
Table 18-2: Link Hangs in L0
Possible Causes Symptoms and Root Causes Workarounds and Solutions
Avalon-ST signaling
violates Avalon-ST
protocol
Avalon-ST protocol violations
include the following errors:
• More than one tx_st_sop
per tx_st_eop.
• Two or more tx_st_eop’s
without a corresponding tx_
st_sop.
• rx_st_valid is not asserted
with tx_st_sop or tx_st_
eop.
These errors are applicable to
both simulation and hardware.
Add logic to detect situations where tx_st_
ready remains deasserted for more than 100
cycles. Set post-triggering conditions to check
for the Avalon-ST signalling of last two TLPs to
verify correct tx_st_sop and tx_st_eop
signalling.
Incorrect payload
size
Determine if the length field of
the last TLP transmitted by End
Point is greater than the InitFC
credit advertised by the link
partner. For simulation, refer to
the log file and simulation
dump. For hardware, use a
third-party logic analyzer trace
to capture PCIe transactions.
If the payload is greater than the initFC credit
advertised, you must either increase the InitFC
of the posted request to be greater than the max
payload size or reduce the payload size of the
requested TLP to be less than the InitFC value.
Flow control credit
overflows
Determine if the credit field
associated with the current TLP
type in the tx_cred bus is less
than the requested credit value.
When insufficient credits are
available, the core waits for the
link partner to release the
correct credit type. Sufficient
credits may be unavailable if the
link partner increments credits
more than expected, creating a
situation where the Stratix V
Hard IP for PCI Express IP Core
credit calculation is out-of-sink
with its link partner.
Add logic to detect conditions where the tx_st_
ready signal remains deasserted for more than
100 cycles. Set post-triggering conditions to
check the value of the tx_cred* and tx_st_*
interfaces. Add a FIFO status signal to
determine if the TXFIFO is full.
UG-01097_avst
2014.12.15
Debugging Link Failure in L0 Due To Deassertion of tx_st_ready
18-5
Debugging
Altera Corporation
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