Debugging techniques for a programmable integrated circuit

A computer program product including a computer readable medium having instructions to debug a programmable integrated circuit by causing a computer to:

• initiate at least one request for an instruction-cache-miss in the integrated circuit using a remote test computer executing a test program adapted for debugging the integrated circuit;
• substitute one or more instructions in the application program with test instructions provided by the test program;
• and
• debug the integrated circuit based on analysis of responses of the integrated circuit to the test instructions.

A method for debugging a programmable integrated circuit, comprising:

• initiating at least one request for an instruction-cache-miss in the integrated circuit using a remote test computer executing a test program adapted for debugging the integrated circuit;
• substituting one or more instructions in the application program with test instructions provided by the test program;
• and
• debugging the integrated circuit based on analysis of responses of the integrated circuit to the test instructions.

A system comprising:

• means for initiating at least one request for an instruction-cache-miss in a programmable integrated circuit using a remote test computer executing a test program adapted for debugging the integrated circuit;
• means for substituting one or more instructions in a application program with test instructions provided by the test program;
• and
• means for debugging the integrated circuit based on analysis of responses of the integrated circuit to the test instructions.