From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 102309 invoked by alias); 23 Jun 2015 20:20:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 102284 invoked by uid 89); 23 Jun 2015 20:20:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:20:04 +0000 Received: from int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.26]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63310B7A80; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:20:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from greed.delorie.com (ovpn-113-25.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.25]) by int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t5NKK2h7020045 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:20:02 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (greed.delorie.com [127.0.0.1]) by greed.delorie.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t5NKK1E1031100; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:20:01 -0400 Received: (from dj@localhost) by greed.delorie.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id t5NKK0Im031078; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:20:00 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:20:00 -0000 Message-Id: <201506232020.t5NKK0Im031078@greed.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: Mike Frysinger CC: gdb@sourceware.org, bje@gnu.org, dje@google.com, nickc@redhat.com In-reply-to: <20150623195531.GJ17734@vapier> (message from Mike Frysinger on Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:55:31 -0400) Subject: Re: what is the "VPU" (in igen/cgen/sim) ? References: <20150623195531.GJ17734@vapier> X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-06/txt/msg00076.txt.bz2 > can anyone shed some light on this ? IIRC: Vector Processing Unit Part of the emotion engine (a mips variant done in cgen) used in the Playstation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion_Engine#Vector_processing_units (the msp430 uses it because it was available and I couldn't find a --trace-regs option)