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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2006
Kevin Charles Burke, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brian Michael Stempel, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daren Streett, Apex, NC (US);
Kevin Allen Sapp, Cary, NC (US);
Leslie Mark Debruyne, Cary, NC (US);
Nabil Amir Rizk, Apex, NC (US);
Thomas Andrew Sartorius, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rodney Wayne Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kevin Charles Burke, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brian Michael Stempel, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daren Streett, Apex, NC (US);
Kevin Allen Sapp, Cary, NC (US);
Leslie Mark DeBruyne, Cary, NC (US);
Nabil Amir Rizk, Apex, NC (US);
Thomas Andrew Sartorius, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rodney Wayne Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A processor is operative to execute two or more instruction sets, each in a different instruction set operating mode. As each instruction is executed, debug circuit comparison the current instruction set operating mode to a target instruction set operating mode sent by a programmer, and outputs an alert or indication in they match. The alert or indication may additionally be dependent upon the instruction address following within a predetermined target address range. The alert or indication may comprise a breakpoint signal that halts execution and/or it is output as an external signal of the processor. The instruction address at which the processor detects a match in the instruction set operating modes may additionally be output. Additionally or alternatively, the alert or indication may comprise starting or stopping a trace operation, causing an exception, or any other known debugger function.