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The Ring Accelerator (RINGACC) converts constant-address read and write accesses to equivalent read or write accesses to a circular data structure in memory. The RINGACC eliminates the need for each DMA controller which needs to access ring elements from having to know the current state of the ring (base address, current offset). The DMA controller performs a read or write access to a specific address range (which maps to the source interface on the RINGACC) and the RINGACC replaces the address for the transaction with a new address which corresponds to the head or tail element of the ring (head for reads, tail for writes). Since the RINGACC maintains the state, multiple DMA controllers or channels are allowed to coherently share the same rings as applicable. The RINGACC serves a very similar function to the Queue Manager in the earlier SoCs. The RINGACC uses less memory and is able to place data which is destined towards software into cached memory directly.
For more information on ring operation, please check section PKTDMA/BCDMA - Ring Operation