improved monitor: type check, expression evaluator, memory dump, disassembly
authorbellard <bellard@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 12:57:25 +0000 (12:57 +0000)
committerbellard <bellard@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 12:57:25 +0000 (12:57 +0000)
git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk@703 c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162

disas.c
disas.h
monitor.c

diff --git a/disas.c b/disas.c
index f048348..e315299 100644 (file)
--- a/disas.c
+++ b/disas.c
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /* General "disassemble this chunk" code.  Used for debugging. */
 #include "config.h"
 #include "dis-asm.h"
-#include "disas.h"
 #include "elf.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec-all.h"
+#include "disas.h"
 
 /* Filled in by elfload.c.  Simplistic, but will do for now. */
 unsigned int disas_num_syms;
@@ -219,3 +219,71 @@ const char *lookup_symbol(void *orig_addr)
     }
     return "";
 }
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+
+static int monitor_disas_is_physical;
+
+static int
+monitor_read_memory (memaddr, myaddr, length, info)
+     bfd_vma memaddr;
+     bfd_byte *myaddr;
+     int length;
+     struct disassemble_info *info;
+{
+    if (monitor_disas_is_physical) {
+        cpu_physical_memory_rw(memaddr, myaddr, length, 0);
+    } else {
+        cpu_memory_rw_debug(cpu_single_env, memaddr,myaddr, length, 0);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void monitor_disas(target_ulong pc, int nb_insn, int is_physical, int flags)
+{
+    FILE *out;
+    int count, i;
+    struct disassemble_info disasm_info;
+    int (*print_insn)(bfd_vma pc, disassemble_info *info);
+
+    out = stdout;
+
+    INIT_DISASSEMBLE_INFO(disasm_info, out, fprintf);
+
+    monitor_disas_is_physical = is_physical;
+    disasm_info.read_memory_func = monitor_read_memory;
+
+    disasm_info.buffer_vma = pc;
+
+#ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+    disasm_info.endian = BFD_ENDIAN_BIG;
+#else
+    disasm_info.endian = BFD_ENDIAN_LITTLE;
+#endif
+#if defined(TARGET_I386)
+    if (!flags)
+        disasm_info.mach = bfd_mach_i386_i386;
+    else
+        disasm_info.mach = bfd_mach_i386_i8086;
+    print_insn = print_insn_i386;
+#elif defined(TARGET_ARM)
+    print_insn = print_insn_arm;
+#elif defined(TARGET_SPARC)
+    print_insn = print_insn_sparc;
+#elif defined(TARGET_PPC)
+    print_insn = print_insn_ppc;
+#else
+    fprintf(out, "Asm output not supported on this arch\n");
+    return;
+#endif
+
+    for(i = 0; i < nb_insn; i++) {
+       fprintf(out, "0x%08lx:  ", (unsigned long)pc);
+       count = print_insn(pc, &disasm_info);
+       fprintf(out, "\n");
+       if (count < 0)
+           break;
+        pc += count;
+    }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/disas.h b/disas.h
index 916b135..c4a251f 100644 (file)
--- a/disas.h
+++ b/disas.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 /* Disassemble this for me please... (debugging). */
 void disas(FILE *out, void *code, unsigned long size, int is_host, int flags);
+void monitor_disas(target_ulong pc, int nb_insn, int is_physical, int flags);
 
 /* Look up symbol for debugging purpose.  Returns "" if unknown. */
 const char *lookup_symbol(void *orig_addr);
index 1aabd3d..fc05746 100644 (file)
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 #include "vl.h"
+#include "disas.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG
 
+#ifndef offsetof
+#define offsetof(type, field) ((size_t) &((type *)0)->field)
+#endif
+
 #define TERM_CMD_BUF_SIZE 4095
-#define MAX_ARGS 64
 
 #define IS_NORM 0
 #define IS_ESC  1
@@ -40,9 +44,22 @@ static int term_cmd_buf_size;
 static int term_esc_state;
 static int term_esc_param;
 
+/*
+ * Supported types:
+ * 
+ * 'F'          filename
+ * 's'          string (accept optional quote)
+ * 'i'          integer
+ * '/'          optional gdb-like print format (like "/10x")
+ *
+ * '?'          optional type (for 'F', 's' and 'i')
+ *
+ */
+
 typedef struct term_cmd_t {
     const char *name;
-    void (*handler)(int argc, const char **argv);
+    const char *args_type;
+    void (*handler)();
     const char *params;
     const char *help;
 } term_cmd_t;
@@ -110,12 +127,12 @@ static void help_cmd(const char *name)
     }
 }
 
