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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 1fd7267..20742d2 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -43094,24 +43094,25 @@ probes the target state as if a new connection was opened @item m @var{addr},@var{length} @cindex @samp{m} packet Read @var{length} addressable memory units starting at address @var{addr} -(@pxref{addressable memory unit}). Note that @var{addr} may not be aligned to -any particular boundary. +(@pxref{addressable memory unit}). Note that @var{addr} does not have to +be aligned to any particular boundary. +@cindex alignment of remote memory accesses +@cindex size of remote memory accesses +@cindex memory, alignment and size of remote accesses The stub need not use any particular size or alignment when gathering data from memory for the response; even if @var{addr} is word-aligned and @var{length} is a multiple of the word size, the stub is free to use byte accesses, or not. For this reason, this packet may not be suitable for accessing memory-mapped I/O devices. -@cindex alignment of remote memory accesses -@cindex size of remote memory accesses -@cindex memory, alignment and size of remote accesses Reply: @table @samp @item @var{XX@dots{}} Memory contents; each byte is transmitted as a two-digit hexadecimal number. The reply may contain fewer addressable memory units than requested if the -server was able to read only part of the region of memory. +server was reading from a trace frame memory and was able to read only part +of the region of memory. @end table Unlike most packets, this packet does not support |