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authorSpencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk>2014-01-24 12:43:41 +0000
committerSpencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk>2014-02-04 20:53:49 +0000
commit47d4224d48199e700f7f685c7965a9864dde5f20 (patch)
tree6b98262a327a53a4d77b740f726ac3f47bd86462 /doc
parent698eaf9896b9b490676b13cf532c0161f7fb67c8 (diff)
doc: add missing reg command argument 'force'
The argument 'force' enables a user to bypass the internal cache and read a target register directly. However it is missing from the user guide. Change-Id: I26f689eec20b38a0dc5294626b25df566b554446 Signed-off-by: Spencer Oliver <spen@spen-soft.co.uk> Reviewed-on: http://openocd.zylin.com/1897 Tested-by: jenkins
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/openocd.texi b/doc/openocd.texi
index fd8767ed..f614c629 100644
--- a/doc/openocd.texi
+++ b/doc/openocd.texi
@@ -6372,7 +6372,7 @@ various operations. The current target may be changed
by using @command{targets} command with the name of the
target which should become current.
-@deffn Command reg [(number|name) [value]]
+@deffn Command reg [(number|name) [(value|'force')]]
Access a single register by @var{number} or by its @var{name}.
The target must generally be halted before access to CPU core
registers is allowed. Depending on the hardware, some other
@@ -6386,6 +6386,8 @@ which are also dirty (and will be written back later)
are flagged as such.
@emph{With number/name}: display that register's value.
+Use @var{force} argument to read directly from the target,
+bypassing any internal cache.
@emph{With both number/name and value}: set register's value.
Writes may be held in a writeback cache internal to OpenOCD,