VME Core Dump

• Uses second non-EPICS processor to download core image of crashed IOC via VME bus transfers

• Must set VMEChip2 registers to allow IOC RAM to be visible across VME

• At startup, perform normal core dump on IOC to capture symbol table, etc.

• After crash, run special VME core dump S/W in second CPU to capture RAM from crashed machine

• Debug using “shell” tool

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