RE: [PATCH] gdb, doc: Add ieee_half and bfloat16 to list of predefined target types.

["Willgerodt, Felix via Gdb-patches" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Sent: Freitag, 17. September 2021 08:52
> To: Willgerodt, Felix <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org; simon.marchi@polymtl.ca
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] gdb, doc: Add ieee_half and bfloat16 to list of predefined
> target types.
> 
> > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:29:56 +0200
> > From: Felix Willgerodt via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> >
> > For some reason these two weren't added to the list when they were orginally
> > added to GDB.
> >
> > gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
> > 2021-09-14  Felix Willgerodt  <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>
> >
> > 	* gdb.texinfo (Predefined Target Types): Mention ieee_half and
> bfloat16.
> 
> Thanks.  This is okay, but should we perhaps tell that bfloat16 is a
> short for "Brain Floating Point", and say that it uses 16 bits?  I
> mean, I gather that this format is not as widely known as the others,
> so maybe saying a couple more words about it would be a good thing?

Yes adding those two points makes sense to me. I just wanted to stay brief
to fit with the other points in this list.

How about:

@item bfloat16
The 16-bit brain floating point format used e.g. by x86 and ARM.

Thanks,
Felix 
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