Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switching between traditional and history program trace modes without halting a processor
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Application No.: US14066437Application Date: 2013-10-29
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Publication No.: US10067852B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Jonathan J. Gamoneda , William C. Moyer
- Applicant: Jonathan J. Gamoneda , William C. Moyer
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Main IPC: G06F11/36
- IPC: G06F11/36

Abstract:
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, method, and/or processes described herein can change/switch from a first trace mode to a second trace mode without halting a system under development and/or under test. For example, a debug/trace unit can switch a trace mode without halting a processing unit of a system under development and/or under test. For instance, a debug/trace unit can switch a trace mode that can occur on a change of flow boundary of program instructions executable by a processing unit, at a branch instruction, if a region of program instructions is entered or exited, and/or if a capacity of a buffer changes. In one or more embodiments, Nexus messages can be utilized, and trace mode switches can include switches to and/or from traditional and history traces modes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150121150A1 Switching Between Traditional and History Program Trace Modes Without Halting a Processor Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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