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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2004
Lee A. Larson, Katy, TX (US);
Henry R. Hoar, Missouri City, TX (US);
Lee A. Larson, Katy, TX (US);
Henry R. Hoar, Missouri City, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for debugging a target processor is provided that includes storing a plurality of data values to be sent to the target processor in a first-in first-out (FIFO) buffer unit, saving a copy of an address in a read address counter of the FIFO buffer unit, wherein the address is that of an initial data value of a sequential portion of the plurality of data values, performing a transfer operation to send the sequential portion to the target processor, wherein the read address counter is incremented as each data value is sent. The method also includes resetting the read address counter with the copy of the address if the transfer operation fails and performing the transfer operation again.