1999-04-16 03:35:26 +02:00
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What has changed in GDB?
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(Organized release by release)
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2008-02-27 21:50:49 +01:00
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*** Changes since GDB 6.8
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2008-08-26 19:30:35 +02:00
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* GDB now supports automatic retrieval of shared library files from
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remote targets. To use this feature, specify a system root that begins
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with the `remote:' prefix, either via the `set sysroot' command or via
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the `--with-sysroot' configure-time option.
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2008-07-05 00:30:19 +02:00
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* Commands `set debug-file-directory', `set solib-search-path' and `set args'
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now complete on file names.
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2008-06-06 22:58:08 +02:00
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* When completing in expressions, gdb will attempt to limit
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completions to allowable structure or union fields, where appropriate.
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For instance, consider:
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# struct example { int f1; double f2; };
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# struct example variable;
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(gdb) p variable.
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If the user types TAB at the end of this command line, the available
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completions will be "f1" and "f2".
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2008-09-27 23:40:49 +02:00
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* GDB now supports the token-splicing (##) and stringification (#)
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operators when expanding macros. It also supports variable-arity
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macros.
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2009-02-07 16:00:57 +01:00
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* GDB now supports inspecting extra signal information, exported by
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the new $_siginfo convenience variable. The feature is currently
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implemented on linux ARM, i386 and amd64.
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2008-05-09 19:02:03 +02:00
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* New remote packets
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qSearch:memory:
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Search memory for a sequence of bytes.
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2008-08-12 17:18:31 +02:00
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QStartNoAckMode
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Turn off `+'/`-' protocol acknowledgments to permit more efficient
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operation over reliable transport links. Use of this packet is
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controlled by the `set remote noack-packet' command.
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2008-12-02 08:57:38 +01:00
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qXfer:osdata:read
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Obtains additional operating system information
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2009-02-07 16:00:57 +01:00
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qXfer:siginfo:read
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qXfer:siginfo:write
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Read or write additional signal information.
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2008-06-11 14:56:36 +02:00
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* Removed remote protocol undocumented extension
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An undocumented extension to the remote protocol's `S' stop reply
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packet that permited the stub to pass a process id was removed.
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Remote servers should use the `T' stop reply packet instead.
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2008-05-05 23:14:37 +02:00
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* The "disassemble" command now supports an optional /m modifier to print mixed
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source+assembly.
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2008-04-22 13:03:42 +02:00
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* GDB now supports multiple function calling conventions according to the
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2008-05-01 20:50:14 +02:00
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DWARF-2 DW_AT_calling_convention function attribute.
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2008-04-22 13:03:42 +02:00
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* The SH target utilizes the aforementioned change to distinguish between gcc
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2008-05-01 20:50:14 +02:00
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and Renesas calling convention. It also adds the new CLI commands
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`set/show sh calling-convention'.
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2008-04-22 13:03:42 +02:00
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2008-04-20 02:03:25 +02:00
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* GDB can now read compressed debug sections, as produced by GNU gold
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with the --compress-debug-sections=zlib flag.
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2008-04-22 22:29:07 +02:00
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* 64-bit core files are now supported on AIX.
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2008-10-20 18:18:59 +02:00
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* Thread switching is now supported on Tru64.
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2008-03-11 00:14:06 +01:00
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* Watchpoints can now be set on unreadable memory locations, e.g. addresses
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which will be allocated using malloc later in program execution.
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2008-03-14 23:30:07 +01:00
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* The qXfer:libraries:read remote procotol packet now allows passing a
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2008-04-20 02:03:25 +02:00
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list of section offsets.
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2008-03-14 23:30:07 +01:00
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2008-05-01 20:50:14 +02:00
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* On GNU/Linux, GDB can now attach to stopped processes. Several race
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conditions handling signals delivered during attach or thread creation
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have also been fixed.
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2008-08-19 12:36:43 +02:00
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* GDB now supports the use of DWARF boolean types for Ada's type Boolean.
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2008-08-21 11:05:32 +02:00
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From the user's standpoint, all unqualified instances of True and False
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are treated as the standard definitions, regardless of context.
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2008-08-19 12:36:43 +02:00
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2008-03-11 00:14:06 +01:00
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* New features in the GDB remote stub, gdbserver
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- The "--wrapper" command-line argument tells gdbserver to use a
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wrapper program to launch programs for debugging.
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2008-05-09 21:17:46 +02:00
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- On PowerPC and S/390 targets, it is now possible to use a single
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gdbserver executable to debug both 32-bit and 64-bit programs.
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(This requires gdbserver itself to be built as a 64-bit executable.)
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2008-08-12 17:18:31 +02:00
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- gdbserver uses the new noack protocol mode for TCP connections to
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reduce communications latency, if also supported and enabled in GDB.
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2008-11-15 17:09:51 +01:00
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- Support for the sparc64-linux-gnu target is now included in
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gdbserver.
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2008-08-06 21:41:33 +02:00
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* Python scripting
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GDB now has support for scripting using Python. Whether this is
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available is determined at configure time.
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2009-02-06 22:33:59 +01:00
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New GDB commands can now be written in Python.
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2008-10-23 00:14:21 +02:00
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* Ada tasking support
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Ada tasks can now be inspected in GDB. The following commands have
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been introduced:
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info tasks
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Print the list of Ada tasks.
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info task N
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Print detailed information about task number N.
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task
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Print the task number of the current task.
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task N
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Switch the context of debugging to task number N.
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2009-01-14 21:40:09 +01:00
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* Support for user-defined prefixed commands. The "define" command can
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add new commands to existing prefixes, e.g. "target".
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2008-02-27 21:50:49 +01:00
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* New commands
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2008-05-09 19:02:03 +02:00
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find [/size-char] [/max-count] start-address, end-address|+search-space-size,
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val1 [, val2, ...]
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Search memory for a sequence of bytes.
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2008-08-06 21:41:33 +02:00
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maint set python print-stack
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maint show python print-stack
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Show a stack trace when an error is encountered in a Python script.
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python [CODE]
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Invoke CODE by passing it to the Python interpreter.
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2008-07-11 01:08:21 +02:00
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set print symbol-loading
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show print symbol-loading
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Control printing of symbol loading messages.
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2008-07-10 18:44:47 +02:00
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set debug timestamp
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2008-02-27 21:50:49 +01:00
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show debug timestamp
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Display timestamps with GDB debugging output.
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2008-03-11 00:14:06 +01:00
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set exec-wrapper
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show exec-wrapper
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unset exec-wrapper
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Use a wrapper program to launch programs for debugging.
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2008-03-03 14:24:12 +01:00
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2008-04-04 17:51:15 +02:00
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set multiple-symbols (all|ask|cancel)
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show multiple-symbols
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The value of this variable can be changed to adjust the debugger behavior
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when an expression or a breakpoint location contains an ambiguous symbol
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name (an overloaded function name, for instance).
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2008-04-24 12:21:45 +02:00
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set breakpoint always-inserted
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show breakpoint always-inserted
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Keep breakpoints always inserted in the target, as opposed to inserting
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them when resuming the target, and removing them when the target stops.
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This option can improve debugger performance on slow remote targets.
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2008-05-02 18:00:36 +02:00
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set arm fallback-mode (arm|thumb|auto)
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show arm fallback-mode
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set arm force-mode (arm|thumb|auto)
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show arm force-mode
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These commands control how ARM GDB determines whether instructions
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are ARM or Thumb. The default for both settings is auto, which uses
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the current CPSR value for instructions without symbols; previous
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versions of GDB behaved as if "set arm fallback-mode arm".
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2008-07-10 11:31:00 +02:00
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set disable-randomization
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show disable-randomization
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Standalone programs run with the virtual address space randomization enabled
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by default on some platforms. This option keeps the addresses stable across
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multiple debugging sessions.
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2008-08-20 06:58:34 +02:00
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set target-async
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Requests that asynchronous execution is enabled in the target, if available.
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In this case, it's possible to resume target in the background, and interact
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with GDB while the target is running. "show target-async" displays the
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current state of asynchronous execution of the target.
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2009-01-06 18:07:08 +01:00
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set tcp auto-retry (on|off)
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show tcp auto-retry
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set tcp connect-timeout
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show tcp connect-timeout
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These commands allow GDB to retry failed TCP connections to a remote stub
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with a specified timeout period; this is useful if the stub is launched
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in parallel with GDB but may not be ready to accept connections immediately.
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2008-07-18 22:55:33 +02:00
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macro define
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macro list
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macro undef
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These allow macros to be defined, undefined, and listed
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interactively.
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2009-01-16 05:28:25 +01:00
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info os processes
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Show operating system information about processes.
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2008-11-27 10:23:01 +01:00
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* New native configurations
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x86/x86_64 Darwin i[34567]86-*-darwin*
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2009-01-16 05:31:09 +01:00
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x86_64 MinGW x86_64-*-mingw*
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2008-08-22 19:26:54 +02:00
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* New targets
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x86 DICOS i[34567]86-*-dicos*
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2009-02-17 18:56:50 +01:00
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x86_64 DICOS x86_64-*-dicos*
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2008-08-22 19:26:54 +02:00
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2008-11-18 21:41:42 +01:00
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* Removed commands
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catch load
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catch unload
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These commands were actually not implemented on any target.
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2008-02-27 21:50:49 +01:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.8
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2007-09-17 21:30:05 +02:00
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2008-01-19 16:03:50 +01:00
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* New native configurations
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NetBSD/hppa hppa*-*netbsd*
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2008-02-11 22:58:41 +01:00
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Xtensa GNU/Linux xtensa*-*-linux*
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2008-01-19 16:03:50 +01:00
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* New targets
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NetBSD/hppa hppa*-*-netbsd*
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2008-02-11 22:58:41 +01:00
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Xtensa GNU/Lunux xtensa*-*-linux*
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2008-01-19 16:03:50 +01:00
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2008-01-05 22:50:44 +01:00
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* Change in command line behavior -- corefiles vs. process ids.
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When the '-p NUMBER' or '--pid NUMBER' options are used, and
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attaching to process NUMBER fails, GDB no longer attempts to open a
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core file named NUMBER. Attaching to a program using the -c option
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is no longer supported. Instead, use the '-p' or '--pid' options.
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2007-10-21 12:27:49 +02:00
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* GDB can now be built as a native debugger for debugging Windows x86
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(mingw32) Portable Executable (PE) programs.
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2007-09-28 08:24:20 +02:00
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* Pending breakpoints no longer change their number when their address
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2007-10-03 22:42:08 +02:00
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is resolved.
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2007-09-28 08:24:20 +02:00
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* GDB now supports breakpoints with multiple locations,
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2007-10-03 22:42:08 +02:00
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including breakpoints on C++ constructors, inside C++ templates,
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and in inlined functions.
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2007-09-28 08:24:20 +02:00
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2007-12-06 18:07:15 +01:00
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* GDB's ability to debug optimized code has been improved. GDB more
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accurately identifies function bodies and lexical blocks that occupy
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more than one contiguous range of addresses.
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* NEWS: Document target described register support for PowerPC.
* ppc-tdep.h: Remove ppc_spr constants.
(struct gdbarch_tdep): Remove regs, ppc_sr0_regnum, and
ppc_builtin_type_vec128 members.
(PPC_R0_REGNUM, PPC_F0_REGNUM, PPC_PC_REGNUM, PPC_MSR_REGNUM)
(PPC_CR_REGNUM, PPC_LR_REGNUM, PPC_CTR_REGNUM, PPC_XER_REGNUM)
(PPC_FPSCR_REGNUM, PPC_MQ_REGNUM, PPC_SPE_UPPER_GP0_REGNUM)
(PPC_SPE_ACC_REGNUM, PPC_SPE_FSCR_REGNUM, PPC_VR0_REGNUM)
(PPC_VSCR_REGNUM, PPC_VRSAVE_REGNUM, PPC_NUM_REGS): New constants.
* rs6000-tdep.c: Include preparsed descriptions.
(init_sim_regno_table): Do not iterate over pseudo registers.
Look up segment registers by name. Use sim_spr_register_name
for SPRs.
(rs6000_register_sim_regno): Call init_sim_regno_table here.
(rs6000_builtin_type_vec128): Delete.
(rs6000_register_name): Only handle SPE pseudo registers and upper
halves. Call tdesc_register_name for everything else.
(rs6000_register_type): Delete. Replace with...
(rs6000_pseudo_register_type): ...this new function. Only handle
SPE pseudo registers.
(rs6000_register_reggroup_p): Delete. Replace with...
(rs6000_pseudo_register_reggroup_p): ...this new function. Only
handle SPE pseudo registers.
(rs6000_convert_register_p): Use ppc_fp0_regnum instead of
"struct reg".
(rs6000_register_to_value, rs6000_value_to_register): Remove check
of reg->fpr.
(e500_register_reggroup_p): Delete.
(STR, R, R4, R8, R16, F, P8, R32, R64, R0, A4, S, S4, SN4, S64)
(COMMON_UISA_REGS, PPC_UISA_SPRS, PPC_UISA_NOFP_SPRS)
(PPC_SEGMENT_REGS, PPC_OEA_SPRS, PPC_ALTIVEC_REGS, PPC_SPE_GP_REGS)
(PPC_SPE_UPPER_GP_REGS, PPC_EV_PSEUDO_REGS): Delete macros.
(registers_powerpc, registers_403, registers_403GC, registers_505)
(registers_860, registers_601, registers_602, registers_603)
(registers_604, registers_750, registers_7400, registers_e500): Delete
variables.
(struct variant): Delete nregs, npregs, num_tot_regs, and regs. Add
tdesc.
(tot_num_registers, num_registers, num_pseudo_registers): Delete.
(variants): Delete outdated comment. Use standard target descriptions
instead of "struct reg" arrays.
(init_variants): Delete.
(rs6000_gdbarch_init): Do not guess word size from the BFD
architecture if we have a target description. Select a variant
before creating a new architecture. Use the variant's target
description if the target did not define a register layout.
Validate target-supplied registers. Reject mismatches. Use
fixed register numbers and new constants instead of magic
numbers. Call set_gdbarch_ps_regnum. Call tdesc_use_registers.
(_initialize_rs6000_tdep): Initialize the preparsed target
descriptions.
* target-descriptions.c (tdesc_predefined_types): Add int128 and
uint128.
(tdesc_find_register_early): New function.
(tdesc_numbered_register): Use it.
(tdesc_register_size): New function.
(tdesc_use_registers): Take a target_desc argument. Do not use
gdbarch_target_desc.
* target-descriptions.h (tdesc_use_registers): Update prototype
and comment.
(tdesc_register_size): New prototype.
* Makefile.in (powerpc_32_c, powerpc_403_c, powerpc_403gc_c)
(powerpc_505_c, powerpc_601_c, powerpc_602_c, powerpc_603_c)
(powerpc_604_c, powerpc_64_c, powerpc_7400_c, powerpc_750_c)
(powerpc_860_c, powerpc_e500_c, rs6000_c): New macros.
(rs6000-tdep.o): Update.
* arm-tdep.c (arm_gdbarch_init): Update call to tdesc_use_registers.
* m68k-tdep.c (m68k_gdbarch_init): Likewise.
* mips-tdep.c (mips_gdbarch_init): Likewise.
* gdb.texinfo (Predefined Target Types): Add int128
and uint128.
(Standard Target Features): Add PowerPC features.
* gdb.xml/tdesc-regs.exp: Add PowerPC support.
* sim-ppc.h (sim_spr_register_name): New prototype.
* gdb-sim.c (regnum2spr): Rename to...
(sim_spr_register_name): ... this. Make global.
2007-10-15 21:45:31 +02:00
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* Target descriptions can now describe registers for PowerPC.
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2007-10-15 22:00:23 +02:00
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* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now supports the AltiVec and SPE
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registers on PowerPC targets.
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2007-10-24 22:49:59 +02:00
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* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now supports thread debugging on GNU/Linux
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targets even when the libthread_db library is not available.
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* remote.c (remote_cmdlist): New variable.
(PACKET_vFile_open, PACKET_vFile_pread, PACKET_vFile_pwrite)
(PACKET_vFile_close, PACKET_vFile_unlink): New constants.
(remote_buffer_add_string, remote_buffer_add_bytes)
(remote_buffer_add_int, remote_hostio_parse_result)
(remote_hostio_send_command, remote_hostio_open, remote_hostio_pwrite)
(remote_hostio_pread, remote_hostio_close, remote_hostio_unlink)
(remote_fileio_errno_to_host, remote_hostio_error, fclose_cleanup)
(remote_hostio_close_cleanup, remote_file_put, remote_file_get)
(remote_file_delete, remote_put_command, remote_get_command)
(remote_delete_command, remote_command): New functions.
(_initialize_remote): Register new packets and commands.
* Makefile.in (gdb_fileio_h): New variable.
(remote.o): Update.
(SUBDIR_MI_OBS): Add mi-cmd-target.o.
(SUBDIR_MI_SRCS): Add mi/mi-cmd-target.c.
(mi-cmd-target.o): New rule.
* mi/mi-cmd-target.c: New file.
* mi/mi-cmds.c (mi_cmds): Add target-file-delete, target-file-get,
and target-file-put.
* mi/mi-cmds.h (mi_cmd_target_file_get, mi_cmd_target_file_put)
(mi_cmd_target_file_delete): Declare.
* remote.h (remote_file_put, remote_file_get, remote_file_delete):
Declare.
* NEWS: Describe new file transfer support.
* gdb.texinfo (Debugging Programs with Multiple Processes): Correct
formatting.
(Remote Debugging): Add File Transfer section.
(Remote Configuration): Document Host I/O packets.
(GDB/MI): Add GDB/MI File Transfer Commands section.
(Remote Protocol): Add Host I/O Packets section.
(Packets): Add vFile.
* Makefile.in (OBS): Add hostio.o.
(hostio.o): New rule.
* server.h (handle_vFile): Declare.
* hostio.c: New file.
* server.c (handle_v_requests): Take packet_len and new_packet_len
for binary packets. Call handle_vFile.
(main): Update call to handle_v_requests.
* gdb.server/file-transfer.exp, gdb.server/transfer.txt,
gdb.mi/mi-file-transfer.exp: New.
2007-11-30 22:50:19 +01:00
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* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now supports the new file transfer
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commands (remote put, remote get, and remote delete).
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* linux-low.c (linux_attach_lwp): Do not _exit after errors.
(linux_kill, linux_detach): Clean up the process list.
* remote-utils.c (remote_open): Improve port number parsing.
(putpkt_binary, input_interrupt): Only send interrupts if the target
is running.
* server.c (extended_protocol): Make static.
(attached): Define earlier.
(exit_requested, response_needed, program_argv): New variables.
(target_running): New.
(start_inferior): Clear attached here.
(attach_inferior): Set attached here.
(require_running): Define.
(handle_query): Use require_running and target_running. Implement
"monitor exit".
(handle_v_attach, handle_v_run): New.
(handle_v_requests): Use require_running. Handle vAttach and vRun.
(gdbserver_usage): Update.
(main): Redo argument parsing. Handle --debug and --multi. Handle
--attach along with other options or after the port. Save
program_argv. Support no initial program. Resynchronize
communication with GDB after an error. Handle "monitor exit".
Use require_running and target_running. Always allow the extended
protocol. Do not error out for Hc0 or Hc-1. Do not automatically
restart in extended mode.
* README: Refer to the GDB manual. Update --attach usage.
* remote.c (struct remote_state): Add cached_wait_status.
(remote_exec_file): New variable.
(PACKET_vAttach, PACKET_vRun): New constants.
