KernelDebugRef - Numbers

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Kernel Debugger Reference

Introduction Installing the Kernel Debugger The T Terminal Emulator Entering the Debugger Expressions Operator Precedence Binary Operators Unary Operators Numbers Strings Symbol Files Using Kernel Debugger Commands The Breakpoint (BP) Command Breakpoint Commands External Commands Using Default Commands External Debugger Commands Setting Useful Breakpoints Debugging Kernel Device Drivers Debugging VM Start Sessions Debugging a Remote System Notices

The default base for numbers in the Kernel Debugger is 16 (hexadecimal). You can add a one-letter suffix to the digits of a number to indicate the base of the number, as shown in the following table. The term nnnnnn represents a number that consists of a variable number of digits.

Number	Base	Valid digits
nnnnnnY	Binary	0 1
nnnnnnO	Octal	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
nnnnnnQ	Octal	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
nnnnnnT	Decimal	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
nnnnnnH	Hexadecimal	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F