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[PATCH v3 8/8] Add MPX feature description to GDB manual.


Describes MPX feature registers including bnd0raw ... bnd3raw, bnd0 ... bnd3
bndstatus and bndcfgu.

2013-08-30  Walfred Tedeschi  <walfred.tedeschi>

doc/

	* gdb.texinfo (i386 Features): Add MPX feature.

Signed-off-by: Walfred Tedeschi <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com>
---
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 21250fe..c594712 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -42563,6 +42563,23 @@ describe the upper 128 bits of @sc{ymm} registers:
 The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.i386.linux} feature is optional.  It should
 describe a single register, @samp{orig_eax}.
 
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.i386.mpx} feature is optional.  It should
+describe registers:
+
+@itemize @minus
+@item
+@samp{bnd0raw} through @samp{bnd3raw} for i386, amd64 and x32. Hardware
+representation of the bound registers.
+@item
+@samp{bnd0} through @samp{bnd3} for i386, amd64 and x32.
+User representation of the bound registers. Takes into account the one
+complement of the upper bound. The value of an upper bound taken from
+@samp{bnd0} through @samp{bnd3} is an address in memory.
+@item
+@samp{bndcfgu} and @samp{bndstatus} for i386, amd64 and x32.
+@end itemize
+
+
 @node MIPS Features
 @subsection @acronym{MIPS} Features
 @cindex target descriptions, @acronym{MIPS} features
-- 
1.7.10.4


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