target: add todo in target_write_memory() about alignment

target_write_buffer() does not align "buffer" in host
memory passed to target_write_memory().

Signed-off-by: Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com>
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Øyvind Harboe 2010-02-09 21:54:55 +01:00
parent f899c2aa97
commit c646b76797
1 changed files with 13 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
* Copyright (C) 2005 by Dominic Rath *
* Dominic.Rath@gmx.de *
* *
* Copyright (C) 2007-9 Øyvind Harboe *
* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Øyvind Harboe *
* oyvind.harboe@zylin.com *
* *
* Copyright (C) 2008 by Spencer Oliver *
@ -371,7 +371,18 @@ int target_read_memory(struct target *target,
uint32_t address, uint32_t size, uint32_t count, uint8_t *buffer);
/**
* Write @a count items of @a size bytes to the memory of @a target at
* the @a address given.
* the @a address given. @a address must be aligned to @a size
* in target memory.
*
* The endianness is the same in the host and target memory for this
* function.
*
* \todo TODO:
* Really @a buffer should have been defined as "const void *" and
* @a buffer should have been aligned to @a size in the host memory.
*
* This is not enforced via e.g. assert's today and e.g. the
* target_write_buffer fn breaks this assumption.
*
* This routine is wrapper for target->type->write_memory.
*/