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authorDaniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>2006-09-21 13:54:03 +0000
committerDaniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>2006-09-21 13:54:03 +0000
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2006-09-21 Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com> Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> Nathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com> * Makefile.in (SFILES): Add memory-map.c and xml-support.c. (memory_map_h, xml_support_h): New. (target_h): Add vec_h dependency. (COMMON_OBS): Add memory-map.o and xml-support.o. (memory-map.o, xml-support.o): New rules. (remote.o): Update. * exceptions.h (enum errors): Add XML_PARSE_ERROR. * infcmd.c (run_command_1, attach_command): Call target_pre_inferior. * memattr.c (default_mem_attrib): Initialize blocksize. (target_mem_region_list, mem_use_target) (target_mem_regions_valid, mem_region_cmp, mem_region_init) (require_user_regions, require_target_regions) (invalidate_target_mem_regions): New. (create_mem_region): Use mem_region_init. (mem_clear): Move higher. (lookup_mem_region): Use require_target_regions. (mem_command): Implement "mem auto". (mem_info_command): Handle target-supplied regions and flash attributes. (mem_enable_command, mem_disable_command, mem_delete_command): Use require_user_regions. (_initialize_mem): Mention "mem auto" in help. * memattr.h (enum mem_access_mode): Add MEM_FLASH. (struct mem_attrib): Add blocksize. (invalidate_target_mem_regions, mem_region_init, mem_region_cmp): New prototypes. * remote.c: Include "memory-map.h". (PACKET_qXfer_memory_map): New enum value. (remote_protocol_features): Add qXfer:memory-map:read. (remote_xfer_partial): Handle memory maps. (remote_memory_map): New. (init_remote_ops, init_remote_async_ops): Set to_memory_map. (_initialize_remote): Register qXfer:memory-map:read. * target.c (update_current_target): Mention to_memory_map. (target_memory_map, target_pre_inferior): New. (target_preopen): Call target_pre_inferior. * target.h: Include "vec.h". (enum target_object): Add TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY_MAP. (struct target_ops): Add to_memory_map. (target_memory_map, target_pre_inferior): New prototypes. * memory-map.c, memory-map.h, xml-support.c, xml-support.h: New files. gdb/doc/ 2006-09-21 Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com> Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> * gdb.texinfo (Memory Region Attributes): Mention target-supplied memory regions and "mem auto".
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-09-21 Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
+ Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Memory Region Attributes): Mention target-supplied
+ memory regions and "mem auto".
+
2006-09-21 Nathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com>
* gdbint.texinfo (Array Containers): New section.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index efd969c..3fc7544 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -6720,9 +6720,12 @@ an unrecognized tag.
@cindex memory region attributes
@dfn{Memory region attributes} allow you to describe special handling
-required by regions of your target's memory. @value{GDBN} uses attributes
-to determine whether to allow certain types of memory accesses; whether to
-use specific width accesses; and whether to cache target memory.
+required by regions of your target's memory. @value{GDBN} uses
+attributes to determine whether to allow certain types of memory
+accesses; whether to use specific width accesses; and whether to cache
+target memory. By default the description of memory regions is
+fetched from the target (if the current target supports this), but the
+user can override the fetched regions.
Defined memory regions can be individually enabled and disabled. When a
memory region is disabled, @value{GDBN} uses the default attributes when
@@ -6742,6 +6745,10 @@ monitored by @value{GDBN}. Note that @var{upper} == 0 is a special
case: it is treated as the the target's maximum memory address.
(0xffff on 16 bit targets, 0xffffffff on 32 bit targets, etc.)
+@item mem auto
+Discard any user changes to the memory regions and use target-supplied
+regions, if available, or no regions if the target does not support.
+
@kindex delete mem
@item delete mem @var{nums}@dots{}
Remove memory regions @var{nums}@dots{} from the list of regions