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12 years ago

IP Compiler for PCI express on Stratix IV

Hello, it´s the first time that I am approaching to the PCI express interface. I would like to implement a simple data forwarding on my development board, but I have no clue where to start from...
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12 years ago

Direct access can be useful for downloading nios code and general debug.

But unless you can get the host cpu to use dma it will be terribly slow (and you'll have difficulty getting an x86 cpu to do dma).

So it does depend on how much data you need to transfer.