Programmable hardware event monitoring method

Details Programmable hardware event monitoring method Programmable hardware event monitoring method

1998-04-30

2000-10-17

Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery

Data processing system error or fault handling

Reliability and availability

714 47, G06F 1100

Patent

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061346764

ABSTRACT:
A system for monitoring hardware events in a computer system implements a hardware event monitor of control registers and has programmable generic fields which can be internally or externally programmed for monitoring events ranging from simple operations to complex event sequences. Using programmed criteria incorporated into the hardware event monitor to events within said computer system are monitored by initiating successive compares of programmed criteria with processing events. The hardware event monitor can trigger external actions upon successful detection of compares indicating that all criteria programmed into the hardware event monitor have been achieved. None of the bits within the Control Registers are mutually exclusive which allows multiple scenarios to be programmed. The hardware event monitor and system trace controls act as a single unified entity with remote programming of said hardware event monitor and trace controls over a UBUS to permit capturing and logging problem debugging and instrumentation data for use in remote system administration, technical support assistance, field and customer engineering applications, and performance analysis, and hardware error injection for recovery and diagnostic testing, and enabling dither to break resource deadlocks.

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