Grammar based modelling and synthesis of device drivers and bus interfaces

Author

O´Nils, Mattias ; Öberg, Johnny ; Jantsch, Axel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Electron. Syst. Design Lab., R. Inst. of Technol., Kista, Sweden

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

25-27 Aug 1998

Firstpage

55

Abstract

ProGram, a grammar-based communication protocol description language, is used for architectural independent modelling of device drivers and bus interfaces for mixed hardware/software systems. The specification of the protocol is separated from the description of processor bus interfaces and operating system device driver interfaces, which ensures a high efficiency in device driver development and maintenance. A synthesis method for device drivers is presented, together with results on modelling and implementation efficiency for both device drivers and bus interfaces

Keywords

device drivers; grammars; protocols; specification languages; system buses; ProGram; architectural independent modelling; device driver synthesis method; grammar-based communication protocol description language; implementation efficiency; mixed hardware/software systems; modelling efficiency; operating system device driver interfaces; processor bus interfaces; protocol specification; Computer architecture; Context modeling; Data communication; Driver circuits; Hardware; Operating systems; Protocols; Software architecture; Software libraries; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Euromicro Conference, 1998. Proceedings. 24th

Conference_Location

Vasteras

ISSN

1089-6503

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8646-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURMIC.1998.711776

Filename

711776