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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2007
Renaud Ayrignac, La Riviere, FR;
Xavier Robert, Saint Georges de Commiers, FR;
Renaud Ayrignac, La Riviere, FR;
Xavier Robert, Saint Georges de Commiers, FR;
STMicroelectronics SA, Montrouge, FR;
Abstract
The systems and methods disclosed relate to a processor comprising a processing unit and a debugging that which can be connected to an external emulator for debugging a program executed by the processor, the debugging interface including internal resources at least partially accessible to the external emulator. According to one embodiment, the debugging interface includes a selecting circuit for selecting an internal resource of the debugging interface, according to a reference supplied by the processing unit, and an access circuit that transfers a datum between the resource selected and a data field accessible by the processing unit.