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NGord
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2 years ago
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Quartus MSGDMA core Empty bits when used from Avalon ST to Memory Mapped transfer

On an Avalon-ST to Memory mapped DMA transfer, if Empty bits are set, on the Avalon ST bus, what happens to a 32 bit Memory mapped transfer, does the DMA just write the relevant bytes to memory?
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    ShengN_altera
    2 years ago

    Hi,

    If using the Packet Support Enable feature, Empty bits signal will be available. With this feature enabled, actual bytes (no additional bytes) will be transferred for the transaction. So I would say that DMA will just write the relevant bytes to memory as mentioned before.

    Thanks,

    Sheng

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EBERLAZARE_I_Intel
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2 years ago

Hi,


Thanks for the clarification, let me check with our internal team and get back to you. I would assume that the empty bits are filled, and ignored. (I may be wrong)