[binutils-gdb] doc: fine-tune the documentation of the 'm' RSP packet
Tankut Baris Aktemur
aktemur@sourceware.org
Thu Dec 19 11:35:58 GMT 2024
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=53a7b478f54fc4150bc97f7af2b8d36bccd61b71
commit 53a7b478f54fc4150bc97f7af2b8d36bccd61b71
Author: Tankut Baris Aktemur <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com>
Date: Thu Dec 19 12:31:50 2024 +0100
doc: fine-tune the documentation of the 'm' RSP packet
Revise a sentence to avoid misinterpretation. Move @cindex entries
before the text they index. Refer to trace frames regarding partial
reads.
Approved-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Diff:
---
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 1fd726747f3..20742d22a3f 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -43094,24 +43094,25 @@ probes the target state as if a new connection was opened
@item m @var{addr},@var{length}
@cindex @samp{m} packet
Read @var{length} addressable memory units starting at address @var{addr}
-(@pxref{addressable memory unit}). Note that @var{addr} may not be aligned to
-any particular boundary.
+(@pxref{addressable memory unit}). Note that @var{addr} does not have to
+be aligned to any particular boundary.
+@cindex alignment of remote memory accesses
+@cindex size of remote memory accesses
+@cindex memory, alignment and size of remote accesses
The stub need not use any particular size or alignment when gathering
data from memory for the response; even if @var{addr} is word-aligned
and @var{length} is a multiple of the word size, the stub is free to
use byte accesses, or not. For this reason, this packet may not be
suitable for accessing memory-mapped I/O devices.
-@cindex alignment of remote memory accesses
-@cindex size of remote memory accesses
-@cindex memory, alignment and size of remote accesses
Reply:
@table @samp
@item @var{XX@dots{}}
Memory contents; each byte is transmitted as a two-digit hexadecimal number.
The reply may contain fewer addressable memory units than requested if the
-server was able to read only part of the region of memory.
+server was reading from a trace frame memory and was able to read only part
+of the region of memory.
@end table
Unlike most packets, this packet does not support
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