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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Charles Scott Cardinell, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Man Wah MA, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kimberly A. Thomas, Tucson, AZ (US);
Charles Scott Cardinell, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Man Wah Ma, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kimberly A. Thomas, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed to generate and save run time data. The method supplies an embedded device comprising a processor which includes a processor cache, memory, a hardware trace facility comprising a plurality of data buffers, where the embedded device is capable of communicating with one or more host adapter ports. The method generates a trace entry, stores that trace data entry in the processor cache, and then writes the trace data entry to the plurality of data buffers.