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12 years ago

PCIe Simulation : PCIe Root Port BFM transactions

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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12 years ago

The Avalon ST is not that hard to use. The IP core takes care of all of the handshaking, credits etc, you just get the data requests. But yes, you do have to dissasemble/create the packets yourself and follow the rules. The MM interface would be simpler, but you can only use that via QSys.