Anyone tried using the new signals for dealign with credits on the Stratix V Hard IP? The manual Stratix V Hard IP for PCI Express version 11.0 explains the new signals but does not explain how to use them.
There are the busses: tx_cred_datafccp, tx_cred_datafcnp, tx_cred_datafcp, tx_cred_hdrfccp, tx_cred_hdrfcnp, tx_cred_hdrfcp. They are for indicating the credit limit. I presume they are static but the manual does not state anything.
Then there is tx_cred_fchipcons, that is 6 bits wide and is supposed to return a pulse when a credit is consumed by the Hard IP and it has one bit per type. Sounds nice, but the comment states "During a single cycle, the IP core can consume either a single
header credit or both a header and a data credit.". But if you configure the Hard IP for say Gen3, 256bit bus and multiple packets per cycle, you could potentially have two header credits consumed in one cycle or two data credits consumed in one cycle.
The question comes up if there is an error in the manual and there is a missing second set of tx_cred_fchipcons or perhaps if a pulse indicates that credits of a type
There is plenty to read out there on the ko_cpl_spc_header and ko_cpl_spc_data busses, but these others there is almost nothing written.
Thanks,
Glenn
