Patent ID: 8024620
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a debug message in a data processing system, the method comprising: receiving a translated address and an untranslated address associated with a same processor operation; providing an address-type indicator whose value is indicative of whether the translated address or the untranslated address is to be used for creating a debug message; selectively modifying the value of the address-type indicator in response to an occurrence of one or more selected debug events; selecting, based at least in part on the value of the modified address-type indicator, the translated address or the untranslated address as a selected address, wherein selecting includes overriding the address type indicator with the modified address-type indicator and determining the value of the modified address-type indicator to select the translated address or the untranslated address as the selected address; and creating a debug message using at least a portion of the selected address.