diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
index 9c0e17c..6249975 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c

@@ -2334,9 +2338,49 @@ static void dump_pacas(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+static void dump_by_size(unsigned long addr, long count, int size)
+{
+	unsigned char temp[16];
+	int i, j;
+	u64 val;
+
+	/*
+	 * 'count' was aligned 16. If that changes, the following
+	 * must also change to accommodate other values for 'count'.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i += 16, addr += 16) {
+		printf(REG, addr);
+
+		if (mread(addr, temp, 16) != 16) {
+			printf("Faulted reading %d bytes from 0x"REG"\n", 16, addr);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		for (j = 0; j < 16; j += size) {
+			putchar(' ');
+			switch (size) {
+			case 1: val = temp[j]; break;
+			case 2: val = *(u16 *)&temp[j]; break;
+			case 4: val = *(u32 *)&temp[j]; break;
+			case 8: val = *(u64 *)&temp[j]; break;
+			default: val = 0;
+			}
+
+			printf("%0*lx", size * 2, val);
+		}
+		printf("  |");
+		for (j = 0; j < 16; ++j) {
+			val = temp[j];
+			putchar(' ' <= val && val <= '~' ? val : '.');
+		}
+		printf("|\n");