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diff --git a/doc/openocd.texi b/doc/openocd.texi index 28ec4a5d..32797fb3 100644 --- a/doc/openocd.texi +++ b/doc/openocd.texi @@ -4891,7 +4891,7 @@ Displays information about the current target's ETM. @end deffn @deffn Command {etm status} -Displays status of the current target's ETM: +Displays status of the current target's ETM and trace port driver: is the ETM idle, or is it collecting data? Did trace data overflow? Was it triggered? @@ -4904,19 +4904,43 @@ When the configuration changes, tracing is stopped and any buffered trace data is invalidated. @itemize -@item @var{type} ... one of +@item @var{type} ... describing how data accesses are traced, +when they pass any ViewData filtering that that was set up. +The value is one of @option{none} (save nothing), @option{data} (save data), @option{address} (save addresses), @option{all} (save data and addresses) @item @var{context_id_bits} ... 0, 8, 16, or 32 @item @var{cycle_accurate} ... @option{enable} or @option{disable} -@item @var{branch_output} ... @option{enable} or @option{disable} +cycle-accurate instruction tracing. +Before ETMv3, enabling this causes much extra data to be recorded. +@item @var{branch_output} ... @option{enable} or @option{disable}. +Disable this unless you need to try reconstructing the instruction +trace stream without an image of the code. @end itemize @end deffn -@deffn Command {etm trigger_percent} percent -@emph{Buggy and effectively a NOP ... @var{percent} from 2..100} +@deffn Command {etm trigger_percent} [percent] +This displays, or optionally changes, the trace port driver's +behavior after the ETM's configured @emph{trigger} event fires. +It controls how much more trace data is saved after the (single) +trace trigger becomes active. + +@itemize +@item The default corresponds to @emph{trace around} usage, +recording 50 percent data before the event and the rest +afterwards. +@item The minimum value of @var{percent} is 2 percent, +recording almost exclusively data before the trigger. +Such extreme @emph{trace before} usage can help figure out +what caused that event to happen. +@item The maximum value of @var{percent} is 100 percent, +recording data almost exclusively after the event. +This extreme @emph{trace after} usage might help sort out +how the event caused trouble. +@end itemize +@c REVISIT allow "break" too -- enter debug mode. @end deffn @subsection ETM Trace Operation |