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Re: [rfc] [8/9] Cell multi-arch: Support PPU address space access
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Ulrich Weigand <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:12:19 +0300
- Subject: Re: [rfc] [8/9] Cell multi-arch: Support PPU address space access
- References: <200907221717.n6MHHYoe014875@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:17:34 +0200 (CEST)
> From: "Ulrich Weigand" <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
>
> --- src.orig/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> +++ src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> @@ -17505,6 +17505,16 @@ function. The default is @code{off}.
> @kindex show spu
> Show whether to stop for new SPE threads.
>
> +@item set spu auto-flush-cache @var{arg}
> +Set whether to automatically flush the software-managed cache. When set to
> +@code{on}, @value{GDBN} will automatically cause the SPE software-managed
> +cache to be flushed whenever SPE execution stops. This provides a consistent
> +view of PowerPC memory that is accessed via the cache. If an application
> +does not use the software-managed cache, this option has no effect.
> +
> +@item show spu auto-flush-cache
> +Show whether to automatically flush the software-managed cache.
> +
> @end table
>
> @node PowerPC
> Index: src/gdb/NEWS
> ===================================================================
> --- src.orig/gdb/NEWS
> +++ src/gdb/NEWS
> @@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ set spu stop-on-load
> show spu stop-on-load
> Control whether to stop for new SPE threads during Cell/B.E. debugging.
>
> +set spu auto-flush-cache
> +show spu auto-flush-cache
> + Control whether to automatically flush the software-managed cache
> + during Cell/B.E. debugging.
> +
> set sh calling-convention
> show sh calling-convention
> Control the calling convention used when calling SH target functions.
These parts are okay.
Thanks.