Messages in this thread | | | From | Kumar Gala <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/2] Replace NT_PRXFPREG with ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE #define | Date | Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:01:43 -0500 |
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On Oct 11, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Kumar Gala writes: > >>> #define ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE to be NT_PRXFPREG in all current >>> users so >>> there's are no change in behaviour. >> >> Can we make this ELF_CORE_VECREG_TYPE or something that is so coupled >> to the x86 specific name? > > How is "extended floating point registers" x86-specific?
we'll I don't consider the altivec register file as 'extended fp'. I'm assuming the name XFP came from IA32 land when MMX/SSE came into existence.
> ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE is a suitable name for something that's used in > conjunction with a function called elf_core_copy_task_xfpregs().
agreed, I think the function name should change as well.
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