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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2004
George John Dawkins, Austin, TX (US);
Alongkorn Kitamorn, Austin, TX (US);
Ashwini Kulkarni, Austin, TX (US);
Gordon D. Mcintosh, Austin, TX (US);
Gary Lee Ruzek, Austin, TX (US);
George John Dawkins, Austin, TX (US);
Alongkorn Kitamorn, Austin, TX (US);
Ashwini Kulkarni, Austin, TX (US);
Gordon D. McIntosh, Austin, TX (US);
Gary Lee Ruzek, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for preserving trace data in a logical partitioned data processing system. A call is received from a partition in a plurality of partitions to register a buffer in the partition for the trace data. The call includes a pointer to the buffer. The buffer is associated with a trace routine in platform firmware. The trace routine stores the trace data for calls made by the partition to the platform firmware in the buffer.