-static void do_help(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_help(const char *name)
 {
-    help_cmd(argv[1]);
+    help_cmd(name);
 }
 
-static void do_commit(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_commit(void)
 {
     int i;
 
@@ -125,26 +142,24 @@ static void do_commit(int argc, const char **argv)
     }
 }
 
-static void do_info(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_info(const char *item)
 {
     term_cmd_t *cmd;
-    const char *item;
 
-    if (argc < 2)
+    if (!item)
         goto help;
-    item = argv[1];
     for(cmd = info_cmds; cmd->name != NULL; cmd++) {
-        if (compare_cmd(argv[1], cmd->name)) 
+        if (compare_cmd(item, cmd->name)) 
             goto found;
     }
  help:
-    help_cmd(argv[0]);
+    help_cmd("info");
     return;
  found:
-    cmd->handler(argc, argv);
+    cmd->handler();
 }
 
-static void do_info_network(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_info_network(void)
 {
     int i, j;
     NetDriverState *nd;
@@ -161,12 +176,21 @@ static void do_info_network(int argc, const char **argv)
     }
 }
  
-static void do_info_block(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_info_block(void)
 {
     bdrv_info();
 }
 
-static void do_quit(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_info_registers(void)
+{
+#ifdef TARGET_I386
+    cpu_dump_state(cpu_single_env, stdout, X86_DUMP_FPU | X86_DUMP_CCOP);
+#else
+    cpu_dump_state(cpu_single_env, stdout, 0);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void do_quit(void)
 {
     exit(0);
 }
@@ -189,26 +213,13 @@ static int eject_device(BlockDriverState *bs, int force)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void do_eject(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_eject(int force, const char *filename)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
-    const char **parg;
-    int force;
 
-    parg = argv + 1;
-    if (!*parg) {
-    fail:
-        help_cmd(argv[0]);
-        return;
-    }
-    force = 0;
-    if (!strcmp(*parg, "-f")) {
-        force = 1;
-        parg++;
-    }
-    if (!*parg)
-        goto fail;
-    bs = bdrv_find(*parg);
+    term_printf("%d %s\n", force, filename);
+
+    bs = bdrv_find(filename);
     if (!bs) {
         term_printf("device not found\n");
         return;
@@ -216,90 +227,68 @@ static void do_eject(int argc, const char **argv)
     eject_device(bs, force);
 }
 
-static void do_change(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_change(const char *device, const char *filename)
 {
     BlockDriverState *bs;
 
-    if (argc != 3) {
-        help_cmd(argv[0]);
-        return;
-    }
-    bs = bdrv_find(argv[1]);
+    bs = bdrv_find(device);
     if (!bs) {
         term_printf("device not found\n");
         return;
     }
     if (eject_device(bs, 0) < 0)
         return;
-    bdrv_open(bs, argv[2], 0);
+    bdrv_open(bs, filename, 0);
 }
 
-static void do_screen_dump(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_screen_dump(const char *filename)
 {
-    if (argc != 2) {
-        help_cmd(argv[0]);
-        return;
-    }
-    vga_screen_dump(argv[1]);
+    vga_screen_dump(filename);
 }
 
-static void do_log(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_log(const char *items)
 {
     int mask;
     
-    if (argc != 2)
-        goto help;
-    if (!strcmp(argv[1], "none")) {
+    if (!strcmp(items, "none")) {
         mask = 0;
     } else {
-        mask = cpu_str_to_log_mask(argv[1]);
+        mask = cpu_str_to_log_mask(items);
         if (!mask) {
-        help:
-            help_cmd(argv[0]);
+            help_cmd("log");
             return;
         }
     }
     cpu_set_log(mask);
 }
 
-static void do_savevm(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_savevm(const char *filename)
 {
-    if (argc != 2) {
-        help_cmd(argv[0]);
-        return;
-    }
-    if (qemu_savevm(argv[1]) < 0)
-        term_printf("I/O error when saving VM to '%s'\n", argv[1]);
+    if (qemu_savevm(filename) < 0)
+        term_printf("I/O error when saving VM to '%s'\n", filename);
 }
 
