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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
May. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reed K Christensen, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Robert W Martell, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39518314 ; 395704 ; 3951831 ; 39518311 ; 39518315 ; 39518321 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing trace fault information to a trace fault handler. The trace fault information is evaluated prior to beginning execution of a micro code flow. The evaluated trace fault information is stored in a buffer and the micro code flow is executed. While the micro code flow is executing, if a micro code instruction of the micro code flow is executed that enables tracing, the trace fault information stored in the buffer is written to a data storage area. The data storage area is accessible to the trace fault handler.