Because the axis modules are minimalist, it assumes that all
transactions are performed without error and that transaction processing
is performed in-order. Thus the transaction IDs can safely be set to
zero. Doing so also fixes a bug in the write path that had prevented
multiple burst of data being sent. This was due to the fact that the
write data burst ID needs to have the same ID as the write address. But
the write address module was incrementing the ID while the write data ID
was not being set at all.
The axis module instantiates the AXI read and write path modules. It
performs a simple stream over the AXI port interface with no error
checking. It is configured by first addressing the module and then
sending a physical memory address and the number of streaming words to
be written.
The streaming interface is not exactly like the Xilinx stream interface
in that the data is always valid when the valid flag is high, the ready
flag being low does not invalidate the data but is used to signal up
stream to stop sending data. Down stream has a buffer able to absorb to
incoming valid data until such time as up stream stop sending.
