From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: luisgpm@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH-ppc 5/5] Add VSX doc bits
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:08:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uzlnedx87.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1218814096.8946.39.camel@gargoyle>
> From: Luis Machado <luisgpm@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:28:16 -0300
>
> What do you think about the doc bits for this one?
>
> Regards,
> > 2008-07-25 Luis Machado <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>
> >
> > * doc/gdb.texinfo: Updated documentation with new support info.
This needs to state the node name where the changes are made.
> >
> > Index: gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> > ===================================================================
> > --- gdb.orig/doc/gdb.texinfo 2008-07-23 09:28:06.000000000 -0700
> > +++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2008-07-23 09:31:44.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -16210,6 +16210,9 @@
> > 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 new set of pseudo-registers, the 64-bit
> > +wide Extended Floating Point Registers (@samp{f32} through @samp{f63}).
> > +
> >
> > @node Controlling GDB
> > @chapter Controlling @value{GDBN}
> > @@ -27406,6 +27409,13 @@
> > 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 new set of vector registers for POWER7.
> > +
This is OK, modulo Stan's comments on using "new".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-15 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-25 20:16 Luis Machado
2008-08-15 15:29 ` Luis Machado
2008-08-15 15:39 ` Stan Shebs
2008-08-15 15:52 ` Luis Machado
2008-08-15 17:08 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2008-08-15 18:14 ` Luis Machado
2008-08-15 18:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-18 16:02 ` Luis Machado
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