PowerPC Features (Debugging with GDB)

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#### G.5.12 PowerPC Features

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.core`’ feature is required for PowerPC targets. It should contain registers ‘`r0`’ through ‘`r31`’, ‘`pc`’, ‘`msr`’, ‘`cr`’, ‘`lr`’, ‘`ctr`’, and ‘`xer`’. They may be 32-bit or 64-bit depending on the target.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.fpu`’ feature is optional. It should contain registers ‘`f0`’ through ‘`f31`’ and ‘`fpscr`’.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.altivec`’ feature is optional. It should contain registers ‘`vr0`’ through ‘`vr31`’, ‘`vscr`’, and ‘`vrsave`’. GDB will define pseudo-registers ‘`v0`’ through ‘`v31`’ as aliases for the corresponding ‘`vrX`’ registers.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.vsx`’ feature is optional. It should contain registers ‘`vs0h`’ through ‘`vs31h`’. GDB will combine these registers with the floating point registers (‘`f0`’ through ‘`f31`’) and the altivec registers (‘`vr0`’ through ‘`vr31`’) to present the 128-bit wide registers ‘`vs0`’ through ‘`vs63`’, the set of vector-scalar registers for POWER7. Therefore, this feature requires both ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.fpu`’ and ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.altivec`’.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.spe`’ feature is optional. It should contain registers ‘`ev0h`’ through ‘`ev31h`’, ‘`acc`’, and ‘`spefscr`’. SPE targets should provide 32-bit registers in ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.core`’ and provide the upper halves in ‘`ev0h`’ through ‘`ev31h`’. GDB will combine these to present registers ‘`ev0`’ through ‘`ev31`’ to the user.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.ppr`’ feature is optional. It should contain the 64-bit register ‘`ppr`’.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.dscr`’ feature is optional. It should contain the 64-bit register ‘`dscr`’.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.tar`’ feature is optional. It should contain the 64-bit register ‘`tar`’.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.ebb`’ feature is optional. It should contain registers ‘`bescr`’, ‘`ebbhr`’ and ‘`ebbrr`’, all 64-bit wide.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.linux.pmu`’ feature is optional. It should contain registers ‘`mmcr0`’, ‘`mmcr2`’, ‘`siar`’, ‘`sdar`’ and ‘`sier`’, all 64-bit wide. This is the subset of the isa 2.07 server PMU registers provided by GNU/Linux.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.spr`’ feature is optional. It should contain registers ‘`tfhar`’, ‘`texasr`’ and ‘`tfiar`’, all 64-bit wide.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.core`’ feature is optional. It should contain the checkpointed general-purpose registers ‘`cr0`’ through ‘`cr31`’, as well as the checkpointed registers ‘`clr`’ and ‘`cctr`’. These registers may all be either 32-bit or 64-bit depending on the target. It should also contain the checkpointed registers ‘`ccr`’ and ‘`cxer`’, which should both be 32-bit wide.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.fpu`’ feature is optional. It should contain the checkpointed 64-bit floating-point registers ‘`cf0`’ through ‘`cf31`’, as well as the checkpointed 64-bit register ‘`cfpscr`’.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.altivec`’ feature is optional. It should contain the checkpointed altivec registers ‘`cvr0`’ through ‘`cvr31`’, all 128-bit wide. It should also contain the checkpointed registers ‘`cvscr`’ and ‘`cvrsave`’, both 32-bit wide.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.vsx`’ feature is optional. It should contain registers ‘`cvs0h`’ through ‘`cvs31h`’. GDB will combine these registers with the checkpointed floating point registers (‘`cf0`’ through ‘`cf31`’) and the checkpointed altivec registers (‘`cvr0`’ through ‘`cvr31`’) to present the 128-bit wide checkpointed vector-scalar registers ‘`cvs0`’ through ‘`cvs63`’. Therefore, this feature requires both ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.altivec`’ and ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.fpu`’.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.ppr`’ feature is optional. It should contain the 64-bit checkpointed register ‘`cppr`’.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.dscr`’ feature is optional. It should contain the 64-bit checkpointed register ‘`cdscr`’.

The ‘`org.gnu.gdb.power.htm.tar`’ feature is optional. It should contain the 64-bit checkpointed register ‘`ctar`’.

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