Patent ID: 7191293
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of processing data, said method comprising the steps of: executing data processing operations with data processing logic; generating respective streams of trace data for said data processing logic with one or more trace data sources; receiving respective streams of trace data from said one or more trace data sources with one or more trace data sinks operable; and generating with at least one flush signal generator a flush request signal passed to at least one of said one or more trace data sources to signal a flush point within any trace data buffered within said at least one of said one or more trace data sources; wherein said at least one of said one or more trace data sources is operable to trigger a flush complete response when any trace data generated by said at least one trace data source prior to said flush point has been output to one of said one or more trace data sinks.