(extended_remote_restart): Do not query for status.
(struct start_remote_args): New.
(remote_start_remote): Take it as a second argument. Check
whether the target is running. Issue an error for non-running
non-extended targets. Cache the wait status. Set inferior_ptid
here.
(remote_open_1): Prompt to disconnect non-running targets. Make
sure the target is marked running. Do not set inferior_ptid here.
Update call to remote_start_remote. Do not call remote_check_symbols
if the target is not running.
(remote_detach_1): Rename from remote_detach. Take an EXTENDED
argument. Handle a non-running target.
(remote_detach): Use it.
(extended_remote_detach): New.
(remote_disconnect): Fix typo. Use remoute_mourn_1.
(extended_remote_attach_1, extended_remote_attach)
(extended_async_remote_attach): New.
(remote_vcont_resume): Remove unused variable.
(remote_wait, remote_async_wait): Use any cached wait status.
(putpkt_binary, getpkt): Clear any cached wait status.
(extended_remoute_mourn_1): New.
(extended_remote_mourn): Use it.
(extended_async_remote_mourn, extended_remote_run): New.
(extended_remote_create_inferior_1): New.
(extended_remote_create_inferior): Use it.
(extended_remote_async_create_inferior): Likewise.
(remote_xfer_partial): Skip for non-executing targets.
(init_extended_remote_ops): Set to_detach and to_attach.
(init_extended_async_remote_ops): Likewise. Use
extended_async_remote_mourn.
(_initialize_remote): Register vAttach, vRun, and
set remote exec-file.
* NEWS: Mention vAttach, vRun, and gdbserver extended-remote support.
* gdb.server/ext-attach.c, gdb.server/ext-attach.exp,
gdb.server/ext-run.exp: New files.
* lib/gdbserver-support.exp (gdbserver_download): New.
(gdbserver_start): New. Update gdbserver expected
output.
(gdbserver_spawn): Use them.
(gdbserver_start_extended): New.
* gdb.texinfo (Using the `gdbserver' Program): Add security
warning. Rearrange into subsections and subsubsections. Document
--multi and --debug. Correct --with-sysroot typo. Update --attach
usage. Make load reference clearer. Document monitor exit.
(Remote Configuration): Document set remote exec-file, attach-packet,
and run-packet.
(Packets): Document vAttach and vRun.
2008-01-30 01:51:50 +01:00
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* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now supports run and attach in
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extended-remote mode.
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2007-10-25 07:57:58 +02:00
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* hppa*64*-*-hpux11* target broken
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2008-06-08 00:21:28 +02:00
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The debugger is unable to start a program and fails with the following
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error: "Error trying to get information about dynamic linker".
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The gdb-6.7 release is also affected.
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2007-10-25 07:57:58 +02:00
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2007-11-17 02:02:01 +01:00
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* GDB now supports the --enable-targets= configure option to allow
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building a single GDB executable that supports multiple remote
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target architectures.
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2008-01-31 22:07:37 +01:00
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* GDB now supports debugging C and C++ programs which use the
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Decimal Floating Point extension. In addition, the PowerPC target
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now has a set of pseudo-registers to inspect decimal float values
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stored in two consecutive float registers.
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2008-02-14 21:20:44 +01:00
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* The -break-insert MI command can optionally create pending
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breakpoints now.
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2008-02-19 19:20:45 +01:00
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* Improved support for debugging Ada
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2008-06-08 00:21:28 +02:00
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Many improvements to the Ada language support have been made. These
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include:
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2008-02-19 19:20:45 +01:00
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- Better support for Ada2005 interface types
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- Improved handling of arrays and slices in general
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- Better support for Taft-amendment types
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- The '{type} ADDRESS' expression is now allowed on the left hand-side
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of an assignment
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- Improved command completion in Ada
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- Several bug fixes
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2008-06-08 00:21:28 +02:00
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* GDB on GNU/Linux and HP/UX can now debug through "exec" of a new
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process.
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* remote.c (remote_cmdlist): New variable.
(PACKET_vFile_open, PACKET_vFile_pread, PACKET_vFile_pwrite)
(PACKET_vFile_close, PACKET_vFile_unlink): New constants.
(remote_buffer_add_string, remote_buffer_add_bytes)
(remote_buffer_add_int, remote_hostio_parse_result)
(remote_hostio_send_command, remote_hostio_open, remote_hostio_pwrite)
(remote_hostio_pread, remote_hostio_close, remote_hostio_unlink)
(remote_fileio_errno_to_host, remote_hostio_error, fclose_cleanup)
(remote_hostio_close_cleanup, remote_file_put, remote_file_get)
(remote_file_delete, remote_put_command, remote_get_command)
(remote_delete_command, remote_command): New functions.
(_initialize_remote): Register new packets and commands.
* Makefile.in (gdb_fileio_h): New variable.
(remote.o): Update.
(SUBDIR_MI_OBS): Add mi-cmd-target.o.
(SUBDIR_MI_SRCS): Add mi/mi-cmd-target.c.
(mi-cmd-target.o): New rule.
* mi/mi-cmd-target.c: New file.
* mi/mi-cmds.c (mi_cmds): Add target-file-delete, target-file-get,
and target-file-put.
* mi/mi-cmds.h (mi_cmd_target_file_get, mi_cmd_target_file_put)
(mi_cmd_target_file_delete): Declare.
* remote.h (remote_file_put, remote_file_get, remote_file_delete):
Declare.
* NEWS: Describe new file transfer support.
* gdb.texinfo (Debugging Programs with Multiple Processes): Correct
formatting.
(Remote Debugging): Add File Transfer section.
(Remote Configuration): Document Host I/O packets.
(GDB/MI): Add GDB/MI File Transfer Commands section.
(Remote Protocol): Add Host I/O Packets section.
(Packets): Add vFile.
* Makefile.in (OBS): Add hostio.o.
(hostio.o): New rule.
* server.h (handle_vFile): Declare.
* hostio.c: New file.
* server.c (handle_v_requests): Take packet_len and new_packet_len
for binary packets. Call handle_vFile.
(main): Update call to handle_v_requests.
* gdb.server/file-transfer.exp, gdb.server/transfer.txt,
gdb.mi/mi-file-transfer.exp: New.
2007-11-30 22:50:19 +01:00
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* New commands
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2008-02-07 20:23:10 +01:00
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set print frame-arguments (all|scalars|none)
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show print frame-arguments
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The value of this variable can be changed to control which argument
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values should be printed by the debugger when displaying a frame.
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* remote.c (remote_cmdlist): New variable.
(PACKET_vFile_open, PACKET_vFile_pread, PACKET_vFile_pwrite)
(PACKET_vFile_close, PACKET_vFile_unlink): New constants.
(remote_buffer_add_string, remote_buffer_add_bytes)
(remote_buffer_add_int, remote_hostio_parse_result)
(remote_hostio_send_command, remote_hostio_open, remote_hostio_pwrite)
(remote_hostio_pread, remote_hostio_close, remote_hostio_unlink)
(remote_fileio_errno_to_host, remote_hostio_error, fclose_cleanup)
(remote_hostio_close_cleanup, remote_file_put, remote_file_get)
(remote_file_delete, remote_put_command, remote_get_command)
(remote_delete_command, remote_command): New functions.
(_initialize_remote): Register new packets and commands.
* Makefile.in (gdb_fileio_h): New variable.
(remote.o): Update.
(SUBDIR_MI_OBS): Add mi-cmd-target.o.
(SUBDIR_MI_SRCS): Add mi/mi-cmd-target.c.
(mi-cmd-target.o): New rule.
* mi/mi-cmd-target.c: New file.
* mi/mi-cmds.c (mi_cmds): Add target-file-delete, target-file-get,
and target-file-put.
* mi/mi-cmds.h (mi_cmd_target_file_get, mi_cmd_target_file_put)
(mi_cmd_target_file_delete): Declare.
* remote.h (remote_file_put, remote_file_get, remote_file_delete):
Declare.
* NEWS: Describe new file transfer support.
* gdb.texinfo (Debugging Programs with Multiple Processes): Correct
formatting.
(Remote Debugging): Add File Transfer section.
(Remote Configuration): Document Host I/O packets.
(GDB/MI): Add GDB/MI File Transfer Commands section.
(Remote Protocol): Add Host I/O Packets section.
(Packets): Add vFile.
* Makefile.in (OBS): Add hostio.o.
(hostio.o): New rule.
* server.h (handle_vFile): Declare.
* hostio.c: New file.
* server.c (handle_v_requests): Take packet_len and new_packet_len
for binary packets. Call handle_vFile.
(main): Update call to handle_v_requests.
* gdb.server/file-transfer.exp, gdb.server/transfer.txt,
gdb.mi/mi-file-transfer.exp: New.
2007-11-30 22:50:19 +01:00
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remote put
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remote get
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remote delete
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Transfer files to and from a remote target, and delete remote files.
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* New MI commands
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-target-file-put
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-target-file-get
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-target-file-delete
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Transfer files to and from a remote target, and delete remote files.
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* New remote packets
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vFile:open:
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vFile:close:
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vFile:pread:
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vFile:pwrite:
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vFile:unlink:
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Open, close, read, write, and delete files on the remote system.
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2007-11-17 02:02:01 +01:00
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* linux-low.c (linux_attach_lwp): Do not _exit after errors.
(linux_kill, linux_detach): Clean up the process list.
* remote-utils.c (remote_open): Improve port number parsing.
(putpkt_binary, input_interrupt): Only send interrupts if the target
is running.
* server.c (extended_protocol): Make static.
(attached): Define earlier.
(exit_requested, response_needed, program_argv): New variables.
(target_running): New.
(start_inferior): Clear attached here.
(attach_inferior): Set attached here.
(require_running): Define.
(handle_query): Use require_running and target_running. Implement
"monitor exit".
(handle_v_attach, handle_v_run): New.
(handle_v_requests): Use require_running. Handle vAttach and vRun.
(gdbserver_usage): Update.
(main): Redo argument parsing. Handle --debug and --multi. Handle
--attach along with other options or after the port. Save
program_argv. Support no initial program. Resynchronize
communication with GDB after an error. Handle "monitor exit".
Use require_running and target_running. Always allow the extended
protocol. Do not error out for Hc0 or Hc-1. Do not automatically
restart in extended mode.
* README: Refer to the GDB manual. Update --attach usage.
* remote.c (struct remote_state): Add cached_wait_status.
(remote_exec_file): New variable.
(PACKET_vAttach, PACKET_vRun): New constants.
(extended_remote_restart): Do not query for status.
(struct start_remote_args): New.
(remote_start_remote): Take it as a second argument. Check
whether the target is running. Issue an error for non-running
non-extended targets. Cache the wait status. Set inferior_ptid
here.
(remote_open_1): Prompt to disconnect non-running targets. Make
sure the target is marked running. Do not set inferior_ptid here.
Update call to remote_start_remote. Do not call remote_check_symbols
if the target is not running.
(remote_detach_1): Rename from remote_detach. Take an EXTENDED
argument. Handle a non-running target.
(remote_detach): Use it.
(extended_remote_detach): New.
(remote_disconnect): Fix typo. Use remoute_mourn_1.
(extended_remote_attach_1, extended_remote_attach)
(extended_async_remote_attach): New.
(remote_vcont_resume): Remove unused variable.
(remote_wait, remote_async_wait): Use any cached wait status.
(putpkt_binary, getpkt): Clear any cached wait status.
(extended_remoute_mourn_1): New.
(extended_remote_mourn): Use it.
(extended_async_remote_mourn, extended_remote_run): New.
(extended_remote_create_inferior_1): New.
(extended_remote_create_inferior): Use it.
(extended_remote_async_create_inferior): Likewise.
(remote_xfer_partial): Skip for non-executing targets.
(init_extended_remote_ops): Set to_detach and to_attach.
(init_extended_async_remote_ops): Likewise. Use
extended_async_remote_mourn.
(_initialize_remote): Register vAttach, vRun, and
set remote exec-file.
* NEWS: Mention vAttach, vRun, and gdbserver extended-remote support.
* gdb.server/ext-attach.c, gdb.server/ext-attach.exp,
gdb.server/ext-run.exp: New files.
* lib/gdbserver-support.exp (gdbserver_download): New.
(gdbserver_start): New. Update gdbserver expected
output.
(gdbserver_spawn): Use them.
(gdbserver_start_extended): New.
* gdb.texinfo (Using the `gdbserver' Program): Add security
warning. Rearrange into subsections and subsubsections. Document
--multi and --debug. Correct --with-sysroot typo. Update --attach
usage. Make load reference clearer. Document monitor exit.
(Remote Configuration): Document set remote exec-file, attach-packet,
and run-packet.
(Packets): Document vAttach and vRun.
2008-01-30 01:51:50 +01:00
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vAttach
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Attach to an existing process on the remote system, in extended-remote
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mode.
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vRun
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Run a new process on the remote system, in extended-remote mode.
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2007-10-03 22:42:08 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.7
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2006-11-20 01:16:05 +01:00
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2007-08-28 21:57:11 +02:00
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* Resolved 101 resource leaks, null pointer dereferences, etc. in gdb,
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bfd, libiberty and opcodes, as revealed by static analysis donated by
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|
Coverity, Inc. (http://scan.coverity.com).
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2007-07-03 14:14:44 +02:00
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* When looking up multiply-defined global symbols, GDB will now prefer the
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|
symbol definition in the current shared library if it was built using the
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-Bsymbolic linker option.
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2007-05-11 20:31:15 +02:00
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* When the Text User Interface (TUI) is not configured, GDB will now
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recognize the -tui command-line option and print a message that the TUI
|
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is not supported.
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2006-11-20 01:16:05 +01:00
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* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now has lower overhead for high
|
|
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|
frequency signals (e.g. SIGALRM) via the QPassSignals packet.
|
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2006-12-05 22:23:20 +01:00
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* GDB for MIPS targets now autodetects whether a remote target provides
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32-bit or 64-bit register values.
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* NEWS: Mention pointer to member improvements.
* Makefile.in (gnu-v3-abi.o): Delete special rule.
(eval.o, gnu-v3-abi.o, ia64-tdep.o): Update.
* ada-valprint.c (ada_print_scalar): Update for new type codes.
* c-typeprint.c (c_print_type): Update for new type codes.
(c_type_print_varspec_prefix, c_type_print_varspec_suffix)
(c_type_print_base): Likewise.
(c_type_print_args): Rewrite.
* c-valprint.c (c_val_print): Update for new type codes. Remove
support for references to members. Treat methods like functions.
* cp-abi.c (cplus_print_method_ptr, cplus_method_ptr_size)
(cplus_make_method_ptr, cplus_method_ptr_to_value): New.
* cp-abi.h (cplus_print_method_ptr, cplus_method_ptr_size)
(cplus_make_method_ptr, cplus_method_ptr_to_value): New prototypes.
(struct cp_abi_ops): Add corresponding members.
* cp-valprint.c (cp_print_class_method): Delete.
(cp_find_class_member): New function.
(cp_print_class_member): Use it. Simplify support for bogus
member pointers.
* dwarf2read.c (quirk_gcc_member_function_pointer): Use
lookup_methodptr_type.
(read_tag_ptr_to_member_type): Likewise, and lookup_memberptr_type.
* eval.c (evaluate_subexp_standard): Implement EVAL_SKIP for
OP_SCOPE. Update call to value_aggregate_elt. Rewrite member
pointer support.
(evaluate_subexp_for_address): Handle OP_SCOPE explicitly. Handle
references returned by user defined operators.
* f-typeprint.c (f_print_type, f_type_print_varspec_prefix)
(f_type_print_varspec_suffix): Remove support for member pointers.
* gdbtypes.c (lookup_memberptr_type): Renamed from lookup_member_type
and adjusted.
(smash_to_memberptr_type): Likewise, from smash_to_member_type.
(lookup_methodptr_type): New.
(rank_one_type): Adjust for TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR.
(recursive_dump_type): Update for new types.
* gdbtypes.h (enum type_code): Replace TYPE_CODE_MEMBER with
TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR and TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR.
(lookup_memberptr_type, lookup_methodptr_type)
(smash_to_memberptr_type): New prototypes.
(smash_to_method_type): Formatting fix.
(lookup_member_type, smash_to_member_type): Delete prototypes.
* gnu-v3-abi.c (gnuv3_get_vtable, gnuv3_get_virtual_fn): New.
Do not rely on debug information for the vptr or the method's
enclosing type. Handle function descriptors for IA64.
(gnuv3_virtual_fn_field): Rewrite using the new functions.
(gnuv3_find_method_in, gnuv3_print_method_ptr)
(gnuv3_method_ptr_size, gnuv3_make_method_ptr)
(gnuv3_method_ptr_to_value): New.
(init_gnuv3_ops): Set new members of gnu_v3_abi_ops.
* hpread.c (hpread_type_lookup): Update for new types.
* infcall.c (value_arg_coerce): Likewise.
* m2-typeprint.c (m2_print_type): Remove explicit support
for member pointers.
* m2-valprint.c (m2_val_print): Likewise.
* p-typeprint.c (pascal_type_print_varspec_prefix)
(pascal_type_print_varspec_suffix, pascal_type_print_base): Likewise.
* p-valprint.c (pascal_val_print): Likewise.
(pascal_object_print_class_method, pascal_object_print_class_member):
Delete.
* p-lang.h (pascal_object_print_class_method)
(pascal_object_print_class_member): Delete prototypes.
* stabsread.c (read_type): Update for new types.
* typeprint.c (print_type_scalar): Likewise.
* valops.c (value_struct_elt_for_reference, value_namespace_elt)
(value_maybe_namespace_elt, value_aggregate_elt): Add want_address
argument. Construct a pointer to member if the address of a
function or data member is requested.
(value_cast_pointers): Don't modify the input value.
(value_cast): Adjust pointer to member handling for new types.
Allow null pointer to member constants. Don't modify the input
value.
(value_ind): Remove pointer to member check. Handle function
descriptors for function pointers.
(value_struct_elt, value_find_oload_method_list, check_field):
Remove pointer to member checks.
* value.c (unpack_long): Allow pointers to data members.
(value_from_longest): Allow member pointers.
* value.h (value_aggregate_elt): Add want_address.
* varobj.c (c_variable_editable): Remove check for members.
* gdbarch.sh: Add vtable_function_descriptors and vbit_in_delta.
* ia64-tdep.c (ia64_convert_from_func_ptr_addr): Handle descriptors
in virtual tables.
(ia64_gdbarch_init): Call set_gdbarch_vtable_function_descriptors.
* c-lang.h (cp_print_class_method): Delete prototype.
* arm-tdep.c (arm_gdbarch_init): Call set_gdbarch_vbit_in_delta.
* mips-tdep.c (mips_gdbarch_init): Likewise.
* gdbarch.c, gdbarch.h: Regenerated.
* gdb.cp/classes.exp (test_pointers_to_class_members): Update expected
output. Test the types of members and member pointers.
* gdb.cp/inherit.exp (test_print_mi_member_types): Remove KFAILs for
gdb/2092.
* gdb.cp/member-ptr.exp: Search for a comment instead of a
statement. Enable for GCC. Update expected output for some tests
and add new tests. Remove obsolete GCC KFAILs. Allow GCC's class
layout.
* gdb.cp/member-ptr.cc (Padding, Padding::vspacer, Base, Base::get_x)
(Base::vget_base, Left, Left::vget, Right, Right::vget, Diamond)
(Diamond::vget_base): New.
(main): Add new tests.
* gdb.cp/printmethod.exp: Update expected output for member functions.
