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Hello, I want simulate, with Modelsim, an Altera PCIe Endpoint design Qsys-Avalon-MM based. I begin starting with the PCIe Qsys example in Chapter 17 of the "IP Compiler for PCI Express User ...
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Honored ContributorHi de_prince,
The ALTERA simulation environment for PCIe is a little bit strange. Instead of provide standalone BFMs, they are created for each project you launch. One file with more than 170000 lines "altpcietb_bfm_driver.v" (unmanageable) contains the transactions. Moreover, simulations are very, very slow. The good news is that procedures are well documented. I'm absolutely disappointed with the simulation environment, I hope the PCIe silicon is better. I have not checked in silicon jet. Peio
