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A circuit is implemented using a programmable logic device (PLD) that includes an array of programmable logic and routing resources. The circuit includes a processor, a configuration port, a relocatable circuit, and an interface circuit. The processor accesses an address space using read and write t

A circuit is implemented using a programmable logic device (PLD) that includes an array of programmable logic and routing resources. The circuit includes a processor, a configuration port, a relocatable circuit, and an interface circuit. The processor accesses an address space using read and write transactions issued on an interface bus. The programmable logic and interconnect resources are configurable via the configuration port. The relocatable circuit is implemented in a selected region within the array by configuring the programmable logic and interconnect resources in the selected region with configuration data via the configuration port. The interface circuit translates the transactions accessing a portion of the address space assigned to the relocatable circuit into a fixed address space of the relocatable circuit. The configuration data for implementing the relocatable circuit is independent of the portion of the address space assigned to the relocatable circuit.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system for implementing circuits in programmable logic of an integrated circuit device, comprising: a processor that accesses an address space with read and write transactions issued on an interface bus; a configuration port of the programmable logic coupled to an array of

What is claimed is: 1. A system for implementing circuits in programmable logic of an integrated circuit device, comprising: a processor that accesses an address space with read and write transactions issued on an interface bus; a configuration port of the programmable logic coupled to an array of programmable logic and interconnect resources of the programmable logic, wherein the programmable logic and interconnect resources are configurable via the configuration port; a relocatable circuit implemented in a selected one of a plurality of regions within the array by configuring the programmable logic and interconnect resources in the selected region with configuration data via the configuration port; and an interface circuit coupled between the interface bus and the relocatable circuit, wherein the interface circuit translates the transactions accessing a portion of the address space assigned to the relocatable circuit into a fixed address space of the relocatable circuit, and the configuration data for implementing the relocatable circuit is independent of the portion of the address space assigned to the relocatable circuit. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is coupled to the configuration port and the processor is enabled to configure the programmable logic and interconnect resources in the selected region to implement the relocatable circuit by configuring the programmable logic and interconnect resources in the selected region with the configuration data via the configuration port. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is adapted to execute software for reformatting the configuration data for transfer via the configuration port to the selected region and for transferring the reformatting of the configuration data via the configuration port to the selected region for implementing the relocatable circuit in the programmable logic and interconnect resources of the selected region. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is one of a processor external to the programmable logic, a processor implemented in dedicated circuitry within the integrated circuit device, or a processor implemented in the programmable logic and interconnect resources of the integrated circuit device. 5. The system of claim 1, further comprising another relocatable circuit implemented in a different one of the regions by configuring the programmable logic and interconnect resources in the different region with the configuration data via the configuration port. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the relocatable circuits are implemented by reformatting a single copy of the configuration data and configuring the programmable logic and interconnect resources in both the selected region and the different region with the configuration data from the single copy. 7. The system of claim 5, further comprising another interface circuit coupled between the interface bus and the another relocatable circuit that translates the transactions accessing a different portion of the address space assigned to the another relocatable circuit into a fixed address space of the another relocatable circuit, wherein the relocatable circuits are independent of the portions of the address space assigned to the relocatable circuits. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the fixed address spaces of the relocatable circuits are identical. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the relocatable circuit is implemented in the selected region by configuring the programmable logic and interconnect resources in the selected region with the configuration data via the configuration port following configuring the programmable logic and interconnect resources in the selected region to implement a different relocatable circuit in the selected region via the configuration port. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface circuit is implemented within the programmable logic and interconnect resources of the integrated circuit device. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface circuit enables a signal controllable by the processor for driving to an inactive state a plurality of interface signals driven from the interface circuit to the interface bus, and the interface circuit includes a reset signal controllable by the processor for resetting the relocatable circuit. 12. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface circuit includes a base register writable by the processor for specifying whether an address of each transaction is included in the portion of the address space assigned to the relocatable circuit in response to the address having a more significant part that matches the value of the base register, and the relocatable circuit has the fixed address space that corresponds to a less significant part of the address in response to the more significant part matching the value of the base register.