You also can try to use DWARF debugging on AIX (-gdwarf). I'm not
certain if that debugging format works better for VSX information.
Thanks, David
On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 5:50 AM, Paul Hargrove via cfarm-users
<cfarm-users@lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:
> I cannot answer to whether or not they will print VMX registers, but AIX
> provides "dbx" and "adb" as the native debuggers. They may be worth
> learning if gdb isn't working for you.
>
> -Paul
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Jeffrey Walton via cfarm-users
> <cfarm-users@lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I'm working on GCC119 which is an AIX machine. Its a Power 8, so it
>> has the VMX unit.
>>
>> I'm trying to use the in-core crypto. The instructions are gets
>> processed by the VMX unit. I need to see the reg values, but GDB
>> cannot print them (see below).
>>
>> Does anyone know how to display the registers when working on AIX?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> ==========
>>
>> (gdb) info all-registers
>> r0 0x1032 0x1032
>> r1 0x2ff22a60 0x2ff22a60
>> ...
>> xer 0x3d 0x3d
>> fpscr 0x0 0x0
>> vr0 {uint128 = <unavailable>, v4_float = {<unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>, <unavailable>, <unavailable>}, v4_int32 =
>> {<unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>, <unavailable>, <unavailable>}, v8_int16 =
>> {<unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>, <unavailable>, <unavailable>, <unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>, <unavailable>}, v16_int8 = {
>> <unavailable> <repeats 16 times>}}
>>
>> ...
>>
>> [repeated]
>>
>> ...
>> vr31 {uint128 = <unavailable>, v4_float = {<unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>, <unavailable>, <unavailable>}, v4_int32 =
>> {<unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>, <unavailable>, <unavailable>}, v8_int16 =
>> {<unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>, <unavailable>, <unavailable>, <unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>,
>> <unavailable>, <unavailable>}, v16_int8 = {
>> <unavailable> <repeats 16 times>}}
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