Mfill, Name, Synopsis – Comtrol eCos User Manual

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mfill

Name

mfill

— Fill RAM with a specified pattern

Synopsis

mfill {-b

location

} {-l

length

} {-p

value

} [-1 | -2 | -4]

Arguments

Name

Type

Description

Default

-b

location

Memory address

Location in memory for
start of data.

none

-l

length

Number

Length of data

none

-p

pattern

Number

Data value to fill with

0

-1

Access one byte (8 bits) at
a time. Only the least
significant 8 bits of the
pattern will be used.

-4

-2

Access two bytes (16 bits)
at a time. Only the least
significant 16 bits of the
pattern will be used.

-4

-4

Access one word (32 bits)
at a time.

-4

Description

Fills a range of memory with the given pattern.

Examples

Fill a buffer with zeros.

RedBoot> x -b 0x100000 -l 0x20

00100000: 00 3E 00 06 00 06 00 06

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

|.>..............|

00100010: 00 00 00 78 00 70 00 60

00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60

|...x.p.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘|

RedBoot> mfill -b 0x100000 -l 0x20

RedBoot> x -b 0x100000 -l 0x20

00100000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

|................|

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