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Link Capabilities

Table 3-6: Link Capabilities

Parameter

Value

Description

Link port

number

0x01

Sets the read-only value of the port number field in the

Link

Capabilities

register.

Slot clock

configuration

On/Off

When On, indicates that the Endpoint or Root Port uses the

same physical reference clock that the system provides on the

connector. When Off, the IP core uses an independent clock

regardless of the presence of a reference clock on the

connector.

MSI and MSI-X Capabilities

Table 3-7: MSI and MSI-X Capabilities

Parameter

Value

Description

MSI messages

requested

1, 2, 4, 8, 16

Specifies the number of messages the Application Layer can

request. Sets the value of the

Multiple Message Capable

field of the

Message Control

register, 0x050[31:16].

MSI-X Capabilities

Implement MSI-X

On/Off

When On, enables the MSI-X functionality.

Bit Range

Table size

[10:0]

System software reads this field to determine the MSI-X Table

size , which is encoded as . For example, a returned

value of 2047 indicates a table size of 2048. This field is read-

only. Legal range is 0–2047 (2

11

).

Address offset: 0x068[26:16]

Table Offset

[31:0]

Points to the base of the MSI-X Table. The lower 3 bits of the

table BAR indicator (BIR) are set to zero by software to form a

32-bit qword-aligned offset. This field is read-only.

Table BAR

Indicator

[2:0]

Specifies which one of a function’s BARs, located beginning at

0x10 in Configuration Space, is used to map the MSI-X table

into memory space. This field is read-only. Legal range is 0–5.

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Link Capabilities

UG-01154

2014.12.18

Altera Corporation

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