@@ -26638,8 +26638,9 @@ Show whether AArch64 debugging messages are displayed.
@end table
-@subsubsection AArch64 SVE.
-@cindex AArch64 SVE.
+@subsubsection AArch64 Scalable Vector Extension
+@cindex Scalable Vector Extension, AArch64
+@cindex SVE, AArch64
When @value{GDBN} is debugging the AArch64 architecture, if the Scalable Vector
Extension (SVE) is present, then @value{GDBN} will provide the vector registers
@@ -26678,11 +26679,10 @@ internally by @value{GDBN} and the Linux Kernel.
@end itemize
-@subsubsection AArch64 SME.
+@subsubsection AArch64 Scalable Matrix Extension
@anchor{AArch64 SME}
-@cindex SME
-@cindex AArch64 SME
-@cindex Scalable Matrix Extension
+@cindex Scalable Matrix Extension, AArch64
+@cindex SME, AArch64
The Scalable Matrix Extension (@url{https://community.arm.com/arm-community-blogs/b/architectures-and-processors-blog/posts/scalable-matrix-extension-armv9-a-architecture, @acronym{SME}})
is an AArch64 architecture extension that expands on the concept of the
@@ -26874,11 +26874,10 @@ incorrect values for SVE registers (when in streaming mode).
This is the same limitation we have for the @acronym{SVE} registers, and there
are plans to address this limitation going forward.
-@subsubsection AArch64 SME2.
+@subsubsection AArch64 Scalable Matrix Extension 2
@anchor{AArch64 SME2}
-@cindex SME2
-@cindex AArch64 SME2
-@cindex Scalable Matrix Extension 2
+@cindex Scalable Matrix Extension 2, AArch64
+@cindex SME2, AArch64
The Scalable Matrix Extension 2 is an AArch64 architecture extension that
further expands the @acronym{SME} extension with the following:
@@ -26918,8 +26917,9 @@ For more information about @acronym{SME2}, please refer to the
official @url{https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0487/latest,
architecture documentation}.
-@subsubsection AArch64 Pointer Authentication.
-@cindex AArch64 Pointer Authentication.
+@subsubsection AArch64 Pointer Authentication
+@cindex Pointer Authentication, AArch64
+@cindex PAC, AArch64
@anchor{AArch64 PAC}
When @value{GDBN} is debugging the AArch64 architecture, and the program is
@@ -26929,8 +26929,9 @@ When GDB prints a backtrace, any addresses that required unmasking will be
postfixed with the marker [PAC]. When using the MI, this is printed as part
of the @code{addr_flags} field.
-@subsubsection AArch64 Memory Tagging Extension.
-@cindex AArch64 Memory Tagging Extension.
+@subsubsection AArch64 Memory Tagging Extension
+@cindex Memory Tagging Extension, AArch64
+@cindex MTE, AArch64
When @value{GDBN} is debugging the AArch64 architecture, the program is
using the v8.5-A feature Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) and there is support
Remove period from subsubsection titles in the AArch64 configuration-specific subsection, and expand acronyms. Regarding @cindex entries, remove periods and standardise their order and the position of "AArch64" to make it easier to find them by using the index-searching commands of Info readers that offer TAB completion. Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> --- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 29 +++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) This was patch 2 in the AArch64 Guarded Control Stack support series: https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/20250608010338.2234530-3-thiago.bauermann@linaro.org/ I applied Eli Zaretskii's review comments and decided to post v2 on its own. base-commit: 2cfc7485d5a13e2af8ca3f6944e3a74d22a1b347