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Arria10 PCIe need two DMAs, (one for data moving ; the other for control msg transfer)

JET60200
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Hi expert:

 

Now we use Arria10 w/ PCIe Gen3x8(AVMM-DMA IP setting), which means we have avmm-dma engine for data moving now, and it works well in our product. 

 

But now we  request to add “control message” communication between the Host and the SLave PCIe card (A10).  Can we add another new DMA IP instance  in  FPGA  code, in order to instantiate to support the Control Messsage Transfering between HOst and FPGA?  If yes, how to implement that ? 

 

bty:  we cann't mix to use the same one AVMM-DMA Engine to move both “Pure Data” and the "Control Message”,  thus we need another one DMA engine to do that . 

 

Thanks In advance  

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SengKok_L_Intel
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Hi,


You can refer to the following link chapter 30 for the detail of the MSGDMA:

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/literature/ug/ug_embedded_ip.pdf


This depends on your application and requirement to customize the arbitrator and descriptor controller. Hence, I might not able to provide further design recommendations.


Regards -SK


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SengKok_L_Intel
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The multiple DMAs setting is NOT supported on Arria 10 PCIe AVMM DMA IP, and there is no similar example available at this moment.


Regards -SK


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JET60200
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Thanks @SengKok_L_Intel  for reply,

 

  If we consider   “PCIe AVMM IP setting” (instead of AVMM DMA IP ),  is it possible to connect  "two independent mSGDMA instances" to this single “PCIe AVMM IP‘s’" TXA Slave Port ?  

 

What I means is  "  the two sMGDMA module will mainatein their own pcie DMA operation seperately, while share the same gen3x8 PCIE BUS” , Does this implementation  feasible, and does it need an arbitrator ?   Thanks a lot   

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SengKok_L_Intel
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Yes, this should be doable with your custom logic with the arbitrator and a descriptor controller that design to handle it.


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JET60200
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OK,  Thanks @SengKok_L_Intel  for answer & suggestion,

But we have further questions:

 

1)   Where to find " MSGDMA User Guide" ,  also an example design on Arria10 ?   I 'd like to check for evaluation. 

 

2)  regarding of " the arbitrator and a descriptor controller ",  can you clarify more details of " HOW TO IMPLEMENT that " ?  (Is it mandatory for 2 DMA engine to work together ? )

 

Thanks again for expertized answer  

 

 

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SengKok_L_Intel
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Hi,


You can refer to the following link chapter 30 for the detail of the MSGDMA:

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/programmable/us/en/pdfs/literature/ug/ug_embedded_ip.pdf


This depends on your application and requirement to customize the arbitrator and descriptor controller. Hence, I might not able to provide further design recommendations.


Regards -SK


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JET60200
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SengKok_L_Intel
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