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[PATCH 3/3] gdb/doc: Add documentation for tfile description section lines.
- From: Marcin KoÅcielnicki <koriakin at 0x04 dot net>
- To: palves at redhat dot com
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Marcin KoÅcielnicki <koriakin at 0x04 dot net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:19:48 +0100
- Subject: [PATCH 3/3] gdb/doc: Add documentation for tfile description section lines.
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gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Trace File Format): Add documentation for description
section lines.
---
Here's the promised documentation for tdesc lines and then some.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 75b24ef..12ace48 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2016-02-10 Marcin KoÅcielnicki <koriakin@0x04.net>
+ * gdb.texinfo (Trace File Format): Add documentation for description
+ section lines.
+
+2016-02-10 Marcin KoÅcielnicki <koriakin@0x04.net>
+
* gdb.texinfo (Trace File Format): Remove misleading information
about register block ordering.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 9db234e..0028eda 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -41031,7 +41031,38 @@ as tracepoint definitions or register set size. @value{GDBN} will
ignore any line that it does not recognize. An empty line marks the end
of this section.
-@c FIXME add some specific types of data
+@table @code
+@item R @var{size}
+Specifies the size of a register block in bytes. This is equal to the
+size of a @code{g} packet payload in the remote protocol. @var{size}
+is an ascii decimal number. There should be only one such line in
+a single trace file.
+
+@item status @var{status}
+Trace status. @var{status} has the same format as a @code{qTStatus}
+remote packet reply. There should be only one such line in a single trace
+file.
+
+@item tp @var{payload}
+Tracepoint definition. The @var{payload} has the same format as
+@code{qTfP}/@code{qTsP} remote packet reply payload. A single tracepoint
+may take multiple lines of definition, corresponding to the multiple
+reply packets.
+
+@item tsv @var{payload}
+Trace state variable definition. The @var{payload} has the same format as
+@code{qTfV}/@code{qTsV} remote packet reply payload. A single variable
+may take multiple lines of definition, corresponding to the multiple
+reply packets.
+
+@item tdesc @var{payload}
+Target description in XML format. The @var{payload} is a single line of
+the XML file. All such lines should be concatenated together to get
+the original XML file. This file is in the same format as @code{qXfer}
+@code{features} payload, and corresponds to the main @code{target.xml}
+file. Includes are not allowed.
+
+@end table
The trace frame section consists of a number of consecutive frames.
Each frame begins with a two-byte tracepoint number, followed by a
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