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Chapter 13
Embedded Trace Macrocell
This chapter describes the Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM) for the Cortex-A53 processor. It
contains the following sections:
• About the ETM on page 13-2.
• ETM trace unit generation options and resources on page 13-3.
• ETM trace unit functional description on page 13-5.
• Reset on page 13-7.
• Modes of operation and execution on page 13-8.
• ETM trace unit register interfaces on page 13-9.
• ETM register summary on page 13-10.
• ETM register descriptions on page 13-13.
• Interaction with debug and performance monitoring unit on page 13-76.