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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2003
Applicants:
William Fredenburg, Apex, NC (US);
Kenneth Michael Key, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael L. Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);
John William Marshall, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
William Fredenburg, Apex, NC (US);
Kenneth Michael Key, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael L. Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);
John William Marshall, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processor isolation technique enhances debug capability in a multiprocessor circuit. A bypass register has a bit location which may indicate that a processor is to be bypassed. A code entry point is selected to permit a downstream processor to do the work of the bypassed processor. The processors may be arrayed in a pipeline.