Debug and Logic Analyzer Mode
5.2
Normal Mode Debug Features
5.2.1
Normal Mode Debug Triggers
Southbound command matching/masking functionality may be available in normal AMB
operation. This can be used for triggering error injection or returning a signal in a
northbound status frame for debug/monitoring purposes for example.
5.2.2
Error Injection
Refer to the JEDEC publication: FB-DIMM Draft Specification: Design for Test, Design
for Validation (DFx) Specification for more information regarding Error Injection.
Selected errors of specific types may be injected internal to the AMB in response to
selected in-band events or by mask/match events from commands arriving at the AMB
. In the case of stuck lane errors, these are controlled directly via registers on the AMB
The AMB will also forward errors injected by the host into the SB link.
5.2.2.1
Types of Injected Errors
There are several types of errors that the AMB can inject in order to enable validation
and debug hardware and software mechanisms intended to deal with each error type in
operating systems.
5.2.2.1.1
Errors Injected in Northbound Command Register Read and Read Data Frames
In response to a selected local event, the AMB will inject an error in frame data after or
during calculating frame CRCs and transmitting the frame northbound. This is
necessary to test/validate/debug HW and SW mechanisms designed to detect and deal
with northbound channel soft (non-repeatable) channel transport errors.
Errors can be injected using the LFSR Idle pattern generator as a default.
5.2.2.1.2
5.2.2.1.3
Status Bits Injected in Status Block Sent Back in Response to Sync Command
In response to an FBD Sync command with R[1:0] = 2’b11, the AMB will return the
user written FBDS3 for the next status block returned in response to a Sync command.
Invalid Parity Injected in Status Block Sent Back in Response to Sync
Command
If the FBDS3.OVREN bit is set and FBDS3.USRPAR contains invalid parity for the data in
FBDS3.USRVAL, the in response to an FBD Sync command with R[1:0] = 2’b11 and,
the AMB will cause invalid parity to be passed in the next status a block returned in
response to a Sync command.
5.2.2.1.4
Force Alert
In response to a selected local event, the AMB will force the beginning of alerts
northbound. An error status bit indicating an injected alert error as the source will also
be set. This error may be created by artificially corrupting CRC on the frame whose
timing matches the error injection. This may have the same side effects as corrupting
the CRC but will have a different error status. The beginning of alerts northbound will
begin with the frame that would match read return slot for the corrupted frame.
For the Intel 6400/6402 Advanced Memory Buffer, the alert takes place 2 to 3 clocks
after the NB response for the SB frame that caused the trigger
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