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| * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Nokia and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Nokia - Initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.edc.x86.disassembler; |
| |
| /** |
| * Status of the x86 disassembler |
| * <p> |
| * The disassembler is not meant to be a full fledged x86 disassembler. Its |
| * initial purpose is to offer disassembly support for EDC debugger for x86 |
| * platform which will use it in areas like stepping and (perhaps) stack |
| * crawling. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * --------------------------------------------------<br> |
| * <b>How to add new instruction</b><br> |
| * -------------------------------------------------- |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * The class {@link OpcodeX86} is supposed to contain definition of instructions |
| * from opcode map in Intel developer manual Vol 3B. Add any new instruction |
| * there. Then add a test case in |
| * |
| * {@link org.eclipse.cdt.debug.edc.tests.TestDisassemblerX86} |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * New addressing method (things like "Ev", "Ap" etc) should be added in class |
| * {@link InstructionParserX86}. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * --------------------------------------------------<br> |
| * <b>Status as of July 22 2009 </b><br> |
| * -------------------------------------------------- |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * 1. The disassembler only supports 32-bit address mode, no 16 or 64-bit |
| * address mode, though any one who has interest can extend it. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * 2. Only AT&T syntax is supported. See class AssemblyFormatter for more. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * 3. All general-purpose instructions and FPU (x87) instructions are supported. |
| * Instructions for MMX, SSE are not supported yet, though again any one |
| * interested should be able to add new instruction support with ease. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * 4. So far I've been able to disassemble "vi" and "gdb" binaries on 32-bit |
| * Ubuntu Linux and feed the output to GNU assembler without getting any error. |
| * <p> |
| * --------------------------------------------------<br> |
| * <b>References </b><br> |
| * -------------------------------------------------- |
| * </p> |
| * <ul> |
| * <li><a href="http://www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/">Intel 64 and |
| * IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manuals</a></li> |
| * <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_assembly_language">x86 assembly |
| * language - Wikipedia</a></li> |
| * <li><a href="http://siyobik.info/index.php?module=x86">x86 Instruction Set |
| * Reference</a></li> |
| * </ul> |
| */ |
| class readme { |
| // this is a dummy class just for holding the readme info so that we can use |
| // javadoc features such as hyperlinks to code or URL, spell checking and |
| // format. |
| } |
