Simulation can take a long time to complete due to the time required to complete
alignment. A `define SIM_SPEED_UP
is available to
improve simulation time by reducing the PCS lane alignment marker (AM) spacing to speed
up the time the IP will take to achieve alignment. Setting `define SIM_SPEED_UP
will change the following parameters:
-
CTL_TX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_100GE_0
andCTL_RX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_100GE_0
from16'h3FFF
to16'h01FF
-
CTL_TX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_0
andCTL_RX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_0
from16'h4FFF
to16'h04FF
-
CTL_TX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_1
andCTL_RX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_1
from16'h4FFF
to16'h04FF
-
CTL_TX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_2
andCTL_RX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_2
from16'h4FFF
to16'h04FF
-
CTL_TX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_3
andCTL_RX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_3
from16'h4FFF
to16'h04FF
The SIM_SPEED_UP
option can be used for simulation when in serial
loopback or if the AM spacing can be reduced at both endpoints. This option is
compatible with the example design simulation which uses serial loopback.
CTL_TX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_100GE_0
and CTL_RX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_100GE_0
from the default value of 0x3FFF
or CTL_TX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_*
and CTL_RX_VL_LENGTH_MINUS1_25GE_*
from the default values of 16'h4FFF
will violate the IEEE 802.3 spec.Decreasing the AM spacing will result in less than MRMAC bandwidth being available on the link.
This change can be made only in simulation. For a design to work in hardware, the default values must be used.
Full
rate simulation without the SIM_SPEED_UP
option
should still be run.
SIM_SPEED_UP
is available only when running RTL simulations. The
option is not available for post-synthesis or post-implementation
simulations.