Programmable hardware accelerator controller

A method, comprising:

• retrieving, by a configuration controller from a memory, configuration operations of a linked list of configuration operations, the linked list of configuration operations consisting of configuration operations selected from a defined set of configuration operations;
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• executing, under control of a finite state machine executed by the configuration controller, the retrieved configuration operations of the linked list of configuration operations, the executing of the retrieved configuration operations of the linked list of configuration operations configuring a plurality of registers of a hardware accelerator to control operations of the hardware accelerator associated with a stage of a multi-stage processing task controlled by a host processor, wherein the method comprises retrieving a binary blob from the memory, the binary blob including the linked list of configuration operations.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having contents which cause a configuration controller to perform a method, the method comprising:

• sequentially executing individual operations of a linked list of configuration operations under control of a finite state machine executed by the configuration controller, the linked list of configuration operations consisting of configuration operations selected from a defined set of configuration operations, the executing of the linked list of configuration operations configuring a plurality of registers of a hardware accelerator to control operations of the hardware accelerator associated with a stage of a multi-stage processing task controlled by a host processing system, wherein the contents comprise a binary blob including the linked list of configuration operations.