* elf.c (elfcore_grok_ppc_vmx): New function.

(elfcore_grok_note): Handle NT_PPC_VMX.
	(elfcore_write_ppc_vmx): New function.
	* elf-bfd.h (elfcore_write_ppc_vmx): Declare.

bfd/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2007-10-25  Carlos Eduardo Seo  <cseo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* elf.c (elfcore_grok_ppc_vmx): New function.
+	(elfcore_grok_note): Handle NT_PPC_VMX.
+	(elfcore_write_ppc_vmx): New function.
+	* elf-bfd.h (elfcore_write_ppc_vmx): Declare.
+
 2007-10-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".

bfd/elf-bfd.h

@@ -2009,6 +2009,8 @@ extern char *elfcore_write_prfpreg
   (bfd *, char *, int *, const void *, int);
 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_lwpstatus
   (bfd *, char *, int *, long, int, const void *);
 

bfd/elf.c

@@ -7449,6 +7449,13 @@ elfcore_grok_prxfpreg (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
   return elfcore_make_note_pseudosection (abfd, ".reg-xfp", note);
 }
 
+static bfd_boolean
+elfcore_grok_ppc_vmx (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
+{
+  return elfcore_make_note_pseudosection (abfd, ".reg-ppc-vmx", note);
+}
+
+
 #if defined (HAVE_PRPSINFO_T)
 typedef prpsinfo_t   elfcore_psinfo_t;
 #if defined (HAVE_PRPSINFO32_T)		/* Sparc64 cross Sparc32 */
@@ -7796,6 +7803,13 @@ elfcore_grok_note (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
       else
 	return TRUE;
 
+    case NT_PPC_VMX:
+      if (note->namesz == 6
+	  && strcmp (note->namedata, "LINUX") == 0)
+	return elfcore_grok_ppc_vmx (abfd, note);
+      else
+	return TRUE;
+
     case NT_PRPSINFO:
     case NT_PSINFO:
       if (bed->elf_backend_grok_psinfo)
@@ -8350,6 +8364,18 @@ elfcore_write_prxfpreg (bfd *abfd,
 			     note_name, NT_PRXFPREG, xfpregs, size);
 }
 
+char *
+elfcore_write_ppc_vmx (bfd *abfd,
+		       char *buf,
+		       int *bufsiz,
+		       const void *ppc_vmx,
+		       int size)
+{
+  char *note_name = "LINUX";
+  return elfcore_write_note (abfd, buf, bufsiz,
+			     note_name, NT_PPC_VMX, ppc_vmx, size);
+}
+
 static bfd_boolean
 elf_parse_notes (bfd *abfd, char *buf, size_t size, file_ptr offset)
 {