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[binutils-gdb/gdb-8.2-branch] Aarch64 SVE VG is Vector Granule
- From: Alan Hayward <alahay01 at sourceware dot org>
- To: gdb-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 22 Aug 2018 08:48:58 -0000
- Subject: [binutils-gdb/gdb-8.2-branch] Aarch64 SVE VG is Vector Granule
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7c46ec12730d911b0a3d0f5aaafb1ba12f0bdeac
commit 7c46ec12730d911b0a3d0f5aaafb1ba12f0bdeac
Author: Alan Hayward <alan.hayward@arm.com>
Date: Wed Aug 22 09:22:12 2018 +0100
Aarch64 SVE VG is Vector Granule
...not Vector Gradient.
See: DWARF for the ARM® 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) with SVE support
gdb/
* arch/aarch64.h (aarch64_regnum): Update comment.
Diff:
---
gdb/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
gdb/arch/aarch64.h | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index fbaaa7f..d169507 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2018-08-21 Alan Hayward <alan.hayward@arm.com>
+ * arch/aarch64.h (aarch64_regnum): Update comment.
+
+2018-08-21 Alan Hayward <alan.hayward@arm.com>
+
* NEWS: Add SVE to 8.2 section.
2018-08-16 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
diff --git a/gdb/arch/aarch64.h b/gdb/arch/aarch64.h
index e344a36..d6b88e6 100644
--- a/gdb/arch/aarch64.h
+++ b/gdb/arch/aarch64.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ enum aarch64_regnum
AARCH64_SVE_P15_REGNUM = AARCH64_SVE_P0_REGNUM + 15, /* Last SVE predicate
register. */
AARCH64_SVE_FFR_REGNUM, /* SVE First Fault Register. */
- AARCH64_SVE_VG_REGNUM, /* SVE Vector Gradient. */
+ AARCH64_SVE_VG_REGNUM, /* SVE Vector Granule. */
/* Other useful registers. */
AARCH64_LAST_X_ARG_REGNUM = AARCH64_X0_REGNUM + 7,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ enum aarch64_regnum
The number of bytes in an SVE Z register.
VQ : Vector Quotient.
The number of 128bit chunks in an SVE Z register.
- VG : Vector Gradient.
+ VG : Vector Granule.
The number of 64bit chunks in an SVE Z register. */
#define sve_vg_from_vl(vl) ((vl) / 8)