| US 7,389,490 B2 | ||
| Method, system and program product for providing a configuration specification language supporting selective presentation of configuration entities | ||
| Wolfgang Roesner, Austin, Tex. (US); and Derek Edward Williams, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 29, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/902,595. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0026548 A1, Feb. 02, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 716—18 [716/1; 716/4; 716/5; 716/6; 716/17; 717/104; 717/114; 717/124; 717/127; 717/131; 717/136] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A method of specifying a selectively presentable digital system in one or more files, said method comprising:
in at least one hardware definition language (HDL) file among said one or more files, specifying at least one design entity
containing a functional portion of the digital system, said at least one design entity logically containing a latch having
a respective plurality of different possible latch values;
with one or more statements in said one or more files, associating a configuration entity with said latch, wherein said configuration
entity has a plurality of different legal settings and each setting reflects which of the plurality of different possible
values is loaded in said associated latch; and
with one or more statements within said one or more files, defining a controlling value set for at least one instance of said
configuration entity, wherein said controlling value set indicates at least one controlling value for which presentation of
a current legal setting of the configuration entity instance is restricted.
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