Features
P5020 QorIQ Communications Processor Product Brief, Rev. 1
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• x8, x4, x2, and x1 link widths supported
• Both 32- and 64-bit addressing and 256-byte maximum payload size
• Full 64-bit decode with 36-bit wide windows
• Inbound INTx transactions
• Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) transactions
3.8.2 Serial RapidIO
The Serial RapidIO interface is based on the RapidIO Interconnect Specification, Revision 1.3, with
features from 2.1. RapidIO is a high-performance, point-to-point, low-pin-count, packet-switched
system-level interconnect that can be used in a variety of applications as an open standard. The rich feature
set includes high data bandwidth, low-latency capability, and support for high-performance I/O devices as
well as message-passing and software-managed programming models. Receive and transmit ports operate
independently, and with 2 x 4 Serial RapidIO controllers, the aggregate theoretical bandwidth is 32 Gbps.
Key features of the Serial RapidIO interface unit include the following:
• Support for RapidIO Interconnect Specification, Revision 1.3 (all transaction flows and priorities)
• 1x, 2x, and 4x LP-serial link interfaces, with transmission rates of 2.5, 3.125, or 5.0 Gbaud (data
rates of 2.0, 2.5, or 4.0 Gbps) per lane.
• Auto-detection of 1x, 2x, or 4x mode operation during port initialization
• 34-bit addressing and up to 256-byte data payload
• Support for SWRITE, NWRITE, NWRITE_R and Atomic transactions
• Receiver-controlled flow control
• RapidIO error injection
• Internal LP-serial and application interface-level loopback modes
3.8.2.1 RapidIO Message Manager (RMan)
The key features of the RapidIO message manager (RMan) include the following:
• Manages two inbox/outbox mailboxes (queues) for data and one doorbell message structure
• Can multi-cast a single-segment 256-byte message to up to 32 different destination DevIDs
• Has four outbound segmentation units supporting RapidIO Type 5–6 and Type 8–11
3.8.3 Serial ATA (SATA) 2.0 Controllers
The key features of each of the two SATA include the following:
• Designed to comply with Serial ATA 2.6 Specification
• Supports host SATA I per spec Rev 1.0a
— OOB
— Port multipliers
—ATAPI 6+