u-boot/doc/usage/md.rst
Simon Glass 671c454368 doc: describe the md command
Provide a man-page for the md command.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
2021-03-02 15:53:37 -05:00

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.. 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.
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).