Axi protocol

Axi protocol

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  Advanced Extensible Interface(AXI) By- RohitKumar Pathak
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  Why AMBA?  EfficientIP reuse  Flexibility  Compatibility  Support  Bandwidth  Latency
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  Functional block ofAMBA
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  How AMBA Evolved?
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  Features of AXI 5 Channels (Write address, Write data, Write Response, Read data/response, Read address )  No strict timing relationship between address and data signal  On chip, Point to Point Communication protocol  Multiple Outstanding(Multiple request)  Burst based transactions with only start address issued  Aligned and non-aligned address support  Out of order  Data interleaving  Atomicity(Locked and Exclusive Excess)  128 byte data bus width support  Maximum 256 beat transfers in AXI4, 16 beat(AXI3)  QoS(Quality of Support), Cache, Protection, User support
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  Verification Plan  MadeVerification Plan of AXI4/AXI3
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  AXI CHANNELS
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  AXI INTERCONNECT Components andits uses:-  Arbiter (Multiple master select)  Decoder(Multiple slave select)  Multiplexers(write and read data channels)  Clock converter(PLL)  Register slices(5) consist of Dff and Mux
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  AXI SIGNALS Write Address(AW) channel signals AXI version AWVALID AXI3 and AXI4 AWREADY AXI3 and AXI4 AWADDR[31:0 AXI3 and AXI4 AWSIZE[2:0] AXI3 and AXI4 AWBURST[1:0] AXI3 and AXI4 AWCACHE[3:0] AXI3 and AXI4 AWPROT[2:0 AXI3 and AXI4 AWID[x:0] AXI3 and AXI4 AWLEN[3:0] AWLEN[7:0] AXI3 only AXI4 only AWLOCK[1:0] AWLOCK AXI3 only AXI4 only AWQOS[3:0] AXI4 only AWREGION[3:0] AXI4 only AWUSER[x:0] AXI4 only Write Data (W) channel signals AXI version WVALID AXI3 and AXI4 WREADY AXI3 and AXI4 WLAST AXI3 and AXI4 WDATA[x:0] AXI3 and AXI4 WSTRB[x:0] AXI3 and AXI4 WID[x:0] AXI3 only WUSER[x:0 AXI4 only Write Response (B) channel signals AXI version BVALID AXI3 and AXI4 BREADY AXI3 and AXI4 BRESP[1:0 AXI3 and AXI4 BID[x:0] AXI3 and AXI4 BUSER[x:0 AXI4 only
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  Read address anddata signals Read Address (AR) channel signals AXI version ARVALID AXI3 and AXI4 AREADY AXI3 and AXI4 ARADDR[31:0 AXI3 and AXI4 ARSIZE[2:0 AXI3 and AXI4 ARBURST[1:0 AXI3 and AXI4 ARCACHE[3:0 AXI3 and AXI4 ARPROT[2:0 AXI3 and AXI4 ARID[x:0 AXI3 and AXI4 ARLEN[3:0] ARLEN[7:0] AXI3 only AXI4 only ARLOCK[1:0] ARLOCK AXI3 only AXI4 only ARQOS[3:0 AXI4 only ARREGION[3:0 AXI4 only ARUSER[x:0 AXI4 only Read Data (R) channel signals AXI version RVALID AXI3 and AXI4 READY AXI3 and AXI4 RLAST AXI3 and AXI4 RDATA[x:0] AXI3 and AXI4 RRESP[1:0] AXI3 and AXI4 RID[x:0] AXI3 and AXI4 RUSER[x:0] AXI4 only The following table shows the Read Data channel signals:
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  Channel Handshaking  Valid= 1 means valid packet is being transferred  Ready indicates whether slave is ready or not to receive the next transaction  To complete 1 transfers valid = 1, ready = 1
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  Deadlock Conditions  Datainterleaving – To avoid deadlock slave interface which supports write data interleaving must accept interleaved data. It must never stall the acceptance of write data in a attempt to change the order of write data  Read bust transactions require a response for each beat of burst and correctly inserted RLAST to avoid deadlock  Write burst transaction require a response at last beat of burst and correctly inserted WLAST to avoid deadlock  Master must not wait for the AWREADY to be asserted before driving WVALID. A deadlock condition can occur if a slave is waiting for WVALID before asserting AWREADY
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  Transaction handshake dependencies Read response always come after read data  Read data always come after Read address  Write data can appear before Write address  In AXI3 address does not have to be sent before write response is sent  In AXI4 address have to be sent before read response  Write response always come after write data
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  Write transaction
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  Read Transaction
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  Burst operation . …………. Burst length 1beat 2 beats 16 beats 4 beats 8 beats SIZE Byte transfers Burst Transfer AXI4 – 256 beats transfer(AWLEN), AXI3- 16 beats SIZE- 128 byte
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  Burst control signals . Burst length(AXI3) Burst Size Burst Type Every transaction must have the number of transfers No component can terminate a burst early to reduce the number of data transfers.