* gdb.cp/virtfunc.exp (test_virtual_calls): Add a KFAIL for
print pEe->D::vg().
2007-01-03 19:05:45 +01:00
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* Support for C++ member pointers has been improved.
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XML feature description support.
* NEWS: Mention target descriptions, "set tdesc filename",
"unset tdesc filename", "show tdesc filename", and
qXfer:features:read.
* arch-utils.c (choose_architecture_for_target): New function.
(gdbarch_info_fill): Call it.
* target-descriptions.c (struct property): Make members non-const.
(struct target_desc): Add arch member.
(target_description_filename): New variable.
(target_find_description): Try via XML first.
(tdesc_architecture): New.
(free_target_description, make_cleanup_free_target_description): New.
(set_tdesc_property): Call xstrdup.
(set_tdesc_architecture, tdesc_set_cmdlist, tdesc_show_cmdlist)
(tdesc_unset_cmdlist, unset_tdesc_cmd, unset_tdesc_filename_cmd)
(set_tdesc_cmd, show_tdesc_cmd, set_tdesc_filename_cmd)
(show_tdesc_filename_cmd, _initialize_target_descriptions): New.
* target-descriptions.h (tdesc_architecture)
(make_cleanup_free_target_description, set_tdesc_architecture): New
prototypes.
* Makefile.in (SFILES): Add xml-tdesc.c.
(COMMON_OBS): Add xml-tdesc.o.
(target-descriptions.o): Update.
(xml-tdesc.o): New rule.
* xml-tdesc.c, xml-tdesc.h: New files.
* remote.c (PACKET_qXfer_features): New enum.
(remote_protocol_features): Add qXfer:features:read.
(remote_xfer_partial): Handle TARGET_OBJECT_AVAILABLE_FEATURES.
(_initialize_remote): Register qXfer:features:read.
* target.h (enum target_object): Add TARGET_OBJECT_AVAILABLE_FEATURES.
* features/gdb-target.dtd: New file.
* linux-i386-low.c (the_low_target): Set arch_string.
* linux-x86-64-low.c (the_low_target): Likewise.
* linux-low.c (linux_arch_string): New.
(linux_target_ops): Add it.
* linux-low.h (struct linux_target_ops): Add arch_string.
* server.c (write_qxfer_response): Use const void * for DATA.
(get_features_xml): New.
(handle_query): Handle qXfer:features:read. Report it for qSupported.
* target.h (struct target_ops): Add arch_string method.
* gdb.texinfo (Target Descriptions): New section.
(General Query Packets): Add QPassSignals anchor. Mention
qXfer:features:read under qSupported. Expand mentions of
qXfer:memory-map:read and QPassSignals. Document
qXfer:features:read.
2007-01-09 23:55:10 +01:00
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* GDB now understands XML target descriptions, which specify the
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target's overall architecture. GDB can read a description from
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a local file or over the remote serial protocol.
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2007-09-05 02:51:49 +02:00
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* Vectors of single-byte data use a new integer type which is not
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automatically displayed as character or string data.
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* The /s format now works with the print command. It displays
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arrays of single-byte integers and pointers to single-byte integers
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as strings.
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2007-01-26 21:54:16 +01:00
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* Makefile.in (arm-tdep.o, eval.o, target-descriptions.o)
(xml-tdesc.o): Update.
* xml-support.c: Add a comment.
(gdb_xml_enums_boolean): New variable.
(gdb_xml_parse_attr_enum): Use strcasecmp.
* xml-support.h (gdb_xml_enums_boolean): Declare.
* xml-tdesc.c (struct tdesc_parsing_data): Record current_feature,
next_regnum, and current_union.
(tdesc_start_feature, tdesc_start_reg, tdesc_start_union)
(tdesc_end_union, tdesc_start_field, tdesc_start_vector)
(field_attributes, union_children, reg_attributes, union_attributes)
(vector_attributes, feature_attributes, feature_children): New.
(target_children): Make static. Add <feature>.
(tdesc_elements): Make static.
* target-descriptions.c (struct tdesc_reg, tdesc_reg_p, type_p)
(struct tdesc_feature, tdesc_feature_p): New types.
(struct target_desc): Add features member.
(struct tdesc_arch_data, tdesc_data): New.
(target_find_description): Clarify error message. Warn about
ignored register descriptions.
(tdesc_has_registers, tdesc_find_feature, tdesc_feature_name)
(tdesc_named_type, tdesc_data_init, tdesc_data_alloc)
(tdesc_data_cleanup, tdesc_numbered_register)
(tdesc_numbered_register_choices, tdesc_find_register)
(tdesc_register_name, tdesc_register_type)
(tdesc_remote_register_number, tdesc_register_reggroup_p)
(set_tdesc_pseudo_register_name, set_tdesc_pseudo_register_type)
(set_tdesc_pseudo_register_reggroup_p, tdesc_use_registers)
(tdesc_free_reg, tdesc_create_reg, tdesc_free_feature)
(tdesc_create_feature, tdesc_record_type): New.
(free_target_description): Free features.
(_initialize_target_descriptions): Initialize tdesc_data.
* arch-utils.c (default_remote_register_number): New.
* arch-utils.h (default_remote_register_number): New prototype.
* target-descriptions.h (set_tdesc_pseudo_register_name)
(set_tdesc_pseudo_register_type, set_tdesc_pseudo_register_reggroup_p)
(tdesc_use_registers, tdesc_data_alloc, tdesc_data_cleanup)
(tdesc_numbered_register, tdesc_numbered_register_choices)
(tdesc_has_registers, tdesc_find_feature, tdesc_feature_name)
(tdesc_named_type, tdesc_create_feature, tdesc_record_type)
(tdesc_create_reg): Declare.
* gdbarch.sh (remote_register_number): New entry.
* gdbarch.c, gdbarch.h: Regenerate.
* remote.c (init_remote_state): Use gdbarch_remote_register_number.
* features/gdb-target.dtd: Add feature, reg, vector, union, and field.
* arm-tdep.c (arm_register_aliases): New.
(arm_register_name_strings): Rename to...
(arm_register_names): ...this. Make const. Delete the old version.
(current_option, arm_register_byte): Delete.
(set_disassembly_style): Simplify. Do not adjust arm_register_names.
(value_of_arm_user_reg): New.
(arm_gdbarch_init): Verify any described registers. Call
tdesc_use_registers. Don't use arm_register_byte. Create aliases
for standard register names.
(_initialize_arm_tdep): Do not adjust arm_register_names.
* user-regs.c (struct user_reg): Add baton member.
(append_user_reg, user_reg_add_builtin, user_regs_init)
(user_reg_add, value_of_user_reg): Use a baton for user
register functions.
* std-regs.c: Update.
* user-regs.h (user_reg_read_ftype, user_reg_add_builtin)
(user_reg_add): Add baton argument.
* NEWS: Mention target description register support.
* features/arm-core.xml, features/arm-fpa.xml: New.
* eval.c (evaluate_subexp_standard): Allow ptype $register
when the program is not running.
* gdb.texinfo (-target-disconnect): Use @smallexample.
(Requirements): Add anchor for Expat. Update description.
(Target Descriptions): Mention Expat.
(Target Description Format): Document new elements. Use
@smallexample.
(Predefined Target Types, Standard Target Features): New sections.
* doc/gdbint.texinfo (Target Descriptions): New section.
* gdb.xml/single-reg.xml, gdb.xml/tdesc-regs.exp,
gdb.xml/core-only.xml, gdb.xml/extra-regs.xml: New files.
2007-02-08 22:00:36 +01:00
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* Target descriptions can now describe target-specific registers,
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for architectures which have implemented the support (currently
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2007-10-03 22:42:08 +02:00
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only ARM, M68K, and MIPS).
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* Makefile.in (arm-tdep.o, eval.o, target-descriptions.o)
(xml-tdesc.o): Update.
* xml-support.c: Add a comment.
(gdb_xml_enums_boolean): New variable.
(gdb_xml_parse_attr_enum): Use strcasecmp.
* xml-support.h (gdb_xml_enums_boolean): Declare.
* xml-tdesc.c (struct tdesc_parsing_data): Record current_feature,
next_regnum, and current_union.
(tdesc_start_feature, tdesc_start_reg, tdesc_start_union)
(tdesc_end_union, tdesc_start_field, tdesc_start_vector)
(field_attributes, union_children, reg_attributes, union_attributes)
(vector_attributes, feature_attributes, feature_children): New.
(target_children): Make static. Add <feature>.
(tdesc_elements): Make static.
* target-descriptions.c (struct tdesc_reg, tdesc_reg_p, type_p)
(struct tdesc_feature, tdesc_feature_p): New types.
(struct target_desc): Add features member.
(struct tdesc_arch_data, tdesc_data): New.
(target_find_description): Clarify error message. Warn about
ignored register descriptions.
(tdesc_has_registers, tdesc_find_feature, tdesc_feature_name)
(tdesc_named_type, tdesc_data_init, tdesc_data_alloc)
(tdesc_data_cleanup, tdesc_numbered_register)
(tdesc_numbered_register_choices, tdesc_find_register)
(tdesc_register_name, tdesc_register_type)
(tdesc_remote_register_number, tdesc_register_reggroup_p)
(set_tdesc_pseudo_register_name, set_tdesc_pseudo_register_type)
(set_tdesc_pseudo_register_reggroup_p, tdesc_use_registers)
(tdesc_free_reg, tdesc_create_reg, tdesc_free_feature)
(tdesc_create_feature, tdesc_record_type): New.
(free_target_description): Free features.
(_initialize_target_descriptions): Initialize tdesc_data.
* arch-utils.c (default_remote_register_number): New.
* arch-utils.h (default_remote_register_number): New prototype.
* target-descriptions.h (set_tdesc_pseudo_register_name)
(set_tdesc_pseudo_register_type, set_tdesc_pseudo_register_reggroup_p)
(tdesc_use_registers, tdesc_data_alloc, tdesc_data_cleanup)
(tdesc_numbered_register, tdesc_numbered_register_choices)
(tdesc_has_registers, tdesc_find_feature, tdesc_feature_name)
(tdesc_named_type, tdesc_create_feature, tdesc_record_type)
(tdesc_create_reg): Declare.
* gdbarch.sh (remote_register_number): New entry.
* gdbarch.c, gdbarch.h: Regenerate.
* remote.c (init_remote_state): Use gdbarch_remote_register_number.
* features/gdb-target.dtd: Add feature, reg, vector, union, and field.
* arm-tdep.c (arm_register_aliases): New.
(arm_register_name_strings): Rename to...
(arm_register_names): ...this. Make const. Delete the old version.
(current_option, arm_register_byte): Delete.
(set_disassembly_style): Simplify. Do not adjust arm_register_names.
(value_of_arm_user_reg): New.
(arm_gdbarch_init): Verify any described registers. Call
tdesc_use_registers. Don't use arm_register_byte. Create aliases
for standard register names.
(_initialize_arm_tdep): Do not adjust arm_register_names.
* user-regs.c (struct user_reg): Add baton member.
(append_user_reg, user_reg_add_builtin, user_regs_init)
(user_reg_add, value_of_user_reg): Use a baton for user
register functions.
* std-regs.c: Update.
* user-regs.h (user_reg_read_ftype, user_reg_add_builtin)
(user_reg_add): Add baton argument.
* NEWS: Mention target description register support.
* features/arm-core.xml, features/arm-fpa.xml: New.
* eval.c (evaluate_subexp_standard): Allow ptype $register
when the program is not running.
* gdb.texinfo (-target-disconnect): Use @smallexample.
(Requirements): Add anchor for Expat. Update description.
(Target Descriptions): Mention Expat.
(Target Description Format): Document new elements. Use
@smallexample.
(Predefined Target Types, Standard Target Features): New sections.
* doc/gdbint.texinfo (Target Descriptions): New section.
* gdb.xml/single-reg.xml, gdb.xml/tdesc-regs.exp,
gdb.xml/core-only.xml, gdb.xml/extra-regs.xml: New files.
2007-02-08 22:00:36 +01:00
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2007-02-26 20:20:21 +01:00
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* GDB and the GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now support the XScale
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iWMMXt coprocessor.
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* features/Makefile, features/arm-with-iwmmxt.xml,
features/gdbserver-regs.xsl, features/number-regs.xsl,
features/sort-regs.xsl, features/xscale-iwmmxt.xml: New files.
* regformats/arm-with-iwmmxt.dat: Generate.
* NEWS: Mention iWMMXt.
* gdb.arch/iwmmxt-regs.c, gdb.arch/iwmmxt-regs.exp: New.
* Makefile.in (OBS): Add $(XML_BUILTIN).
(XML_DIR, XML_TARGET, XML_FILES, XML_BUILTIN): New.
(clean): Update.
(target.xml, xml-builtin.c, stamp-xml, arm-with-iwmmxt.o)
(arm-with-iwmmxt.c): New.
* config.in, configure: Regenerate.
* configure.ac: Check for iWMMXt. Handle srv_xmltarget,
srv_xmlbuiltin, and srv_xmlfiles. Define USE_XML.
* configure.srv: Mention srv_xmltarget and srv_xmlfiles.
(arm*-*-linux*): Add iWMMXt and regset support.
* linux-arm-low.c (PTRACE_GETWMMXREGS, PTRACE_SETWMMXREGS): Define.
(arm_fill_gregset, arm_store_gregset, arm_fill_wmmxregset)
(arm_store_wmmxregset, target_regsets): New.
* server.c (get_features_xml): Take annex argument. Check builtin
XML documents.
(handle_query): Handle multiple annexes.
2007-02-08 22:39:04 +01:00
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2007-03-31 12:42:22 +02:00
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* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, has been updated to support
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ARM Windows CE (mingw32ce) debugging, and GDB Windows CE support
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has been rewritten to use the standard GDB remote protocol.
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2007-05-07 13:49:05 +02:00
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* GDB can now step into C++ functions which are called through thunks.
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2007-05-11 22:17:18 +02:00
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* GDB for the Cell/B.E. SPU now supports overlay debugging.
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2007-06-18 17:46:38 +02:00
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* The GDB remote protocol "qOffsets" packet can now honor ELF segment
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layout. It also supports a TextSeg= and DataSeg= response when only
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segment base addresses (rather than offsets) are available.
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2007-06-21 17:18:51 +02:00
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* The /i format now outputs any trailing branch delay slot instructions
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immediately following the last instruction within the count specified.
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2007-07-03 00:01:09 +02:00
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* The GDB remote protocol "T" stop reply packet now supports a
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"library" response. Combined with the new "qXfer:libraries:read"
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packet, this response allows GDB to debug shared libraries on targets
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where the operating system manages the list of loaded libraries (e.g.
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Windows and SymbianOS).
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2007-07-17 Pedro Alves <pedro_alves@portugalmail.pt>
Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
* config/i386/cygwin.mt (TDEPFILES): Add solib-target.o.
* coff-pe-read.c (read_pe_exported_syms): Delete verbose
printf.
* NEWS: Mention gdbserver DLL support.
* gdb.base/unload.c (dlopen, dlsym, dlclose, dlerror): Define
for __WIN32__.
(SHLIB_NAME): Delete definition. Always pass dlerror to fprintf.
* gdb.base/unload.exp: Use shared library test routines.
* inferiors.c (all_dlls, dlls_changed, get_dll): New.
(add_thread): Minor cleanups.
(clear_inferiors): Move lower in the file. Clear the DLL
list.
(free_one_dll, match_dll, loaded_dll, unloaded_dll, clear_list): New.
* remote-utils.c (prepare_resume_reply): Check dlls_changed.
(xml_escape_text): New.
* server.c (handle_query): Handle qXfer:libraries:read. Report it
for qSupported.
(handle_v_cont): Report errors.
(gdbserver_version): Update.
(main): Correct size of own_buf. Do not report initial DLL events.
* server.h (struct dll_info, all_dlls, dlls_changed, loaded_dll)
(unloaded_dll, xml_escape_text): New.
* win32-low.c (enum target_waitkind): Update comments.
(win32_add_one_solib, get_image_name, winapi_EnumProcessModules)
(winapi_GetModuleInformation, winapi_GetModuleFileNameExA)
(win32_EnumProcessModules, win32_GetModuleInformation)
(win32_GetModuleFileNameExA, load_psapi, psapi_get_dll_name)
(winapi_CreateToolhelp32Snapshot, winapi_Module32First)
(winapi_Module32Next, win32_CreateToolhelp32Snapshot)
(win32_Module32First, win32_Module32Next, load_toolhelp)
(toolhelp_get_dll_name, handle_load_dll, handle_unload_dll): New.
(get_child_debug_event): Handle DLL events.
(win32_wait): Likewise.
2007-07-17 14:51:41 +02:00
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* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now supports dynamic link libraries
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(DLLs) on Windows and Windows CE targets.
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2007-09-02 21:56:05 +02:00
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* GDB now supports a faster verification that a .debug file matches its binary
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according to its build-id signature, if the signature is present.
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2007-07-03 00:01:09 +02:00
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2006-12-05 22:23:20 +01:00
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* New commands
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2007-05-22 12:57:12 +02:00
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set remoteflow
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show remoteflow
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Enable or disable hardware flow control (RTS/CTS) on the serial port
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when debugging using remote targets.
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2006-12-05 22:23:20 +01:00
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set mem inaccessible-by-default
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show mem inaccessible-by-default
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If the target supplies a memory map, for instance via the remote
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protocol's "qXfer:memory-map:read" packet, setting this variable
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prevents GDB from accessing memory outside the memory map. This
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is useful for targets with memory mapped registers or which react
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badly to accesses of unmapped address space.
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set breakpoint auto-hw
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show breakpoint auto-hw
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If the target supplies a memory map, for instance via the remote
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protocol's "qXfer:memory-map:read" packet, setting this variable
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lets GDB use hardware breakpoints automatically for memory regions
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where it can not use software breakpoints. This covers both the
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"break" command and internal breakpoints used for other commands
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including "next" and "finish".
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2007-01-05 09:22:43 +01:00
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catch exception
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catch exception unhandled
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Stop the program execution when Ada exceptions are raised.
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catch assert
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Stop the program execution when an Ada assertion failed.
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2007-01-08 19:56:30 +01:00
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set sysroot
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show sysroot
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Set an alternate system root for target files. This is a more
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general version of "set solib-absolute-prefix", which is now
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an alias to "set sysroot".
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2007-06-15 14:40:46 +02:00
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info spu
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Provide extended SPU facility status information. This set of
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commands is available only when debugging the Cell/B.E. SPU
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architecture.
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2006-12-16 00:57:35 +01:00
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* New native configurations
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OpenBSD/sh sh*-*openbsd*
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XML feature description support.
* NEWS: Mention target descriptions, "set tdesc filename",
"unset tdesc filename", "show tdesc filename", and
qXfer:features:read.
* arch-utils.c (choose_architecture_for_target): New function.
(gdbarch_info_fill): Call it.
* target-descriptions.c (struct property): Make members non-const.
(struct target_desc): Add arch member.
(target_description_filename): New variable.
(target_find_description): Try via XML first.
(tdesc_architecture): New.
(free_target_description, make_cleanup_free_target_description): New.
(set_tdesc_property): Call xstrdup.
(set_tdesc_architecture, tdesc_set_cmdlist, tdesc_show_cmdlist)
(tdesc_unset_cmdlist, unset_tdesc_cmd, unset_tdesc_filename_cmd)
(set_tdesc_cmd, show_tdesc_cmd, set_tdesc_filename_cmd)
(show_tdesc_filename_cmd, _initialize_target_descriptions): New.
