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Re: [PATCH v1 03/13] docs: Add to gdbstub documentation the PhyMemMode
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Philippe Mathieu-Daudé |
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Re: [PATCH v1 03/13] docs: Add to gdbstub documentation the PhyMemMode |
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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.
>
- [PATCH v1 00/13] misc rc0 fixes (docs, plugins, docker), Alex Bennée, 2020/07/09
- [PATCH v1 02/13] docs/devel: add some notes on tcg-icount for developers, Alex Bennée, 2020/07/09
- [PATCH v1 03/13] docs: Add to gdbstub documentation the PhyMemMode, Alex Bennée, 2020/07/09
- Re: [PATCH v1 03/13] docs: Add to gdbstub documentation the PhyMemMode,
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <=
- [PATCH v1 01/13] docs/devel: convert and update MTTCG design document, Alex Bennée, 2020/07/09
- [PATCH v1 06/13] plugins: add API to return a name for a IO device, Alex Bennée, 2020/07/09
- [PATCH v1 04/13] cputlb: ensure we save the IOTLB data in case of reset, Alex Bennée, 2020/07/09
- Re: [PATCH v1 04/13] cputlb: ensure we save the IOTLB data in case of reset, Emilio G. Cota, 2020/07/11