WO2021082419A1 - 一种服务器主板jtag链路装置和设计方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of computer technology, in particular to a server motherboard JTAG link device and a design method.
- Both general-purpose servers and heterogeneous servers have JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) links, on which BMC (baseboard management controller) and XDP (eXtend Debug Port) are the master devices in the JTAG bus , CPU0, CPU1 and PCH (South Bridge) are slave devices; the JTAG link is mainly used to implement the debug function.
- BMC baseboard management controller
- XDP eXtend Debug Port
- the existing technical solution is shown in Figure 1.
- the BMC and XDP communicate with the PCH and two CPUs through the JTAG link.
- many MUX (data selector) chips and level shift (level shift) are used on the link.
- level shift level shift
- Chip used to switch the level and logic relationship conversion.
- This kind of JTAG link topology is complicated.
- the purpose of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a JTAG link device and a design method for a server motherboard, so as to reduce the complexity of the JTAG link in the server and reduce the hardware cost.
- one aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a server motherboard JTAG link device, which includes several master devices, CPLDs, and slave devices.
- the several master devices are connected to the analog JTAG interface of the CPLD through a JTAG link;
- the CPLD is connected to the slave device via a JTAG link through an analog JTAG interface, and the CPLD is configured to select one of the master devices to communicate with the slave device according to changes in the presence signal of the master device.
- a JTAG bridge chip is further included, and the JTAG bridge chip is configured to expand the JTAG link to multiple channels.
- the CPLD is connected to the slave device through the JTAG bridge.
- the master device includes BMC and XDP.
- the CPLD is configured to sense the presence signal of the XDP, and enable the BMC to communicate with the slave device in response to the XDP not being inserted on the motherboard.
- the CPLD is further configured to enable the XDP to communicate with the slave device in response to inserting the XDP on the motherboard.
- the slave device includes a PCH and a CPU.
- the JTAG link can be used for general purpose servers and heterogeneous structure servers.
- Another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for designing a JTAG link on a server motherboard, which includes: using a CPLD to connect a master device and a slave device in the JTAG link; and configuring the CPLD to respond to changes in the presence signal of the master device And select one of the master devices to communicate with the slave device.
- the master device includes BMC and XDP
- the CPLD is configured to sense the presence signal of the XDP, and make the BMC and the slave device respond to the XDP not being inserted on the motherboard. Communicating, and in response to inserting the XDP on the main board, causing the XDP to communicate with the slave device.
- the present invention has the following beneficial technical effects:
- the embodiment of the present invention provides a server motherboard JTAG link device. Compared with the traditional JTAG design, the link has a simple link topology, uses fewer discrete components, and occupies a large amount of PCB board. Small area, clear JTAG link, easy placement and wiring, low cost, only need to modify the JTAG topology and CPLD code can be achieved, this JTAG link can also be applied to Rack servers and other heterogeneous structure servers, there are Strong versatility.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a JTAG link topology in the prior art
- Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the improved JTAG link topology according to the present invention.
- the embodiments of the present invention provide a server motherboard JTAG link device on the one hand, including a number of master devices, CPLDs, and slave devices, and the plurality of master devices are connected to the analog JTAG interface of the CPLD through a JTAG link.
- the CPLD is connected to the slave device via a JTAG link via an analog JTAG interface, and the CPLD is configured to select one of the master devices to communicate with the slave device according to changes in the presence signal of the master device.
- a JTAG bridge chip is further included, and the JTAG bridge chip is configured to expand the JTAG link to multiple channels.
- the JTAG bridge may be a SCANSTA112 chip, and the CPLD is connected to the slave device through the JTAG bridge.
- the master device includes BMC and XDP.
- the CPLD is configured to sense the presence signal of the XDP, and enable the BMC to communicate with the slave device in response to the XDP not being inserted on the motherboard. In some embodiments, the CPLD is further configured to enable the XDP to communicate with the slave device in response to inserting the XDP on the motherboard.
- the slave device includes a PCH and a CPU.
- the slave device in a server with multiple CPUs, includes a PCH and multiple CPUs.
- a master device such as BMC and XDP can communicate with the PCH and/or multiple CPUs, respectively.
- the JTAG link device can be used for general purpose servers and heterogeneous structure servers.
- both the general-purpose server and the server with a heterogeneous structure have a JTAG link.
- BMC and XDP are the master devices in the JTAG bus, and CPU0, CPU1, and PCH are slave devices, as shown in the figure 2 shown.
- the BMC and XDP are connected to the CPLD on the motherboard through the JTAG interface.
- the CPLD is connected to the JTAG bridge chip through the analog JTAG interface, such as the SCANSTA112 chip.
- the JTAG bridge chip expands a number of JTAG links, which are connected to the PCH, CPU0 and CPU1 respectively.
- a MUX data selector
- the master The device is a BMC; when XDP is inserted, the CPLD senses the XDP presence signal, and the MUX automatically switches the master device to XDP, so that only one master device can communicate with the subsequent slave devices at the same time to ensure that the JTAG bus does not conflict.
- the JTAG link device of the server motherboard provided by the embodiment of the present invention has a simple link topology, uses fewer discrete components, and occupies a small PCB board area.
- the link is clear, easy to lay out and wiring; the improved JTAG link cost is lower, the design difficulty is greatly reduced, and it has strong versatility.
