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Little offset in multicycle event maintaining cycle accurate tracing of stop events

US6948155B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 2002
Grant dateSep 20, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3656
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of tracing activity of a data processor includes collecting and transmitting trace data. An epause marker is embedded in the trace stream upon detection of an emulation halt. This epause marker includes a little offset indicating a number of latency instructions within trace collection hardware since a program counter exception. This permits the utilization emulation device to annulling trace data corresponding to the latency instructions.

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