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3 Commits (04ce10a570dc6bff74620da68e216d7b92780907)

Author SHA1 Message Date
Adrian Costina c32b4b02f3 sync_bits: Change I/O names of wires "in" and "out" for VHDL users 2019-04-23 18:03:23 +03:00
Lars-Peter Clausen d72fac4b1e Add missing timescale annotations
For consistent simulation behavior it is recommended to annotate all source
files with a timescale. Add it to those where it is currently missing.

Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
2018-10-17 10:32:47 +03:00
Lars-Peter Clausen 02bc91ad3a axi_dmac: Rework transfer shutdown
The DMAC allows a transfer to be aborted. When a transfer is aborted the
DMAC shuts down as fast as possible while still completing any pending
transactions as required by the protocol specifications of the port. E.g.
for AXI-MM this means to complete all outstanding bursts.

Once the DMAC has entered an idle state a special synchronization signal is
send to all modules. This synchronization signal instructs them to flush
the pipeline and remove any stale data and metadata associated with the
aborted transfer. Once all data has been flushed the DMAC enters the
shutdown state and is ready for the next transfer.

In addition each module has a reset that resets the modules state and is
used at system startup to bring them into a consistent state.

Re-work the shutdown process to instead of flushing the pipeline re-use the
startup reset signal also for shutdown.

To manage the reset signal generation introduce the reset manager module.
It contains a state machine that will assert the reset signals in the
correct order and for the appropriate duration in case of a transfer
shutdown.

The reset signal is asserted in all domains until it has been asserted for
at least 4 clock cycles in the slowest domain. This ensures that the reset
signal is not de-asserted in the faster domains before the slower domains
have had a chance to process the reset signal.

In addition the reset signal is de-asserted in the opposite direction of
the data flow. This ensures that the data sink is ready to receive data
before the data source can start sending data. This simplifies the internal
handshaking.

This approach has multiple advantages.
 * Issuing a reset and removing all state takes less time than
   explicitly flushing one sample per clock cycle at a time.
 * It simplifies the logic in the faster clock domains at the expense of
   more complicated logic in the slower control clock domain. This allows
   for higher fMax on the data paths.
 * Less signals to synchronize from the control domain to the data domains

The implementation of the pause mode has also slightly changed. Pause is
now a simple disable of the data domains. When the transfer is resumed
after a pause the data domains are re-enabled and continue at their
previous state.

Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
2018-07-03 13:44:34 +02:00