* target-descriptions.h (tdesc_architecture)
(make_cleanup_free_target_description, set_tdesc_architecture): New
prototypes.
* Makefile.in (SFILES): Add xml-tdesc.c.
(COMMON_OBS): Add xml-tdesc.o.
(target-descriptions.o): Update.
(xml-tdesc.o): New rule.
* xml-tdesc.c, xml-tdesc.h: New files.
* remote.c (PACKET_qXfer_features): New enum.
(remote_protocol_features): Add qXfer:features:read.
(remote_xfer_partial): Handle TARGET_OBJECT_AVAILABLE_FEATURES.
(_initialize_remote): Register qXfer:features:read.
* target.h (enum target_object): Add TARGET_OBJECT_AVAILABLE_FEATURES.
* features/gdb-target.dtd: New file.
* linux-i386-low.c (the_low_target): Set arch_string.
* linux-x86-64-low.c (the_low_target): Likewise.
* linux-low.c (linux_arch_string): New.
(linux_target_ops): Add it.
* linux-low.h (struct linux_target_ops): Add arch_string.
* server.c (write_qxfer_response): Use const void * for DATA.
(get_features_xml): New.
(handle_query): Handle qXfer:features:read. Report it for qSupported.
* target.h (struct target_ops): Add arch_string method.
* gdb.texinfo (Target Descriptions): New section.
(General Query Packets): Add QPassSignals anchor. Mention
qXfer:features:read under qSupported. Expand mentions of
qXfer:memory-map:read and QPassSignals. Document
qXfer:features:read.
2007-01-09 23:55:10 +01:00
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set tdesc filename
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unset tdesc filename
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show tdesc filename
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Use the specified local file as an XML target description, and do
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not query the target for its built-in description.
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2006-12-05 22:23:20 +01:00
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* New targets
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2006-12-16 00:45:04 +01:00
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OpenBSD/sh sh*-*-openbsd*
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2006-12-05 22:23:20 +01:00
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MIPS64 GNU/Linux (gdbserver) mips64-linux-gnu
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2007-02-24 18:37:28 +01:00
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Toshiba Media Processor mep-elf
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2006-12-05 22:23:20 +01:00
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2006-11-20 01:16:05 +01:00
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* New remote packets
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QPassSignals:
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Ignore the specified signals; pass them directly to the debugged program
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without stopping other threads or reporting them to GDB.
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XML feature description support.
* NEWS: Mention target descriptions, "set tdesc filename",
"unset tdesc filename", "show tdesc filename", and
qXfer:features:read.
* arch-utils.c (choose_architecture_for_target): New function.
(gdbarch_info_fill): Call it.
* target-descriptions.c (struct property): Make members non-const.
(struct target_desc): Add arch member.
(target_description_filename): New variable.
(target_find_description): Try via XML first.
(tdesc_architecture): New.
(free_target_description, make_cleanup_free_target_description): New.
(set_tdesc_property): Call xstrdup.
(set_tdesc_architecture, tdesc_set_cmdlist, tdesc_show_cmdlist)
(tdesc_unset_cmdlist, unset_tdesc_cmd, unset_tdesc_filename_cmd)
(set_tdesc_cmd, show_tdesc_cmd, set_tdesc_filename_cmd)
(show_tdesc_filename_cmd, _initialize_target_descriptions): New.
* target-descriptions.h (tdesc_architecture)
(make_cleanup_free_target_description, set_tdesc_architecture): New
prototypes.
* Makefile.in (SFILES): Add xml-tdesc.c.
(COMMON_OBS): Add xml-tdesc.o.
(target-descriptions.o): Update.
(xml-tdesc.o): New rule.
* xml-tdesc.c, xml-tdesc.h: New files.
* remote.c (PACKET_qXfer_features): New enum.
(remote_protocol_features): Add qXfer:features:read.
(remote_xfer_partial): Handle TARGET_OBJECT_AVAILABLE_FEATURES.
(_initialize_remote): Register qXfer:features:read.
* target.h (enum target_object): Add TARGET_OBJECT_AVAILABLE_FEATURES.
* features/gdb-target.dtd: New file.
* linux-i386-low.c (the_low_target): Set arch_string.
* linux-x86-64-low.c (the_low_target): Likewise.
* linux-low.c (linux_arch_string): New.
(linux_target_ops): Add it.
* linux-low.h (struct linux_target_ops): Add arch_string.
* server.c (write_qxfer_response): Use const void * for DATA.
(get_features_xml): New.
(handle_query): Handle qXfer:features:read. Report it for qSupported.
* target.h (struct target_ops): Add arch_string method.
* gdb.texinfo (Target Descriptions): New section.
(General Query Packets): Add QPassSignals anchor. Mention
qXfer:features:read under qSupported. Expand mentions of
qXfer:memory-map:read and QPassSignals. Document
qXfer:features:read.
2007-01-09 23:55:10 +01:00
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qXfer:features:read:
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Read an XML target description from the target, which describes its
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features.
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2006-11-20 01:16:05 +01:00
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2007-06-15 14:40:46 +02:00
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qXfer:spu:read:
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qXfer:spu:write:
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Read or write contents of an spufs file on the target system. These
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packets are available only on the Cell/B.E. SPU architecture.
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2007-07-03 00:01:09 +02:00
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qXfer:libraries:read:
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Report the loaded shared libraries. Combined with new "T" packet
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response, this packet allows GDB to debug shared libraries on
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targets where the operating system manages the list of loaded
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libraries (e.g. Windows and SymbianOS).
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* Makefile.in (coff_solib_h, coff-solib.o, i386v-nat.o, lynx-nat.o)
(remote-st.o, uw-thread.o): Delete.
(HFILES_NO_SRCDIR, ALLDEPFILES): Update.
* configure.host: Move hppa*-*-hiux*, i[34567]86-ncr-*,
i[34567]86-*-dgux*, i[34567]86-*-lynxos*, i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v5*,
i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v4*, i[34567]86-*-sco*, i[34567]86-*-sysv4.2*,
i[34567]86-*-sysv4*, i[34567]86-*-sysv5*, i[34567]86-*-unixware2*,
i[34567]86-*-unixware*, i[34567]86-*-sysv*, i[34567]86-*-isc*, and
rs6000-*-lynxos* to an obsoletion stanza.
* configure.tgt: Move hppa*-*-hiux*, i[34567]86-ncr-*,
i[34567]86-*-lynxos*, m68*-cisco*-*, m68*-tandem-*, m68*-*-os68k*,
and rs6000-*-lynxos* to an obsoletion stanza. Do not mention
i[34567]86-*-netware*.
* NEWS: Mention deleted targets.
* coff-solib.c, coff-solib.h, i386v-nat.c, lynx-nat.c, remote-st.c,
uw-thread.c, config/nm-lynx.h, config/i386/i386sco.mh,
config/i386/i386sco4.mh, config/i386/i386sco5.mh, config/i386/i386v.mh,
config/i386/i386v4.mh, config/i386/i386v42mp.mh,
config/i386/ncr3000.mh, config/i386/ncr3000.mt,
config/i386/nm-i386sco.h, config/i386/nm-i386sco4.h,
config/i386/nm-i386sco5.h, config/i386/nm-i386v.h,
config/i386/nm-i386v4.h, config/i386/nm-i386v42mp.h,
config/m68k/cisco.mt, config/m68k/os68k.mt, config/m68k/st2000.mt,
config/m68k/tm-cisco.h, config/m68k/tm-os68k.h,
config/rs6000/rs6000lynx.mh, config/rs6000/rs6000lynx.mt,
config/rs6000/tm-rs6000ly.h: Delete files.
2007-03-29 21:58:29 +02:00
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* Removed targets
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Support for these obsolete configurations has been removed.
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2007-05-07 01:04:26 +02:00
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alpha*-*-osf1*
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alpha*-*-osf2*
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* MAINTAINERS: Remove d10v entry.
* Makefile.in (SFILES): Remove dwarfread.c.
(COMMON_OBS): Remove dwarfread.o.
(gdb_sim_d10v_h, abug-rom.o, cpu32bug-rom.o, d10v-tdep.o, dwarfread.o)
(remote-est.o, rom68k-rom.o): Delete.
* NEWS: Mention removal of d10v, target abug, target cpu32bug,
target est, target rom68k, and DWARF 1.
* configure.tgt: Mark d10v as removed.
* dwarf2read.c: Doc update.
* elfread.c (struct elfinfo): Remove dboffset, dbsize, lnoffset,
and lnsize.
(elf_locate_sections): Do not set them.
(elf_symfile_read): Do not call dwarf_build_psymtabs.
* symfile.h (dwarf_build_psymtabs): Delete prototype.
* config/m68k/monitor.mt (TDEPFILES): Prune.
* abug-rom.c, cpu32bug-rom.c, d10v-tdep.c, dwarfread.c,
remote-est.c, rom68k-rom.c, config/d10v/d10v.mt: Delete.
* gdb.texinfo (M68K): Remove obsolete ROM monitors.
* gdbint.texinfo (DWARF 1): Delete section and other dwarfread.c
references.
* gdb.asm/asm-source.exp: Remove d10v case.
* lib/gdb.exp (skip_cplus_tests): Likewise.
* gdb.asm/d10v.inc: Deleted.
2007-03-30 19:21:48 +02:00
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d10v-*-*
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* Makefile.in (coff_solib_h, coff-solib.o, i386v-nat.o, lynx-nat.o)
(remote-st.o, uw-thread.o): Delete.
(HFILES_NO_SRCDIR, ALLDEPFILES): Update.
* configure.host: Move hppa*-*-hiux*, i[34567]86-ncr-*,
i[34567]86-*-dgux*, i[34567]86-*-lynxos*, i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v5*,
i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v4*, i[34567]86-*-sco*, i[34567]86-*-sysv4.2*,
i[34567]86-*-sysv4*, i[34567]86-*-sysv5*, i[34567]86-*-unixware2*,
i[34567]86-*-unixware*, i[34567]86-*-sysv*, i[34567]86-*-isc*, and
rs6000-*-lynxos* to an obsoletion stanza.
* configure.tgt: Move hppa*-*-hiux*, i[34567]86-ncr-*,
i[34567]86-*-lynxos*, m68*-cisco*-*, m68*-tandem-*, m68*-*-os68k*,
and rs6000-*-lynxos* to an obsoletion stanza. Do not mention
i[34567]86-*-netware*.
* NEWS: Mention deleted targets.
* coff-solib.c, coff-solib.h, i386v-nat.c, lynx-nat.c, remote-st.c,
uw-thread.c, config/nm-lynx.h, config/i386/i386sco.mh,
config/i386/i386sco4.mh, config/i386/i386sco5.mh, config/i386/i386v.mh,
config/i386/i386v4.mh, config/i386/i386v42mp.mh,
config/i386/ncr3000.mh, config/i386/ncr3000.mt,
config/i386/nm-i386sco.h, config/i386/nm-i386sco4.h,
config/i386/nm-i386sco5.h, config/i386/nm-i386v.h,
config/i386/nm-i386v4.h, config/i386/nm-i386v42mp.h,
config/m68k/cisco.mt, config/m68k/os68k.mt, config/m68k/st2000.mt,
config/m68k/tm-cisco.h, config/m68k/tm-os68k.h,
config/rs6000/rs6000lynx.mh, config/rs6000/rs6000lynx.mt,
config/rs6000/tm-rs6000ly.h: Delete files.
2007-03-29 21:58:29 +02:00
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hppa*-*-hiux*
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i[34567]86-ncr-*
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i[34567]86-*-dgux*
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i[34567]86-*-lynxos*
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i[34567]86-*-netware*
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i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v5*
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i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v4*
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i[34567]86-*-sco*
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i[34567]86-*-sysv4.2*
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i[34567]86-*-sysv4*
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i[34567]86-*-sysv5*
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i[34567]86-*-unixware2*
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i[34567]86-*-unixware*
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i[34567]86-*-sysv*
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i[34567]86-*-isc*
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m68*-cisco*-*
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m68*-tandem-*
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2007-03-31 00:50:33 +02:00
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mips*-*-pe
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* Makefile.in (coff_solib_h, coff-solib.o, i386v-nat.o, lynx-nat.o)
(remote-st.o, uw-thread.o): Delete.
(HFILES_NO_SRCDIR, ALLDEPFILES): Update.
* configure.host: Move hppa*-*-hiux*, i[34567]86-ncr-*,
i[34567]86-*-dgux*, i[34567]86-*-lynxos*, i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v5*,
i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v4*, i[34567]86-*-sco*, i[34567]86-*-sysv4.2*,
i[34567]86-*-sysv4*, i[34567]86-*-sysv5*, i[34567]86-*-unixware2*,
i[34567]86-*-unixware*, i[34567]86-*-sysv*, i[34567]86-*-isc*, and
rs6000-*-lynxos* to an obsoletion stanza.
* configure.tgt: Move hppa*-*-hiux*, i[34567]86-ncr-*,
i[34567]86-*-lynxos*, m68*-cisco*-*, m68*-tandem-*, m68*-*-os68k*,
and rs6000-*-lynxos* to an obsoletion stanza. Do not mention
i[34567]86-*-netware*.
* NEWS: Mention deleted targets.
* coff-solib.c, coff-solib.h, i386v-nat.c, lynx-nat.c, remote-st.c,
uw-thread.c, config/nm-lynx.h, config/i386/i386sco.mh,
config/i386/i386sco4.mh, config/i386/i386sco5.mh, config/i386/i386v.mh,
config/i386/i386v4.mh, config/i386/i386v42mp.mh,
config/i386/ncr3000.mh, config/i386/ncr3000.mt,
config/i386/nm-i386sco.h, config/i386/nm-i386sco4.h,
config/i386/nm-i386sco5.h, config/i386/nm-i386v.h,
config/i386/nm-i386v4.h, config/i386/nm-i386v42mp.h,
config/m68k/cisco.mt, config/m68k/os68k.mt, config/m68k/st2000.mt,
config/m68k/tm-cisco.h, config/m68k/tm-os68k.h,
config/rs6000/rs6000lynx.mh, config/rs6000/rs6000lynx.mt,
config/rs6000/tm-rs6000ly.h: Delete files.
2007-03-29 21:58:29 +02:00
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rs6000-*-lynxos*
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2007-03-31 00:50:33 +02:00
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sh*-*-pe
|
* Makefile.in (coff_solib_h, coff-solib.o, i386v-nat.o, lynx-nat.o)
(remote-st.o, uw-thread.o): Delete.
(HFILES_NO_SRCDIR, ALLDEPFILES): Update.
* configure.host: Move hppa*-*-hiux*, i[34567]86-ncr-*,
i[34567]86-*-dgux*, i[34567]86-*-lynxos*, i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v5*,
i[34567]86-*-sco3.2v4*, i[34567]86-*-sco*, i[34567]86-*-sysv4.2*,
i[34567]86-*-sysv4*, i[34567]86-*-sysv5*, i[34567]86-*-unixware2*,
i[34567]86-*-unixware*, i[34567]86-*-sysv*, i[34567]86-*-isc*, and
rs6000-*-lynxos* to an obsoletion stanza.
* configure.tgt: Move hppa*-*-hiux*, i[34567]86-ncr-*,
i[34567]86-*-lynxos*, m68*-cisco*-*, m68*-tandem-*, m68*-*-os68k*,
and rs6000-*-lynxos* to an obsoletion stanza. Do not mention
i[34567]86-*-netware*.
* NEWS: Mention deleted targets.
* coff-solib.c, coff-solib.h, i386v-nat.c, lynx-nat.c, remote-st.c,
uw-thread.c, config/nm-lynx.h, config/i386/i386sco.mh,
config/i386/i386sco4.mh, config/i386/i386sco5.mh, config/i386/i386v.mh,
config/i386/i386v4.mh, config/i386/i386v42mp.mh,
config/i386/ncr3000.mh, config/i386/ncr3000.mt,
config/i386/nm-i386sco.h, config/i386/nm-i386sco4.h,
config/i386/nm-i386sco5.h, config/i386/nm-i386v.h,
config/i386/nm-i386v4.h, config/i386/nm-i386v42mp.h,
config/m68k/cisco.mt, config/m68k/os68k.mt, config/m68k/st2000.mt,
config/m68k/tm-cisco.h, config/m68k/tm-os68k.h,
config/rs6000/rs6000lynx.mh, config/rs6000/rs6000lynx.mt,
config/rs6000/tm-rs6000ly.h: Delete files.
2007-03-29 21:58:29 +02:00
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* MAINTAINERS: Remove d10v entry.
* Makefile.in (SFILES): Remove dwarfread.c.
(COMMON_OBS): Remove dwarfread.o.
(gdb_sim_d10v_h, abug-rom.o, cpu32bug-rom.o, d10v-tdep.o, dwarfread.o)
(remote-est.o, rom68k-rom.o): Delete.
* NEWS: Mention removal of d10v, target abug, target cpu32bug,
target est, target rom68k, and DWARF 1.
* configure.tgt: Mark d10v as removed.
* dwarf2read.c: Doc update.
* elfread.c (struct elfinfo): Remove dboffset, dbsize, lnoffset,
and lnsize.
(elf_locate_sections): Do not set them.
(elf_symfile_read): Do not call dwarf_build_psymtabs.
* symfile.h (dwarf_build_psymtabs): Delete prototype.
* config/m68k/monitor.mt (TDEPFILES): Prune.
* abug-rom.c, cpu32bug-rom.c, d10v-tdep.c, dwarfread.c,
remote-est.c, rom68k-rom.c, config/d10v/d10v.mt: Delete.
* gdb.texinfo (M68K): Remove obsolete ROM monitors.
* gdbint.texinfo (DWARF 1): Delete section and other dwarfread.c
references.
* gdb.asm/asm-source.exp: Remove d10v case.
* lib/gdb.exp (skip_cplus_tests): Likewise.
* gdb.asm/d10v.inc: Deleted.
2007-03-30 19:21:48 +02:00
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* Other removed features
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target abug
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target cpu32bug
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target est
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target rom68k
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Various m68k-only ROM monitors.
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* mips-mdebug-tdep.c, mips-mdebug-tdep.h, ocd.c, ocd.h, ppc-bdm.c,
remote-e7000.c, remote-hms.c, remote-utils.c, remote-utils.h,
scm-exp.c, scm-lang.c, scm-lang.h, scm-tags.h, scm-valprint.c,
ser-e7kpc.c, sh3-rom.c, stop-gdb.c: Delete.
* Makefile.in: Remove references to deleted files.
* README: Do not mention deleted ROM monitor interfaces.
* defs.h (enum language): Delete language_scm.
* expprint.c (print_subexp_standard): Do not handle OP_EXPRSTRING.
(dump_subexp_body_standard): Likewise.
* parse.c (operator_length_standard): Likewise.
* expression.h (enum exp_opcode): Delete OP_EXPRSTRING.
* remote-mips.c: Do not include remote-utils.h.
* remote-sim.c: Likewise. Use remote_debug instead of sr_get_debug
throughout.
* value.c: Do not include scm-lang.h.
(unpack_long): Delete scm_unpack call.
* config/h8300/h8300.mt, config/mips/embed.mt,
config/powerpc/ppc-eabi.mt, config/powerpc/ppc-sim.mt,
config/sh/embed.mt, config/sh/linux.mt: Remove references to
deleted files.
* NEWS: Mention removed files.
* gdb.texinfo (Memory): Reference Remote Debugging chapter.
(Character Sets, Caching Data of Remote Targets): Likewise.
(Targets): Delete Remote node. Move its text...
