Article ID: 000080853 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 06/08/2020

Why doesn't the Receiver Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Ready signal (o_sl_rx_ptp_ready) assert after completing the reset and calibration sequence in 10G/25G PTP variants of the E-Tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP Core?

Environment

  • Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
  • Ethernet
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    Description

    Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition version 19.3, 10G/25G PTP variants of the E-tile Hard IP for Ethernet Intel® FPGA IP core, you may see the RX PTP Ready o_sl_rx_ptp_ready signal is not asserted when sending Ethernet packets after the reset and calibration sequence completes.

    Resolution

    A patch is available to fix this problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 19.3. Download and install the Patch from the appropriate link below. 

    Download patch Intel® Quartus® Prime 19.3 Patch 0.02 for Windows(.exe)
    Download patch Intel® Quartus® Prime 19.3 Patch 0.02 for Linux(.run)
    Download the Readme for Intel® Quartus® Prime19.3 Patch 0.02(.txt)

    This problem has been fixed starting in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 19.4.

    Related Products

    This article applies to 2 products

    Intel® Stratix® 10 TX FPGA
    Intel® Stratix® 10 MX FPGA