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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
May. 27, 2010
Applicant:
James C. Wilshire, Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
James C. Wilshire, Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system is disclosed comprising a processor, and a debug circuit. The debug circuit comprises a reset circuit configured to detect when the system is released from a reset, a debugger detection circuit configured to detect whether an external debugger is connected to the system at a time the reset circuit detects a release from the reset, and a halt circuit configured to halt operation of the processor when the debugger detection circuit detects the debugger at the time of release from the reset.