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Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2010
Applicants:

Adam Elkins, Rio Rancho, NM (US);

Thomas H. Strader, San Jose, CA (US);

Wayne E. Wennekamp, Rio Rancho, NM (US);

Schuyler E. Shimanek, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Inventors:

Adam Elkins, Rio Rancho, NM (US);

Thomas H. Strader, San Jose, CA (US);

Wayne E. Wennekamp, Rio Rancho, NM (US);

Schuyler E. Shimanek, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus includes a programmable device that has an interface and command ports that can each receive commands, each command requesting an information transfer through the interface. A technique relating to the device involves: selecting during field programming a number of priority definitions; configuring each of the priority definitions during field programming to specify an order of priority for a group of the command ports; and using the priority definitions in succession and, for each of the priority definitions, causing a command to be accepted from the command port of highest priority that contains a command.


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