STM

STM(System Trace macrocell)

STM是coresight system中的一个trace source，可以提供high-bandwidth的trace data。

STM优于Instrumentation Trace Macrocell(ITM)：

1)       dedicated AXI slave for receiving instrumentation----software writes to its stimulus ports；

2)       multiple processor can share and directly access the STM without being aware of each other;

通过分配不同的pages在STM stimulus space中。

3)       optionally stall the axi when its fifo becomes full；

4)       Timestamping can be requested for each write independently；

5)       Timestamps are automatically correlated with other timestamping trace sources in coresight system；

6)       Provides a hardware event interface, STM traces when rising edges occur on signals；

 

STM模块的集成：

STM的AXI slave连接到system interconnect来关注到所有的system master，如processors和DMA controller；

STM的debug APB连接到off-chip或on-chip的debug agent(DAP)；

STM的trace stream通过ATB bus输出到ETB或TPIU或pad；

 

STM trace到的data会按MIPI System Trace Protocol(STPv2)进行package

 

STM内部的block diagram：

STM内的interface：

1)       AXI slave，连接STM到system bus；

2)       Hardware event observation interface，共32个signals连接到system various signals(Interrupt lines，DMA request lines，CTI trigger outputs)；

3)       DMA peripheral request interface，连接到一个DMA Controller；

4)       Debug APB slave interface；

5)       ATB master interface；

6)       Timestamp port interfa

7)       Cross-trigger interface，连接到coresight system CTI接口，indicate trigger events；

 

在Real_time trace中，source会比较多，包括trace components monitoring processor instruction and data flow，

instrumentation in the software running on a processor，trace components monitoring activities outside the processor。

STPv2定义了所有的message types和message sequences。

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