- PCI Express to Avalon-MM Interrupt Status and Enable Registers for Endpoints
- Avalon-MM Mailbox Registers
- Correspondence between Configuration Space Registers and the PCIe Spec 2.1
- 9. Reset and Clocks
- 10. Transaction Layer Protocol (TLP) Details
- 11. Interrupts
- Interrupts for Endpoints Using the Avalon-ST Application Interface
- Interrupts for Root Ports Using the Avalon-ST Interface to the Application Layer
- Interrupts for Endpoints Using the Avalon-MM Interface to the Application Layer
- Interrupts for End Points Using the Avalon-MM Interface with Multiple MSI/MSI-X Support
- 12. Optional Features
- 13. Flow Control
- 14. Error Handling
- 15. Transceiver PHY IP Reconfiguration
- 16. SDC Timing Constraints
- 17. Testbench and Design Example
- Endpoint Testbench
- Root Port Testbench
- Chaining DMA Design Examples
- Test Driver Module
- Root Port Design Example
- Root Port BFM
- BFM Procedures and Functions
- 18. Debugging
- A. Transaction Layer Packet (TLP) Header Formats
- Additional Information

Chapter 8: Register Descriptions 8–13
PCI Express Avalon-MM Bridge Control Register Access Content
December 2013 Altera Corporation Cyclone V Hard IP for PCI Express
User Guide
Table 8–26 describes the
Avalon-MM to PCI Express Interrupt Enable Register
.
Table 8–27 describes the
Avalon-MM Interrupt Vector
register.
PCI Express Mailbox Registers
The PCI Express Root Complex typically requires write access to a set of PCI
Express-to-Avalon-MM mailbox registers and read-only access to a set of
Avalon-MM-to-PCI Express mailbox registers. Eight mailbox registers are available.
The PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox registers are writable at the addresses
shown in Table 8–28. Writing to one of these registers causes the corresponding bit in
the Avalon-MM register to be set to a one.
Table 8–26. Avalon-MM to PCI Express Interrupt Enable Register 0x0050
Bits Name Access Description
[31:25] Reserved — —
[23:16]
A2P_MB_IRQ
RW
Enables generation of PCI Express interrupts when a
specified mailbox is written to by an external
Avalon-MM master.
[15:0]
AVL_IRQ[15:0]
RX
Enables generation of PCI Express interrupts when a
specified Avalon-MM interrupt signal is asserted. Your
Qsys system may have as many as 16 individual input
interrupt signals.
Table 8–27. Avalon-MM Interrupt Vector Register 0x0060
Bits Name Access Description
[31:5] Reserved — —
[4:0]
AVALON_IRQ_VECTOR
RO
Stores the interrupt vector of the system interconnect
fabric. The host software should read this register after
being interrupted and determine the servicing priority.
Table 8–28. PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox Registers 0x0800–0x081F
Address Name Access Description
0x0800 P2A_MAILBOX0 RW PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox 0
0x0804 P2A_MAILBOX1 RW PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox 1
0x0808 P2A_MAILBOX2 RW PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox 2
0x080C P2A_MAILBOX3 RW PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox 3
0x0810 P2A_MAILBOX4 RW PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox 4
0x0814 P2A_MAILBOX5 RW PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox 5
0x0818 P2A_MAILBOX6 RW PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox 6
0x081C P2A_MAILBOX7 RW PCI Express-to-Avalon-MM Mailbox 7