IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEBUGGING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DEBUGGING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

An image processing apparatus includes a host controller that controls a hardware resource, a guest controller, an emulator that is provided between the host controller and the guest controller and allows the guest controller to control the hardware resource, and a changer that changes an HDL program, wherein the guest controller includes a guest driver, the emulator includes a device emulator that emulates the hardware resource by executing the changed HDL program, and a switcher that switches control to any one of a first control for controlling the host controller in accordance with controlof the hardware resource by the guest driver and allowing the hardware resource to be controlled, and a second control for controlling the device emulator in accordance with the control of the hardware resource by the guest driver. 本发明涉及图像处理装置、调试支援方法及记录有其程序的记录介质。本发明的课题在于不变更硬件资源而再现变更了动作的状态。MFP具备：主控制部(51)及客控制部(53)，执行操作系统程序；仿真部(55)，能够通过客控制部(53)控制硬件资源；以及变更部(67)，变更用硬件描述语言描述硬件资源能够执行的处理的HDL程序，客控制部(53)包括执行对硬件资源进行控制的驱动程序的客驱动部(69)