-static void do_loadvm(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_loadvm(const char *filename)
 {
-    if (argc != 2) {
-        help_cmd(argv[0]);
-        return;
-    }
-    if (qemu_loadvm(argv[1]) < 0) 
-        term_printf("I/O error when loading VM from '%s'\n", argv[1]);
+    if (qemu_loadvm(filename) < 0) 
+        term_printf("I/O error when loading VM from '%s'\n", filename);
 }
 
-static void do_stop(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_stop(void)
 {
     vm_stop(EXCP_INTERRUPT);
 }
 
-static void do_cont(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_cont(void)
 {
     vm_start();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GDBSTUB
-static void do_gdbserver(int argc, const char **argv)
+static void do_gdbserver(int has_port, int port)
 {
-    int port;
-
-    port = DEFAULT_GDBSTUB_PORT;
-    if (argc >= 2)
-        port = atoi(argv[1]);
+    if (!has_port)
+        port = DEFAULT_GDBSTUB_PORT;
     if (gdbserver_start(port) < 0) {
         qemu_printf("Could not open gdbserver socket on port %d\n", port);
     } else {
@@ -308,90 +297,754 @@ static void do_gdbserver(int argc, const char **argv)
 }
 #endif
 
+static void term_printc(int c)
+{
+    term_printf("'");
+    switch(c) {
+    case '\'':
+        term_printf("\\'");
+        break;
+    case '\\':
+        term_printf("\\\\");
+        break;
+    case '\n':
+        term_printf("\\n");
+        break;
+    case '\r':
+        term_printf("\\r");
+        break;
+    default:
+        if (c >= 32 && c <= 126) {
+            term_printf("%c", c);
+        } else {
+            term_printf("\\x%02x", c);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    term_printf("'");
+}
+
+static void memory_dump(int count, int format, int wsize, 
+                        target_ulong addr, int is_physical)
+{
+    int nb_per_line, l, line_size, i, max_digits, len;
+    uint8_t buf[16];
+    uint64_t v;
+
+    if (format == 'i') {
+        int flags;
+        flags = 0;
+#ifdef TARGET_I386
+        /* we use the current CS size */
+        if (!(cpu_single_env->segs[R_CS].flags & DESC_B_MASK))
+            flags = 1;
+#endif        
+        monitor_disas(addr, count, is_physical, flags);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    len = wsize * count;
+    if (wsize == 1)
+        line_size = 8;
+    else
+        line_size = 16;
+    nb_per_line = line_size / wsize;
+    max_digits = 0;
+
+    switch(format) {
+    case 'o':
+        max_digits = (wsize * 8 + 2) / 3;
+        break;
+    default:
+    case 'x':
+        max_digits = (wsize * 8) / 4;
+        break;
+    case 'u':
+    case 'd':
+        max_digits = (wsize * 8 * 10 + 32) / 33;
+        break;
+    case 'c':
+        wsize = 1;
+        break;
+    }
+
+    while (len > 0) {
+        term_printf("0x%08x:", addr);
+        l = len;
+        if (l > line_size)
+            l = line_size;
+        if (is_physical) {
+            cpu_physical_memory_rw(addr, buf, l, 0);
+        } else {
+            cpu_memory_rw_debug(cpu_single_env, addr, buf, l, 0);
+        }
+        i = 0; 
+        while (i < l) {
+            switch(wsize) {
+            default:
+            case 1:
+                v = ldub_raw(buf + i);
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                v = lduw_raw(buf + i);
+                break;
+            case 4:
+                v = ldl_raw(buf + i);
+                break;
+            case 8:
+                v = ldq_raw(buf + i);
+                break;
