The ingress frame can be either preempt or express type. The core determines the type and puts the ingress frame on either the express AXI4-Stream interface or on the preempt AXI4-Stream interface respectively.
Express traffic will be continuous and because the core does not have any buffering mechanism on this interface, you must be ready to accept the express frame at any given time.
Due to the nature of the preempt traffic, the frame can arrive as a set of
fragments which will be assembled by the core. There is an option of inserting a FIFO on
the preempt interface during core generation. When this FIFO is inserted, all the
fragments of the preempt frame will be buffered and only when the assembly process
successfully completed, the frame will be made available on the AXI4-Stream interface. If FIFO is not inserted, the tvalid on the AXI4-Stream interface can
pulsate in-between fragments. Core asserts tlast to
indicate completion of the fragment tlastassembly
process; if the assembly process is not successful, it asserts tuser along with.
The following figure shows how the preempt frame fragments are presented on the AXI4-Stream interface when the FIFO is not inserted.
| Name | I/O | Description | Clock Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTROL | |||
| ctl_en_preempt | I |
When asserted, it allows preemption. For the very first time it is asserted, it triggers Verification if ctl_disable_verify = 1'b0 and stat_tx_mm_verified[1:0] = 2’b00. |
tx_clk_out |
| ctl_hold_request | I | If asserted, preempt traffic is withheld. | tx_clk_out |
| ctl_disable_verify | I | If asserted, it inhibits the verification process. | tx_clk_out |
| ctl_restart_verify | I | A 0-to-1 transition will trigger Verification if ctl_disable_verify = 1’b0. | tx_clk_out |
| ctl_addfrag_size[1:0] | I |
Fragment size remaining to enable pre-emption: 2’b00 = 64-bytes 2’b01= 128-bytes 2’b10 = 192-bytes 2’b11 = 256-bytes |
tx_clk_out |
| ctl_verify_time[7:0] | I | Verification time-out value in milliseconds. Integer range 1-128. Default is 1 ms. | tx_clk_out |
| ctl_verify_limit[3:0] | I | Number of times core attempts Verification. Integer range 1-15. Default is 3. | tx_clk_out |
| p_frame_len_0 | I | Indicates the length of the frame, in bytes, being presented at the TX Preempt AIX-S interface. Should be valid at preempt frame SOP. | tx_clk_out |
| STATUS | |||
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stat_tx_mm_verify[1:0] (No Counter) |
O |
Indicates verification status. [0] – When asserted, indicates that verification is complete. [1] – When asserted, indicates that verification is successful. The value contained in this status vector is valid only when ctl_en_preempt = 1’b1 and ctl_disable_verify = 1’b0 |
tx_clk_out |
| stat_tx_mm_status | O | Asserted when a preemptable packet (initial fragment or complete packet) is transmitted. | tx_clk_out |
| stat_tx_mm_fragment | O | Asserted when a continuation fragment of an preemptable packet is transmitted. | tx_clk_out |
| stat_tx_mm_hold | O | Asserted when ctl_hold_request transitions from 1’b0 to 1’b1. | tx_clk_out |
| stat_rx_mm_assembly_error | O | Asserted when errors are detected during fragment assembly. | rx_core_clk |
| stat_rx_mm_frame_smd_error | O | Asserted when the frame fragment is rejected due to an incorrect SMD value or arriving with SMD-C when no frame is in progress. | rx_core_clk |
| stat_rx_mm_frame_assembly_ok | O | Asserted when all the preemptable frame fragments have been assembled and presented. | rx_core_clk |
| stat_rx_mm_fragment | O | Asserted when a fragment frame is received. | rx_core_clk |
| rx_p_frm_drop_0 | Output | Asserted by the packet assembly FIFO when it cannot continue with preempt fragment assembly because its full. When this happens all the fragments of the preempt frame received so far will be discarded. | rx_core_clk |
| rx_p_frm_drop_count_0 | Output | Count of number of such events. | rx_core_clk |
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