BELK-AN-006: Enabling dual Gigabit Ethernet support on BoraEVB/BoraXEVB
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This application note was validated against specific versions of the kit only. It may not work with other versions. Supported versions are listed in the History section. |
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 It is assumed to use ZYNQ SOC with speed grade -1 (even using command line script or GUI). In any case, there are no issues using speed grade -3 SOC provided with BELK kit |
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History[edit | edit source]
| Version | Date | BELK/BXELK version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | September 2015 | 2.2.0 | First release |
| 1.1.0 | January 2016 | 2.2.0, 3.0.0 | Added support for BoraX/BoraXEVB platform |
| September 2016 | 2.2.0, 3.0.0 | Added more information about MII buses organization | |
| 2.0.0 | January 2020 | 4.1.0 / 2.1.0 | AN migration to BELK 4.1.0 / BXELK 2.1.0 |
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Thanks to the migration to linux kernel 3.10.17, BELK 2.2.0 and BELK 3.0.0 allows to cleanly support dual Gigabit Ethernet configuration on BoraEVB and BoraXEVB. This application note describes how to implement such configuration, providing a reference design for Vivado 2014.4 and linux kernel configuration instructions.
Block diagram[edit | edit source]
Simplified block diagram of dual Ethernet configuration is shown in the following picture.
First Ethernet port refers to J8 connector of BoraEVB and BoraXEVB carrier board and is based on Zynq's Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0 (Gem0). This controller is mapped at physical address 0xE000B000.
Second Ethernet port refers to J9 connector of BoraEVB and BoraXEVB carrier board and is based on Zynq's Gigabit Ethernet Controller 1 (Gem1). This controller is mapped at physical address 0xE000C000.
The fundamental difference between the two interfaces is the PHY interfacing. In case of Gem0, PHY is mounted on Bora and BoraX SoM and it is interfaced directly to Processor Subsystem (PS) via MIO pads. In case of Gem1 instead, PHY is populated on BoraEVB and BoraXEVB (U9) and it is interfaced to Programmable Logic (PL). Thus it is necessary to enable EMIO routing and to instantiate a GMII to RGMII bridge in PL as per PHY's interface requirement. About MII bus (MDIO, MDC), two different busses are used:
- Bora PHY is connected to the signals
ETH_MDCandETH_MDIO(available on BoraEVB at JP18.7 and JP18.9 respectively)- this MII bus is associated to
gem0
- this MII bus is associated to
- BoraEVB PHY is connected to PL's
IO_L9N_T1_DQS_34(ETH1_MDC) andIO_L9P_T1_DQS_34(ETH1_MDIO); these signals are available on BoraEVB at JP18.8 and JP18.10 respectively- this MII bus is associated to
gem1 - it is worth to remember that a virtual PHY (whose address is 8) is connected to this bus as well; this PHY is implemented in the GMII/RGMII bridge and it is used to configure the bridge at runtime, depending on operating parameters such as the Ethernet physical link speed.
- this MII bus is associated to
Vivado design[edit | edit source]
The following picture shows the block diagram of the Vivado project:
Bora + BoraEVB[edit | edit source]
On BoraEVB PHY1 is interfaced to Programmable Logic (PL) pads that belong to bank #34.
WARNING: due to a restraint introduced, from Vivado version 2017.1 onwards, the signal ETH1_TXCK can be routed only to a pad that is MRCC or SRCC input. As result from BELK 4.0.0 an hardware rework is needed on the BoraEVB board:
- Remove R183
- Remove R232
- Connect R183.2 with R232.1
This rework prevents the use of the PL SDRAM onboard of the BoraEVB (by default this ram is not mounted).
Here is the pinout assignment for the PHY1 on BoraEVB:
| PHY1 Signal | BORA SOM Signal |
| ETH1_TXD0 | IO_L24P_T3_34 |
| ETH1_TXD1 | IO_L24N_T3_34 |
| ETH1_TXD2 | IO_L23P_T3_34 |
| ETH1_TXD3 | IO_L23N_T3_34 |
| ETH1_TXCK | IO_L20P_T3_34 |
| ETH1_TXCTL | IO_L20N_T3_34 |
| ETH1_RXD0 | IO_L5N_T0_34 |
| ETH1_RXD1 | IO_L5P_T0_34 |
| ETH1_RXD2 | IO_L7N_T1_34 |
| ETH1_RXD3 | IO_L7P_T1_34 |
| ETH1_RXCK | IO_L4N_T0_34 IO_L13P_T1_MRCC_34 |
| ETH1_RXCTL | IO_L4P_T0_34 |
| ETH1_MDC | IO_L9N_T1_DQS_34 |
| ETH1_MDIO | IO_L9P_T1_DQS_34 |
Since bank #34 is powered at 3.3V (High Range I/O mode), RGMII duty cycle distortion specification is not matched. In case of carrier board designed for production environments, it is recommended to use a lower voltage levels and thus a different PL bank. For more details please see section I/O Standard and Placement of PG160 GMII to RGMII LogiCORE IP Product Guide and this page.
