[PATCH v1] Intel(R) MPX registers to the DWARF enumeration.
H.J. Lu
hjl.tools@gmail.com
Sun Dec 6 17:42:00 GMT 2015
On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> wrote:
>> Add registers as defined in the ABI adapted for MPX.
>> As presented at:
>> https://github.com/hjl-tools/x86-psABI/wiki/X86-psABI
>>
>> 2013-05-06 Walfred Tedeschi <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com>
>>
>> * amd64-tdep.c (amd64_dwarf_regmap): Add mpx registers.
>> * amd64-tdep.h (amd64_regnum): Add mpx registers.
>
> Small nit: should we spell "MPX"?
>
> BTW - the ABI document reference above seem to only indicate
> registers 126-129 as "reserved" rather than bound registers 0-4.
> Is that normal?
>
We used to have DWARF register map for bound registers. But
it was determined that it isn't needed. If it isn't true, we need to
revisit it.
--
H.J.
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