Altera Arria V Avalon-ST - Manual (Page 185)

The following table shows the layout of the descriptor fields following the descriptor header.
Table 16-8: Chaining DMA Descriptor Format Map
Bits[31:22] Bits[21:16] Bits[15:0]
Reserved Control Fields (refer to Table 18–9) DMA Length
Endpoint Address
RC Address Upper DWORD
RC Address Lower DWORD
The following table shows the layout of the control fields of the chaining DMA descriptor.
Table 16-9: Chaining DMA Descriptor Format Map (Control Fields)
Bits[21:18] Bit[17] Bit[16]
Reserved EPLAST_ENA MSI
Each descriptor provides the hardware information on one DMA transfer. The following table describes
each descriptor field.
Table 16-10: Chaining DMA Descriptor Fields
Descriptor Field Endpoint
Access
RC Access Description
Endpoint
Address
R R/W A 32-bit field that specifies the base address of the
memory transfer on the Endpoint site.
RC Address
Upper DWORD R R/W Specifies the upper base address of the memory
transfer on the RC site.
RC Address
Lower DWORD R R/W Specifies the lower base address of the memory
transfer on the RC site.
DMA Length R R/W Specifies the number of DMA DWORDs to transfer.
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