E-Tile JESD204C Intel® FPGA IP User Guide

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5.5.3. Interrupt Bottom Half ISR Handler

The bottom half ISR handler mainly controls a chain of events to the SPI controller device or clock chips, and the JESD204C IP.

The following tables describe the ISR handler recommendations for different TX and RX error types.

Table 18.  TX Interrupt Handler Recommendations
Error Type ISR Handler Operation
tx_sysref_lemc_err
  • This error occurs when the SYSREF signal continuously resets the LEMC counter at an unexpected time, which violates the LEMC period.
  • The processor needs to check the setting for all LEMC counters configured on the JESD204C IP converter device and clock chip.
tx_dll_data_invalid_err
  • This error occurs when data bubble appears on the Avalon® streaming interface in the JESD204C TX base core.
  • The processor needs to probe the upstream device the find out why it has stalled and take further action.
Note: By design, you should calculate the data throughput to ensure that there are no data bubbles in the design. This additional protection is to minimize errors in the system.
tx_frame_data_invalid_err
  • This error occurs when data bubble appears on the Avalon® streaming interface in the JESD204C TX transport layer.
  • The processor needs to probe the upstream device the find out why it has stalled and take further action.
Note: By design, you should calculate the data throughput to ensure that there are no data bubbles in the design. This additional protection is to minimize errors in the system.
cmd_invalid_err
  • This error occurs when data bubble appears on the Avalon® streaming command interface in the JESD204C TX link layer.
  • The processor needs to probe the upstream device the find out why it has stalled and take further action.
Note: By design, you should calculate the data throughput to ensure that there are no data bubbles in the design. This additional protection is to minimize errors in the system.
tx_ready_err
  • This error is flagged when the transceiver indicates that it is down.
  • The processor needs to probe the transceiver controls.
tx_pcfifo_full_err
  • This error is flagged when at least 1 lane of the transceiver phase compensation FIFO indicates full.
  • The processor needs to probe the correct clocks and data-width settings.
tx_gb_underflow_err
  • This error is flagged when at least 1 instance of the TX gearbox FIFO is having underflow.
  • The processor ensures that the system design provides the correct j204c_txlink_clk frequency of (data rate)/132 to the IP.
tx_gb_overflow_err
  • This error is flagged when at least 1 instance of the TX gearbox FIFO is having overflow.
  • The processor ensures that the system design provides the correct j204c_txlink_clk frequency of (data rate)/132 to the IP.
Table 19.  RX Interrupt Handler Recommendations
Error Type ISR Handler Operation
rx_sysref_lemc_err
  • This error occurs when the SYSREF signal continuously resets the LEMC counter at an unexpected time, which violates the LEMC period.
  • The processor needs to check the setting for all LEMC counters configured on the JESD204C IP converter device and clock chip.
  • By default, the link automatically reinitializes when this signal is asserted.
rx_dll_data_ready_err
  • This error occurs when the Avalon® streaming interface in the JESD204C RX base core does not have backpressure and yet, the upstream device indicates that it is unable to take in data.
  • The processor needs to probe the upstream device to find out why it has stalled and take further action.
Note: By design, you should calculate the data throughput to ensure that there are no data bubbles in the design. This additional protection is to minimize errors in the system.
rx_frame_data_ready_err
  • This error occurs when the Avalon® streaming interface in the RX transport layer does not have backpressure and yet, the upstream device indicates that it is unable to take in data.
  • The processor needs to probe the upstream device to find out why it has stalled and take further action.
Note: By design, you should calculate the data throughput to ensure that there are no data bubbles in the design. This additional protection is to minimize errors in the system.
rx_cmd_ready_err
  • This error occurs when the Avalon® streaming command interface in the RX link layer does not have backpressure and yet, the upstream device indicates that it is unable to take in data.
  • The processor needs to probe the upstream device to find out why it has stalled and take further action.
Note: By design, you should calculate the data throughput to ensure that there are no data bubbles in the design. This additional protection is to minimize errors in the system.
rx_cdr_locked_err
  • This error occurs because of incoming data stream that causes RX PMA to unlock its CDR.
  • The processor may not be able to recover from such error. PMA debug is required.
rx_pcfifo_empty_err
  • This error is flagged when at least 1 lane of the transceiver phase compensation FIFO indicates empty.
  • The processor may not be able to recover from such error. Transceiver debug is required.
rx_pcfifo_full_err
  • This error is flagged when at least 1 lane of the transceiver phase compensation FIFO indicates full.
  • The processor may not be able to recover from such error. Transceiver debug is required.
rx_lane_deskew_err
  • This is a system error.
  • You need to investigate total skew and the E parameter settings.
rx_invalid_sync_header
  • This error occurs when the IP receives “00” or “11” in the expected SH location.
  • Refer to the JESD204C Specifications for action required for hardware.
rx_invalid_eomb
  • This errors occurs when “00001” sequence in the pilot signal is not received at an expected location in the sync word.
  • Refer to the JESD204C Specifications for action required for hardware.
rx_invalid_eoemb
  • This error occurs when the EoEMB identifier in the pilot signal has an unexpected value.
  • Refer to the JESD204C Specifications for action required for hardware.
rx_cmd_par_err
  • The error is flagged when the final parity bit in the command channel data for a given Sync Word does not match the calculated parity for the received command channel bits.
  • Refer to the JESD204C Specifications for action required for hardware.
rx_crc_err
  • This error occurs when the receive CRC generator has calculated a parity which does not match the parity received in the Sync Word.
  • The hardware tries to reinitialize but if the error persists, the processor is required to find out the cause of CRC error.
rx_gb_underflow_err
  • This error is flagged when at least 1 instance of the RX gearbox FIFO is having underflow.
  • This underflow error occurs when the frequency ratio between j204c_rxlink_clk and j204_rxphy_clk is larger than 16:33. In this scenario, the j204c_rxlink_clk clock is unexpectedly faster than the j204c_rxphy_clk clock.
  • When this error occurs, the system needs to reset.
  • To prevent this error from occurring, the frequency ratio of j204c_rxlink_clk and j204_rxphy_clk must be 16:33.
rx_gb_overflow_err
  • This error is flagged when at least 1 instance of the RX gearbox is having overflow.
  • This overflow error occurs when the frequency ratio between j204c_rxlink_clk and j204_rxphy_clk is smaller than 16:33. In this scenario, the j204c_rxlink_clk clock is unexpectedly slower than the j204c_rxphy_clk clock.
  • When this error occurs, the system needs to reset.
  • To prevent this error from occurring, the frequency ratio of j204c_rxlink_clk and j204_rxphy_clk must be 16:33.
rx_sh_unlock_err
  • This error indicates that SH alignment is lost.
  • The hardware always tries to reinitialize for this error.
rx_emb_unlock_err
  • This error indicates that EMB alignment is lost.
  • The hardware always tries to reinitialize for this error.
rx_eb_full_err
  • This error could be caused by the same reason that causes deskew error.
  • You need to investigate total skew and the E parameter settings.
rx_ecc_corrected_err
  • This error keeps track of the EC detected. Intel recommends you to enable this error so that the processor can keep track of the EC detected.
  • The processor can enter error detection and correction routine.
rx_ecc_fatal_err
  • ECC fatal error that indicates bad data has been sent to the upstream device. The severity of this error depends on the system.
  • For example, ultrasound applications may still cope with uncorrectable ECC errors. However, systems where data packets should never be lost, the system may reset the core.