Systems and methods for configuring a computing device to use a communication protocol

A computing device for use in communicating using a communication protocol, said computing device comprising a host processor coupled a host memory, wherein said host processor is also coupled to a bus processor which is coupled to a bus memory, said computing device configured to:

• during an initialization phase of said computing device, receive, using said host processor, a human-readable configuration file that includes parameters for communication using the communication protocol;
• during the initialization phase, generate, using said host processor, at least one data structure representing a frame for use with the communication protocol based on the parameters in the human-readable configuration file;
• during the initialization phase, store, in said host memory and said bus memory, at least one data structure for use in communicating using the communication protocol during a subsequent runtime phase of said computing device;
• during the initialization phase, link a host memory location associated with the at least one data structure stored in said host memory and a bus memory location associated with the at least one data structure stored in said host memory, wherein data stored at said host memory location is buffered at said bus memory location;
• during the subsequent runtime phase, store, in said host memory, data for transmission via the communication protocol;
• during the subsequent runtime phase, retrieve, from said bus memory, the data and generate, by said bus processor, the frame for use with the communication protocol using the data;
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• during the subsequent runtime phase, transmit, by said bus processor, the frame via the communication protocol.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for configuring a computing device to use a communication protocol, wherein when executed by a computing device having at least a host processor coupled to a bus processor and to memory, the computer-executable instructions cause the computing device to:

• during a first initialization phase of the computing device, receive, using the host processor, a first human-readable configuration file that includes parameters for communication using a first communication protocol;
• during the first initialization phase, generate, using the host processor, at least one data structure representing a first frame for use with the first communication protocol based on the parameters in the first human-readable configuration file;
• during the first initialization phase, provide, to the bus processor, a memory location associated with the at least one data structure for use in communicating using the first communication protocol during a subsequent runtime phase of the computing device;
• during the first initialization phase, linking a host memory location associated with the at least one data structure stored in the host memory and a bus memory location associated with the at least one data structure stored in the bus memory, wherein data stored at the host memory location is buffered at the bus memory location;
• during the subsequent runtime phase, storing, in the host memory, data for transmission via the first communication protocol;
• during the subsequent runtime phase, generate, by the bus processor, the first frame for use with the first communication protocol;
• during the subsequent runtime phase, transmit, by the bus processor, the first frame via the first communication protocol,
• during a second initialization phase of the computing device, receive, using the host processor, a second human-readable configuration file that includes parameters for communication using a second communication protocol, wherein the first communication protocol is different from the second communication protocol;
• during the second initialization phase, generate, using the host processor, at least one data structure representing a second frame for use with the second communication protocol based on the parameters in the second human-readable configuration file;
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• during the second initialization phase, provide, to the bus processor, a memory location associated with the at least one data structure for use in communicating using the second communication protocol during a subsequent runtime phase of the computing device.