  Many reconfigurable platforms require that applications be written
specifically to take advantage of the reconfigurable hardware. In a PC-based
environment, this presents an undesirable constraint in that the many already
available applications cannot leverage on such hardware. Greatest benefit can
only be derived from reconfigurable devices if even native OS applications can
transparently utilize reconfigurable devices as they would normal full-fledged
hardware devices. This paper presents how Proteus Virtual Devices are used to
expose reconfigurable hardware in a transparent manner for use by typical
native OS applications.