+            }
+            term_printf(" ");
+            switch(format) {
+            case 'o':
+                term_printf("%#*llo", max_digits, v);
+                break;
+            case 'x':
+                term_printf("0x%0*llx", max_digits, v);
+                break;
+            case 'u':
+                term_printf("%*llu", max_digits, v);
+                break;
+            case 'd':
+                term_printf("%*lld", max_digits, v);
+                break;
+            case 'c':
+                term_printc(v);
+                break;
+            }
+            i += wsize;
+        }
+        term_printf("\n");
+        addr += l;
+        len -= l;
+    }
+}
+
+static void do_memory_dump(int count, int format, int size, int addr)
+{
+    memory_dump(count, format, size, addr, 0);
+}
+
+static void do_physical_memory_dump(int count, int format, int size, int addr)
+{
+    memory_dump(count, format, size, addr, 1);
+}
+
+static void do_print(int count, int format, int size, int val)
+{
+    switch(format) {
+    case 'o':
+        term_printf("%#o", val);
+        break;
+    case 'x':
+        term_printf("%#x", val);
+        break;
+    case 'u':
+        term_printf("%u", val);
+        break;
+    default:
+    case 'd':
+        term_printf("%d", val);
+        break;
+    case 'c':
+        term_printc(val);
+        break;
+    }
+    term_printf("\n");
+}
+
 static term_cmd_t term_cmds[] = {
-    { "help|?", do_help, 
+    { "help|?", "s?", do_help, 
       "[cmd]", "show the help" },
-    { "commit", do_commit, 
+    { "commit", "", do_commit, 
       "", "commit changes to the disk images (if -snapshot is used)" },
-    { "info", do_info,
+    { "info", "s?", do_info,
       "subcommand", "show various information about the system state" },
-    { "q|quit", do_quit,
+    { "q|quit", "", do_quit,
       "", "quit the emulator" },
-    { "eject", do_eject,
+    { "eject", "-fs", do_eject,
       "[-f] device", "eject a removable media (use -f to force it)" },
-    { "change", do_change,
+    { "change", "sF", do_change,
       "device filename", "change a removable media" },
-    { "screendump", do_screen_dump, 
+    { "screendump", "F", do_screen_dump, 
       "filename", "save screen into PPM image 'filename'" },
-    { "log", do_log,
+    { "log", "s", do_log,
       "item1[,...]", "activate logging of the specified items to '/tmp/qemu.log'" }, 
-    { "savevm", do_savevm,
+    { "savevm", "F", do_savevm,
       "filename", "save the whole virtual machine state to 'filename'" }, 
-    { "loadvm", do_loadvm,
+    { "loadvm", "F", do_loadvm,
       "filename", "restore the whole virtual machine state from 'filename'" }, 
-    { "stop", do_stop, "", "stop emulation", },
-    { "c|cont", do_cont, "", "resume emulation", },
+    { "stop", "", do_stop, 
+      "", "stop emulation", },
+    { "c|cont", "", do_cont, 
+      "", "resume emulation", },
 #ifdef CONFIG_GDBSTUB
-    { "gdbserver", do_gdbserver, "[port]", "start gdbserver session (default port=1234)", },
+    { "gdbserver", "i?", do_gdbserver, 
+      "[port]", "start gdbserver session (default port=1234)", },
 #endif
+    { "x", "/i", do_memory_dump, 
+      "/fmt addr", "virtual memory dump starting at 'addr'", },
+    { "xp", "/i", do_physical_memory_dump, 
+      "/fmt addr", "physical memory dump starting at 'addr'", },
+    { "p|print", "/i", do_print, 
+      "/fmt expr", "print expression value (use $reg for CPU register access)", },
     { NULL, NULL, }, 
 };
 
