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Chapter 3: Parameter Settings

Capability Registers Settings

RapidIO II MegaCore Function

August 2014

Altera Corporation

User Guide

The settings on the Capability Registers page do not cause any features to be enabled
or disabled in the RapidIO II IP core. Instead, they set the values of certain bit fields in
some CARs.

Device Identity CAR

The Device Identity CAR options identify the device and vendor IDs and set values
in the Device Identity (

Table 6–22 on page 6–26

) CAR.

Device ID

sets the DeviceIdentity field of the Device Identity register. This option

uniquely identifies the type of device from the vendor specified in the
DeviceVendorIdentity

field of the Device Identity register.

This DeviceIdentity field of the Device Identity register (

Table 6–22

) should not be

confused with the Base_deviceID field in the Base Device ID CSR (

Table 6–36 on

page 6–33

Vendor ID

uniquely identifies the vendor and sets the DeviceVendorIdentity field in

the Device Identity register. Set Vendor ID to the identifier value assigned by the
RapidIO Trade Association to your company.

Device Information CAR

The Device Information CAR option identifies the revision ID and sets its value in
the Device Information (

Table 6–23 on page 6–26

) CAR.

Revision ID

identifies the revision level of the device and sets the value of the

DeviceRev

field in the DeviceRev field of the Device Information register (

Table 6–23

This value is assigned and managed by the vendor specified in the VendorIdentity
field of the Device Identity register (

Table 6–22

Assembly Identity CAR

The Assembly Identity CAR options identify the vendor who manufactured the
assembly or subsystem of the device, and sets these values in the Assembly Identity
(

Table 6–24 on page 6–27

) CAR.

Assembly ID

corresponds to the AssyIdentity field of the Assembly Identity register

(

Table 6–24

), which uniquely identifies the type of assembly. This field is assigned and

managed by the vendor specified in the AssyVendorIdentity field of the Assembly
Identity