Method for debugging reconfigurable architectures

Abstract

A method for debugging reconfigurable hardware is described. According to this method, all necessary debug information is written in each configuration cycle into a memory, which is then analyzed by the debugger.

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         17 . A method for debugging configurations of respective hardware processing parts of configurable hardware of a processor, the method comprising:
 for each of at least some of the configurations to be debugged, a hardware device performing the following:
 executing a respective part of a program with the respective configuration of the respective hardware processing part; 
 writing debugging information from the configurable hardware into a memory; 
 reading the debugging information from the memory; and 
 evaluating the debugging information.