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Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] Clarify doc about memory read/write and non-8-bits addressable memory unit sizes
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at ericsson dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, simon dot marchi at ericsson dot com
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:48:34 +0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] Clarify doc about memory read/write and non-8-bits addressable memory unit sizes
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> From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
> CC: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:47:34 -0400
>
> New in v2:
>
> * Change wording: use byte for 8-bits chunks and addressable memory unit
> for the unit of data associated to a single address.
> * Introduce definition of addressable memory unit in the Memory
> section.
>
> This patch modifies the manual to clarify the MI, RSP and Python APIs in
> regard to reading/writing memory on architectures with addressable
> memory unit that are not 8 bits.
>
> Care is taken to use the word "addressable memory unit" or "memory unit"
> when referring to one piece of the smallest addressable size on the
> current architecture and the word "byte" when referring to an 8-bits
> data piece.
This patch is fine with me, thanks.