* bfd/elf-bfd.h: Declare elfcore_write_ppc_vsx.

* bfd/elf.c (elfcore_grok_ppc_vsx): New function.
	(elfcore_write_ppc_vsx): New function
	(elfcore_grok_note): Handle VSX notes.
	(elfcore_write_register_note): Handle VSX notes.
	* include/elf/common.h: Define NT_PPC_VSX.
	* binutils/readelf.c (get_note_type): Handle VSX notes.

bfd/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-07-21  Luis Machado  <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>
+
+	* elf-bfd.h: Declare elfcore_write_ppc_vsx.
+	* elf.c (elfcore_grok_ppc_vsx): New function.
+	(elfcore_write_ppc_vsx): New function
+	(elfcore_grok_note): Handle VSX notes.
+	(elfcore_write_register_note): Handle VSX notes.
+
 2008-07-18  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* bfd-in.h (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Add new parameter.

bfd/elf-bfd.h

@@ -2141,6 +2141,8 @@ extern char *elfcore_write_prxfpreg
   (bfd *, char *, int *, const void *, int);
 extern char *elfcore_write_ppc_vmx
   (bfd *, char *, int *, const void *, int);
+extern char *elfcore_write_ppc_vsx
+  (bfd *, char *, int *, const void *, int);
 extern char *elfcore_write_lwpstatus
   (bfd *, char *, int *, long, int, const void *);
 extern char *elfcore_write_register_note

bfd/elf.c

@@ -7553,6 +7553,11 @@ elfcore_grok_ppc_vmx (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
   return elfcore_make_note_pseudosection (abfd, ".reg-ppc-vmx", note);
 }
 
+static bfd_boolean
+elfcore_grok_ppc_vsx (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
+{
+  return elfcore_make_note_pseudosection (abfd, ".reg-ppc-vsx", note);
+}
 
 #if defined (HAVE_PRPSINFO_T)
 typedef prpsinfo_t   elfcore_psinfo_t;
@@ -7908,6 +7913,13 @@ elfcore_grok_note (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
       else
 	return TRUE;
 
+    case NT_PPC_VSX:
+      if (note->namesz == 6
+          && strcmp (note->namedata, "LINUX") == 0)
+        return elfcore_grok_ppc_vsx (abfd, note);
+      else
+        return TRUE;
+
     case NT_PRPSINFO:
     case NT_PSINFO:
       if (bed->elf_backend_grok_psinfo)
@@ -8474,6 +8486,18 @@ elfcore_write_ppc_vmx (bfd *abfd,
 			     note_name, NT_PPC_VMX, ppc_vmx, size);
 }
 
+char *
+elfcore_write_ppc_vsx (bfd *abfd,
+                       char *buf,
+                       int *bufsiz,
+                       const void *ppc_vsx,
+                       int size)
+{
+  char *note_name = "LINUX";
+  return elfcore_write_note (abfd, buf, bufsiz,
+                             note_name, NT_PPC_VSX, ppc_vsx, size);
+}
+
 char *
 elfcore_write_register_note (bfd *abfd,
 			     char *buf,
@@ -8488,6 +8512,8 @@ elfcore_write_register_note (bfd *abfd,
     return elfcore_write_prxfpreg (abfd, buf, bufsiz, data, size);
   if (strcmp (section, ".reg-ppc-vmx") == 0)
     return elfcore_write_ppc_vmx (abfd, buf, bufsiz, data, size);
+  if (strcmp (section, ".reg-ppc-vsx") == 0)
+    return elfcore_write_ppc_vsx (abfd, buf, bufsiz, data, size);
   return NULL;
 }
 

binutils/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-07-21  Luis Machado  <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>
+
+	* readelf.c (get_note_type): Handle VSX notes.
+
 2008-07-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* objdump.c (load_debug_section): Initialize section_is_compressed 

binutils/readelf.c

@@ -9929,6 +9929,8 @@ get_note_type (unsigned e_type)
 	return _("NT_PRXFPREG (user_xfpregs structure)");
       case NT_PPC_VMX:
 	return _("NT_PPC_VMX (ppc Altivec registers)");
+      case NT_PPC_VSX:
+	return _("NT_PPC_VSX (ppc VSX registers)");
       case NT_PSTATUS:
 	return _("NT_PSTATUS (pstatus structure)");
       case NT_FPREGS:

include/elf/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-07-21  Luis Machado  <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>
+
+	* common.h: Define NT_PPC_VSX.
+
 2008-07-10  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
 
 	* mips.h (ELF_ST_IS_MIPS16, ELF_ST_SET_MIPS16): New macros.

include/elf/common.h

@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@
 					/*   note name must be "LINUX".  */
 #define NT_PPC_VMX	0x100		/* PowerPC Altivec/VMX registers */
 					/*   note name must be "LINUX".  */
+#define NT_PPC_VSX	0x102		/* PowerPC VSX registers */
+					/*   note name must be "LINUX".  */
 
 /* Note segments for core files on dir-style procfs systems.  */