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diff --git a/memtool.1 b/memtool.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f18ba12 --- /dev/null +++ b/memtool.1 @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +.TH memtool "1" "December 2015" "memtool - display and modify memory" +.SH NAME +memtool \- display and modify memory +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B memtool md +.RB [\| \-b \||\| \-w \||\| \-l \||\| \-q \|] +.RB [\| \-x \|] +.RB [\| \-s +.IR filename \|] +.I region +.br +.B memtool mw +.RB [\| \-b \||\| \-w \||\| \-l \||\| \-q \|] +.RB [\| \-d +.IR filename \|] +.I start +.I data... + +.SH DESCRIPTION +memtool allows one to read and write regions of files. When applied to +.I /dev/mem +(which is the default file) the regions represent memory mapped registers. +.PP +There are currently two subcommands: +.B mw +to write to memory/a file; and +.B md +to read from memory/a file. + +Note that on some machines there are alignment restrictions that forbid for +example to read a word from an address that is not word aligned. memtool +doesn't try to be smart here but simply tries what is requested by the caller. +This might result in all kind of errors which are not considered to be a bug of +the tool, but either the machine or the caller. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-b +Use byte wise (8-bit) access +.TP +.B \-w +Use word wise (16-bit) access +.TP +.B \-l +Use long wise (32-bit) access +.TP +.BR \-q +Use quad wise (64-bit) access +.TP +\fB\-d \fIfilename +Write to +.IR filename . +.TP +\fB\-s \fIfilename +Read from +.IR filename . +.TP +.B \-x +Swap bytes at output + +.SH REGIONS +Memory regions can be specified in two different forms: +.TP +\fIstart\fR[\fB+\fIsize\fR] +.TP +.IB start \- end +.PP +.I start +specifies the byte offset of the region's beginning, i.e. the first included +address. +.I size +specifies the size of the region in bytes and defaults to 0x100. Alternatively +.I end +specifies the offset of the last included address. +Offsets can be specified in decimal or hexadecimal with a prefix 0x. +Additionally you can use suffixes +.BR G ", " M ", and " k , +which multiply by 1024^3, 1024^2, and 1024 respectively. |