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+meta:
+  id: qualcomm_qdb
+  title: Qualcomm Qshrink hash database file
+  application: Qualcomm QXDM
+  file-extension: qdb
+  license: CC0-1.0
+
+doc: |
+  This format is nothing more than zlib-compressed XML appended to a trivially
+  simple binary header. The XML maps diagnostic codes emitted by Qualcomm modem
+  firmware to textual log messages. A file of this type typically resides on the
+  "modem" partition of a Qualcomm device with a name like "qdsp6m.qdb".
+
+seq:
+  - id: magic
+    contents: [0x7f, "QDB"]
+  - id: guid
+    size: 0x10
+    doc: Matches the top-level <GUID> element in the compressed XML
+
+instances:
+  compressed_xml:
+    pos: 0x40
+    size-eos: true
+    process: zlib