Previously if a register had fields we would always print them after the
value if the register was asked for by name.
(lldb) register read MDCR_EL3
MDCR_EL3 = 0x00000000
= {
ETBAD = 0
<...>
RLTE = 0
}This can be quite annoying if there are a whole lot of fields but you
want to see the register in a specific format.
(lldb) register read MDCR_EL3 -f i
MDCR_EL3 = 0x00000000 unknown udf #0x0
= {
ETBAD = 0
<...lots of fields...>Since it pushes the interesting bit far up the terminal. To solve this,
don't print fields if the user passes --format. If they're doing that
then I think it's reasonable to assume they know what they want and only
want to see that output.
This also gives users a way to silence fields, but not change the format.
By doing register read foo -f x. In case they are not useful or perhaps
they are trying to work around a crash.
I have customised the help text for --format for register read to explain this:
-f <format> ( --format <format> )
Specify a format to be used for display. If this is set, register fields will not be dispayed.
displayed