Re: Ping Re: [PATCH v1] PowerPC: Add NT_PPC_DMR core file support
Project / Subsystem
binutils / elf
Date
2026-09-17
Proposer
Abhay Kandpal <abhay@linux.ibm.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Adds support for new hardware features (DMR registers).
- • Requires BFD and readelf to correctly interpret core files from future PowerPC processors.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- elf
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- f2bd6dcf-2e73-4a22-b9ae-603d6d870490@linux.ibm.com
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Re: 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
- Gentle ping for review of a patch adding PowerPC Dense Math Registers (DMR) support to BFD and readelf.
- proposer
- Abhay Kandpal <abhay@linux.ibm.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Adds support for new hardware features (DMR registers).
- • Requires BFD and readelf to correctly interpret core files from future PowerPC processors.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
-
- • PowerPC
- • ELF
- • core dump
- • registers
- • BFD
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
Re: Ping Re: [PATCH v1] PowerPC: Add NT_PPC_DMR core file support
Abhay Kandpal is pinging the mailing list for a review of a patch that adds support for the new NT_PPC_DMR note type in BFD and readelf. This note type carries the contents of Dense Math Registers (DMR) for a future PowerPC processor. The patch is a prerequisite for GDB support for these registers in core files and live processes.