diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 9d3a230d61..8b3d4cdc54 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-10-01	Gene Smith <gene.smith@siemens.com>
+
+	PR 1328/cpukit
+	* libmisc/shell/main_mdump.c, libmisc/shell/main_mwdump.c: Fix printing
+	of more than 256 bytes.
+
 2008-09-30	Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
 
 	* libi2c/libi2c.h: Added definitions for asynchronous read and write IO
diff --git a/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_mdump.c b/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_mdump.c
index f245afb183..721b3a5658 100644
--- a/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_mdump.c
+++ b/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_mdump.c
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ int rtems_shell_main_mdump(
   char *argv[]
 )
 {
-  unsigned char  n, m, max=20;
+  unsigned char  n, m;
+  int            max;
+  int            res;
   uintptr_t      addr = 0;
   unsigned char *pb;
 
@@ -43,19 +45,34 @@ int rtems_shell_main_mdump(
 
   if (argc>2) {
     max = rtems_shell_str2int(argv[2]);
-    max /= 16;
+    if (max <= 0) {
+      max = 1;      /* print 1 item if 0 or neg. */ 
+      res = 0;
+    }
+    else {
+      max--;
+      res = max & 0xf;/* num bytes in last row */
+      max >>= 4;      /* div by 16 */
+      max++;          /* num of rows to print */
+      if (max > 20) { /* limit to 20 */
+        max = 20;
+        res = 0xf;    /* 16 bytes print in last row */
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    max = 20;
+    res = 0xf;
   }
-
-
-  if (!max)
-    max = 1;
 
   for (m=0; m<max; m++) {
     printf("0x%08" PRIXPTR " ", addr);
     pb = (unsigned char*) addr;
-    for (n=0;n<16;n++)
-      printf("%02X%c", pb[n], (n == 7) ? '-' : ' ');
-    for (n=0;n<16;n++) {
+    for (n=0;n<=(m==(max-1)?res:0xf);n++)
+      printf("%02X%c",pb[n],n==7?'-':' ');
+    for (;n<=0xf;n++)
+      printf("  %c",n==7?'-':' ');
+    for (n=0;n<=(m==(max-1)?res:0xf);n++) {
       printf("%c", isprint(pb[n]) ? pb[n] : '.');
     }
     printf("\n");
diff --git a/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_mwdump.c b/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_mwdump.c
index fda0a780c7..1105656814 100644
--- a/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_mwdump.c
+++ b/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_mwdump.c
@@ -30,30 +30,46 @@ int rtems_shell_main_mwdump(
   char *argv[]
 )
 {
-  unsigned char   n, m, max=20;
-  uintptr_t       addr=0;
-  unsigned short *pw;
-  unsigned char  *p;
+  unsigned char  n, m;
+  int            max;
+  int            res;
+  uintptr_t      addr = 0;
+  unsigned char *pb;
 
   if (argc>1)
     addr = rtems_shell_str2int(argv[1]);
 
   if (argc>2) {
     max = rtems_shell_str2int(argv[2]);
-    max /= 16;
+    if (max <= 0) {
+      max = 1;      /* print 1 item if 0 or neg. */ 
+      res = 0;
+    }
+    else {
+      max--;
+      res = max & 0xf;/* num bytes in last row */
+      max >>= 4;      /* div by 16 */
+      max++;          /* num of rows to print */
+      if (max > 20) { /* limit to 20 */
+        max = 20;
+        res = 0xf;    /* 16 bytes print in last row */
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    max = 20;
+    res = 0xf;
   }
-
-  if (!max)
-    max = 1;
 
   for (m=0;m<max;m++) {
     printf("0x%08" PRIXPTR " ",addr);
-    p = (unsigned char *) addr;
-    pw = (unsigned short*) addr;
-    for (n=0;n<8;n++)
-      printf("%04X%c",pw[n],n==3?'-':' ');
-    for (n=0;n<16;n++) {
-      printf("%c",isprint(p[n])?p[n]:'.');
+    pb = (unsigned char *) addr;
+    for (n=0;n<=(m==(max-1)?res:0xf);n+=2)
+      printf("%04X%c",*((unsigned short*)(pb+n)),n==6?'-':' ');
+    for (;n<=0xf;n+=2)
+      printf("    %c", n==6?'-':' ');
+    for (n=0;n<=(m==(max-1)?res:0xf);n++) {
+      printf("%c", isprint(pb[n]) ? pb[n] : '.');
     }
     printf("\n");
     addr += 16;