Patent ID: 7239993
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method in a data processing system of building a simulation model of a digital design, said method comprising: utilizing a model build tool to locate, within design data collectively defining a simulation model of said digital design, a definition of a configuration construct specifying a relationship between values of one or more configuration latches within said digital design and settings of said configuration construct, wherein said configuration construct comprises a Dial having a plurality of possible settings; and in response to locating said definition of said configuration construct, the model build tool automatically creating an instrumentation entity within said design data, said instrumentation entity having one or more inputs logically coupled to said one or more configuration latches and one or more outputs for providing signals indicating characteristics of said configuration construct during simulation, wherein said step of automatically creating an instrumentation entity comprises automatically creating a decoder, coupled to said one or more inputs, that produces one or more decode signals indicating one of said plurality of possible settings to which said Dial is set.