How to split conduit inside Qsys

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 I need to connect a 4-channel transceiver and Stratix-V PCIe Hard IP core to a reconfiguration controller inside Qsys.  That requires 10 channels: 8 from transceiver and 2 from PCIe. Those channels are conduits, and connected using reconfig_to_xcvr and reconfig_from_xcvr busses N*46 and N*70 bit wide.   Is there a way to split a conduit inside Qsys? Current workaround is to bring reconfig_to_xcvr and reconfig_from_xcvr busses outside Qsys, split them into two, and then connect back to Qsys.  That system compiles ok. However, the problem is that Transceiver Toolkit doesn't find reconfiguration controller. I suspect because reconfig_to_xcvr and reconfig_from_xcvr busses are connected that way outside Qsys.   Thanks, Evgeni

[Altera_Forum]

that sounds like the "proper" way to use conduits, unfortunately. have you looked at Altera's Transceiver Toolkit designs to see how they've connected the reconfig block?

[Altera_Forum]

All Qsys reference designs I've seen are "simple". They only have a single component - either transceiver or PCIe - that is connected to reconfig block. But my design has both. 

 Thanks, Evgeni

[Altera_Forum]

there are some multi-PHY TT designs here: 

 http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/transceiver_toolkit  the conduits are actually connected internally, i didn't think you could do that  at any rate, after opening the multi-PHY design it sounds like you may have the reconfig block setup incorrectly if you are "splitting" the conduits into multiple buses. you should have two separate conduits (two tx/rx pairs), one for the PCIe and one for the "transceivers" (assuming they are all part of one PHY). no manual splitting of the reconfig bus should be necessary

[Altera_Forum]

Those designs have a single multi-channel PHY connected to the reconfig controller with the same conduit.

[Altera_Forum]

i found otherwise: 

 https://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7656

[Altera_Forum]

Ok, I've got it. 

 The way it's done is that they define "interface grouping" inside reconfig controller, as shown in the attached screenshot. That effectively creates several conduits, according to the number of bundles.  Thanks, Evgeni   https://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7661

[Altera_Forum]

yes, this is a contrast between Stratix IV and Stratix V reconfig controllers