(Debugging Remote Programs): ...to here. Delete description
of the "remote" command.
(Remote configuration): Delete description of "set remotedevice"
and "show remotedevice".
(Embedded Processors): Delete H8/300, H8/500, and SH nodes.
2007-04-13 16:17:47 +02:00
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target hms
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target e7000
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target sh3
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target sh3e
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Various Renesas ROM monitors and debugging interfaces for SH and
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H8/300.
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target ocd
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Support for a Macraigor serial interface to on-chip debugging.
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GDB does not directly support the newer parallel or USB
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interfaces.
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* MAINTAINERS: Remove d10v entry.
* Makefile.in (SFILES): Remove dwarfread.c.
(COMMON_OBS): Remove dwarfread.o.
(gdb_sim_d10v_h, abug-rom.o, cpu32bug-rom.o, d10v-tdep.o, dwarfread.o)
(remote-est.o, rom68k-rom.o): Delete.
* NEWS: Mention removal of d10v, target abug, target cpu32bug,
target est, target rom68k, and DWARF 1.
* configure.tgt: Mark d10v as removed.
* dwarf2read.c: Doc update.
* elfread.c (struct elfinfo): Remove dboffset, dbsize, lnoffset,
and lnsize.
(elf_locate_sections): Do not set them.
(elf_symfile_read): Do not call dwarf_build_psymtabs.
* symfile.h (dwarf_build_psymtabs): Delete prototype.
* config/m68k/monitor.mt (TDEPFILES): Prune.
* abug-rom.c, cpu32bug-rom.c, d10v-tdep.c, dwarfread.c,
remote-est.c, rom68k-rom.c, config/d10v/d10v.mt: Delete.
* gdb.texinfo (M68K): Remove obsolete ROM monitors.
* gdbint.texinfo (DWARF 1): Delete section and other dwarfread.c
references.
* gdb.asm/asm-source.exp: Remove d10v case.
* lib/gdb.exp (skip_cplus_tests): Likewise.
* gdb.asm/d10v.inc: Deleted.
2007-03-30 19:21:48 +02:00
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DWARF 1 support
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A debug information format. The predecessor to DWARF 2 and
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DWARF 3, which are still supported.
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2007-04-13 15:56:19 +02:00
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Support for the HP aCC compiler on HP-UX/PA-RISC
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SOM-encapsulated symbolic debugging information, automatic
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invocation of pxdb, and the aCC custom C++ ABI. This does not
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affect HP-UX for Itanium or GCC for HP-UX/PA-RISC. Code compiled
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with aCC can still be debugged on an assembly level.
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* mips-mdebug-tdep.c, mips-mdebug-tdep.h, ocd.c, ocd.h, ppc-bdm.c,
remote-e7000.c, remote-hms.c, remote-utils.c, remote-utils.h,
scm-exp.c, scm-lang.c, scm-lang.h, scm-tags.h, scm-valprint.c,
ser-e7kpc.c, sh3-rom.c, stop-gdb.c: Delete.
* Makefile.in: Remove references to deleted files.
* README: Do not mention deleted ROM monitor interfaces.
* defs.h (enum language): Delete language_scm.
* expprint.c (print_subexp_standard): Do not handle OP_EXPRSTRING.
(dump_subexp_body_standard): Likewise.
* parse.c (operator_length_standard): Likewise.
* expression.h (enum exp_opcode): Delete OP_EXPRSTRING.
* remote-mips.c: Do not include remote-utils.h.
* remote-sim.c: Likewise. Use remote_debug instead of sr_get_debug
throughout.
* value.c: Do not include scm-lang.h.
(unpack_long): Delete scm_unpack call.
* config/h8300/h8300.mt, config/mips/embed.mt,
config/powerpc/ppc-eabi.mt, config/powerpc/ppc-sim.mt,
config/sh/embed.mt, config/sh/linux.mt: Remove references to
deleted files.
* NEWS: Mention removed files.
* gdb.texinfo (Memory): Reference Remote Debugging chapter.
(Character Sets, Caching Data of Remote Targets): Likewise.
(Targets): Delete Remote node. Move its text...
(Debugging Remote Programs): ...to here. Delete description
of the "remote" command.
(Remote configuration): Delete description of "set remotedevice"
and "show remotedevice".
(Embedded Processors): Delete H8/300, H8/500, and SH nodes.
2007-04-13 16:17:47 +02:00
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MIPS ".pdr" sections
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A MIPS-specific format used to describe stack frame layout
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in debugging information.
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Scheme support
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GDB could work with an older version of Guile to debug
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the interpreter and Scheme programs running in it.
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* NEWS: Mention removed "set mips stack-arg-size" and "set mips
saved-gpreg-size".
* mips-tdep.c (MIPS32_REGSIZE, MIPS64_REGSIZE): New constants.
(size_auto, size_32, size_64, size_enums, mips_abi_regsize_string)
(mips_stack_argsize_string, mips_stack_argsize): Delete.
(mips_abi_regsize): Simplify.
(mips_eabi_push_dummy_call, mips_n32n64_push_dummy_call)
(mips_n32n64_return_value, mips_o32_push_dummy_call)
(mips_o32_return_value, mips_o64_push_dummy_call)
(mips_o64_return_value): Propogate constant register sizes. Use the
ABI register size instead of mips_stack_argsize.
(mips_dump_tdep): Don't print mips_stack_argsize.
(_initialize_mips_tdep): Remove saved-gpreg-size and stack-arg-size
settings.
* gdb.texinfo (MIPS): Remove documentation for set mips saved-gpreg-size,
show mips saved-gpreg-size, and set mips stack-arg-size.
2007-05-16 16:16:32 +02:00
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set mips saved-gpreg-size
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Use "set mips abi" to control parameter passing for MIPS.
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2006-11-20 01:16:05 +01:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.6
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2006-05-16 21:43:57 +02:00
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2006-11-14 22:53:59 +01:00
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* New targets
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Xtensa xtensa-elf
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2006-11-24 21:19:37 +01:00
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Cell Broadband Engine SPU spu-elf
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2006-11-14 22:53:59 +01:00
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2006-07-24 20:20:58 +02:00
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* GDB can now be configured as a cross-debugger targeting native Windows
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(mingw32) or Cygwin. It can communicate with a remote debugging stub
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running on a Windows system over TCP/IP to debug Windows programs.
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* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, has been updated to support Windows and
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Cygwin debugging. Both single-threaded and multi-threaded programs are
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supported.
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2006-08-16 22:33:23 +02:00
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* The "set trust-readonly-sections" command works again. This command was
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broken in GDB 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5.
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2007-01-21 18:48:53 +01:00
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* The "load" command now supports writing to flash memory, if the remote
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stub provides the required support.
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2006-10-18 17:29:18 +02:00
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* Support for GNU/Linux Thread Local Storage (TLS, per-thread variables) no
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longer requires symbolic debug information (e.g. DWARF-2).
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2006-08-09 18:50:04 +02:00
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* New commands
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set substitute-path
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unset substitute-path
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show substitute-path
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Manage a list of substitution rules that GDB uses to rewrite the name
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of the directories where the sources are located. This can be useful
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for instance when the sources were moved to a different location
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between compilation and debugging.
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2006-08-11 14:46:03 +02:00
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set trace-commands
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show trace-commands
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Print each CLI command as it is executed. Each command is prefixed with
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a number of `+' symbols representing the nesting depth.
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The source command now has a `-v' option to enable the same feature.
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2006-05-17 16:40:39 +02:00
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* REMOVED features
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The ARM Demon monitor support (RDP protocol, "target rdp").
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2006-07-05 21:03:47 +02:00
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Kernel Object Display, an embedded debugging feature which only worked with
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an obsolete version of Cisco IOS.
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2006-08-08 17:48:08 +02:00
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The 'set download-write-size' and 'show download-write-size' commands.
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2006-06-21 15:57:21 +02:00
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* New remote packets
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qSupported:
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Tell a stub about GDB client features, and request remote target features.
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The first feature implemented is PacketSize, which allows the target to
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specify the size of packets it can handle - to minimize the number of
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packets required and improve performance when connected to a remote
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target.
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2006-07-12 20:50:18 +02:00
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qXfer:auxv:read:
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Fetch an OS auxilliary vector from the remote stub. This packet is a
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more efficient replacement for qPart:auxv:read.
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2007-01-21 18:48:53 +01:00
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qXfer:memory-map:read:
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Fetch a memory map from the remote stub, including information about
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RAM, ROM, and flash memory devices.
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vFlashErase:
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vFlashWrite:
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vFlashDone:
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Erase and program a flash memory device.
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2006-07-12 20:50:18 +02:00
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* Removed remote packets
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qPart:auxv:read:
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This packet has been replaced by qXfer:auxv:read. Only GDB 6.4 and 6.5
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used it, and only gdbserver implemented it.
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2006-05-16 21:43:57 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.5
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2005-12-02 12:44:19 +01:00
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2006-04-21 01:18:48 +02:00
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* New targets
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Renesas M32C/M16C m32c-elf
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Morpho Technologies ms1 ms1-elf
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2005-12-02 12:44:19 +01:00
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* New commands
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init-if-undefined Initialize a convenience variable, but
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only if it doesn't already have a value.
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2006-01-04 20:34:58 +01:00
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The following commands are presently only implemented for native GNU/Linux:
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checkpoint Save a snapshot of the program state.
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restart <n> Return the program state to a
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previously saved state.
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info checkpoints List currently saved checkpoints.
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delete-checkpoint <n> Delete a previously saved checkpoint.
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set|show detach-on-fork Tell gdb whether to detach from a newly
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forked process, or to keep debugging it.
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info forks List forks of the user program that
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are available to be debugged.
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fork <n> Switch to debugging one of several
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forks of the user program that are
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available to be debugged.
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delete-fork <n> Delete a fork from the list of forks
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that are available to be debugged (and
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kill the forked process).
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detach-fork <n> Delete a fork from the list of forks
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that are available to be debugged (and
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allow the process to continue).
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2005-12-08 11:35:18 +01:00
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* New architecture
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Morpho Technologies ms2 ms1-elf
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* NEWS: Mention native Windows support.
* Makefile.in (gdb_select_h, ser_tcp_h): New.
(ALLDEPFILES): Add ser-mingw.c.
(event-loop.o, inflow.o, mingw-hdep.o, posix-hdep.o, ser-base.o)
(ser-tcp.o, ser-unix.o): Update.
(ser-mingw.o): New rule.
* configure: Regenerated.
* configure.ac: Add ser-mingw.o for mingw32.
* ser-mingw.c: New file.
* event-loop.c: Include "gdb_select.h".
(gdb_select): Remove, moved to mingw-hdep.c and posix-hdep.c.
* ser-base.c: Include "gdb_select.h".
(ser_base_wait_for): Use gdb_select.
* serial.c (serial_for_fd): New function.
(serial_fdopen): Try "terminal" before "hardwire". Initialize
the allocated struct serial.
(serial_wait_handle): New function.
* serial.h (serial_for_fd, serial_wait_handle): New prototypes.
(struct serial_ops) [USE_WIN32API]: Add wait_handle.
* gdb_select.h: New file.
* ser-tcp.c: Include "ser-tcp.h". Remove unused "ser-unix.h" include.
(net_close, net_read_prim, net_write_prim): Make global.
(net_open): Likewise. Pass an exception set to select. Whitespace fix.
Document why we can not use gdb_select.
(_initialize_ser_tcp) [USE_WIN32API]: Do not register TCP support here.
* ser-tcp.h: New file.
* inflow.c (gdb_has_a_terminal): Don't initialize stdin_serial here.
(handle_sigio): Use gdb_select.
(initialize_stdin_serial): New function.
* terminal.h (initialize_stdin_serial): New prototype.
* top.c (gdb_init): Call initialize_stdin_serial.
* mingw-hdep.c (gdb_select): New function, moved from gdb_select in
event-loop.c. Add exception condition support. Use serial_for_fd
and serial_wait_handle. Fix timeout handling.
* posix-hdep.c: Include "gdb_select.h".
(gdb_select): New function.
* remote-st.c (connect_command): Use gdb_select.
* ser-unix.c: Include "gdb_select.h".
(hardwire_send_break, wait_for): Use gdb_select.
2006-02-10 23:01:43 +01:00
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* Improved Windows host support
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GDB now builds as a cross debugger hosted on i686-mingw32, including
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native console support, and remote communications using either
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network sockets or serial ports.
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2006-05-20 18:30:18 +02:00
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* Improved Modula-2 language support
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GDB can now print most types in the Modula-2 syntax. This includes:
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basic types, set types, record types, enumerated types, range types,
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pointer types and ARRAY types. Procedure var parameters are correctly
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printed and hexadecimal addresses and character constants are also
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written in the Modula-2 syntax. Best results can be obtained by using
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GNU Modula-2 together with the -gdwarf-2 command line option.
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2006-01-21 02:29:04 +01:00
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* REMOVED features
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The ARM rdi-share module.
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2006-03-30 00:58:55 +02:00
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The Netware NLM debug server.
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2005-12-02 12:44:19 +01:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.4
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2004-10-25 20:50:09 +02:00
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2005-05-12 23:19:09 +02:00
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* New native configurations
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2005-05-22 22:40:26 +02:00
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OpenBSD/arm arm*-*-openbsd*
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2005-05-12 23:19:09 +02:00
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OpenBSD/mips64 mips64-*-openbsd*
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2005-08-18 01:02:00 +02:00
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* New targets
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Morpho Technologies ms1 ms1-elf
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2005-11-15 13:38:45 +01:00
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* New command line options
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--batch-silent As for --batch, but totally silent.
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--return-child-result The debugger will exist with the same value
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the child (debugged) program exited with.
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--eval-command COMMAND, -ex COMMAND
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Execute a single GDB CLI command. This may be
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specified multiple times and in conjunction
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with the --command (-x) option.
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2005-02-09 22:56:12 +01:00
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* Deprecated commands removed
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The following commands, that were deprecated in 2000, have been
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removed:
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Command Replacement
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set|show arm disassembly-flavor set|show arm disassembler
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othernames set arm disassembler
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set|show remotedebug set|show debug remote
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set|show archdebug set|show debug arch
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set|show eventdebug set|show debug event
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regs info registers
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2005-01-23 20:43:23 +01:00
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* New BSD user-level threads support
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It is now possible to debug programs using the user-level threads
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library on OpenBSD and FreeBSD. Currently supported (target)
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configurations are:
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FreeBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-freebsd*
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FreeBSD/i386 i386-*-freebsd*
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OpenBSD/i386 i386-*-openbsd*
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Note that the new kernel threads libraries introduced in FreeBSD 5.x
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are not yet supported.
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2004-12-17 00:53:12 +01:00
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* New support for Matsushita MN10300 w/sim added
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(Work in progress). mn10300-elf.
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2004-11-13 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
* configure.tgt: Delete i[34567]86-*-vxworks*, m68*-netx-*,
m68*-*-vxworks*, mips*-*-vxworks*, powerpc-*-vxworks*, and
sparc-*-vxworks*.
* NEWS: Mention that vxworks was deleted.
* config/m68k/tm-vx68.h, config/mips/tm-vxmips.h: Delete.
* config/powerpc/tm-vxworks.h, config/tm-vxworks.h: Delete.
* config/i386/vxworks.mt, config/m68k/vxworks68.mt: Delete.
* config/mips/vxmips.mt, config/powerpc/vxworks.mt: Delete.
* config/sparc/vxworks.mt, vx-share/dbgRpcLib.h: Delete.
* vx-share/ptrace.h, vx-share/regPacket.h: Delete.
* vx-share/vxTypes.h, vx-share/vxWorks.h: Delete.
* vx-share/wait.h, vx-share/xdr_ld.c: Delete.
* vx-share/xdr_ld.h, vx-share/xdr_ptrace.c: Delete.
* vx-share/xdr_ptrace.h, vx-share/xdr_rdb.c: Delete.
* vx-share/xdr_rdb.h, remote-vxsparc.c: Delete.
* remote-vxmips.c, remote-vx.c: Delete.
* remote-vx68.c: Delete.
* config/m68k/tm-os68k.h: Remove reference to VxWorks.
* config/m68k/os68k.mt, ada-lang.h: Ditto.
* Makefile.in (HFILES_NO_SRCDIR, ALLDEPFILES, remote-vx68.o)
(remote-vx.o, remote-vxmips.o, remote-vxsparc.o): Delete vx files.
2004-11-14 00:10:02 +01:00
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* REMOVED configurations and files
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VxWorks and the XDR protocol *-*-vxworks
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2004-11-13 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
* NEWS: List h8300*-*-*, mcore-*-*, mn10300-*-*, ns32k-*-*, and
v850-*-* under removed.
* configure.host: Delete ns32k-*-netbsd*.
* configure.tgt: Delete h8300-*-*, mcore*-*-*, mn10300-*-*,
ns32k-*-netbsd*, and v850*-*-*.
* MAINTAINERS: Mark h8300, mcore, mn10300, ns32k, v850 as
"Deleted"
* config/h8300/tm-h8300.h, config/h8300/h8300.mt: Delete.
* h8300-tdep.c, config/mcore/mcore.mt, mcore-rom.c: Delete.
* mcore-tdep.c, config/mn10300/mn10300.mt: Delete.
* mn10300-tdep.c, config/ns32k/nbsdaout.mh: Delete.
* config/ns32k/nbsdaout.mt, config/ns32k/nm-nbsd.h: Delete.
* config/ns32k/nm-nbsdaout.h, config/ns32k/tm-ns32k.h: Delete.
* ns32knbsd-nat.c, ns32knbsd-tdep.c, ns32k-tdep.c: Delete.
* ns32k-tdep.h, config/v850/v850.mt, v850ice.c: Delete.
* v850-tdep.c: Delete.
2004-11-14 01:10:55 +01:00
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Motorola MCORE mcore-*-*
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National Semiconductor NS32000 ns32k-*-*
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2004-10-25 20:50:09 +02:00
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2005-10-04 02:16:07 +02:00
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* New "set print array-indexes" command
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After turning this setting "on", GDB prints the index of each element
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when displaying arrays. The default is "off" to preserve the previous
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behavior.
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2005-11-01 08:30:47 +01:00
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* VAX floating point support
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GDB now supports the not-quite-ieee VAX F and D floating point formats.
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2005-11-16 13:49:17 +01:00
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* User-defined command support
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In addition to using $arg0..$arg9 for argument passing, it is now possible
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to use $argc to determine now many arguments have been passed. See the
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section on user-defined commands in the user manual for more information.
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2004-10-19 21:43:50 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.3:
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2004-12-07 12:06:04 +01:00
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* New command line option
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GDB now accepts -l followed by a number to set the timeout for remote
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debugging.
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2004-10-19 21:43:50 +02:00
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* GDB works with GCC -feliminate-dwarf2-dups
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GDB now supports a more compact representation of DWARF-2 debug
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information using DW_FORM_ref_addr references. These are produced
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by GCC with the option -feliminate-dwarf2-dups and also by some
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proprietary compilers. With GCC, you must use GCC 3.3.4 or later
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to use -feliminate-dwarf2-dups.
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2004-07-19 00:29:40 +02:00
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2004-11-03 15:33:54 +01:00
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* Internationalization
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When supported by the host system, GDB will be built with
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internationalization (libintl). The task of marking up the sources is
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continued, we're looking forward to our first translation.
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2004-11-02 10:41:00 +01:00
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* Ada
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Initial support for debugging programs compiled with the GNAT
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implementation of the Ada programming language has been integrated
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into GDB. In this release, support is limited to expression evaluation.
