Re: [patch/rfc] Don't include vector registers in ``info registers''

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 07:51:57PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > The attached patch modifies the generic ``info registsters'' command so
> > that it precludes vector registers (in addition to floating-point
> > registers).  The online doco indicates:
> >
> > (gdb) help info registers
> > List of integer registers and their contents, for selected stack frame.
> > Register name as argument means describe only that register.
> > (gdb) help info all-registers
> > List of all registers and their contents, for selected stack frame.
> > Register name as argument means describe only that register.
> >
> > I think the change makes the behavour a better match for both the
> > documentation and what I think is the intent of the command.  Print a
> > minimal set of registers.
> >
> > It will eventually affect the i386 -- I've a patch to change the type of
> > xmm [and mmx] registers to true vectors.  When that is in, ``info
> > registers'' will stop displaying the xmm registers.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> 
> My only comment is that I would also like ``info registers'' not to
> print kernel-mode or processor status registers, since that seems (to
> me) to be appropriate; it should print registers for stack/pc and
> computation primarily, not things like the MSR.
> 
> Might be harder to do generically though.

That would mean that in order to see things like the status and
control registers, you would have to do info all-reg, which would
then spit out all your FP and VEC registers too.  Folks who need
the in-between registers might not like that.