CPC G06F 11/349 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4068 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |
1. A device comprising:
a bus forming a ring path for circulation of one or more data packets around the bus, wherein the one or more data packets comprises a trace report packet for collecting trace data from a plurality of components attached to the bus, wherein the bus is configured to repeatedly circulate the trace report packet with a fixed time period taken for each circulation of the ring path performed by the trace report packet; and
the plurality of components, each of which comprises circuitry configured to, upon reception of the trace report packet at a respective component, insert one or more items of the trace data that have been obtained by the respective component.
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