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This section describes the format of the +memory map. +</p> +<p>The memory map is obtained using the ‘<samp>qXfer:memory-map:read</samp>’ +(see <a href="General-Query-Packets.html#qXfer-memory-map-read">qXfer memory map read</a>) packet and is an XML document that +lists memory regions. +</p> +<p><small>GDB</small> must be linked with the Expat library to support XML +memory maps. See <a href="Requirements.html#Expat">Expat</a>. +</p> +<p>The top-level structure of the document is shown below: +</p> +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample"><?xml version="1.0"?> +<!DOCTYPE memory-map + PUBLIC "+//IDN gnu.org//DTD GDB Memory Map V1.0//EN" + "http://sourceware.org/gdb/gdb-memory-map.dtd"> +<memory-map> + region... +</memory-map> +</pre></div> + +<p>Each region can be either: +</p> +<ul> +<li> A region of RAM starting at <var>addr</var> and extending for <var>length</var> +bytes from there: + +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample"><memory type="ram" start="<var>addr</var>" length="<var>length</var>"/> +</pre></div> + + +</li><li> A region of read-only memory: + +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample"><memory type="rom" start="<var>addr</var>" length="<var>length</var>"/> +</pre></div> + + +</li><li> A region of flash memory, with erasure blocks <var>blocksize</var> +bytes in length: + +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample"><memory type="flash" start="<var>addr</var>" length="<var>length</var>"> + <property name="blocksize"><var>blocksize</var></property> +</memory> +</pre></div> + +</li></ul> + +<p>Regions must not overlap. <small>GDB</small> assumes that areas of memory not covered +by the memory map are RAM, and uses the ordinary ‘<samp>M</samp>’ and ‘<samp>X</samp>’ +packets to write to addresses in such ranges. +</p> +<p>The formal DTD for memory map format is given below: +</p> +<div class="smallexample"> +<pre class="smallexample"><!-- ................................................... --> +<!-- Memory Map XML DTD ................................ --> +<!-- File: memory-map.dtd .............................. --> +<!-- .................................... .............. --> +<!-- memory-map.dtd --> +<!-- memory-map: Root element with versioning --> +<!ELEMENT memory-map (memory)*> +<!ATTLIST memory-map version CDATA #FIXED "1.0.0"> +<!ELEMENT memory (property)*> +<!-- memory: Specifies a memory region, + and its type, or device. --> +<!ATTLIST memory type (ram|rom|flash) #REQUIRED + start CDATA #REQUIRED + length CDATA #REQUIRED> +<!-- property: Generic attribute tag --> +<!ELEMENT property (#PCDATA | property)*> +<!ATTLIST property name (blocksize) #REQUIRED> +</pre></div> + +<hr> +<div class="header"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Thread-List-Format.html#Thread-List-Format" accesskey="n" rel="next">Thread List Format</a>, Previous: <a href="Library-List-Format-for-SVR4-Targets.html#Library-List-Format-for-SVR4-Targets" accesskey="p" rel="previous">Library List Format for SVR4 Targets</a>, Up: <a href="Remote-Protocol.html#Remote-Protocol" accesskey="u" rel="up">Remote Protocol</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Concept-Index.html#Concept-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |