The transfer of a message on the RQ interface is similar to that of a memory write request, except that a payload might not always be present. The transfer starts with the 128-bit descriptor, followed by the payload, if present. When the Dword-aligned mode is in use, the first Dword of the payload must immediately follow the descriptor. When the address-alignment mode is in use, the payload must start in the beat following the descriptor, and must be aligned to byte lane 0. The addr_offset input to the integrated block must be set to 0 for messages when the address-aligned mode is in use. The integrated block determines the end of the payload from s_axis_rq_tlast and s_axis_rq_tkeep signals. The First Byte Enable and Last Byte Enable bits ( first_be and last_be ) are not used for message requests.