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2004-11-03 15:33:54 +01:00
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* New native configurations
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GNU/Linux/m32r m32r-*-linux-gnu
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* Remote 'p' packet
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GDB's remote protocol now includes support for the 'p' packet. This
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packet is used to fetch individual registers from a remote inferior.
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* END-OF-LIFE registers[] compatibility module
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GDB's internal register infrastructure has been completely rewritten.
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The new infrastructure making possible the implementation of key new
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features including 32x64 (e.g., 64-bit amd64 GDB debugging a 32-bit
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i386 application).
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GDB 6.3 will be the last release to include the the registers[]
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compatibility module that allowed out-of-date configurations to
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continue to work. This change directly impacts the following
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configurations:
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hppa-*-hpux
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ia64-*-aix
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mips-*-irix*
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*-*-lynx
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mips-*-linux-gnu
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sds protocol
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xdr protocol
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powerpc bdm protocol
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Unless there is activity to revive these configurations, they will be
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made OBSOLETE in GDB 6.4, and REMOVED from GDB 6.5.
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* OBSOLETE configurations and files
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Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
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been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these
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configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
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permanently REMOVED.
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h8300-*-*
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mcore-*-*
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mn10300-*-*
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ns32k-*-*
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sh64-*-*
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v850-*-*
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2004-08-12 23:44:19 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.2.1:
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* MIPS `break main; run' gave an heuristic-fence-post warning
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When attempting to run even a simple program, a warning about
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heuristic-fence-post being hit would be reported. This problem has
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been fixed.
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* MIPS IRIX 'long double' crashed GDB
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When examining a long double variable, GDB would get a segmentation
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fault. The crash has been fixed (but GDB 6.2 cannot correctly examine
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IRIX long double values).
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* VAX and "next"
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A bug in the VAX stack code was causing problems with the "next"
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command. This problem has been fixed.
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2004-07-19 00:29:40 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.2:
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2004-02-29 03:57:24 +01:00
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2004-07-28 21:53:39 +02:00
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* Fix for ``many threads''
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On GNU/Linux systems that use the NPTL threads library, a program
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rapidly creating and deleting threads would confuse GDB leading to the
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error message:
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ptrace: No such process.
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thread_db_get_info: cannot get thread info: generic error
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This problem has been fixed.
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2004-07-17 05:25:11 +02:00
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* "-async" and "-noasync" options removed.
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Support for the broken "-noasync" option has been removed (it caused
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GDB to dump core).
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2004-05-26 08:32:01 +02:00
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* New ``start'' command.
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This command runs the program until the begining of the main procedure.
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2004-07-10 23:24:01 +02:00
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* New BSD Kernel Data Access Library (libkvm) interface
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Using ``target kvm'' it is now possible to debug kernel core dumps and
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live kernel memory images on various FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
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platforms. Currently supported (native-only) configurations are:
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FreeBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-freebsd*
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FreeBSD/i386 i?86-*-freebsd*
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NetBSD/i386 i?86-*-netbsd*
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NetBSD/m68k m68*-*-netbsd*
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NetBSD/sparc sparc-*-netbsd*
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OpenBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-openbsd*
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OpenBSD/i386 i?86-*-openbsd*
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OpenBSD/m68k m68*-openbsd*
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OpenBSD/sparc sparc-*-openbsd*
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2004-05-17 21:16:07 +02:00
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* Signal trampoline code overhauled
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Many generic problems with GDB's signal handling code have been fixed.
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These include: backtraces through non-contiguous stacks; recognition
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of sa_sigaction signal trampolines; backtrace from a NULL pointer
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call; backtrace through a signal trampoline; step into and out of
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signal handlers; and single-stepping in the signal trampoline.
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2004-07-21 18:17:56 +02:00
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Please note that kernel bugs are a limiting factor here. These
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features have been shown to work on an s390 GNU/Linux system that
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include a 2.6.8-rc1 kernel. Ref PR breakpoints/1702.
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2004-05-17 21:16:07 +02:00
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2004-05-07 16:34:35 +02:00
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* Cygwin support for DWARF 2 added.
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2004-04-14 21:19:12 +02:00
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* New native configurations
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2004-06-29 18:13:07 +02:00
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GNU/Linux/hppa hppa*-*-linux*
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2004-06-26 12:06:35 +02:00
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OpenBSD/hppa hppa*-*-openbsd*
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2004-05-24 23:00:09 +02:00
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OpenBSD/m68k m68*-*-openbsd*
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OpenBSD/m88k m88*-*-openbsd*
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2004-04-22 23:13:06 +02:00
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OpenBSD/powerpc powerpc-*-openbsd*
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2004-04-14 21:19:12 +02:00
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NetBSD/vax vax-*-netbsd*
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2004-04-15 17:10:01 +02:00
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OpenBSD/vax vax-*-openbsd*
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2004-04-14 21:19:12 +02:00
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2004-07-26 20:30:19 +02:00
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* END-OF-LIFE frame compatibility module
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GDB's internal frame infrastructure has been completely rewritten.
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The new infrastructure making it possible to support key new features
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including DWARF 2 Call Frame Information. To aid in the task of
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migrating old configurations to this new infrastructure, a
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compatibility module, that allowed old configurations to continue to
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work, was also included.
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GDB 6.2 will be the last release to include this frame compatibility
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module. This change directly impacts the following configurations:
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h8300-*-*
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mcore-*-*
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mn10300-*-*
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ns32k-*-*
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sh64-*-*
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v850-*-*
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xstormy16-*-*
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Unless there is activity to revive these configurations, they will be
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made OBSOLETE in GDB 6.3, and REMOVED from GDB 6.4.
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2004-04-04 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* config/mips/xm-riscos.h: Delete.
* config/mips/xm-mipsv4.h, config/mips/xm-mips.h: Delete.
* config/mips/tm-mipsv4.h, config/mips/riscos.mh: Delete.
* config/mips/nm-riscos.h, config/mips/nm-news-mips.h: Delete.
* config/mips/nm-mips.h, config/mips/news-mips.mh: Delete.
* config/mips/news-mips.mh, config/m68k/tm-m68kv4.h: Delete.
* config/mips/decstation.mh, config/mips/littlemips.mh: Delete.
* config/mips/mipsv4.mt, config/m68k/tm-sun3.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/xm-sun3os4.h, config/m68k/xm-sun3.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/xm-sun2.h, config/m68k/xm-m68kv4.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/xm-dpx2.h, config/m68k/xm-delta68.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/xm-3b1.h, config/m68k/tm-sun3os4.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/tm-m68klynx.h, config/m68k/tm-dpx2.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/tm-delta68.h, config/m68k/tm-3b1.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/sun3os4.mt, config/m68k/nm-sysv4.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/nm-sun3.h, config/m68k/sun3os4.mh: Delete.
* config/m68k/sun2os3.mh, config/m68k/nm-sun2.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/nm-m68klynx.h, config/m68k/sun3os3.mt: Delete.
* config/m68k/nm-dpx2.h, config/m68k/sun2os3.mt: Delete.
* config/m68k/dpx2.mh, config/m68k/sun3os3.mh: Delete.
* config/m68k/sun2os4.mh, config/m68k/nm-delta68.h: Delete.
* config/m68k/m68kv4.mt, config/m68k/m68klynx.mt: Delete.
* config/m68k/3b1.mt, config/m68k/m68klynx.mh: Delete.
* config/m68k/m68kv4.mh, config/m68k/sun2os4.mt: Delete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun2os4.h, config/m68k/3b1.mh: Delete.
* config/m68k/dpx2.mt, config/m68k/delta68.mt: Delete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun2.h, config/m68k/delta68.mh: Delete.
* configure.tgt: Remove m68000-*-sunos3*, m68000-*-sunos4*,
m68*-bull-sysv*, m68*-att-*, m68*-motorola-*, m68*-*-lynxos*,
m68*-*-sunos3*, m68*-*-sunos4*, m68*-*-sysv4*, mips*-*-sysv4*.
* configure.host: Remove m680[01]0-sun-sunos3*,
m680[01]0-sun-sunos4*, m68*-att-*, m68*-bull*-sysv*,
m68*-*-lynxos*, m68*-*-sysv4*, m68*-motorola-*, m68*-sun-sunos3*,
m68*-sun-sunos4*, m68*-sun-*, mips-dec-*, mips-little-*,
mips-sony-*, mips-*-mach3*, mips-*-sysv4*, mips-*-sysv*,
mips-*-riscos*.
* NEWS: Mention removed systems.
2004-04-05 05:52:43 +02:00
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* REMOVED configurations and files
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Sun 3, running SunOS 3 m68*-*-sunos3*
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Sun 3, running SunOS 4 m68*-*-sunos4*
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Sun 2, running SunOS 3 m68000-*-sunos3*
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Sun 2, running SunOS 4 m68000-*-sunos4*
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Motorola 680x0 running LynxOS m68*-*-lynxos*
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AT&T 3b1/Unix pc m68*-att-*
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Bull DPX2 (68k, System V release 3) m68*-bull-sysv*
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decstation mips-dec-* mips-little-*
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riscos mips-*-riscos* mips-*-sysv*
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sonymips mips-sony-*
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sysv mips*-*-sysv4* (IRIX 5/6 not included)
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2004-06-17 19:30:30 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.1.1:
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* TUI (Text-mode User Interface) built-in (also included in GDB 6.1)
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The TUI (Text-mode User Interface) is now built as part of a default
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GDB configuration. It is enabled by either selecting the TUI with the
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command line option "-i=tui" or by running the separate "gdbtui"
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program. For more information on the TUI, see the manual "Debugging
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with GDB".
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* Pending breakpoint support (also included in GDB 6.1)
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Support has been added to allow you to specify breakpoints in shared
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libraries that have not yet been loaded. If a breakpoint location
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cannot be found, and the "breakpoint pending" option is set to auto,
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GDB queries you if you wish to make the breakpoint pending on a future
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shared-library load. If and when GDB resolves the breakpoint symbol,
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the pending breakpoint is removed as one or more regular breakpoints
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are created.
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Pending breakpoints are very useful for GCJ Java debugging.
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* Fixed ISO-C build problems
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The files bfd/elf-bfd.h, gdb/dictionary.c and gdb/types.c contained
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non ISO-C code that stopped them being built using a more strict ISO-C
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compiler (e.g., IBM's C compiler).
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* Fixed build problem on IRIX 5
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Due to header problems with <sys/proc.h>, the file gdb/proc-api.c
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wasn't able to compile compile on an IRIX 5 system.
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* Added execute permission to gdb/gdbserver/configure
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The shell script gdb/testsuite/gdb.stabs/configure lacked execute
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permission. This bug would cause configure to fail on a number of
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systems (Solaris, IRIX). Ref: server/519.
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* Fixed build problem on hpux2.0w-hp-hpux11.00 using the HP ANSI C compiler
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Older HPUX ANSI C compilers did not accept variable array sizes. somsolib.c
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has been updated to use constant array sizes.
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* Fixed a panic in the DWARF Call Frame Info code on Solaris 2.7
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GCC 3.3.2, on Solaris 2.7, includes the DW_EH_PE_funcrel encoding in
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its generated DWARF Call Frame Info. This encoding was causing GDB to
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panic, that panic has been fixed. Ref: gdb/1628.
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* Fixed a problem when examining parameters in shared library code.
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When examining parameters in optimized shared library code generated
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by a mainline GCC, GDB would incorrectly report ``Variable "..." is
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not available''. GDB now correctly displays the variable's value.
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2004-02-29 03:57:24 +01:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.1:
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2003-06-23 05:28:14 +02:00
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2004-01-19 Michael Chastain <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>
* MAINTAINERS: Delete mmalloc.
* Makefile.in: Delete MMALLOC, MMALLOC_CFLAGS, -lmmalloc, mmalloc_h.
* NEWS: Mention removal of --with-malloc.
* acconfig.h: Delete USE_MMALLOC, MMCHECK_FORCE.
* config.in: Regenerate.
* configure: Regenerate.
* configure.in: Delete MMALLOC_CFLAGS, MMALLOC, --with-mmalloc, USE_MMALLOC, MMCHECK_FORCE.
* gdbinit.in: Remove mmalloc.
* utils.c: Delete USE_MMALLOC, NO_MMCHECK, MMCHECK_FORCE, malloc_botch.
* config/alpha/alpha-linux.mh: Delete MMALLOC, MMALLOC_CFLAGS.
* config/i386/go32.mh: Likewise.
* config/i386/interix.mh: Likewise.
* config/powerpc/xm-linux.h: Delete MMAP_BASE_ADDRESS, MMAP_INCREMENT.
2004-01-19 Michael Chastain <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>
* gdbint.texinfo: Delete USE_MMALLOC, NO_MMCHECK, MMCHECK_FORCE,
MMAP_BASE_ADDRESS, MMAP_INCREMENT.
2004-01-20 10:29:18 +01:00
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* Removed --with-mmalloc
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Support for the mmalloc memory manager has been removed, as it
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conflicted with the internal gdb byte cache.
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2004-01-11 18:00:38 +01:00
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* Changes in AMD64 configurations
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The AMD64 target now includes the %cs and %ss registers. As a result
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the AMD64 remote protocol has changed; this affects the floating-point
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and SSE registers. If you rely on those registers for your debugging,
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you should upgrade gdbserver on the remote side.
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2004-01-03 13:21:09 +01:00
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* Revised SPARC target
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The SPARC target has been completely revised, incorporating the
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FreeBSD/sparc64 support that was added for GDB 6.0. As a result
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2004-02-05 20:56:33 +01:00
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support for LynxOS and SunOS 4 has been dropped. Calling functions
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from within GDB on operating systems with a non-executable stack
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(Solaris, OpenBSD) now works.
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2004-01-03 13:21:09 +01:00
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2003-12-03 20:53:11 +01:00
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* New C++ demangler
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GDB has a new C++ demangler which does a better job on the mangled
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names generated by current versions of g++. It also runs faster, so
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with this and other changes gdb should now start faster on large C++
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programs.
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2003-11-24 18:02:34 +01:00
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* DWARF 2 Location Expressions
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GDB support for location expressions has been extended to support function
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arguments and frame bases. Older versions of GDB could crash when they
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encountered these.
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2004-03-17 18:35:54 +01:00
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* C++ nested types and namespaces
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GDB's support for nested types and namespaces in C++ has been
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improved, especially if you use the DWARF 2 debugging format. (This
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is the default for recent versions of GCC on most platforms.)
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Specifically, if you have a class "Inner" defined within a class or
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namespace "Outer", then GDB realizes that the class's name is
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"Outer::Inner", not simply "Inner". This should greatly reduce the
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frequency of complaints about not finding RTTI symbols. In addition,
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if you are stopped at inside of a function defined within a namespace,
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GDB modifies its name lookup accordingly.
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2003-10-18 20:41:22 +02:00
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* New native configurations
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NetBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-netbsd*
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2004-03-13 14:11:53 +01:00
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OpenBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-openbsd*
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2004-02-20 19:46:34 +01:00
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OpenBSD/alpha alpha*-*-openbsd*
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2004-01-23 00:18:04 +01:00
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OpenBSD/sparc sparc-*-openbsd*
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OpenBSD/sparc64 sparc64-*-openbsd*
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2003-10-18 20:41:22 +02:00
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2003-10-16 04:36:39 +02:00
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* New debugging protocols
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M32R with SDI protocol m32r-*-elf*
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2003-08-16 20:38:46 +02:00
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* "set prompt-escape-char" command deleted.
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The command "set prompt-escape-char" has been deleted. This command,
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and its very obscure effet on GDB's prompt, was never documented,
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tested, nor mentioned in the NEWS file.
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2003-12-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
Obsolete old m68k systems.
* configure.host: Mark m68*-sun-*, m68*-sun-sunos4*,
m68*-sun-sunos3*, m68*-motorola-*, m68*-*-sysv4*, m68*-*-lynxos*,
m68*-bull*-sysv*, m68*-att-*, m680[01]0-sun-sunos4*, and
m680[01]0-sun-sunos3* as obsolete.
* configure.tgt: Mark m68*-*-lynxos*, m68*-*-sunos3*,
m68*-*-sunos4*, m68*-*-sysv4*, m68000-*-sunos3*, m68000-*-sunos4*,
m68*-bull-sysv*, m68*-att-*, and m68*-motorola-*, as obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun3os4.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-sun3os4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun3os3.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-sun3.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-sun3.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun2os4.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun2os3.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-sun2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-sun2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/m68kv4.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-sysv4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-m68kv4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/m68klynx.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-m68klynx.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/dpx2.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-dpx2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-dpx2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/delta68.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-delta68.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-delta68.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/3b1.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-3b1.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun3os4.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun3os4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun3os3.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun3.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun2os4.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun2os4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun2os3.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/m68kv4.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-m68kv4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/m68klynx.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-m68klynx.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/dpx2.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-dpx2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/delta68.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-delta68.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/3b1.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-3b1.h: Mark file obsolete.
2003-12-01 15:53:42 +01:00
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* OBSOLETE configurations and files
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Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
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been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these
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configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
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permanently REMOVED.
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Sun 3, running SunOS 3 m68*-*-sunos3*
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Sun 3, running SunOS 4 m68*-*-sunos4*
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Sun 2, running SunOS 3 m68000-*-sunos3*
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Sun 2, running SunOS 4 m68000-*-sunos4*
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Motorola 680x0 running LynxOS m68*-*-lynxos*
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AT&T 3b1/Unix pc m68*-att-*
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Bull DPX2 (68k, System V release 3) m68*-bull-sysv*
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2003-12-01 22:10:46 +01:00
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decstation mips-dec-* mips-little-*
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riscos mips-*-riscos* mips-*-sysv*
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sonymips mips-sony-*
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sysv mips*-*-sysv4* (IRIX 5/6 not included)
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2003-12-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
Obsolete old m68k systems.
* configure.host: Mark m68*-sun-*, m68*-sun-sunos4*,
m68*-sun-sunos3*, m68*-motorola-*, m68*-*-sysv4*, m68*-*-lynxos*,
m68*-bull*-sysv*, m68*-att-*, m680[01]0-sun-sunos4*, and
m680[01]0-sun-sunos3* as obsolete.
* configure.tgt: Mark m68*-*-lynxos*, m68*-*-sunos3*,
m68*-*-sunos4*, m68*-*-sysv4*, m68000-*-sunos3*, m68000-*-sunos4*,
m68*-bull-sysv*, m68*-att-*, and m68*-motorola-*, as obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun3os4.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-sun3os4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun3os3.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-sun3.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-sun3.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun2os4.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun2os3.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-sun2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-sun2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/m68kv4.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-sysv4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-m68kv4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/m68klynx.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-m68klynx.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/dpx2.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-dpx2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-dpx2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/delta68.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-delta68.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/nm-delta68.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/3b1.mh: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/xm-3b1.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun3os4.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun3os4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun3os3.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun3.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun2os4.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun2os4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/sun2os3.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-sun2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/m68kv4.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-m68kv4.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/m68klynx.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-m68klynx.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/dpx2.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-dpx2.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/delta68.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-delta68.h: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/3b1.mt: Mark file obsolete.
* config/m68k/tm-3b1.h: Mark file obsolete.
