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Re: [PATCH V4 8/8] Add MPX feature description to GDB manual.
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Walfred Tedeschi <walfred dot tedeschi at intel dot com>
- Cc: tromey at redhat dot com, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, mark dot kettenis at xs4all dot nl, walfred dot tedeschi at intel dot com
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:36:59 +0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 8/8] Add MPX feature description to GDB manual.
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- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> From: Walfred Tedeschi <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com>
> Cc: Walfred Tedeschi <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com>
> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:26:28 +0200
>
> diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
> index ca8baea..fc58cc4 100644
> --- a/gdb/NEWS
> +++ b/gdb/NEWS
> @@ -5464,3 +5464,5 @@ GDB now handles cross debugging. If you are remotely debugging between
> two different machines, type ``./configure host -target=targ''.
> Host is the machine where GDB will run; targ is the machine
> where the program that you are debugging will run.
> +
> + * GDB now supports access to Intel(R) MPX registers on GNU/Linux.
This part is OK.
> +@samp{bnd0raw} through @samp{bnd3raw} for i386, amd64 and x32. Hardware
> +representation of the bound registers effectively @samp{bnd0} through
What does "effectively" mean in this context?
> +@samp{bnd3}. The bounds are unsigned effective addresses, and are
And what does "effective" mean here?
> +inclusive. The upper bounds are architecturally represented in 1's
^^
Two spaces are needed here.
> +User representation of the bound registers. Upper bound value stores
> +the effective address of the bound, i.e. the one's complement of the
Same question about "effective". Also, please insert either a comma
',' or @: after "i.e.", to make sure the second period is not rendered
by TeX as an end of a sentence.
Thanks.