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diff --git a/roms/u-boot/doc/usage/md.rst b/roms/u-boot/doc/usage/md.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4c1073ea3 --- /dev/null +++ b/roms/u-boot/doc/usage/md.rst @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+: + +md command +========== + +Synopis +------- + +:: + + md <address>[<data_size>] [<length>] + +Description +----------- + +The md command is used to dump the contents of memory. It uses a standard +format that includes the address, hex data and ASCII display. It supports +various data sizes and uses the endianness of the target. + +The specified data_size and length become the defaults for future memory +commands commands. + +address + start address to display + +data_size + size of each value to display (defaults to .l): + + ========= =================== + data_size Output size + ========= =================== + .b byte + .w word (16 bits) + .l long (32 bits) + .q quadword (64 bits) + ========= =================== + +length + number of values to dump. Defaults to 40 (0d64). Note that this is not + the same as the number of bytes, unless .b is used. + +Note that the format of 'md.b' can be emulated from linux with:: + + # This works but requires using sed to get the extra spaces + # <addr> is the address, <f> is the filename + xxd -o <addr> -g1 <f> |sed 's/ / /' >bad + + # This uses a single tool but the offset always starts at 0 + # <f> is the filename + hexdump -v -e '"%08.8_ax: " 16/1 "%02x " " "' -e '16/1 "%_p" "\n" ' <f> + + +Example +------- + +:: + + => md 10000 + 00010000: 00010000 00000000 f0f30f00 00005596 .............U.. + 00010010: 10011010 00000000 10011010 00000000 ................ + 00010020: 10011050 00000000 b96d4cd8 00007fff P........Lm..... + 00010030: 00000000 00000000 f0f30f18 00005596 .............U.. + 00010040: 10011040 00000000 10011040 00000000 @.......@....... + 00010050: b96d4cd8 00007fff 10011020 00000000 .Lm..... ....... + 00010060: 00000003 000000c3 00000000 00000000 ................ + 00010070: 00000000 00000000 f0e892f3 00005596 .............U.. + 00010080: 00000000 000000a1 00000000 00000000 ................ + 00010090: 00000000 00000000 f0e38aa6 00005596 .............U.. + 000100a0: 00000000 000000a6 00000022 00000000 ........"....... + 000100b0: 00000001 00000000 f0e38aa1 00005596 .............U.. + 000100c0: 00000000 000000be 00000000 00000000 ................ + 000100d0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................ + 000100e0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................ + 000100f0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................ + => md.b 10000 + 00010000: 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 0f f3 f0 96 55 00 00 .............U.. + 00010010: 10 10 01 10 00 00 00 00 10 10 01 10 00 00 00 00 ................ + 00010020: 50 10 01 10 00 00 00 00 d8 4c 6d b9 ff 7f 00 00 P........Lm..... + 00010030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 0f f3 f0 96 55 00 00 .............U.. + => md.b 10000 10 + 00010000: 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 0f f3 f0 96 55 00 00 .............U.. + => + 00010010: 10 10 01 10 00 00 00 00 10 10 01 10 00 00 00 00 ................ + => + 00010020: 50 10 01 10 00 00 00 00 d8 4c 6d b9 ff 7f 00 00 P........Lm..... + => + => md.q 10000 + 00010000: 0000000000010000 00005596f0f30f00 .............U.. + 00010010: 0000000010011010 0000000010011010 ................ + 00010020: 0000000010011050 00007fffb96d4cd8 P........Lm..... + 00010030: 0000000000000000 00005596f0f30f18 .............U.. + 00010040: 0000000010011040 0000000010011040 @.......@....... + 00010050: 00007fffb96d4cd8 0000000010011020 .Lm..... ....... + 00010060: 000000c300000003 0000000000000000 ................ + 00010070: 0000000000000000 00005596f0e892f3 .............U.. + +The empty commands cause a 'repeat', so that md shows the next available data +in the same format as before. + + +Return value +------------ + +The return value $? is always 0 (true). + + |