Patent ID: 7143387
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method in a data processing system of specifying a relationship between configuration construct instances of a digital design in one or more hardware description language (HDL) files, said method comprising: in at least one HDL statement within one or more HDL files representing a digital design, specifying first and second latches within the digital design; in the one or more HDL files, defining a first configuration construct instance referencing the first latch and a second configuration construct instance referencing said second latch, said first and second configuration construct instances providing an interface through which values of said first and second latches are accessed, wherein defining said first and second configuration construct instances comprises defining first and second Dial instances, wherein said first Dial instance has an input/output port coupled to said first latch by a first logical data path and said second Dial instance has an input/output port coupled to said second latch by a second logical data path; and defining, within said one or more HDL files, a link indicating a relationship between said first and second configuration construct instances, wherein defining said link comprises defining a link independent of the first and second data paths.