- This link architecture can be applied to four-way or even 8-way high-end servers and racks, etc. Heterogeneous structure server, which has huge potential use value for the future server market.
- another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention proposes a method for designing a JTAG link on a server motherboard, where the method includes: using a CPLD to connect a master device and a slave device in the JTAG link; and configuring the CPLD as According to the change of the in-position signal of the master device, one of the master devices is selected to communicate with the slave device.
- the master device includes BMC and XDP
- the CPLD is configured to sense the presence signal of the XDP, and make the BMC and the slave device respond to the XDP not being inserted on the motherboard. Communicating, and in response to inserting the XDP on the main board, causing the XDP to communicate with the slave device.
- Any embodiment of the computer device that executes the JTAG link design method of the server motherboard can achieve the same or similar effect as any of the foregoing embodiments corresponding to it.
- the storage medium can be a magnetic disk, an optical disc, a read-only memory (ROM) or a random access memory (RAM), etc.
- the method disclosed according to the embodiment of the present invention may also be implemented as a computer program executed by a CPU, and the computer program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
- the computer program executes the above-mentioned functions defined in the method disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention.
- the above method steps and system units can also be implemented using a controller and a computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program that enables the controller to implement the above steps or unit functions.
- non-volatile memory may include read-only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory Memory.
- Volatile memory can include random access memory (RAM), which can act as external cache memory.
- RAM can be obtained in many forms, such as synchronous RAM (DRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous link DRAM (SLDRAM) and direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM).
- DRAM synchronous RAM
- DRAM dynamic RAM
- SDRAM synchronous DRAM
- DDR SDRAM double data rate SDRAM
- ESDRAM enhanced SDRAM
- SLDRAM Synchronous link DRAM
- DRRAM direct Rambus RAM
- the storage devices of the disclosed aspects are intended to include, but are not limited to, these and other suitable types of memory.
- DSP digital signal processors
- ASIC dedicated Integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
- the processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, for example, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in combination with a DSP, and/or any other such configuration.
- the steps of the method or algorithm described in combination with the disclosure herein may be directly included in hardware, a software module executed by a processor, or a combination of the two.
- the software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art.
- An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such that the processor can read information from or write information to the storage medium.
- the storage medium may be integrated with the processor.
- the processor and the storage medium may reside in the ASIC.
- the ASIC can reside in the user terminal.
- the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in the user terminal.
- the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions can be stored as one or more instructions or codes on a computer-readable medium or transmitted through the computer-readable medium.
- Computer-readable media include computer storage media and communication media, including any media that facilitates the transfer of a computer program from one location to another location.
- a storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer.
- the computer-readable medium may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage devices, magnetic disk storage devices or other magnetic storage devices, or may be used to carry or store instructions in the form of Or any other medium that can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer or general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium.
- coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave to send software from a website, server, or other remote source
- coaxial cable Cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are all included in the definition of media.
- magnetic disks and optical disks include compact disks (CDs), laser disks, optical disks, digital versatile disks (DVD), floppy disks, and Blu-ray disks. Disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while optical disks use lasers to optically reproduce data. . Combinations of the above content should also be included in the scope of computer-readable media.
- the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
- the storage medium mentioned can be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.
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- 一种服务器主板JTAG链路装置,其特征在于,包括若干主设备、CPLD以及从设备,所述若干主设备通过JTAG链路连接到所述CPLD的模拟JTAG接口;所述CPLD通过模拟JTAG接口经由JTAG链路连接到所述从设备,所述CPLD配置为根据主设备在位信号的变化而选择所述主设备之一与所述从设备进行通信。
- 根据权利要求1所述的服务器主板JTAG链路装置,其特征在于,还包括JTAG桥片,所述JTAG桥片配置用于将JTAG链路扩展为多路。
- 根据权利要求2所述的服务器主板JTAG链路装置,其特征在于,所述CPLD通过所述JTAG桥片连接到所述从设备。
- 根据权利要求1所述的服务器主板JTAG链路装置,其特征在于,所述主设备包括BMC和XDP。
- 根据权利要求4所述的服务器主板JTAG链路装置,其特征在于,所述CPLD配置为:感知所述XDP的在位信号,并响应于所述主板上没有插入XDP而使所述BMC与所述从设备进行通信。
- 根据权利要求5所述的服务器主板JTAG链路装置,其特征在于,所述CPLD还配置为:响应于所述主板上插入XDP而使所述XDP与所述从设备进行通信。
- 根据权利要求1所述的服务器主板JTAG链路装置,其特征在于,所述从设备包括PCH和CPU。
- 根据权利要求1所述的服务器主板JTAG链路装置,其特征在于,所述JTAG链路可用于通用服务器和异质结构服务器。
- 一种服务器主板JTAG链路设计方法,其特征在于,包括:使用CPLD来连接JTAG链路中主设备和从设备;将所述CPLD配置为根据主设备在位信号的变化而选择所述主设备之一与所述从设备进行通信。
- 根据权利要求9所述的服务器主板JTAG链路设计方法,其特征在于,所述主设备包括BMC和XDP,其中所述CPLD配置为感知所述XDP的在位信号,并响应于所述主板上没有插入XDP而使所述BMC与所述从 设备进行通信,以及响应于所述主板上插入XDP而使所述XDP与所述从设备进行通信。
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