Document `struct reg` fields.

[fw/openocd] / src / target / register.h

diff --git a/src/target/register.h b/src/target/register.h
index d3b2c31c23b8e39a33ce080775cf2f9206c8e2f7..dc18e9a89935cf9038791303c1f14801c2eb9218 100644 (file)
--- a/src/target/register.h
+++ b/src/target/register.h
@@ -114,17 +114,32 @@ struct reg_data_type {
 };
 
 struct reg {
+       /* Canonical name of the register. */
        const char *name;
+       /* Number that gdb uses to access this register. */
        uint32_t number;
+       /* TODO. This should probably be const. */
        struct reg_feature *feature;
+       /* TODO: When true, the caller will save this register before running any algorithm. */
        bool caller_save;
+       /* Pointer to place where the value is stored, in the format understood by
+        * the binarybuffer.h functions. */
        void *value;
+       /* The stored value needs to be written to the target. */
        bool dirty;
+       /* When true, value is valid. */
        bool valid;
+       /* When false, the register doesn't actually exist in the target. */
        bool exist;
+       /* Size of the register in bits. */
        uint32_t size;
+       /* Used for generating XML description of registers. Can be set to NULL for
+        * targets that don't use that. */
        struct reg_data_type *reg_data_type;
+       /* Used for generating XML description of registers. Can be set to NULL for
+        * targets that don't use that. */
        const char *group;
+       /* Pointer to architecture-specific info for this register. */
        void *arch_info;
        const struct reg_arch_type *type;
 };