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author | Sebastian Pop <sebastian.pop@amd.com> | 2009-11-05 23:40:05 +0000 |
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committer | Sebastian Pop <sebastian.pop@amd.com> | 2009-11-05 23:40:05 +0000 |
commit | f88c9eb030684877952d1316567fdc461d69772a (patch) | |
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2009-11-05 Sebastian Pop <sebastian.pop@amd.com>
Quentin Neill <quentin.neill@amd.com>
* gas/config/tc-i386.c (cpu_arch): Add CPU_LWP_FLAGS.
(build_vex_prefix): Handle xop09 and xop0a.
(build_modrm_byte): Handle vexlwp.
(md_show_usage): Add lwp.
* gas/doc/c-i386.texi (i386-LWP): New section.
* gas/testsuite/gas/i386/i386.exp: Run x86-64-lwp in 64-bit mode,
run lwp in 32-bit mode.
* gas/testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-lwp.d: New.
* gas/testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-lwp.s: New.
* gas/testsuite/gas/i386/lwp.d: New.
* gas/testsuite/gas/i386/lwp.s: New.
* opcodes/i386-dis.c (OP_LWPCB_E): New.
(OP_LWP_E): New.
(OP_LWP_I): New.
(USE_XOP_8F_TABLE): New.
(XOP_8F_TABLE): New.
(REG_XOP_LWPCB): New.
(REG_XOP_LWP): New.
(XOP_09): New.
(XOP_0A): New.
(reg_table): Redirect REG_8F to XOP_8F_TABLE.
Add entries for REG_XOP_LWPCB and REG_XOP_LWP.
(xop_table): New.
(get_valid_dis386): Handle USE_XOP_8F_TABLE.
Use the offsets VEX_0F, VEX_0F38, and VEX_0F3A instead of their values
to access to the vex_table.
(OP_LWPCB_E): New.
(OP_LWP_E): New.
(OP_LWP_I): New.
* opcodes/i386-gen.c (cpu_flag_init): Add CPU_LWP_FLAGS, CpuLWP.
(cpu_flags): Add CpuLWP.
(opcode_modifiers): Add VexLWP, XOP09, and XOP0A.
* opcodes/i386-opc.h (CpuLWP): New.
(i386_cpu_flags): Add bit cpulwp.
(VexLWP): New.
(XOP09): New.
(XOP0A): New.
(i386_opcode_modifier): Add vexlwp, xop09, and xop0a.
* opcodes/i386-opc.tbl (llwpcb): Added.
(lwpval): Added.
(lwpins): Added.
Diffstat (limited to 'gas/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | gas/doc/c-i386.texi | 23 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi index 4110679..9dacf4c 100644 --- a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi +++ b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ extending the Intel architecture to 64-bits. * i386-Jumps:: Handling of Jump Instructions * i386-Float:: Floating Point * i386-SIMD:: Intel's MMX and AMD's 3DNow! SIMD Operations +* i386-LWP:: AMD's Lightweight Profiling Instructions * i386-16bit:: Writing 16-bit Code * i386-Arch:: Specifying an x86 CPU architecture * i386-Bugs:: AT&T Syntax bugs @@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ accept various extension mnemonics. For example, @code{movbe}, @code{ept}, @code{clflush}, +@code{lwp}, @code{syscall}, @code{rdtscp}, @code{3dnow}, @@ -799,6 +801,25 @@ as the floating point stack. See Intel and AMD documentation, keeping in mind that the operand order in instructions is reversed from the Intel syntax. +@node i386-LWP +@section AMD's Lightweight Profiling Instructions + +@cindex LWP, i386 +@cindex LWP, x86-64 + +@code{@value{AS}} supports AMD's Lightweight Profiling (LWP) +instruction set, available on AMD's Family 15h (Orochi) processors. + +LWP enables applications to collect and manage performance data, and +react to performance events. The collection of performance data +requires no context switches. LWP runs in the context of a thread and +so several counters can be used independently across multiple threads. +LWP can be used in both 64-bit and legacy 32-bit modes. + +For detailed information on the LWP instruction set, see the +@cite{AMD Lightweight Profiling Specification} available at +@uref{http://developer.amd.com/cpu/LWP,Lightweight Profiling Specification}. + @node i386-16bit @section Writing 16-bit Code @@ -898,7 +919,7 @@ supported on the CPU specified. The choices for @var{cpu_type} are: @item @samp{.ssse3} @tab @samp{.sse4.1} @tab @samp{.sse4.2} @tab @samp{.sse4} @item @samp{.avx} @tab @samp{.vmx} @tab @samp{.smx} @tab @samp{.xsave} @item @samp{.aes} @tab @samp{.pclmul} @tab @samp{.fma} @tab @samp{.movbe} -@item @samp{.ept} @tab @samp{.clflush} +@item @samp{.ept} @tab @samp{.clflush} @tab @samp{.lwp} @item @samp{.3dnow} @tab @samp{.3dnowa} @tab @samp{.sse4a} @tab @samp{.sse5} @item @samp{.syscall} @tab @samp{.rdtscp} @tab @samp{.svme} @tab @samp{.abm} @item @samp{.padlock} |