Intel IXC1100, IXP42X 3.6.12 Trace Buffer

Intel® IXP42X Product Line of Network Processors and IXC1100 Control Plane Processor
September 2006 DM
Order Number: 252480-006US 109
Intel XScale® Processor—Intel® IXP42X product line and IXC1100 control plane processors
3.6.11.6.5 DBG.RX
DBG.RX is written into the RX register based on the output of the RX Write Logic. Any
data that needs to be sent from the debugger to the processor must be loaded into
DBG.RX with DBG.V set to 1. DBG.RX is loaded from DBG_SR[34:3] when the JTAG
enters the Update_DR state.
DBG.RX is written to RX following an Update_DR when the RX Write Logic enables the
RX register.
3.6.11.6.6 DBG.D
DBG.D is provided for use during high speed download. This bit is written directly to
TXRXCTRL[29]. The debugger sets DBG.D when downloading a block of code or data to
IXP42X product line and IXC1100 control plane processors system memory. The debug
handler then uses TXRXCTRL[29] as a branch flag to determine the end of the loop.
Using DBG.D as a branch flags eliminates the need for a loop counter in the debug
handler code. This avoids the problem were the debugger’s loop counter is out of
synchronization with the debug handler’s counter because of overflow conditions that
may have occurred.
3.6.11.6.7 DBG.FLUSH
DBG.FLUSH allows the debugger to flush any previous data written to RX. Setting
DBG.FLUSH clears TXRXCTRL[31].
3.6.11.7 Debug JTAG Data Register Reset Values
Upon asserting TRST, the DEBUG data register is reset. Assertion of the reset pin does
not affect the DEBUG data register. Table 4 5 shows the reset and TRST values for the
data register. Note: these values apply for DBG_REG for SELDCSR, DBGTX and DBGRX.
3.6.12 Trace Buffer
The 256-entry trace buffer provides the ability to capture control flow information to be
used for debugging an application. Two modes are supported:
• The buffer fills up completely and generates a debug exception. Then SW empties
the buffer.
• The buffer fills up and wraps around until it is disabled. Then SW empties the
buffer.
3.6.12.1 Trace Buffer CP Registers
CP14 defines three registers (see Tabl e 46) for use with the trace buffer. These CP14
registers are accessible using MRC, MCR, LDC and STC (CDP to any CP14 registers will
cause an undefined instruction trap). The CRn field specifies the number of the register
to access. The CRm, opcode_1, and opcode_2 fields are not used and should be set to
0.
Table 45. DEBUG Data Register Reset Values
Bit TRST RESET
DBG_REG[0] 0 unchanged
DBG_REG[1] 0 unchanged
DBG_REG[33:2] unpredictable unpredictable
DBG_REG[34] 0 unchanged