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-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo12
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 5c0c106..da732d4 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-11-09 Pedro Franco de Carvalho <pedromfc@linux.ibm.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (PowerPC Features): Document the altivec and fpu
+ requirements for the org.gnu.gdb.power.vsx feature.
+
2018-11-01 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Ada Tasks): Update the "info task 2" example
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 9756155..944a2c4 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -43230,11 +43230,13 @@ contain registers @samp{vr0} through @samp{vr31}, @samp{vscr},
and @samp{vrsave}.
The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.vsx} feature is optional. It should
-contain registers @samp{vs0h} through @samp{vs31h}. @value{GDBN}
-will combine these registers with the floating point registers
-(@samp{f0} through @samp{f31}) and the altivec registers (@samp{vr0}
-through @samp{vr31}) to present the 128-bit wide registers @samp{vs0}
-through @samp{vs63}, the set of vector registers for POWER7.
+contain registers @samp{vs0h} through @samp{vs31h}. @value{GDBN} will
+combine these registers with the floating point registers (@samp{f0}
+through @samp{f31}) and the altivec registers (@samp{vr0} through
+@samp{vr31}) to present the 128-bit wide registers @samp{vs0} through
+@samp{vs63}, the set of vector-scalar registers for POWER7.
+Therefore, this feature requires both @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.fpu} and
+@samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.altivec}.
The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.power.spe} feature is optional. It should
contain registers @samp{ev0h} through @samp{ev31h}, @samp{acc}, and