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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 13 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index d50e845..135ddd9 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -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 |