Embedded hardware description language instrumentation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDerek Edward Williams, Bryan Ronald Hunt, Wolfgang Roesner
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDerek Edward Williams, Bryan Ronald Hunt, Wolfgang Roesner
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A method and program product for instrumenting a hardware description language (HDL) design entity. The design entity is created utilizing a HDL source code file within the syntax convention of a platform HDL. In accordance with the method of the present invention an instrumentation entity is described within the HDL source code file utilizing a non-conventional syntax comment such that the instrumentation entity is embedded within the design entity without being incorporated into an overall design in which the design entity is incorporated. In accordance with a second embodiment, the HDL source code file includes a description of at least one operating event within the conventional syntax of the platform HDL, and the method of the present invention further includes associating the instrumentation entity with the operating event utilizing a non-conventional syntax comment within the HDL source code file.
A method for instrumenting a hardware description language (HDL) design entity that is generated utilizing a HDL source code file within the syntax convention of a platform HDL, said method comprising:
A program product for instrumenting a hardware description language (HDL) design entity that is generated utilizing a HDL source code file within the syntax convention of a platform HDL, said program product comprising:
A system for instrumenting a hardware description language (HDL) design entity that is generated utilizing a HDL source code file within the syntax convention of a platform HDL, said system comprising:
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