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Software: Quartus II 9.1 SP2 + ModelSim-Altera V6.5b SE
I've followed the online PCI Express course ("PCI Express Hard IP Quick Start Guide with SOPC Builder") to use SOPC Builder to create a system with a PCI Express Hard IP core + DMA controller + online RAM. This course is essentially the same as chapter 8 of the PCI Express user guide pdf. I've tried both VHDL and Verilog. Firstly, with a Cyclone IV GX device selected (instead of the recommended Stratix IV), the VHDL version appears to require the following addition to "setup_sim.do" (just after "alias s "_init_setup") before the simulation will run in ModelSim or vsim:
vcom -93 -explicit c:/altera/91sp2/quartus/eda/sim_lib/cycloneiv_hssi_components.vhd
vcom -93 -explicit c:/altera/91sp2/quartus/eda/sim_lib/cycloneiv_hssi_atoms.vhd
vcom -93 -explicit c:/altera/91sp2/quartus/eda/sim_lib/cycloneiv_pcie_hip_components.vhd
vcom -93 -explicit c:/altera/91sp2/quartus/eda/sim_lib/cycloneiv_pcie_hip_atoms.vhd
[BTW: Should I report this problem to Altera?] Having fixed this, the test runs, sets up the BARs, performs a RAM write and read test (which passes), then stalls during the DMA test. Looking at the waveforms in Wave, during the DMA test the DMA appears to perform a read-write data transfer between 49 us and 55 us and then asserts dma_0_control_port_slave_irq. However the "wait until ( INTA='1')" statement in "altpcietb_bfm_driver.vhd" does not appear to complete, hence the stall. The same happens with both VHDL and Verilog versions of the design. What might be causing this and/or how can I diagnose further? I can't change the device to an Arria II or Stratix IV device (to see whether the tutorial works unmodified) as I have only the Web Edition of Quartus II. I've attached the transcript in case it is helpful. JB PS: I'm new to these tools (6 days) so please forgive any "beginner" type errors or clumsiness!
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