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Re: ppc64 altivec registers?
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: "Reynolds, Terry (Contractor-SIMTECH)" <terry dot reynolds2 at us dot army dot mil>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:30:01 -0400
- Subject: Re: ppc64 altivec registers?
- References: <0D21CBD1298D2C4790E2F2B86D96EC1935946E@amr-ex5.ds.amrdec.army.mil>
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 08:26:57AM -0500, Reynolds, Terry (Contractor-SIMTECH) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone here know how to fix the configuration of the kernel so that
> gdb can find the altivec registers? The last time I heard from Andrew
> Cagney he said :
>
> "At the time the code was written it was for a special altivec kernel /
> build / config. Hence it was only enabled when built powerpc-*-*altivec.
> Time has passed and that restriction no longer applies. I'll see about
> removing it."
Probably, the clean way to do this is through the "optional register
set" interface we defined a couple of months ago. But I haven't had
time to implement that yet.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC