Patent ID: 6029239
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for configuring a communications system, the communications system comprising a data flow processor (DFP), a microcontroller (MCU) coupled to the DFP, a processing device coupled to the DFP, and a memory coupled to the DFP, the method comprising:the MCU programming the DFP to perform data transfers;the MCU generating a task list, wherein the task list comprises a plurality of tasks to be executed by the processing device;the MCU transferring the task list to the DFP;the DFP transferring the task list to the memory;the memory receiving and storing the task list;the processing device accessing the task list from the memory, wherein the processing device accessing the task list from the memory comprises:the DFP interrupting the processing device in response to the DFP transferring the task list to the memory, wherein the interrupting alerts the processing device to the presence of the task list in the memory; andwherein the processing device accesses the task list from the memory in response to the interrupting;the processing device executing the plurality of tasks in the task list to perform communication functions in the communications system;the DFP performing the data transfers in response to the MCU programming the DFP, wherein the DFP performs the data transfers to facilitate the processing device executing the plurality of task lists.