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The reason debuggers add an ASCII dump to other types of memory dumps is to give the user visual reference points in the case that ASCII strings are adjacent to other structures or element. For example, when examining the task_struct structure one can look for the comm[] string and use it to locate other important elements. ASCII strings do not have endianess, they exist in memory in the same order regardless of CPU endianess. ASCII strings are, by definition, human readable and so should be presented in a human readable format. For these reasons, the supplemental ASCII dump does not re-order the strings from memory to match the endianess of the corresponding 16, 32, or 64 bit words. That would make the ASCII dump much less useful. Signed-off-by: Douglas Miller <dougmill@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1488205694-13337-1-git-send-email-dougmill@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.