Distributed debugging method and system

[0020] Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals indicate like parts in the figures, figure 1 A high-level block diagram representation of a computer system 100 connected to a network 130 is shown, according to one embodiment of the invention. The major components of computer system 100 include one or more processors 101, main memory 102, terminal interface 111, storage interface 112, I / O (input / output) device interface 113, and network adapter 114, all of which communicate directly or indirectly connected for inter-component communication via memory bus 103 , I / O bus 104 and I / O bus interface unit 105 .

[0021] Computer system 100 includes one or more general-purpose programmable central processing units (CPUs) 101A, 101B, 101C, and 101D, collectively referred to herein as processors 101 . In one embodiment, computer system 100 contains multiple processors as is typical in relatively large systems; however, in another embodiment, computer system 100 may alternatively...