Hi Pavel, > -----Original Message----- > From: Pavel Labath [mailto:lab...@google.com] > Sent: quinta-feira, 6 de julho de 2017 07:13 > To: Gustavo Serra Scalet <gustavo.sca...@eldorado.org.br> > Cc: lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org > Subject: Re: [lldb-dev] Port LLDB to ppc64le (ABIv2) on linux > > Hi Gustavo, > > I don't see anything which should prevent you from doing that. > > Probably the first place you should look at is > "source/Plugins/Process/Linux/NativeRegisterContext_***". This is the > thing which defines what a "register" is and how to read/write it, and > it's the main thing you will need to implement.
Great. I noticed these classes missing on link time so I'm taking a closer look. Thanks > > On 5 July 2017 at 20:13, Gustavo Serra Scalet via lldb-dev <lldb- > d...@lists.llvm.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm interested in porting LLDB to PowerPC 64 little endian (e.g: > POWER8 machines) on Linux platform but before starting such work, I > wanted to know if somebody is already doing it or also if there is > anything prohibitive in doing so (Probably relevant to this question: > clang supports POWER8 already, which is good). > > > > The interesting resources I found at the moment are: the special debug > registers as described on the ISA [1]; dealing with Ptrace API[2]; and > also a presentation pointing out how LLDB was ported to MSP430 > architecture[3]. > > > > Are there any other resources you'd recommend? I tried searching in > the mailing list but I didn't find more relevant information. > > > > Thanks. Comments are welcome :-) > > > > [1] > > https://openpowerfoundation.org/?resource_lib=power-isa-version-3-0 > > (Book III, chapter 8, page 1103) [2] > > http://www.alexonlinux.com/how-debugger-works > > [3] http://llvm.org/devmtg/2016-03/Tutorials/LLDB-tutorial.pdf > > _______________________________________________ > > lldb-dev mailing list > > lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org > > http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lldb-dev _______________________________________________ lldb-dev mailing list lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lldb-dev