 static term_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
-    { "network", do_info_network,
+    { "network", "", do_info_network,
       "", "show the network state" },
-    { "block", do_info_block,
+    { "block", "", do_info_block,
       "", "show the block devices" },
+    { "registers", "", do_info_registers,
+      "", "show the cpu registers" },
     { NULL, NULL, },
 };
 
-static void term_handle_command(char *cmdline)
+/*******************************************************************/
+
+static const char *pch;
+static jmp_buf expr_env;
+
+typedef struct MonitorDef {
+    const char *name;
+    int offset;
+    int (*get_value)(struct MonitorDef *md);
+} MonitorDef;
+
+static MonitorDef monitor_defs[] = {
+#ifdef TARGET_I386
+    { "eax", offsetof(CPUState, regs[0]) },
+    { "ecx", offsetof(CPUState, regs[1]) },
+    { "edx", offsetof(CPUState, regs[2]) },
+    { "ebx", offsetof(CPUState, regs[3]) },
+    { "esp|sp", offsetof(CPUState, regs[4]) },
+    { "ebp|fp", offsetof(CPUState, regs[5]) },
+    { "esi", offsetof(CPUState, regs[6]) },
+    { "esi", offsetof(CPUState, regs[7]) },
+    { "eflags", offsetof(CPUState, eflags) },
+    { "eip|pc", offsetof(CPUState, eip) },
+#endif
+    { NULL },
+};
+
+static void expr_error(const char *fmt) 
+{
+    term_printf(fmt);
+    term_printf("\n");
+    longjmp(expr_env, 1);
+}
+
+static int get_monitor_def(int *pval, const char *name)
+{
+    MonitorDef *md;
+    for(md = monitor_defs; md->name != NULL; md++) {
+        if (compare_cmd(name, md->name)) {
+            if (md->get_value) {
+                *pval = md->get_value(md);
+            } else {
+                *pval = *(uint32_t *)((uint8_t *)cpu_single_env + md->offset);
+            }
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static void next(void)
+{
+    if (pch != '\0') {
+        pch++;
+        while (isspace(*pch))
+            pch++;
+    }
+}
+
+static int expr_sum(void);
+
+static int expr_unary(void)
+{
+    int n;
+    char *p;
+
+    switch(*pch) {
+    case '+':
+        next();
+        n = expr_unary();
+        break;
+    case '-':
+        next();
+        n = -expr_unary();
+        break;
+    case '~':
+        next();
+        n = ~expr_unary();
+        break;
+    case '(':
+        next();
+        n = expr_sum();
+        if (*pch != ')') {
+            expr_error("')' expected");
+        }
+        next();
+        break;
+    case '$':
+        {
+            char buf[128], *q;
+            
+            pch++;
+            q = buf;
+            while ((*pch >= 'a' && *pch <= 'z') ||
+                   (*pch >= 'A' && *pch <= 'Z') ||
+                   (*pch >= '0' && *pch <= '9') ||
+                   *pch == '_') {
+                if ((q - buf) < sizeof(buf) - 1)
+                    *q++ = *pch;
+                pch++;
+            }
+            while (isspace(*pch))
+                pch++;
+            *q = 0;
+            if (get_monitor_def(&n, buf))
+                expr_error("unknown register");
+        }
+        break;
+    case '\0':
+        expr_error("unexpected end of expression");
+        n = 0;
+        break;
+    default:
+        n = strtoul(pch, &p, 0);
+        if (pch == p) {
+            expr_error("invalid char in expression");
+        }
+        pch = p;
+        while (isspace(*pch))
+            pch++;
+        break;
+    }
+    return n;
+}
+
+
+static int expr_prod(void)
+{
+    int val, val2, op;
+
+    val = expr_unary();
+    for(;;) {
+        op = *pch;
+        if (op != '*' && op != '/' && op != '%')
+            break;
+        next();
+        val2 = expr_unary();