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  Burst Value Burst typeUsage notes Length (number of transfers) Alignment 0x00 FIXED Reads the same address repeatedly. Useful for FIFOs. 1-16 Fixed byte lanes only defined by start address and size. 0x01 INCR Incrementing burst. The slave increments the address for each transfer in the burst from the address for the previous transfer. The incremental value depends on the size of the transfer, as defined by the AxSIZE attribute. Useful for block transfers. AXI3: 1-16 AXI4: 1-256 Unaligned transfers are supported. 0x10 WRAP Wrapping burst. Similar to an incrementing burst, except that if an upper address limit is reached, the address wraps around to a lower address. Commonly used for cache line accesses. 2, 4, 8, or 16 The start address must be aligned to the transfer size. 0x11 RESERVED Not for use. - -
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  Cont..  For INCburst starting address can be unaligned while henceforth address will be aligned automatically by slave  For wrap burst starting address is aligned , if unaligned address is given then it will be aligned aligned address = INT(start address/total byte transfer)*total byte transfer  Wstrobe defines the valid data in a data bus  Wrap boundary calculation:- lower byte lane = start address – (start address % total byte transfer) upper byte lane = lower byte lane + total byte transfer Ex- size = 4 , length = 3 , starting address = 4 , AWBURST = 10(wrap) , 32 bit bus total transfer byte = 16 byte lower byte lane = 4 – (4%16) = 0 upper byte lane = 16(wrap boundry) wrap boundary and strobe calculation - 7 6 5 4 b a 9 8 f e d c 3 2 1 0
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  Response Signaling Response codeDescription 00 - OKAY Normal access success or exclusive access failure. OKAY is the response that is used for most transactions. OKAY indicates that a normal access has been successful. This response can also indicate that an exclusive access has failed. An exclusive access is when more than one master can access a slave at once, but these masters cannot access the same memory range. 01 - EXOKAY Exclusive access okay. EXOKAY indicates that either the read or write portion of an exclusive access has been successful. 10 – SLVERR Slave error. SLVERR is used when the access has reached the slave successfully, but the slave wants to return an error condition to the originating master. This indicates an unsuccessful transaction. For example, when there is an unsupported transfer size attempted, or a write access attempted to read-only location. 11 - DECERR Decode error. DECERR is often generated by an interconnect component to indicate that there is no slave at the transaction address.
