WinUAE Debugger

[BippyM]

Hey guys

I'm trying to use a memwatch point to see when a value is written to a mem location

I'm using the following

w 1 $11c6 W

but it doesn't seem to work.. what is the correct syntax for this?

Thanks

[thor]

Why not look at the info the help ('h') command gives you?

w <num> <address> <length> <R/W/I/F> [<value>]

[BippyM]

i looked. Hence the w 1 $11c6 W

[thor]

You're missing the length value (assuming 1 is the watchpoint number and 11c6 the address)

[CodyJarrett]

You don't need the dollar sign either I think.

[BippyM]

how do i specify the length ? B w or l i presume? Can't test night now i'm working.

[thor]

Length is a numerical value and specifies the window size in memory where an access can trigger the watchpoint. Example: if you use w 0 1000 9 W, any longword that is written in the range $ffd (last byte of operation is in window) to $1008 (first one) triggers the watchpoint, so move.l #123,$ffd, sub.l #234,$1000, or add.l #345,$1008 would trigger. If you would add 345 for value (w 0 1000 9 W !345), only the last one would trigger. For word sized operands the range would be $fff to $1008, for byte sized $1000 to $1008.

Notes: address, length and value are interpreted as hexadecimal numbers, unless you specify otherwise (needs WinUAE 1.4.6 or higher). You can have up to 8 memwatch breakpoints (0-7) and you can have any combination of them set/unset, for example watchpoints 2 and 5 set, the remaining ones not set.

Also note that the description in help is slightly incorrect as address, length and trigger operation are optional too. w <num> [<address> [<length> [<R/W/I/F> [<value>]]]] would be better. w <num> deletes watchpoint <num>. If address is specified, watchpoint <num> is set to address. Default value for length is 1, default value for trigger operation is RWI.

Hope this clears it up a bit.

[CodyJarrett]

Also type w to view a list of watchpoints.