Cooptimization of interface hardware and software for I/O controllers

Authors:
Kuan Jen Lin;Shih Hao Huang;Shan Chien Fang
Affiliations:
Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan;Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan;Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Venue:
Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in Europe: Proceedings
Year:
2006

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Abstract

The allocation of device variables on I/O registers affects the code size and performance of an I/O device driver. This work seeks the allocation with the minimal software or hardware cost in a hardware/software codesign environment. The problems of exact minimization under constraints are formulated as zero-one integer linear programming problems. Heuristic algorithms based on iterative refinement are also proposed. The proposed design methodology was implemented in C language. Compared with industrial designs, the system can obtain design alternatives that reduce both software and hardware costs.