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Re: [PATCH v1 03/13] docs: Add to gdbstub documentation the PhyMemMode


From: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 03/13] docs: Add to gdbstub documentation the PhyMemMode
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 16:40:07 +0200
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On 7/9/20 4:13 PM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> From: Jon Doron <arilou@gmail.com>
> 
> The PhyMemMode gdb extension command was missing from the gdb.rst
> document.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Doron <arilou@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> Message-Id: <20200601171609.1665397-1-arilou@gmail.com>
> ---
>  docs/system/gdb.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/system/gdb.rst b/docs/system/gdb.rst
> index a40145fcf849..abda961e2b49 100644
> --- a/docs/system/gdb.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/gdb.rst
> @@ -87,3 +87,23 @@ three commands you can query and set the single step 
> behavior:
>        (gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
>        sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
>        received: "OK"
> +
> +
> +Another feature that QEMU gdbstub provides is to toggle the memory GDB
> +works with, 

Maybe start a new sentence?
Otherwise looks good:
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>

> by default GDB will show the current process memory respecting
> +the virtual address translation.
> +
> +If you want to examine/change the physical memory you can set the gdbstub
> +to work with the physical memory rather with the virtual one.
> +
> +The memory mode can be checked by sending the following command:
> +
> +``maintenance packet qqemu.PhyMemMode``
> +    This will return either 0 or 1, 1 indicates you are currently in the
> +    physical memory mode.
> +
> +``maintenance packet Qqemu.PhyMemMode:1``
> +    This will change the memory mode to physical memory.
> +
> +``maintenance packet Qqemu.PhyMemMode:0``
> +    This will change it back to normal memory mode.
> 



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