ETM Interface
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9.1
About the ETM interface
The ARM946E-S supports the connection of an optional external Embedded Trace
Macrocell (ETM) to provide real-time tracing of ARM946E-S instructions and data in
an embedded system.
The ETM consists of two parts:
A trace port
A trace protocol has been developed to provide a real-time trace
capability for processor cores that are deeply embedded in much
larger ASIC designs. As the ASIC typically includes significant
amounts of on-chip memory, you cannot determine how the
processor core is operating simply by observing the pins of the
ASIC. A trace port is required to confirm the performance of the
processor in operational use.
Triggering facilities
An extensible specification exists, allowing you to specify the
exact set of trigger resources required for a particular application.
Resources include address and data comparators, counters, and
sequencers.
The ETM compresses the trace information and exports it through the trace port. An
external Trace Port Analyzer (TPA) is used to capture the trace information.
The ETM interface is primarily one way. To provide code tracing, the ETM block must
be able to monitor various ARM9E-S inputs and outputs. The required ARM9E-S
inputs and outputs are collected and driven out from the ARM946E-S as the ETM
interface.
The ETM interface outputs are pipelined by a single clock cycle to provide early output
timing and to isolate any ETM input load from the critical ARM946E-S signals. The
latency of the pipelined outputs does not affect ETM trace behavior, because all outputs
are delayed by the same amount.
Figure 9-1 on page 9-3 shows the ARM946E-S ETM interface.
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