diff --git a/doc/architecture.md b/doc/architecture.md index dfef64e..6957488 100644 --- a/doc/architecture.md +++ b/doc/architecture.md @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ t++ ... ``` -### Sharability & Routing Tables +### Shareability & Routing Tables Each master can be configured to use only specific routes across the crossbar infrastructure. This feature if used can help to save gate count as will @@ -397,33 +397,5 @@ can't be overridden once the core is implemented. If a master agent tries to access a restricted zone of the memory map, its slave switch will handshake the request, will not transmit it and then complete the request with a `DECERR`. -This option can be use to define memory region sharable or not between master +This option can be use to define memory region shareable or not between master agents. - -### Timeout Events Handling - -CAUTION: this feature will be implemented in a future release. It's not -yet available - -Timeout detection and management can be enabled and configured by interface. -This avoids any deadlock if a slave doesn't respond to a request, or if a -master doesn't accept a completion. - -A pair of shared counters implement millisecond / microsecond time references, -configurable based on the platform clock speed. A request or completion may occur -once the low precision timer (us timer) started a new epoch, making the timeout -more or less precise. The user needs to adjust its values to take in account this -implementation, chosen to lower gate count. - -Timeout is handled as following: -- A request timeout leads the completion to response with `SLVERR`. The slave - switch logic handshakes with the connected master agent to completly terminate - the request. This concerns either write address/data channel or read address - channel. -- A completion timeout leads the switching logic circuit to empty the - completer response (up to RLAST assertion for the R channel). This concerns - write response channel and read data channel. - -The core's behavior ensures the agents can continue to operate, but can't ensure -the whole system will still be operational. The user needs to correctly manage -these situations.