2003-12-01 15:53:42 +01:00
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2003-09-11 16:00:55 +02:00
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* REMOVED configurations and files
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SGI Irix-4.x mips-sgi-irix4 or iris4
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SGI Iris (MIPS) running Irix V3: mips-sgi-irix or iris
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2003-10-06 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention that z8k-zilog-none, z8ksim, mn10200-*-*,
h8500hms, hppa*-*-bsd*, hppa*-*-osf*, hppa*-*-pro*,
mips*-*-mach3*, i[3456]86-sequent-sysv4*, i[3456]86-sequent-sysv*,
i[3456]86-sequent-bsd*, sparclet-*-*, sparclite-fujitsu-none, and
sparclite were removed.
* configure.host, configure.tgt: Remove corresponding tuples.
2003-10-06 21:47:21 +02:00
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Z8000 simulator z8k-zilog-none or z8ksim
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Matsushita MN10200 w/simulator mn10200-*-*
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H8/500 simulator h8500-hitachi-hms or h8500hms
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HP/PA running BSD hppa*-*-bsd*
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HP/PA running OSF/1 hppa*-*-osf*
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HP/PA Pro target hppa*-*-pro*
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PMAX (MIPS) running Mach 3.0 mips*-*-mach3*
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2004-02-22 17:56:34 +01:00
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386BSD i[3456]86-*-bsd*
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2003-10-06 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention that z8k-zilog-none, z8ksim, mn10200-*-*,
h8500hms, hppa*-*-bsd*, hppa*-*-osf*, hppa*-*-pro*,
mips*-*-mach3*, i[3456]86-sequent-sysv4*, i[3456]86-sequent-sysv*,
i[3456]86-sequent-bsd*, sparclet-*-*, sparclite-fujitsu-none, and
sparclite were removed.
* configure.host, configure.tgt: Remove corresponding tuples.
2003-10-06 21:47:21 +02:00
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Sequent family i[3456]86-sequent-sysv4*
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i[3456]86-sequent-sysv*
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i[3456]86-sequent-bsd*
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2004-01-03 13:21:09 +01:00
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SPARC running LynxOS sparc-*-lynxos*
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SPARC running SunOS 4 sparc-*-sunos4*
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2003-10-06 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention that z8k-zilog-none, z8ksim, mn10200-*-*,
h8500hms, hppa*-*-bsd*, hppa*-*-osf*, hppa*-*-pro*,
mips*-*-mach3*, i[3456]86-sequent-sysv4*, i[3456]86-sequent-sysv*,
i[3456]86-sequent-bsd*, sparclet-*-*, sparclite-fujitsu-none, and
sparclite were removed.
* configure.host, configure.tgt: Remove corresponding tuples.
2003-10-06 21:47:21 +02:00
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Tsqware Sparclet sparclet-*-*
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Fujitsu SPARClite sparclite-fujitsu-none or sparclite
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2003-09-11 16:00:55 +02:00
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2003-07-02 22:51:35 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB 6.0:
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2003-09-29 22:17:00 +02:00
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* Objective-C
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Support for debugging the Objective-C programming language has been
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integrated into GDB.
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2003-09-25 20:23:56 +02:00
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* New backtrace mechanism (includes DWARF 2 Call Frame Information).
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DWARF 2's Call Frame Information makes available compiler generated
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information that more exactly describes the program's run-time stack.
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By using this information, GDB is able to provide more robust stack
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backtraces.
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The i386, amd64 (nee, x86-64), Alpha, m68hc11, ia64, and m32r targets
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have been updated to use a new backtrace mechanism which includes
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DWARF 2 CFI support.
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* Hosted file I/O.
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GDB's remote protocol has been extended to include support for hosted
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file I/O (where the remote target uses GDB's file system). See GDB's
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remote protocol documentation for details.
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* All targets using the new architecture framework.
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All of GDB's targets have been updated to use the new internal
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architecture framework. The way is now open for future GDB releases
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to include cross-architecture native debugging support (i386 on amd64,
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ppc32 on ppc64).
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* GNU/Linux's Thread Local Storage (TLS)
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GDB now includes support for for the GNU/Linux implementation of
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per-thread variables.
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* GNU/Linux's Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL)
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GDB's thread code has been updated to work with either the new
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GNU/Linux NPTL thread library or the older "LinuxThreads" library.
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* Separate debug info.
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GDB, in conjunction with BINUTILS, now supports a mechanism for
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automatically loading debug information from a separate file. Instead
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of shipping full debug and non-debug versions of system libraries,
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system integrators can now instead ship just the stripped libraries
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and optional debug files.
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* DWARF 2 Location Expressions
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DWARF 2 Location Expressions allow the compiler to more completely
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describe the location of variables (even in optimized code) to the
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debugger.
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GDB now includes preliminary support for location expressions (support
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for DW_OP_piece is still missing).
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* Java
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A number of long standing bugs that caused GDB to die while starting a
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Java application have been fixed. GDB's Java support is now
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considered "useable".
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2003-08-24 23:21:11 +02:00
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* GNU/Linux support for fork, vfork, and exec.
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The "catch fork", "catch exec", "catch vfork", and "set follow-fork-mode"
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commands are now implemented for GNU/Linux. They require a 2.5.x or later
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kernel.
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2003-06-28 18:19:07 +02:00
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* GDB supports logging output to a file
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There are two new commands, "set logging" and "show logging", which can be
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used to capture GDB's output to a file.
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2003-06-23 05:28:14 +02:00
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2003-06-17 22:28:14 +02:00
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* The meaning of "detach" has changed for gdbserver
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The "detach" command will now resume the application, as documented. To
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disconnect from gdbserver and leave it stopped, use the new "disconnect"
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command.
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2003-07-24 21:59:33 +02:00
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* d10v, m68hc11 `regs' command deprecated
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2003-02-02 19:53:22 +01:00
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The `info registers' command has been updated so that it displays the
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registers using a format identical to the old `regs' command.
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2003-01-23 00:50:35 +01:00
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* Profiling support
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A new command, "maint set profile on/off", has been added. This command can
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be used to enable or disable profiling while running GDB, to profile a
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session or a set of commands. In addition there is a new configure switch,
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"--enable-profiling", which will cause GDB to be compiled with profiling
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data, for more informative profiling results.
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2002-10-01 23:15:43 +02:00
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* Default MI syntax changed to "mi2".
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The default MI (machine interface) syntax, enabled by the command line
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option "-i=mi", has been changed to "mi2". The previous MI syntax,
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2003-02-05 08:58:40 +01:00
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"mi1", can be enabled by specifying the option "-i=mi1".
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2002-10-01 23:15:43 +02:00
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Support for the original "mi0" syntax (included in GDB 5.0) has been
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removed.
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2002-10-24 01:54:33 +02:00
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Fix for gdb/192: removed extraneous space when displaying frame level.
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Fix for gdb/672: update changelist is now output in mi list format.
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Fix for gdb/702: a -var-assign that updates the value now shows up
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in a subsequent -var-update.
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2003-08-18 20:20:19 +02:00
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* New native configurations.
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FreeBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-freebsd*
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2003-05-13 07:40:34 +02:00
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* Multi-arched targets.
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2003-08-09 00:26:38 +02:00
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HP/PA HPUX11 hppa*-*-hpux*
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2003-10-10 09:13:11 +02:00
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Renesas M32R/D w/simulator m32r-*-elf*
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2003-05-13 07:40:34 +02:00
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2003-01-02 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
* valarith.c (value_binop): Delete obsolete code and comments.
* configure.host: Ditto.
* buildsym.h (make_blockvector): Ditto.
* buildsym.c (make_blockvector): Ditto.
* defs.h (enum language): Ditto.
(chill_demangle): Ditto.
* elfread.c (elf_symtab_read): Ditto.
* dwarfread.c (CHILL_PRODUCER): Ditto.
(set_cu_language): Ditto.
(handle_producer): Ditto.
* expprint.c (print_subexp): Ditto.
* gdbtypes.c (chill_varying_type): Ditto.
* gdbtypes.h (builtin_type_chill_bool): Ditto.
(builtin_type_chill_char, builtin_type_chill_long): Ditto.
(builtin_type_chill_ulong, builtin_type_chill_real): Ditto.
(chill_varying_type): Ditto.
* language.h (_LANG_chill): Ditto.
* language.c (binop_result_type, integral_type): Ditto.
(character_type, string_type, structured_type): Ditto.
(lang_bool_type, binop_type_check): Ditto.
* stabsread.h (os9k_stabs): Ditto.
* stabsread.c (os9k_type_vector, dbx_lookup_type): Ditto.
(define_symbol, read_type, read_struct_fields): Ditto.
(read_array_type, read_enum_type, read_huge_number): Ditto.
(read_range_type, start_stabs): Ditto.
* symfile.c (init_filename_language_table): Ditto.
(add_psymbol_with_dem_name_to_list): Ditto.
* symtab.c (symbol_init_language_specific): Ditto.
(symbol_init_demangled_name, symbol_demangled_name): Ditto.
* symtab.h (struct general_symbol_info): Ditto.
(SYMBOL_CHILL_DEMANGLED_NAME): Ditto.
* typeprint.c (typedef_print): Ditto.
* utils.c (fprintf_symbol_filtered): Ditto.
* valops.c (value_cast, search_struct_field, value_slice): Delete
obsolete code.
(varying_to_slice): Delete function.
* value.h (COERCE_VARYING_ARRAY): Delete obsolete macro contents.
(varying_to_slice): Delete declaration.
* MAINTAINERS: Update.
2003-01-02 15:27:27 +01:00
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* OBSOLETE configurations and files
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Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
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been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these
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configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
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permanently REMOVED.
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2003-02-05 00:22:25 +01:00
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Z8000 simulator z8k-zilog-none or z8ksim
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2003-02-04 23:49:19 +01:00
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Matsushita MN10200 w/simulator mn10200-*-*
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2003-02-04 23:04:08 +01:00
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H8/500 simulator h8500-hitachi-hms or h8500hms
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2003-03-27 16:23:17 +01:00
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HP/PA running BSD hppa*-*-bsd*
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HP/PA running OSF/1 hppa*-*-osf*
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HP/PA Pro target hppa*-*-pro*
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2003-04-09 18:10:06 +02:00
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PMAX (MIPS) running Mach 3.0 mips*-*-mach3*
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2003-04-09 18:19:52 +02:00
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Sequent family i[3456]86-sequent-sysv4*
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i[3456]86-sequent-sysv*
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i[3456]86-sequent-bsd*
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2003-04-16 16:32:21 +02:00
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Tsqware Sparclet sparclet-*-*
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Fujitsu SPARClite sparclite-fujitsu-none or sparclite
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2003-02-04 23:04:08 +01:00
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2002-09-21 13:55:17 +02:00
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* REMOVED configurations and files
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V850EA ISA
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2003-01-02 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
* valarith.c (value_binop): Delete obsolete code and comments.
* configure.host: Ditto.
* buildsym.h (make_blockvector): Ditto.
* buildsym.c (make_blockvector): Ditto.
* defs.h (enum language): Ditto.
(chill_demangle): Ditto.
* elfread.c (elf_symtab_read): Ditto.
* dwarfread.c (CHILL_PRODUCER): Ditto.
(set_cu_language): Ditto.
(handle_producer): Ditto.
* expprint.c (print_subexp): Ditto.
* gdbtypes.c (chill_varying_type): Ditto.
* gdbtypes.h (builtin_type_chill_bool): Ditto.
(builtin_type_chill_char, builtin_type_chill_long): Ditto.
(builtin_type_chill_ulong, builtin_type_chill_real): Ditto.
(chill_varying_type): Ditto.
* language.h (_LANG_chill): Ditto.
* language.c (binop_result_type, integral_type): Ditto.
(character_type, string_type, structured_type): Ditto.
(lang_bool_type, binop_type_check): Ditto.
* stabsread.h (os9k_stabs): Ditto.
* stabsread.c (os9k_type_vector, dbx_lookup_type): Ditto.
(define_symbol, read_type, read_struct_fields): Ditto.
(read_array_type, read_enum_type, read_huge_number): Ditto.
(read_range_type, start_stabs): Ditto.
* symfile.c (init_filename_language_table): Ditto.
(add_psymbol_with_dem_name_to_list): Ditto.
* symtab.c (symbol_init_language_specific): Ditto.
(symbol_init_demangled_name, symbol_demangled_name): Ditto.
* symtab.h (struct general_symbol_info): Ditto.
(SYMBOL_CHILL_DEMANGLED_NAME): Ditto.
* typeprint.c (typedef_print): Ditto.
* utils.c (fprintf_symbol_filtered): Ditto.
* valops.c (value_cast, search_struct_field, value_slice): Delete
obsolete code.
(varying_to_slice): Delete function.
* value.h (COERCE_VARYING_ARRAY): Delete obsolete macro contents.
(varying_to_slice): Delete declaration.
* MAINTAINERS: Update.
2003-01-02 15:27:27 +01:00
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Motorola Delta 88000 running Sys V m88k-motorola-sysv or delta88
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IBM AIX PS/2 i[3456]86-*-aix
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i386 running Mach 3.0 i[3456]86-*-mach3*
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i386 running Mach i[3456]86-*-mach*
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i386 running OSF/1 i[3456]86-*osf1mk*
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HP/Apollo 68k Family m68*-apollo*-sysv*,
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m68*-apollo*-bsd*,
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m68*-hp-bsd*, m68*-hp-hpux*
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Argonaut Risc Chip (ARC) arc-*-*
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Mitsubishi D30V d30v-*-*
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Fujitsu FR30 fr30-*-elf*
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OS/9000 i[34]86-*-os9k
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I960 with MON960 i960-*-coff
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2002-09-21 13:55:17 +02:00
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2002-09-18 01:26:02 +02:00
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* MIPS $fp behavior changed
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The convenience variable $fp, for the MIPS, now consistently returns
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the address of the current frame's base. Previously, depending on the
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context, $fp could refer to either $sp or the current frame's base
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address. See ``8.10 Registers'' in the manual ``Debugging with GDB:
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The GNU Source-Level Debugger''.
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2002-09-05 14:13:08 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB 5.3:
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2002-03-05 23:57:57 +01:00
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2002-12-03 20:32:10 +01:00
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* GNU/Linux shared library multi-threaded performance improved.
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When debugging a multi-threaded application on GNU/Linux, GDB now uses
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`/proc', in preference to `ptrace' for memory reads. This may result
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in an improvement in the start-up time of multi-threaded, shared
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library applications when run under GDB. One GDB user writes: ``loads
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shared libs like mad''.
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2002-08-04 17:12:09 +02:00
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* ``gdbserver'' now supports multi-threaded applications on some targets
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2002-06-13 21:46:19 +02:00
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2002-08-04 17:12:09 +02:00
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Support for debugging multi-threaded applications which use
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the GNU/Linux LinuxThreads package has been added for
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arm*-*-linux*-gnu*, i[3456]86-*-linux*-gnu*, mips*-*-linux*-gnu*,
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powerpc*-*-linux*-gnu*, and sh*-*-linux*-gnu*.
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2002-06-13 21:46:19 +02:00
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2002-05-17 20:02:20 +02:00
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* GDB now supports C/C++ preprocessor macros.
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GDB now expands preprocessor macro invocations in C/C++ expressions,
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and provides various commands for showing macro definitions and how
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they expand.
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2002-08-04 02:02:49 +02:00
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The new command `macro expand EXPRESSION' expands any macro
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invocations in expression, and shows the result.
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The new command `show macro MACRO-NAME' shows the definition of the
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macro named MACRO-NAME, and where it was defined.
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2002-05-17 20:02:20 +02:00
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Most compilers don't include information about macros in the debugging
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information by default. In GCC 3.1, for example, you need to compile
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your program with the options `-gdwarf-2 -g3'. If the macro
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information is present in the executable, GDB will read it.
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2002-05-17 12:14:05 +02:00
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* Multi-arched targets.
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2002-05-27 03:13:12 +02:00
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DEC Alpha (partial) alpha*-*-*
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DEC VAX (partial) vax-*-*
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2002-05-17 12:14:05 +02:00
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NEC V850 v850-*-*
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2002-05-27 03:13:12 +02:00
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National Semiconductor NS32000 (partial) ns32k-*-*
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2002-07-10 19:34:02 +02:00
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Motorola 68000 (partial) m68k-*-*
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Motorola MCORE mcore-*-*
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2002-05-17 12:14:05 +02:00
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2002-05-04 17:52:42 +02:00
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* New targets.
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2002-04-25 22:48:55 +02:00
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2002-06-21 23:19:58 +02:00
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Fujitsu FRV architecture added by Red Hat frv*-*-*
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2002-04-25 22:48:55 +02:00
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2002-04-25 04:44:05 +02:00
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* New native configurations
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Alpha NetBSD alpha*-*-netbsd*
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2002-05-10 01:38:20 +02:00
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SH NetBSD sh*-*-netbsdelf*
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2002-05-21 17:58:41 +02:00
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MIPS NetBSD mips*-*-netbsd*
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2002-05-31 02:59:15 +02:00
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UltraSPARC NetBSD sparc64-*-netbsd*
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2002-04-25 04:44:05 +02:00
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2002-05-04 17:52:42 +02:00
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* OBSOLETE configurations and files
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Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
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been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these
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configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
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permanently REMOVED.
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2002-07-14 02:28:46 +02:00
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Mitsubishi D30V d30v-*-*
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2002-07-16 17:19:19 +02:00
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OS/9000 i[34]86-*-os9k
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2002-08-16 00:51:40 +02:00
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IBM AIX PS/2 i[3456]86-*-aix
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2002-07-16 16:30:14 +02:00
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Fujitsu FR30 fr30-*-elf*
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2002-07-25 01:51:36 +02:00
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Motorola Delta 88000 running Sys V m88k-motorola-sysv or delta88
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2002-08-06 16:12:47 +02:00
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Argonaut Risc Chip (ARC) arc-*-*
|
* NEWS: Mention that the i[3456]-*mach3*, i[3456]-*-mach* and
i[3456]-*-osf1mk* configurations have been made obsolete.
* configure.host: Make i[3456]86-*-mach3*, i[3456]86-*mach* and
i[3456]86-*-osf1mk* hosts obsolete.
* confighure.tgt: Make i[3456]86-*-mach3*, i[3456]86-*-osf1mk*
targets obsolete.
* config/i386/i386mach.mh, config/i386/nm-i386mach.h,
config/i386/xm-i386mach.h, config/i386/i386m3.mh,
config/i386/i386m3.mt, config/i386/nm-m3.h,
config/i386/tm-i386m3.h, config/i386/xm-i386m3.h,
config/i386/i386mk.mh, config/i386/i386mk.mt,
config/i386/tm-i386mk.h, config/i386/xm-i386mk.h: Make files
obsolete.
* i386mach-nat.c, i386m3-nat.c: Make files obsolete.
* Makefile.in (ALLDEPFILES): Remove i386mach.c i386m3-nat.c
(i386mach-nat.o, i386m3-nat.o):Make targets obsolete.
2002-08-18 18:32:14 +02:00
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i386 running Mach 3.0 i[3456]86-*-mach3*
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i386 running Mach i[3456]86-*-mach*
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i386 running OSF/1 i[3456]86-*osf1mk*
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2002-08-21 02:57:44 +02:00
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HP/Apollo 68k Family m68*-apollo*-sysv*,
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m68*-apollo*-bsd*,
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m68*-hp-bsd*, m68*-hp-hpux*
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2002-08-22 23:52:45 +02:00
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I960 with MON960 i960-*-coff
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2002-07-14 02:28:46 +02:00
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2002-08-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Menion that CHILL has been made obsolete.
* gdbtypes.c (chill_varying_type): Make chill references obsolete.
* gdbserver/Makefile.in: Ditto.
* stabsread.c (read_range_type): Ditto.
