Register fields¶

Register table¶

Current register layout is shown in the table below:

Address	Role
`0x00`	Control register
`0x04`	Status register
`0x08`	Interrupt mask register
`0x0c`	Interrupt status register
`0x10`	Reader start address
`0x14`	Reader line length
`0x18`	Reader line count
`0x1c`	Reader stride between lines
`0x20`	Writer start address
`0x24`	Writer line length
`0x28`	Writer line count
`0x2c`	Writer stride between lines
`0x30`	Version register
`0x34`	Configuration register

Detailed register description¶

Control register (0x00)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0	Writer start	Write `1` to start write frontend (This bit automatically resets itself to `0` if not in loop mode)
1	Reader start	Write `1` to start read frontend (This bit automatically resets itself to `0` if not in loop mode)
2	Writer sync disable	Write `1` to disable waiting for external writer synchronization (rising edge on `writerSync`)
3	Reader sync disable	Write `1` to disable waiting for external reader synchronization (rising edge on `readerSync`)
4	Writer loop mode	Write `1` to automatically start next write frontend transfer after finishing the current one
5	Reader loop mode	Write `1` to automatically start next read frontend transfer after finishing the current one
6-31	-	Unused

Status register (0x04)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0	Writer busy	Reads as `1` when write frontend is busy transferring data
1	Reader busy	Reads as `1` when read frontend is busy transferring data
2-31	-	Unused

Interrupt mask register (0x08)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0	Writer mask	Write `1` to enable writer interrupt
1	Reader mask	Write `1` to enable reader interrupt
2-31	-	Unused

Interrupt status register (0x0c)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0	Writer interrupt	Reads as `1` if writer interrupt has occurred, write `1` to clear that interrupt
1	Reader interrupt	Reads as `1` if reader interrupt has occurred, write `1` to clear that interrupt
2-31	-	Unused

Reader start address (0x10)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Start address	Reader start address (set to `0` if reader frontend is a stream interface)

Reader line length (0x14)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Line length	Reader line length (as number of reader data bus widths)

Reader line count (0x18)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Line count	Reader line count

Reader stride between lines (0x1c)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Stride	Gap between consecutive lines (as number of reader data bus widths)

Writer start address (0x20)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Start address	Writer start address (set to `0` if writer frontend is a stream interface)

Writer line length (0x24)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Line length	Writer line length (as number of writer data bus widths)

Writer line count (0x28)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Line count	Writer line count

Writer stride between lines (0x2c)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Stride	Gap between consecutive lines (as number of writer data bus widths)

Version register (0x30)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Version register	Holds the FastVDMA version

Configuration register (0x34)¶

Bit	Name	Description
0-31	Configuration register	Reader, writer and control bus types

You can also check WorkerCSRWrapper for the implementation details on how the CSRs are attached to the DMA logic (io.csr(0) refers to 0x00, io.csr(1) to 0x04 and so on).

Last update: 2024-03-21