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authorMaciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>2007-06-21 15:18:51 +0000
committerMaciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>2007-06-21 15:18:51 +0000
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* disasm.c (gdb_print_insn): Return the number of branch delay slot instructions too. * disasm.h (gdb_print_insn): Update prototype. * printcmd.c (branch_delay_insns): New variable to record the number of delay slot instructions after disassembling a branch. (print_formatted): Record the number of branch delay slot instructions. (do_examine): When disassembling, if the last instruction disassembled has any branch delay slots, then bump the count so that they get disassembled too. * tui/tui-disasm.c (tui_disassemble): Update the call to gdb_print_insn(). * NEWS: Document the new behaviour. gdb/doc/: * gdb.texinfo (Examining Memory): Document the new behaviour. gdb/gdbtk/: * generic/gdbtk-cmds.c (gdbtk_load_asm): Update the call to gdb_print_insn().
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+2007-06-21 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@mips.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Examining Memory): Document the new behaviour.
+
2007-06-21 Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Standard Target Features): Document
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@@ -5861,9 +5861,12 @@ specifications @samp{4xw} and @samp{4wx} mean exactly the same thing.
Even though the unit size @var{u} is ignored for the formats @samp{s}
and @samp{i}, you might still want to use a count @var{n}; for example,
@samp{3i} specifies that you want to see three machine instructions,
-including any operands. The command @code{disassemble} gives an
-alternative way of inspecting machine instructions; see @ref{Machine
-Code,,Source and Machine Code}.
+including any operands. For convenience, especially when used with
+the @code{display} command, the @samp{i} format also prints branch delay
+slot instructions, if any, beyond the count specified, which immediately
+follow the last instruction that is within the count. The command
+@code{disassemble} gives an alternative way of inspecting machine
+instructions; see @ref{Machine Code,,Source and Machine Code}.
All the defaults for the arguments to @code{x} are designed to make it
easy to continue scanning memory with minimal specifications each time