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  Aligned/Unaligned transfers  Alignedtransfer means each address is aligned with the size of data bus.  Unaligned transfer means address is not completely aligned with the size of data bus Note – To achieve the aligned transfers address must be the multiple of size. For ex- address = 3 , size – 8 - Unaligned address = 10, size – 4 - Unaligned address = 50 , size – 8 – Unaligned address = 20, size – 4 - Aligned address – 16, size – 2 - Aligned  Starting address is issued by master while subsequent aligned address will be calculated by slave which is starting address + size
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   . 1 AlignedTransfer 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Address: 0x00 Transfer size: 32 bits Burst type: incrementing Burst length: 4 transfers 64-bit write data bus 63 56 55 48 47 40 39 32 31 24 23 16 15 8 7 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 07 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0F E D C B A 9 8 WSTRB 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 WSTRB 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 For wrapping burst type, all transfers are aligned transfers 11 1 11 11 1
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  Unaligned Transfer  . 76 5 4 3 2 1 0 Address: 0x07 Transfer size: 32 bits Burst type: incrementing Burst length: 4 transfers. 64-bit write data bus 63 56 55 48 47 40 39 32 31 24 23 16 15 8 7 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0F E D C B A 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0F E D C B A 9 8 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 WSTRB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WSTRB 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 For incrementing burst type, fist transfer can be unaligned transfers, but the rest transfers are aligned transfers 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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  Out of order/Datainterleaving  . A11 A21 A31 Out of Order CompletionD21 Wait Cycle D22 D23 D11 Wait Cycle D12 D13 D14 D31 D21 D31 D22 D23 D11 D32 D12 D13 D14 Data Interleaving D31 D11 D32 D12 D13 D33 D14 A11 A31 D41 D21 D22 D23 D24 B33 D14 A21 A41 Write Address Channel Read Address Channel Write Data Channel Read Data Channel Write Response Channel Out of Order Completion Write data channel Read data channel Data Interleaving • Write data channel . AXI4 does not support write data Interleaving due to absence of WID
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  Atomic Accesses  00– Normal  01 – locked  10- Exclusive accesses  11- Reserved Note – AXI4 does not support locked and Reserved accesses Locked Access :- 1. M0 initiates read, modify write sequence 2. Interconnect locks out other transaction 3. Interconnect removes the lock when sequence Completes.  Master can lock either read or write sequence first
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  Exclusive Accesses  Mastermust initiates read ,modify, write sequence  Read and write address must be same  Exclusive operation is performed at corresponding AWID and ARID  Exclusive excess fails is another master has written to the memory region  Failed Exclusive access -> Okay response, Success Exclusive access -> EXOKAY
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  Cache support 1. AxCACHE[0]– Bufferable bit If transaction is bufferable then Bridge, System level cache, Interconnect or any other component may delay the transaction and gives write response If transaction is non-bufferable then end point slave will give response 2. AxCACHE[1] – cacheable bit (AXI3), Modifiable bit(AXI4)  Attribute of the final transactions do not have to match with the attribute of original transaction  Writes – Several writes can merge or a single write can be broken into multiple transactions  Reads – Content of location can be perfected or values from the sig]le fetch can be used for multiple read transactions
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  Cont.. 3. AxCACHE[2] –RA bit  If transfer is read and its misses in cache then it should be allocated 4. AxCACHE[3] – RA bit  If transfer is write and its misses in cache then it should be allocated Note – if AxCACHE][1] is not inserted then AxCACHE[2], AxCACHE[3] cannot be inserted.
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  Protection Support To supportthe complex design , for the interconnect and other devices in the system to provide protection against illegal transactions 1. AxPROT[0] . 1 indicate privileged mode (first priority) . 0 indicates normal mode AXI Master1 CPU AXI Interconnect AXI Slave1 AXI Slave2 AXI Master2 Normal access Privileged access Normal access
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  Cont.. 2. AxPROT[1] . 1indicates non secure access . 0 indicates secure access It is used in the system where greater degreed of differentiation between processing mode is required Non-secure AXI Slave1 (Secure)Secure AXI Interconnect AXI Master1 AXI Slave2 (Non-secure) AXI Slave3 (Non-secure) SLVERR response OKAY response DECERR response Non-secure slave disappears from the memory map during secure accesses
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  Cont.. 3. AxPROT[2] :-Data/ Instructions This bit gives an indication if the transaction is an instruction or data access When a transaction contains a mix of instruction and data items It’s recommended that, by default, an access is marked as a data access unless specifically known to be an instruction access Instruction Data Data
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  QoS(Quality of service)  Prioritize transactions, Improve system performance  AWQoS, ARQoS
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  Region/user Signaling Region:-  Singlephysical interface can on a slave can provide multiple logical interface  Slave does not have to support the address decode between the different logical interface  AWREGION, ARREGION User:-  It is used in all channels to transfer customized signal between master and slave  Ex- adding parity
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