From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18191 invoked by alias); 15 Aug 2008 17:08:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 18179 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Aug 2008 17:08:25 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtaout4.012.net.il (HELO mtaout4.012.net.il) (84.95.2.10) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:07:46 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.211.50]) by i_mtaout4.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0K5N00BJCJJ4NMZ0@i_mtaout4.012.net.il> for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:06:40 +0300 (IDT) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:08:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: [PATCH-ppc 5/5] Add VSX doc bits In-reply-to: <1218814096.8946.39.camel@gargoyle> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: luisgpm@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: References: <1217016956.29012.79.camel@gargoyle> <1218814096.8946.39.camel@gargoyle> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-08/txt/msg00424.txt.bz2 > From: Luis Machado > Cc: Eli Zaretskii > 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 > > > > * 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".