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Re: [PATCH-ppc 5/5] Add VSX doc bits


Hi Eli,

What do you think about the doc bits for this one?

Regards,
Luis

On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 17:15 -0300, Luis Machado wrote:
> Last, but not the least, this adds some documentation about the new
> register set. It's not very descriptive, but as the patches may change a
> bit, i'll leave this one to the end. It'll probably require a NEWS entry
> as well.
> 
> ---
> 2008-07-25  Luis Machado  <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>
> 
> 	* doc/gdb.texinfo: Updated documentation with new support info.	
> 
> 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.
> +
>  The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.spe} feature is optional.  It should
>  contain registers @samp{ev0h} through @samp{ev31h}, @samp{acc}, and
>  @samp{spefscr}.  SPE targets should provide 32-bit registers in
> 
> 


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