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Stratix II GX Device Handbook, Volume 2
October 2007
Channel and PMA Controls Reconfiguration
Figure 3–11. Read Transaction Waveform – Dynamic Transmit Rate Switch Reconfiguration (Division 2)
In addition to the PMA reconfiguration, the Quartus II software (version
6.1 and later) dynamic reconfiguration controller enables these two
features:
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Channel Reconfiguration
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Dynamic Transmit Rate Switch
The following two sections explain these features.
Channel Reconfiguration
Introduction
Channel reconfiguration provides you the flexibility to reconfigure a
channel by writing a new set of legal register bits into the ALT2GXB by
the dynamic reconfiguration controller. With this feature you can either
reconfigure the data rate of a channel or functional mode (including Basic
mode with the custom mode enumeration [CME] features), or a mix of
data rates and functional modes. The CME features are additional
transceiver features introduced in Basic functional mode. Some of the
CME features are controlled by PLD signals that allow you to
dynamically control certain features in real time. However, some of the
CME features are static and set through the Quartus II ALT2GXB
configuration.
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Channel reconfiguration only affects the channel involved in the
reconfiguration; other channels are not affected.
rate _ switch _ out [ 1 .. 0 ]
reconfig _ clk
data _ valid
read
Invalid output
2'b01
busy