
Development Tools User’s Manual
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IXP2400/IXP2800 Network Processors
Developer Workbench
By default, the stage 4 instruction is marked as the current instruction. It is highlighted by
horizontal black lines above and below it. The thread window is automatically scrolled so that the
current instruction marker is visible when execution stops.
If the line containing the current instruction is displayed, then the instruction marker points to it. If
the line is hidden because it is in a collapsed macro, then the instruction marker points to the line
containing the collapsed macro.
You can optionally choose to have multiple instructions marked in addition to the current
instruction when thread execution stops. The Workbench marks any combination of instructions
that are in one of the 6 pipeline stages. To add the stages you want marked, click the appropriate
check boxes in the Markers tab.
For more information on instruction markers, see:
Section 2.13.3.2, “Changing the Colors for Execution State
Section 2.13.8.9, “Instruction Markers
Section 2.13.8.10, “Viewing Instruction Execution in the Thread Window
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Figure 32. Marking Instructions for the Network Processor