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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 71c605c92bf..4088b1705f4 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2011-04-20 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Trace File Format): Move node later. + 2010-09-01 Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@ericsson.com> * gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Miscellaneous Commands): Document new diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 65d4899fd5d..750191fc956 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -34855,59 +34855,6 @@ element is interpreted as human-readable auxilliary information. @include agentexpr.texi -@node Trace File Format -@appendix Trace File Format -@cindex trace file format - -The trace file comes in three parts: a header, a textual description -section, and a trace frame section with binary data. - -The header has the form @code{\x7fTRACE0\n}. The first byte is -@code{0x7f} so as to indicate that the file contains binary data, -while the @code{0} is a version number that may have different values -in the future. - -The description section consists of multiple lines of @sc{ascii} text -separated by newline characters (@code{0xa}). The lines may include a -variety of optional descriptive or context-setting information, such -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 - -The trace frame section consists of a number of consecutive frames. -Each frame begins with a two-byte tracepoint number, followed by a -four-byte size giving the amount of data in the frame. The data in -the frame consists of a number of blocks, each introduced by a -character indicating its type (at least register, memory, and trace -state variable). The data in this section is raw binary, not a -hexadecimal or other encoding; its endianness matches the target's -endianness. - -@c FIXME bi-arch may require endianness/arch info in description section - -@table @code -@item R @var{bytes} -Register block. The number and ordering of bytes matches that of a -@code{g} packet in the remote protocol. Note that these are the -actual bytes, in target order and @value{GDBN} register order, not a -hexadecimal encoding. - -@item M @var{address} @var{length} @var{bytes}... -Memory block. This is a contiguous block of memory, at the 8-byte -address @var{address}, with a 2-byte length @var{length}, followed by -@var{length} bytes. - -@item V @var{number} @var{value} -Trace state variable block. This records the 8-byte signed value -@var{value} of trace state variable numbered @var{number}. - -@end table - -Future enhancements of the trace file format may include additional types -of blocks. - @node Target Descriptions @appendix Target Descriptions @cindex target descriptions @@ -35580,6 +35527,59 @@ should contain a comma-separated list of cores that this process is running on. Target may provide additional columns, which @value{GDBN} currently ignores. +@node Trace File Format +@appendix Trace File Format +@cindex trace file format + +The trace file comes in three parts: a header, a textual description +section, and a trace frame section with binary data. + +The header has the form @code{\x7fTRACE0\n}. The first byte is +@code{0x7f} so as to indicate that the file contains binary data, +while the @code{0} is a version number that may have different values +in the future. + +The description section consists of multiple lines of @sc{ascii} text +separated by newline characters (@code{0xa}). The lines may include a +variety of optional descriptive or context-setting information, such +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 + +The trace frame section consists of a number of consecutive frames. +Each frame begins with a two-byte tracepoint number, followed by a +four-byte size giving the amount of data in the frame. The data in +the frame consists of a number of blocks, each introduced by a +character indicating its type (at least register, memory, and trace +state variable). The data in this section is raw binary, not a +hexadecimal or other encoding; its endianness matches the target's +endianness. + +@c FIXME bi-arch may require endianness/arch info in description section + +@table @code +@item R @var{bytes} +Register block. The number and ordering of bytes matches that of a +@code{g} packet in the remote protocol. Note that these are the +actual bytes, in target order and @value{GDBN} register order, not a +hexadecimal encoding. + +@item M @var{address} @var{length} @var{bytes}... +Memory block. This is a contiguous block of memory, at the 8-byte +address @var{address}, with a 2-byte length @var{length}, followed by +@var{length} bytes. + +@item V @var{number} @var{value} +Trace state variable block. This records the 8-byte signed value +@var{value} of trace state variable numbered @var{number}. + +@end table + +Future enhancements of the trace file format may include additional types +of blocks. + @include gpl.texi @node GNU Free Documentation License |