Intel Corporation

Eric Walker

Dennis Rivard

Donald F Hooper

Mark B Rosenbluth

Richard D Muratori

In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure includes a method for executing application software during a simulation that models a processor for which the application software was developed. The method may include capturing results of the simulation to produce a simulation history. The method may also include providing a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes one or more cross-linked packet-centric views of the simulation history for packets operated on by the application software during the simulation. The cross-linked packet-centric views may include a packet status list GUI, a packet event list GUI, a packet dataflow GUI, a thread list GUI, and a thread history GUI. Of course, many alternatives, variations and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.

Graphical user interface for use during processor simulation

Provided is a method, system, and program for navigating breakpoints in a program in a debugging mode. A user interface is rendered to display at least one program corresponding to at least one object file being executed in a debugging mode. A list is maintained of breakpoints in the at least one program. Code is rendered from one program including a selected first breakpoint. User input is received to access a second breakpoint and a selection is made from the list of the second breakpoint in one of the program. Code is rendered from one program including the selected second breakpoint

Navigating breakpoints in a program in a debugging mode

A tool that enables a user to perform instruction operand tracing during debug is presented. While executing microcode on a simulator, a history of register and memory values is saved. A graphic user interface uses these values to present a view of the microcode in a thread history. The user can use the thread history to select any given cycle time of the simulation, and switch over to a thread window (or code list view). The instruction that executed at the cycle of interest is marked in the code list view, and right-clicking on the code line, the user is given options, including an option to jump backward in time to the code line where a source variable was set and/or the option to jump forward in time to a code line that used a result variable.

Instruction operand tracing for software debug

A processor code debugger method and system enables the setting at one time of breakpoints corresponding to a given line of source code associated with an instruction in multiple processing engines.

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Lancaster, MA, United States of America

Eric Walker