+        switch(op) {
+        default:
+        case '*':
+            val *= val2;
+            break;
+        case '/':
+        case '%':
+            if (val2 == 0) 
+                expr_error("divison by zero");
+            if (op == '/')
+                val /= val2;
+            else
+                val %= val2;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return val;
+}
+
+static int expr_logic(void)
+{
+    int val, val2, op;
+
+    val = expr_prod();
+    for(;;) {
+        op = *pch;
+        if (op != '&' && op != '|' && op != '^')
+            break;
+        next();
+        val2 = expr_prod();
+        switch(op) {
+        default:
+        case '&':
+            val &= val2;
+            break;
+        case '|':
+            val |= val2;
+            break;
+        case '^':
+            val ^= val2;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    return val;
+}
+
+static int expr_sum(void)
 {
-    char *p, *pstart;
-    int argc;
-    const char *args[MAX_ARGS + 1];
+    int val, val2, op;
+
+    val = expr_logic();
+    for(;;) {
+        op = *pch;
+        if (op != '+' && op != '-')
+            break;
+        next();
+        val2 = expr_logic();
+        if (op == '+')
+            val += val2;
+        else
+            val -= val2;
+    }
+    return val;
+}
+
+static int get_expr(int *pval, const char **pp)
+{
+    pch = *pp;
+    if (setjmp(expr_env)) {
+        *pp = pch;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    while (isspace(*pch))
+        pch++;
+    *pval = expr_sum();
+    *pp = pch;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_str(char *buf, int buf_size, const char **pp)
+{
+    const char *p;
+    char *q;
+    int c;
+
+    p = *pp;
+    while (isspace(*p))
+        p++;
+    if (*p == '\0') {
+    fail:
+        *pp = p;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    q = buf;
+    if (*p == '\"') {
+        p++;
+        while (*p != '\0' && *p != '\"') {
+            if (*p == '\\') {
+                p++;
+                c = *p++;
+                switch(c) {
+                case 'n':
+                    c = '\n';
+                    break;
+                case 'r':
+                    c = '\r';
+                    break;
+                case '\\':
+                case '\'':
+                case '\"':
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    qemu_printf("unsupported escape code: '\\%c'\n", c);
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                if ((q - buf) < buf_size - 1) {
+                    *q++ = c;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if ((q - buf) < buf_size - 1) {
+                    *q++ = *p;
+                }
+                p++;
+            }
+        }
+        if (*p != '\"') {
+            qemu_printf("untermintated string\n");
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        p++;
+    } else {
+        while (*p != '\0' && !isspace(*p)) {
+            if ((q - buf) < buf_size - 1) {
+                *q++ = *p;
+            }
+            p++;
+        }
+        *q = '\0';
+    }
+    *pp = p;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int default_fmt_format = 'x';
+static int default_fmt_size = 4;
+
+#define MAX_ARGS 16
+
+static void term_handle_command(const char *cmdline)
+{
+    const char *p, *pstart, *typestr;
+    char *q;
+    int c, nb_args, len, i, has_arg;
     term_cmd_t *cmd;
+    char cmdname[256];
+    char buf[1024];
+    void *str_allocated[MAX_ARGS];
+    void *args[MAX_ARGS];
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
     term_printf("command='%s'\n", cmdline);
 #endif
     
