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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Andrew M. Sowerby, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Benjamin N. Lipchak, Kill Devil Hills, NC (US);

Maxwell O. Drukman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Donald Matthew Firlik, Cupertino, CA (US);

Christopher Friesen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew M. Sowerby, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Benjamin N. Lipchak, Kill Devil Hills, NC (US);

Maxwell O. Drukman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Donald Matthew Firlik, Cupertino, CA (US);

Christopher Friesen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 11/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3624 (2013.01);
Abstract

Debugging a graphics application executing on a target device. The graphics application may execute CPU instructions to generate graphics commands to graphics hardware for generation of graphics on a display. A breakpoint for the graphics application may be detected at a first time. In response to detecting the breakpoint, one or more graphics commands which were executed by the graphics hardware proximate to the first time may be displayed. Additionally, source code corresponding to CPU instructions which generated the one or more graphics commands may be displayed.


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