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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Frederic Claude Marie Piry, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR;
Lionel Edouar Arthur Ostric, Golfe Juan, FR;
Edmond John Simon Ashfield, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Frederic Claude Marie Piry, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR;
Lionel Edouar Arthur Ostric, Golfe Juan, FR;
Edmond John Simon Ashfield, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for processing data includes diagnostic mechanisms for providing watch point and breakpoint functionality. Semaphores are associated with the watch points and are provided with hardware support within the diagnostic circuitry serving to monitor whether or not accesses to watch point data is being made in accordance with the permissions set up and noted in the semaphore data.