Debugging apparatus and method
US8856596B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3644
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A debugging apparatus and method are provided. The debugging apparatus may include a breakpoint setting unit configured to store a first instruction corresponding to a breakpoint in a table, stop a program currently being executed, and insert a breakpoint instruction including current location information of the first instruction into the breakpoint; and an instruction execution unit configured to selectively execute one of the breakpoint instruction and the first instruction according to a value of a status bit.
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