Tracing Program Counter Addresses Using Native Program Counter Format and Instruction Count Format

摘要

A method of tracing program counter activity in a data processor periodically transmits a program counter sync point including the current program counter address. Between sync points the program counter address is indicated by a program counter offset relative to the last program counter sync point. The program counter offset is sent as integral number of sections of a predetermined number of bits. Program counter sync points are transmitted often enough so that the program counter offset requires at most one less section than the program counter address.