The Vivado project can also be build with the procedure explained here.
BoraLite + Adapter + BoraXEVB[edit | edit source]
On BoraXEVB PHY1 is interfaced to Programmable Logic (PL) pads that belong to bank #13.
The BoraLite Adapter take care of rerouting the ETH1_RXCK to meet the Vivado requirements.
Here is the pinout assignment for the PHY1 on BoraXEVB:
| PHY1 Signal | BORAX SOM Signal |
| ETH1_TXD0 | IO_L19P_T3_13 |
| ETH1_TXD1 | IO_L19N_T3_VREF_13 |
| ETH1_TXD2 | IO_L20P_T3_13 |
| ETH1_TXD3 | IO_L20N_T3_13 |
| ETH1_TXCK | IO_L16P_T2_13 |
| ETH1_TXCTL | IO_L16N_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXD0 | IO_L17P_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXD1 | IO_L17N_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXD2 | IO_L18P_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXD3 | IO_L18N_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXCK | IO_L14P_T2_SRCC_13 |
| ETH1_RXCTL | IO_L14N_T2_SRCC_13 |
| ETH1_MDC | IO_L21N_T3_DQS_13 |
| ETH1_MDIO | IO_L21P_T3_DQS_13 |
I/O voltage of bank 13 must be set to 2.5V by configuring JP25 as shown in the following table.
| Pins | Setting |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | closed |
| 3-4 | open |
| 5-6 | closed |
| 7-8 | open |
| 9-10 | open |
| 11-12 | open |
The Vivado project can also be build with the procedure explained here.
Borax + BoraXEVB[edit | edit source]
On BoraXEVB PHY1 is interfaced to Programmable Logic (PL) pads that belong to bank #13.
WARNING: due to a restraint introduced, from Vivado version 2017.1 onwards, the signal ETH1_TXCK can be routed only to a pad that is MRCC or SRCC input. As result from BXELK 2.0.0 an hardware rework is needed on the BoraXEVB board:
- Remove RP84
- Remove R232
- Connect RP84.2 with R232.1
This rework prevents the use of the LVDS connector on BoraXEVB (J26).
Here is the pinout assignment for the PHY1 on BoraXEVB:
| PHY1 Signal | BORAX SOM Signal |
| ETH1_TXD0 | IO_L19P_T3_13 |
| ETH1_TXD1 | IO_L19N_T3_VREF_13 |
| ETH1_TXD2 | IO_L20P_T3_13 |
| ETH1_TXD3 | IO_L20N_T3_13 |
| ETH1_TXCK | IO_L16P_T2_13 |
| ETH1_TXCTL | IO_L16N_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXD0 | IO_L17P_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXD1 | IO_L17N_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXD2 | IO_L18P_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXD3 | IO_L18N_T2_13 |
| ETH1_RXCK | IO_L15P_T2_DQS_13 IO_L12P_T1_MRCC_13 |
| ETH1_RXCTL | IO_L15N_T2_DQS_13 |
| ETH1_MDC | IO_L21N_T3_DQS_13 |
| ETH1_MDIO | IO_L21P_T3_DQS_13 |
I/O voltage of bank 13 must be set to 2.5V by configuring JP25 as shown in the following table.
| Pins | Setting |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | closed |
| 3-4 | open |
| 5-6 | closed |
| 7-8 | open |
| 9-10 | open |
| 11-12 | open |
The Vivado project can also be build with the procedure explained here.
Enabling dual Ethernet configuration in linux kernel[edit | edit source]
To enable dual Ethernet user needs to get the pre-built binaries here
Alternatively kernel and device tree can be built from sources with the following procedure:
- update Bora kernel repository (as described here)
- build the
bora-an006.dtbdevicetree - build the updated kernel source as usual.
Put the binaries on the first (FAT32) partition of your BELK SD card, overwriting the original one if needed. Please note that you need the following files:
boot.binbora.dtbuImagefpga.binu-boot.imguEnv.txt
Insert the SD card into BoraEVB or BoraXEVB and turn on the board.
During kernel boot, user can check if the second ethernet interface has been loaded succesfully:
root@bora:~# ifconfig -a
can0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
NOARP MTU:16 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:60
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:C2:B9:CF:82
inet addr:192.168.0.209 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:8424 errors:5 dropped:418 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5964 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7562500 (7.2 MiB) TX bytes:922668 (901.0 KiB)
Interrupt:54 Base address:0xb000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 66:94:55:CB:B1:3E
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:77 Base address:0xc000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:788 (788.0 B) TX bytes:788 (788.0 B)
root@bora:~# ifconfig eth1 192.168.12.209
root@bora:~# [ 228.492886] xemacps e000c000.ethernet: Set clk to 0 Hz
[ 228.498079] xemacps e000c000.ethernet: link up (1000/FULL)
root@bora:~#
Pre-built binaries[edit | edit source]
- For Bora SoM use:
- For BoraLite SoM use:
- For BoraX SoM use:
Performance tests[edit | edit source]
To test the performances of the second Ethernet interface iperf based tests have been executed.
