Patent ID: 7080346

Claim:
A method of processing a configuration of a digital system, said digital system containing a configuration latch having a plurality of possible latch values that each corresponds to a different configuration of a functional portion of said digital system, wherein said configuration latch has an output and said digital system further includes a signal coupled to said output of said configuration latch by a signal path, said method comprising: receiving a configuration specification for the digital system, wherein said configuration specification includes a Dial mapping between each of a plurality of possible input values that can be received by said Dial and a respective one of a plurality of signal values for said signal; in response to receipt of said configuration specification, determining a number of inverting circuit elements within said signal path coupling said signal and said output of said configuration latch; and in response to said determining, modifying said configuration specification to specify a mapping between each of said plurality of possible input values and a corresponding one of said plurality of possible latch values.