-    /* split command in words */
-    argc = 0;
+    /* extract the command name */
     p = cmdline;
+    q = cmdname;
+    while (isspace(*p))
+        p++;
+    if (*p == '\0')
+        return;
+    pstart = p;
+    while (*p != '\0' && *p != '/' && !isspace(*p))
+        p++;
+    len = p - pstart;
+    if (len > sizeof(cmdname) - 1)
+        len = sizeof(cmdname) - 1;
+    memcpy(cmdname, pstart, len);
+    cmdname[len] = '\0';
+    
+    /* find the command */
+    for(cmd = term_cmds; cmd->name != NULL; cmd++) {
+        if (compare_cmd(cmdname, cmd->name)) 
+            goto found;
+    }
+    term_printf("unknown command: '%s'\n", cmdname);
+    return;
+ found:
+
+    for(i = 0; i < MAX_ARGS; i++)
+        str_allocated[i] = NULL;
+    
+    /* parse the parameters */
+    typestr = cmd->args_type;
+    nb_args = 0;
     for(;;) {
-        while (isspace(*p))
-            p++;
-        if (*p == '\0')
+        c = *typestr;
+        if (c == '\0')
             break;
-        pstart = p;
-        while (*p != '\0' && !isspace(*p))
-            p++;
-        args[argc] = pstart;
-        argc++;
-        if (argc >= MAX_ARGS)
+        typestr++;
+        switch(c) {
+        case 'F':
+        case 's':
+            {
+                int ret;
+                char *str;
+                
+                while (isspace(*p)) 
+                    p++;
+                if (*typestr == '?') {
+                    typestr++;
+                    if (*p == '\0') {
+                        /* no optional string: NULL argument */
+                        str = NULL;
+                        goto add_str;
+                    }
+                }
+                ret = get_str(buf, sizeof(buf), &p);
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                    if (c == 'F')
+                        term_printf("%s: filename expected\n", cmdname);
+                    else
+                        term_printf("%s: string expected\n", cmdname);
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                str = qemu_malloc(strlen(buf) + 1);
+                strcpy(str, buf);
+                str_allocated[nb_args] = str;
+            add_str:
+                if (nb_args >= MAX_ARGS) {
+                error_args:
+                    term_printf("%s: too many arguments\n", cmdname);
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                args[nb_args++] = str;
+            }
             break;
-        if (*p == '\0')
+        case '/':
+            {
+                int count, format, size;
+                
+                while (isspace(*p))
+                    p++;
+                if (*p == '/') {
+                    /* format found */
+                    p++;
+                    count = 1;
+                    if (isdigit(*p)) {
+                        count = 0;
+                        while (isdigit(*p)) {
+                            count = count * 10 + (*p - '0');
+                            p++;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    size = -1;
+                    format = -1;
+                    for(;;) {
+                        switch(*p) {
+                        case 'o':
+                        case 'd':
+                        case 'u':
+                        case 'x':
+                        case 'i':
+                        case 'c':
+                            format = *p++;
+                            break;
+                        case 'b':
+                            size = 1;
+                            p++;
+                            break;
+                        case 'h':
+                            size = 2;
+                            p++;
+                            break;
+                        case 'w':
+                            size = 4;
+                            p++;
+                            break;
+                        case 'g':
+                        case 'L':
+                            size = 8;
+                            p++;
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            goto next;
+                        }
+                    }
+                next:
+                    if (*p != '\0' && !isspace(*p)) {
+                        term_printf("invalid char in format: '%c'\n", *p);
+                        goto fail;
+                    }
+                    if (size < 0)
+                        size = default_fmt_size;
+                    if (format < 0)
+                        format = default_fmt_format;
+                    default_fmt_size = size;
+                    default_fmt_format = format;
+                } else {
+                    count = 1;
+                    format = default_fmt_format;
+                    size = default_fmt_size;
+                }
+                if (nb_args + 3 > MAX_ARGS)
+                    goto error_args;
+                args[nb_args++] = (void*)count;
+                args[nb_args++] = (void*)format;
+                args[nb_args++] = (void*)size;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 'i':
+            {
+                int val;
+                while (isspace(*p)) 
+                    p++;
+                if (*typestr == '?') {
+                    typestr++;
+                    if (*p == '\0')
+                        has_arg = 0;
+                    else
+                        has_arg = 1;
+                    if (nb_args >= MAX_ARGS)
+                        goto error_args;
+                    args[nb_args++] = (void *)has_arg;
+                    if (!has_arg) {
+                        if (nb_args >= MAX_ARGS)
+                            goto error_args;
+                        val = -1;
+                        goto add_num;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (get_expr(&val, &p))
+                    goto fail;
+            add_num:
+                if (nb_args >= MAX_ARGS)
+                    goto error_args;
+                args[nb_args++] = (void *)val;
+            }
             break;
-        *p++ = '\0';
+        case '-':
+            {
+                int has_option;
+                /* option */
+                
+                c = *typestr++;
+                if (c == '\0')
+                    goto bad_type;
+                while (isspace(*p)) 
+                    p++;
+                has_option = 0;
+                if (*p == '-') {
+                    p++;
+                    if (*p != c) {
+                        term_printf("%s: unsupported option -%c\n", 
+                                    cmdname, *p);
+                        goto fail;
+                    }
+                    p++;
+                    has_option = 1;
+                }
+                if (nb_args >= MAX_ARGS)
+                    goto error_args;
+                args[nb_args++] = (void *)has_option;
+            }
+            break;
+        default:
+        bad_type:
+            term_printf("%s: unknown type '%c'\n", cmdname, c);
+            goto fail;
+        }
     }
-    args[argc] = NULL;
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    for(i=0;i<argc;i++) {
-        term_printf(" '%s'", args[i]);
+    /* check that all arguments were parsed */
+    while (isspace(*p))
+        p++;
+    if (*p != '\0') {
+        term_printf("%s: extraneous characters at the end of line\n", 
+                    cmdname);
+        goto fail;
     }
-    term_printf("\n");
-#endif
-    if (argc <= 0)
-        return;
-    for(cmd = term_cmds; cmd->name != NULL; cmd++) {
-        if (compare_cmd(args[0], cmd->name)) 
-            goto found;
+
+    switch(nb_args) {
+    case 0:
+        cmd->handler();
+        break;
+    case 1:
+        cmd->handler(args[0]);
+        break;
+    case 2:
+        cmd->handler(args[0], args[1]);
+        break;
+    case 3:
+        cmd->handler(args[0], args[1], args[2]);
+        break;
+    case 4:
+        cmd->handler(args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3]);
+        break;
+    case 5:
+        cmd->handler(args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4]);
+        break;
+    default:
+        term_printf("unsupported number of arguments: %d\n", nb_args);
+        goto fail;
     }
-    term_printf("unknown command: '%s'\n", args[0]);
+ fail:
+    for(i = 0; i < MAX_ARGS; i++)
+        qemu_free(str_allocated[i]);
     return;
- found:
-    cmd->handler(argc, args);
 }
 
 static void term_show_prompt(void)