Test #1[edit | edit source]
In this test bed the two interfaces are connected on the same host machine (a PC running linux) via a Gigabit switch but are associated to two different subnets:
- ETH0: 192.168.0.xxx
- ETH1: 192.168.12.xxx
On the linux host machine iperf application is run in server mode:
bash# iperf -s
Here are the results of the test on the two Ethernet interfaces launched sequentially:
root@bora:~# iperf -c 192.168.0.210 && iperf -c 192.168.12.210 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.0.210, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 43.8 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 3] local 192.168.0.209 port 59288 connected with 192.168.0.210 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 899 MBytes 754 Mbits/sec ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.12.210, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 43.8 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 3] local 192.168.12.209 port 42238 connected with 192.168.12.210 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 889 MBytes 745 Mbits/sec root@bora:~#
In case two iperf clients are run simultaneously on target, each instance's bandwitdh is roughly halved:
root@bora:~# iperf -c 192.168.0.210 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.0.210, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 43.8 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 3] local 192.168.0.209 port 59290 connected with 192.168.0.210 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 364 MBytes 305 Mbits/sec root@bora:~#
root@bora:~# iperf -c 192.168.12.210 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.12.210, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 48.1 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 3] local 192.168.12.209 port 42240 connected with 192.168.12.210 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 385 MBytes 323 Mbits/sec root@bora:~#
Test #2[edit | edit source]
ETH0 set up is the same used in previous test. ETH1 is point-to-point connected to a second linux host machine instead.
This configuration allows to achieve better performance on the single ETH1 iperf test (780-820 Mb/s):
root@bora:~# iperf -c 192.168.12.208 -i 1 -t 6000 ------------------------------------------------------------ Client connecting to 192.168.12.208, TCP port 5001 TCP window size: 43.8 KByte (default) ------------------------------------------------------------ [ 3] local 192.168.12.209 port 50715 connected with 192.168.12.208 port 5001 [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth .... [ 3] 368.0-369.0 sec 94.6 MBytes 794 Mbits/sec [ 3] 369.0-370.0 sec 92.4 MBytes 775 Mbits/sec [ 3] 370.0-371.0 sec 97.1 MBytes 815 Mbits/sec [ 3] 371.0-372.0 sec 97.1 MBytes 815 Mbits/sec [ 3] 372.0-373.0 sec 96.1 MBytes 806 Mbits/sec [ 3] 373.0-374.0 sec 94.1 MBytes 790 Mbits/sec [ 3] 374.0-375.0 sec 96.6 MBytes 811 Mbits/sec [ 3] 375.0-376.0 sec 96.8 MBytes 812 Mbits/sec [ 3] 376.0-377.0 sec 97.8 MBytes 820 Mbits/sec [ 3] 377.0-378.0 sec 93.9 MBytes 787 Mbits/sec [ 3] 378.0-379.0 sec 95.9 MBytes 804 Mbits/sec [ 3] 379.0-380.0 sec 98.2 MBytes 824 Mbits/sec [ 3] 380.0-381.0 sec 93.2 MBytes 782 Mbits/sec [ 3] 381.0-382.0 sec 96.9 MBytes 813 Mbits/sec [ 3] 382.0-383.0 sec 92.0 MBytes 772 Mbits/sec
In case of simultaneous iperf instances on ETH0 and ETH1 ports, ETH1 bandwidth drops down to 330-350 Mb/s:
[ 3] 383.0-384.0 sec 42.6 MBytes 358 Mbits/sec [ 3] 384.0-385.0 sec 41.4 MBytes 347 Mbits/sec [ 3] 385.0-386.0 sec 40.9 MBytes 343 Mbits/sec [ 3] 386.0-387.0 sec 40.9 MBytes 343 Mbits/sec [ 3] 387.0-388.0 sec 40.9 MBytes 343 Mbits/sec [ 3] 388.0-389.0 sec 41.2 MBytes 346 Mbits/sec [ 3] 389.0-390.0 sec 41.4 MBytes 347 Mbits/sec [ 3] 390.0-391.0 sec 39.8 MBytes 333 Mbits/sec [ 3] 391.0-392.0 sec 40.8 MBytes 342 Mbits/sec [ 3] 392.0-393.0 sec 39.9 MBytes 334 Mbits/sec [ 3] 393.0-394.0 sec 42.2 MBytes 354 Mbits/sec
