Enable the 2nd DRAM controller for ADKU3 and S121B cards

[jsvogt]

These cards have two separate DRAM channels. Therefore they need two MIG cores to drive the I/Os, otherwise the action can only access 1/2 of the available memory. In the past this effort had been prevented by the PSL DCP blocking DRAM I/Os. There are two options to support DRAM on these cards (TBD):

a) Combine the two AXI buses with AXI interconnect. => No change to action wrapper, as the action still just sees one AXI with 2x the memory size => May be able to clock the merged AXI faster to get the max. bandwidth from the DRAM controllers. b) Connect both MIG AXI buses to the action directly => ~2x bandwidth possible, the two DRAM controllers work independently. => Requires changing the action wrapper and all example actions!

[bmesnet]

Is it feasible to let the user select one of these 2 options depending on his needs : more space or more bandwidth?

[luyong6]

My opinion: To make a more flexible DDR mapping, allow the user to select:

1. Use which DDR port. (KU3/S121B/8K5 has two DDR ports. Next generation CAPI2.0 cards may have up to 4 DDR ports.) We need to allow the user to select.
2. Use how many AXI interfaces for more than 1 DDR ports. Some suggested variables are:

• FPGACARD: ADKU3, S121B/AD8K5, N250S, next-gen: N250SP, AD9V3, S241

• DDR_PORTS_NUM: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 0 means only BRAM. N250S, N250SP only use 1. ADKU3, S121B, AD8K5 can choose 1 or 2. 3, 4 are prepared for Semptian S241 or other bigger cards. Some checkings according to which FPGACARD need to be put around it.

• DDR_AXI_NUM: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 The above two variables are redundant when the following DDR_AXI_MAPPING is decided.

• DDR_AXI_MAPPING: This is how do DDR ports mapping to AXI ports. Will be a little complex. Examples are: axi0=b0,b1 One AXI interface, the two DDR ports are joined by Address bits. (2x capacity) axi0=b0; axi1=b1 Two AXI interfaces, different HLS action wrapper axi0=b0 Current solution for KU3 axi0=b1 Current solution for S121B axi0=b0,b1; axi1=b2,b3 axi0=b0,b2; axi1=b1,b3 axi0=b0; axi1=b1; axi2=b2; axi3=b3 axi0=b0,b1,b2,b3

Someone is going to be mad. We need to set down the naming rules, for example, not allow S121B to use the name of "c1, c2" while KU3 uses the name of "b0, b1", we regulate the names all start from 0. Then allow the script to manipulate the code in snap/hdl/core....

Implement the basic DDR mapping and leave the complex combination to the user who has a real requirement.

[jsvogt]

I don't think we need all combinations (driving someone mad). IMHO the most important option is a) : Provide the full DRAM size, more bandwidth as well. Let the AXI interconnect handle the AXI routing to one of the (2-4) MIGs. Option b) doesn't really give more benefits, just a little more control. Testing all "little complex" combinations will be a nightmare without much added customer value.

=> Support 1 DRAM (no AXI interconnect needed), or all DRAM MIGs (AXI interconnect needed) Users who really need fewer MIGs can then manually remove unused MIGs from the block design, or propose changes to automate this.

I agree with the naming. All names should start with 0.

[jsvogt]

So far, no card implements two DRAM MIGs (with two separate DRAM interfaces in hardware/hdl/core/psl_fpga_<cardname>.vhd_source