FAQs - Profiling

In this topic:

• What do we mean by trigger A, trigger B, and trigger C?
  
  
• What are start and stop triggers/tracepoints?
  
  
• How do I set triggers A, B and C?
  
  
• How do I enable trace and profiling?
  
  
• How do I view the triggers/tracepoints that I have set?
  
  
• How do I enable and disable triggers?
  
  
• What is the difference between the Toggle Trace Trigger A/B and Enable/Disable Tracepoint options?
  
  
• Which option do I select if I want to add a trigger?
  
  
• Which option do I select if I want to skip a trigger still keeping it in my trigger list?
  
  
• What if I want to delete a trigger?
  
  
• How do I collect data?
  
  
• How do I view trace, critical code, timeline, performance, and call tree data?
  
  
• What is Timeline?
  
  
• What does Critical Code data display?
  
  
• What is Performance data?
  
  
• What is Call Tree data?
  
  
• What is the use of Selection Mode in TraceTimelineEditor?
  
  
• How do I export critical code and performance data in a CSV file?
  
  
• How can I save my trace results for later use?
  
  
• When do we use the Halt the Target when Trace Buffer gets Full option?
  
  
• When do we use the Break on Trigger Hit and Break on FIFO Full options?
  
  
• When do I use the "Keep Last Buffer Before Trigger" option?
  
  
• What are memory access triggers?
  
  
• How to set a trigger from the Disassembly view?
  
  
• What is LOOP1 Mode?
  
  
• What is Profile-Only mode?
  
  
• What is the difference between Automatic and Continuous mode?
  
  
• What is the purpose of Resume and Suspend buttons in the Profile Results view?
  
  
• How do I add a new address tracepoint while debugging a project?
  
  
• Are there any limitations to use the debugger and the profiling tool (with tracepoints) simultaneously?
  
  
• How are ColdFire V2 - V4 targets different from ColdFire V1 target?
  
  
• Is trace feature supported on OSJTAG?
  
  
• Which derivatives of the MPC56xx target support tracing?
  
  
• What is Data Visualization?
  
  
• Can I set analysispoints for data visualization?
  
  
• What are Hardware and Software tracepoints?
  
  
• How do I set Hardware/Software tracepoints?
  
  
• What is Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM)?
  
  
• What is Instrumentation Trace Macrocell (ITM)?
  
  
• What is Embedded Trace Buffer (ETB)?
  
  
• What is J-Trace? How do I collect data using J-Trace?
  
  
• How can I enable software tracepoints automatically on Kinetis target?