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[Patch wwwdocs] gcc-5/changes.html : Document AMD monitorx and mwaitx
- From: "Kumar, Venkataramanan" <Venkataramanan dot Kumar at amd dot com>
- To: "Gerald Pfeifer (gerald at pfeifer dot com)" <gerald at pfeifer dot com>, "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 14:28:59 +0000
- Subject: [Patch wwwdocs] gcc-5/changes.html : Document AMD monitorx and mwaitx
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Hi Gerald,
This patch documents about AMD instructions "mwaitx" and "monitorx" in GCC- 5 changes.html.
Please let me know if this ok to commit?
Index: htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-5/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.121
diff -r1.121 changes.html
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> <li>Support for new AMD instructions <code>monitorx</code> and
> <code>mwaitx</code> has been added. This includes new intrinsic
> and built-in support. It is enabled through option <code>-mmwaitx</code>.
> The instructions <code>monitorx</code> and <code>mwaitx</code>
> implement the same functionality as the old <code>monitor</code>
> and <code>mwait</code> instructions. In addition <code>mwaitx</code>
> adds a configurable timer. The timer value is received as third
> argument and stored in register <code>%ebx</code>. GCC 5.2 is the
> first release to support these instructions.</li>
I will send another patch for trunk as well.
Regards,
Venkat.