Ping Re: [PATCH v1] PowerPC: Add NT_PPC_DMR core file support
Project / Subsystem
binutils / elf
Date
2026-07-13
Proposer
Abhay Kandpal <abhay@linux.ibm.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Adds new functionality for a future hardware feature without immediate runtime impact on existing systems.
- • Increases the complexity of ELF core file parsing within BFD and readelf.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- elf
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- 5b76e365-0baf-4440-a478-1fbcb8146c7e@linux.ibm.com
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Ping Re: [PATCH v1] PowerPC: Add NT_PPC_DMR core file support
- headline
- Ping Re: [PATCH v1] PowerPC: Add NT_PPC_DMR core file support
- tldr
- Proposer pings for review of a patch adding support for new PowerPC Dense Math Registers in core files.
- proposer
- Abhay Kandpal <abhay@linux.ibm.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Adds new functionality for a future hardware feature without immediate runtime impact on existing systems.
- • Increases the complexity of ELF core file parsing within BFD and readelf.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
-
- • PowerPC
- • ELF
- • core dump
- • registers
- • binutils
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
Ping Re: [PATCH v1] PowerPC: Add NT_PPC_DMR core file support
This patch introduces support for the NT_PPC_DMR note type in BFD and readelf, which will carry Dense Math Register contents for future PowerPC processors. The proposer is following up to inquire about the review status of the patch and whether further changes are needed. GDB support will follow in a later patch.