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INTEL® PROCESSOR TRACE
36.4.2.19 Maintenance (MNT) Packet
36.4.2.20 PAD Packet
Table 36-38. MNT Packet Definition
Name
Maintenance (MNT) Packet
Packet Format
Dependencies
TriggerEn
Generation Sce-
nario
Implementation specific.
Description
This packet is generated by hardware, the payload meaning is model-specific.
Application
Unless a decoder has been extended for a particular family/model/stepping to interpret MNT packet payloads, this
packet should simply be ignored. It does not bind to any IP.
Table 36-39. PAD Packet Definition
Name
PAD Packet
Packet Format
Dependencies
TriggerEn
Generation
Scenario
Implementation specific
Description
PAD is simply a NOP packet. Processor implementations may choose to add pad packets to improve packet align-
ment or for implementation-specific reasons.
Application
Ignore PAD packets.
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
Payload[7:0]
4
Payload[15:8]
5
Payload[23:16]
6
Payload[31:24]
7
Payload[39:32]
8
Payload[47:40]
9
Payload[55:48]
10
Payload[63:56]
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0