Patent ID: 6986127
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of accessing state from a configurable processor, the method comprising: preparing a first state-accessing instruction stream based on a first user description of the configurable processor; transmitting, using a debugger, the first state-accessing instruction stream to an interpreting agent, the interpreting agent being capable of interpreting that stream; causing, using the first state-accessing instruction stream, the interpreting agent to return the state of a first configuration of the configurable processor to the debugger preparing a second different state-accessing instruction stream based on a second different user description of the configurable processor; transmitting, using the debugger, the second state-accessing instruction stream to the interpreting agent, the interpreting agent also being capable of interpreting that second stream; and causing, using the second state-accessing instruction stream, the interpreting agent to return the state of a second different configuration of the configurable processor to the debugger.