Re: [PATCH-ppc 5/5] Add VSX doc bits

[Luis Machado <luisgpm@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 20:06 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> This needs to state the node name where the changes are made.

> This is OK, modulo Stan's comments on using "new".

Both should be addressed in the patch below.

Thanks,
Luis

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2008-08-15  Luis Machado  <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>

	* doc/gdb.texinfo (PowerPC): Mention Extended FPR's for POWER7.
	(PowerPC features): Mention feature set for VSX registers.

Index: gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
--- gdb.orig/doc/gdb.texinfo	2008-08-15 07:02:10.000000000 -0700
+++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo	2008-08-15 08:50:00.000000000 -0700
@@ -16427,6 +16427,9 @@
 by joining the even/odd register pairs @code{f0} and @code{f1} for @code{$dl0},
 @code{f2} and @code{f3} for @code{$dl1} and so on.
 
+For POWER7 processors, GDB provides a set of pseudo-registers, the 64-bit
+wide Extended Floating Point Registers (@samp{f32} through @samp{f63}).
+
 
 @node Controlling GDB
 @chapter Controlling @value{GDBN}
@@ -27865,6 +27868,13 @@
 contain registers @samp{vr0} through @samp{vr31}, @samp{vscr},
 and @samp{vrsave}.
 
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.vsx} feature is optional.  It should
+contain registers @samp{vs0h} through @samp{vs31h}.  @value{GDBN}
+will combine these registers with the floating point registers
+(@samp{f0} through @samp{f31}) and the altivec registers (@samp{vr0}
+through @samp{vr31}} to present the 128-bit wide registers @samp{vs0}
+through @samp{vs63}, the set of vector registers for POWER7.
+
 The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.spe} feature is optional.  It should
 contain registers @samp{ev0h} through @samp{ev31h}, @samp{acc}, and
 @samp{spefscr}.  SPE targets should provide 32-bit registers in