* gdbtypes.h: Ditto.
* language.c (binop_type_check): Ditto.
(binop_result_type): Ditto.
(integral_type): Ditto.
(character_type): Ditto.
(string_type): Ditto.
(boolean_type): Ditto.
(structured_type): Ditto.
(lang_bool_type): Ditto.
(binop_type_check): Ditto.
* language.h (_LANG_chill): Ditto.
* dwarfread.c (set_cu_language): Ditto.
* dwarfread.c (CHILL_PRODUCER): Ditto.
* dwarfread.c (handle_producer): Ditto.
* expression.h (enum exp_opcode): Ditto.
* eval.c: Ditto for comments.
* typeprint.c (typedef_print) [_LANG_chill]: Ditto.
* expprint.c (print_subexp): Ditto.
(print_subexp): Ditto.
* valops.c (value_cast): Ditto.
(search_struct_field): Ditto.
* value.h (COERCE_VARYING_ARRAY): Ditto.
* symfile.c (init_filename_language_table): Ditto.
(add_psymbol_with_dem_name_to_list): Ditto.
* valarith.c (value_binop): Ditto.
(value_neg): Ditto.
* valops.c (value_slice): Ditto.
* symtab.h (union language_specific): Ditto.
(SYMBOL_INIT_LANGUAGE_SPECIFIC): Ditto.
(SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME): Ditto.
(SYMBOL_CHILL_DEMANGLED_NAME): Ditto.
* defs.h (enum language): Ditto.
* symtab.c (got_symtab): Ditto.
* utils.c (fprintf_symbol_filtered): Ditto.
* ch-typeprint.c: Make file obsolete.
* ch-valprint.c: Make file obsolete.
* ch-lang.h: Make file obsolete.
* ch-exp.c: Make file obsolete.
* ch-lang.c: Make file obsolete.
* Makefile.in (FLAGS_TO_PASS): Do not pass CHILL or CHILLFLAGS or
CHILL_LIB.
(TARGET_FLAGS_TO_PASS): Ditto.
(CHILLFLAGS): Obsolete.
(CHILL): Obsolete.
(CHILL_FOR_TARGET): Obsolete.
(CHILL_LIB): Obsolete.
(SFILES): Remove ch-exp.c, ch-lang.c, ch-typeprint.c and
ch-valprint.c.
(HFILES_NO_SRCDIR): Remove ch-lang.h.
(COMMON_OBS): Remove ch-valprint.o, ch-typeprint.o, ch-exp.o and
ch-lang.o.
(ch-exp.o, ch-lang.o, ch-typeprint.o, ch-valprint.o): Delete
targets.
2002-08-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* stabs.texinfo, gdb.texinfo, gdbint.texinfo: Obsolete references
to CHILL.
2002-08-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* Makefile.in (TARGET_FLAGS_TO_PASS): Remove CHILLFLAGS, CHILL,
CHILL_FOR_TARGET and CHILL_LIB.
* configure.in (configdirs): Remove gdb.chill.
* configure: Regenerate.
* lib/gdb.exp: Obsolete references to chill.
* gdb.fortran/types.exp: Ditto.
* gdb.fortran/exprs.exp: Ditto.
2002-08-01 19:18:35 +02:00
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* OBSOLETE languages
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CHILL, a Pascal like language used by telecommunications companies.
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2002-05-04 17:52:42 +02:00
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* REMOVED configurations and files
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AMD 29k family via UDI a29k-amd-udi, udi29k
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A29K VxWorks a29k-*-vxworks
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AMD 29000 embedded, using EBMON a29k-none-none
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AMD 29000 embedded with COFF a29k-none-coff
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AMD 29000 embedded with a.out a29k-none-aout
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testsuite/gdb.hp/gdb.threads-hp/ directory
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2002-04-13 00:31:23 +02:00
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* New command "set max-user-call-depth <nnn>"
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This command allows the user to limit the call depth of user-defined
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commands. The default is 1024.
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2002-03-31 19:53:00 +02:00
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* Changes in FreeBSD/i386 native debugging.
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Support for the "generate-core-file" has been added.
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2002-03-29 02:32:20 +01:00
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* New commands "dump", "append", and "restore".
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These commands allow data to be copied from target memory
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to a bfd-format or binary file (dump and append), and back
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from a file into memory (restore).
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2002-03-05 23:57:57 +01:00
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2002-08-21 15:59:28 +02:00
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* Improved "next/step" support on multi-processor Alpha Tru64.
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The previous single-step mechanism could cause unpredictable problems,
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including the random appearance of SIGSEGV or SIGTRAP signals. The use
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of a software single-step mechanism prevents this.
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2002-07-23 23:28:38 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB 5.2.1:
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* New targets.
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Atmel AVR avr*-*-*
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* Bug fixes
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gdb/182: gdb/323: gdb/237: On alpha, gdb was reporting:
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mdebugread.c:2443: gdb-internal-error: sect_index_data not initialized
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Fix, by Joel Brobecker imported from mainline.
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gdb/439: gdb/291: On some ELF object files, gdb was reporting:
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dwarf2read.c:1072: gdb-internal-error: sect_index_text not initialize
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Fix, by Fred Fish, imported from mainline.
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Dwarf2 .debug_frame & .eh_frame handler improved in many ways.
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Surprisingly enough, it works now.
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By Michal Ludvig, imported from mainline.
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i386 hardware watchpoint support:
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avoid misses on second run for some targets.
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By Pierre Muller, imported from mainline.
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2002-03-05 23:57:57 +01:00
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*** Changes in GDB 5.2:
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2001-11-24 00:01:54 +01:00
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2002-01-31 04:57:42 +01:00
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* New command "set trust-readonly-sections on[off]".
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This command is a hint that tells gdb that read-only sections
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really are read-only (ie. that their contents will not change).
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In this mode, gdb will go to the object file rather than the
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target to read memory from read-only sections (such as ".text").
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This can be a significant performance improvement on some
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(notably embedded) targets.
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2002-01-31 03:33:20 +01:00
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* New command "generate-core-file" (or "gcore").
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2002-02-10 18:34:05 +01:00
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This new gdb command allows the user to drop a core file of the child
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process state at any time. So far it's been implemented only for
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GNU/Linux and Solaris, but should be relatively easily ported to other
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hosts. Argument is core file name (defaults to core.<pid>).
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2002-01-31 03:33:20 +01:00
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2002-01-11 02:46:17 +01:00
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* New command line option
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GDB now accepts --pid or -p followed by a process id.
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* Change in command line behavior -- corefiles vs. process ids.
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There is a subtle behavior in the way in which GDB handles
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command line arguments. The first non-flag argument is always
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a program to debug, but the second non-flag argument may either
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be a corefile or a process id. Previously, GDB would attempt to
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open the second argument as a corefile, and if that failed, would
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issue a superfluous error message and then attempt to attach it as
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a process. Now, if the second argument begins with a non-digit,
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it will be treated as a corefile. If it begins with a digit,
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GDB will attempt to attach it as a process, and if no such process
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is found, will then attempt to open it as a corefile.
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2002-02-20 11:41:20 +01:00
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* Changes in ARM configurations.
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Multi-arch support is enabled for all ARM configurations. The ARM/NetBSD
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configuration is fully multi-arch.
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2001-11-24 00:01:54 +01:00
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* New native configurations
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2002-02-20 11:41:20 +01:00
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ARM NetBSD arm*-*-netbsd*
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2001-11-24 00:01:54 +01:00
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x86 OpenBSD i[3456]86-*-openbsd*
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2002-02-10 18:34:05 +01:00
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AMD x86-64 running GNU/Linux x86_64-*-linux-*
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2002-03-02 00:27:42 +01:00
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Sparc64 running FreeBSD sparc64-*-freebsd*
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2001-11-24 00:01:54 +01:00
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2001-12-17 19:13:11 +01:00
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* New targets
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Sanyo XStormy16 xstormy16-elf
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2002-01-06 16:02:01 +01:00
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* OBSOLETE configurations and files
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Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
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been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these
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configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
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permanently REMOVED.
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AMD 29k family via UDI a29k-amd-udi, udi29k
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A29K VxWorks a29k-*-vxworks
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AMD 29000 embedded, using EBMON a29k-none-none
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AMD 29000 embedded with COFF a29k-none-coff
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AMD 29000 embedded with a.out a29k-none-aout
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2002-01-19 04:48:21 +01:00
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testsuite/gdb.hp/gdb.threads-hp/ directory
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2002-01-06 16:02:01 +01:00
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2001-12-01 20:10:00 +01:00
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* REMOVED configurations and files
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TI TMS320C80 tic80-*-*
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2001-12-01 20:34:37 +01:00
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WDC 65816 w65-*-*
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2001-12-01 22:01:58 +01:00
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PowerPC Solaris powerpcle-*-solaris*
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PowerPC Windows NT powerpcle-*-cygwin32
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PowerPC Netware powerpc-*-netware*
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2001-12-01 22:11:41 +01:00
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Harris/CXUX m88k m88*-harris-cxux*
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2001-12-01 23:02:03 +01:00
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Most ns32k hosts and targets ns32k-*-mach3* ns32k-umax-*
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ns32k-utek-sysv* ns32k-utek-*
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2001-12-01 23:19:30 +01:00
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SunOS 4.0.Xi on i386 i[3456]86-*-sunos*
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2001-12-01 23:34:11 +01:00
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Ultracomputer (29K) running Sym1 a29k-nyu-sym1 a29k-*-kern*
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2001-12-02 00:06:47 +01:00
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Sony NEWS (68K) running NEWSOS 3.x m68*-sony-sysv news
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ISI Optimum V (3.05) under 4.3bsd. m68*-isi-*
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2002-01-05 06:54:31 +01:00
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Apple Macintosh (MPW) host and target N/A host, powerpc-*-macos*
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2001-12-01 20:10:00 +01:00
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2001-11-27 04:09:44 +01:00
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* Changes to command line processing
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The new `--args' feature can be used to specify command-line arguments
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for the inferior from gdb's command line.
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2001-11-27 05:15:09 +01:00
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* Changes to key bindings
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There is a new `operate-and-get-next' function bound to `C-o'.
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2002-01-24 09:05:31 +01:00
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*** Changes in GDB 5.1.1
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Fix compile problem on DJGPP.
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Fix a problem with floating-point registers on the i386 being
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corrupted.
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Fix to stop GDB crashing on .debug_str debug info.
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Numerous documentation fixes.
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Numerous testsuite fixes.
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2001-10-31 03:53:17 +01:00
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*** Changes in GDB 5.1:
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2000-06-01 01:27:44 +02:00
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* New native configurations
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Alpha FreeBSD alpha*-*-freebsd*
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x86 FreeBSD 3.x and 4.x i[3456]86*-freebsd[34]*
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2002-02-10 18:34:05 +01:00
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MIPS GNU/Linux mips*-*-linux*
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2001-07-25 16:46:46 +02:00
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MIPS SGI Irix 6.x mips*-sgi-irix6*
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ia64 AIX ia64-*-aix*
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2002-02-10 18:34:05 +01:00
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s390 and s390x GNU/Linux {s390,s390x}-*-linux*
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2000-06-01 01:27:44 +02:00
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2000-06-08 08:35:40 +02:00
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* New targets
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2001-07-14 21:10:30 +02:00
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Motorola 68HC11 and 68HC12 m68hc11-elf
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2001-07-16 18:02:48 +02:00
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CRIS cris-axis
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2002-02-10 18:34:05 +01:00
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UltraSparc running GNU/Linux sparc64-*-linux*
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2001-07-14 21:10:30 +02:00
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2001-03-23 01:58:48 +01:00
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* OBSOLETE configurations and files
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2000-06-08 08:35:40 +02:00
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x86 FreeBSD before 2.2 i[3456]86*-freebsd{1,2.[01]}*,
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2001-03-15 02:07:51 +01:00
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Harris/CXUX m88k m88*-harris-cxux*
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2001-04-02 22:57:26 +02:00
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Most ns32k hosts and targets ns32k-*-mach3* ns32k-umax-*
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ns32k-utek-sysv* ns32k-utek-*
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2001-04-03 23:56:01 +02:00
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TI TMS320C80 tic80-*-*
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WDC 65816 w65-*-*
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2001-04-05 16:49:29 +02:00
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Ultracomputer (29K) running Sym1 a29k-nyu-sym1 a29k-*-kern*
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2001-04-06 18:25:22 +02:00
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PowerPC Solaris powerpcle-*-solaris*
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PowerPC Windows NT powerpcle-*-cygwin32
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PowerPC Netware powerpc-*-netware*
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2001-04-12 00:39:07 +02:00
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SunOS 4.0.Xi on i386 i[3456]86-*-sunos*
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2001-04-17 23:20:49 +02:00
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Sony NEWS (68K) running NEWSOS 3.x m68*-sony-sysv news
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ISI Optimum V (3.05) under 4.3bsd. m68*-isi-*
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2001-04-20 01:56:14 +02:00
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Apple Macintosh (MPW) host N/A
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2000-06-08 08:35:40 +02:00
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2001-03-23 01:58:48 +01:00
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stuff.c (Program to stuff files into a specially prepared space in kdb)
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kdb-start.c (Main loop for the standalone kernel debugger)
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2001-02-08 07:30:25 +01:00
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Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
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been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these
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configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
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permanently REMOVED.
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2001-06-28 05:33:26 +02:00
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* REMOVED configurations and files
|
2001-02-08 07:30:25 +01:00
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Altos 3068 m68*-altos-*
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Convex c1-*-*, c2-*-*
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Pyramid pyramid-*-*
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ARM RISCix arm-*-* (as host)
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Tahoe tahoe-*-*
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2001-06-28 05:33:26 +02:00
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ser-ocd.c *-*-*
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2000-06-08 08:35:40 +02:00
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2001-09-10 20:13:17 +02:00
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* GDB has been converted to ISO C.
|
2001-07-25 16:46:46 +02:00
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2001-09-10 20:13:17 +02:00
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GDB's source code has been converted to ISO C. In particular, the
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2001-07-25 16:46:46 +02:00
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sources are fully protoized, and rely on standard headers being
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present.
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2000-06-08 08:35:40 +02:00
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* Other news:
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2001-07-25 16:46:46 +02:00
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* "info symbol" works on platforms which use COFF, ECOFF, XCOFF, and NLM.
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* The MI enabled by default.
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The new machine oriented interface (MI) introduced in GDB 5.0 has been
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revised and enabled by default. Packages which use GDB as a debugging
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engine behind a UI or another front end are encouraged to switch to
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using the GDB/MI interface, instead of the old annotations interface
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which is now deprecated.
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* Support for debugging Pascal programs.
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GDB now includes support for debugging Pascal programs. The following
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main features are supported:
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- Pascal-specific data types such as sets;
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- automatic recognition of Pascal sources based on file-name
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extension;
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- Pascal-style display of data types, variables, and functions;
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- a Pascal expression parser.
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However, some important features are not yet supported.
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- Pascal string operations are not supported at all;
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- there are some problems with boolean types;
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- Pascal type hexadecimal constants are not supported
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because they conflict with the internal variables format;
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- support for Pascal objects and classes is not full yet;
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- unlike Pascal, GDB is case-sensitive for symbol names.
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* Changes in completion.
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Commands such as `shell', `run' and `set args', which pass arguments
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to inferior programs, now complete on file names, similar to what
|
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users expect at the shell prompt.
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Commands which accept locations, such as `disassemble', `print',
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`breakpoint', `until', etc. now complete on filenames as well as
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program symbols. Thus, if you type "break foob TAB", and the source
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|
files linked into the programs include `foobar.c', that file name will
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be one of the candidates for completion. However, file names are not
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considered for completion after you typed a colon that delimits a file
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name from a name of a function in that file, as in "break foo.c:bar".
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`set demangle-style' completes on available demangling styles.
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* New platform-independent commands:
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|
It is now possible to define a post-hook for a command as well as a
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hook that runs before the command. For more details, see the
|
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|
|
documentation of `hookpost' in the GDB manual.
|
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* Changes in GNU/Linux native debugging.
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|
2001-08-02 20:42:18 +02:00
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Support for debugging multi-threaded programs has been completely
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revised for all platforms except m68k and sparc. You can now debug as
|
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|
many threads as your system allows you to have.
|
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|
2001-07-25 16:46:46 +02:00
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Attach/detach is supported for multi-threaded programs.
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|
2001-08-02 20:42:18 +02:00
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Support for SSE registers was added for x86. This doesn't work for
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multi-threaded programs though.
|
2001-07-25 16:46:46 +02:00
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* Changes in MIPS configurations.
|
2000-06-08 08:35:40 +02:00
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Multi-arch support is enabled for all MIPS configurations.
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2001-07-25 16:46:46 +02:00
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GDB can now be built as native debugger on SGI Irix 6.x systems for
|
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|
|
debugging n32 executables. (Debugging 64-bit executables is not yet
|
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|
supported.)
|
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* Unified support for hardware watchpoints in all x86 configurations.
|
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Most (if not all) native x86 configurations support hardware-assisted
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breakpoints and watchpoints in a unified manner. This support
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|
implements debug register sharing between watchpoints, which allows to
|
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|
put a virtually infinite number of watchpoints on the same address,
|
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|
|
and also supports watching regions up to 16 bytes with several debug
|
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|
registers.
|
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|
The new maintenance command `maintenance show-debug-regs' toggles
|
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|
|
debugging print-outs in functions that insert, remove, and test
|
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|
|
watchpoints and hardware breakpoints.
|
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|
* Changes in the DJGPP native configuration.
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New command ``info dos sysinfo'' displays assorted information about
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the CPU, OS, memory, and DPMI server.
|
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|
New commands ``info dos gdt'', ``info dos ldt'', and ``info dos idt''
|
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|
display information about segment descriptors stored in GDT, LDT, and
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|
IDT.
|
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New commands ``info dos pde'' and ``info dos pte'' display entries
|
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|
|
from Page Directory and Page Tables (for now works with CWSDPMI only).
|
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|
New command ``info dos address-pte'' displays the Page Table entry for
|
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|
a given linear address.
|
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|
GDB can now pass command lines longer than 126 characters to the
|
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|
program being debugged (requires an update to the libdbg.a library
|
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|
|
which is part of the DJGPP development kit).
|
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|
DWARF2 debug info is now supported.
|
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2001-07-29 10:03:36 +02:00
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|
|
It is now possible to `step' and `next' through calls to `longjmp'.
|
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|
2001-07-25 16:46:46 +02:00
|
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|
* Changes in documentation.
|
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|
All GDB documentation was converted to GFDL, the GNU Free
|
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|
Documentation License.
|
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|
Tracepoints-related commands are now fully documented in the GDB
|
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|
manual.
|
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|
TUI, the Text-mode User Interface, is now documented in the manual.
|
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|
Tracepoints-related commands are now fully documented in the GDB
|
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|
manual.
|
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|
|
The "GDB Internals" manual now has an index. It also includes
|
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|
|
documentation of `ui_out' functions, GDB coding standards, x86
|
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|
|
hardware watchpoints, and memory region attributes.
|
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2001-05-12 03:34:09 +02:00
|
|
|
* GDB's version number moved to ``version.in''
|
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|
The Makefile variable VERSION has been replaced by the file
|
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|
``version.in''. People creating GDB distributions should update the
|
|
|
|
contents of this file.
|
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|
|
2000-10-24 07:22:11 +02:00
|
|
|
* gdba.el deleted
|
|
|
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|
|
GUD support is now a standard part of the EMACS distribution.
|
2000-06-01 01:27:44 +02:00
|
|
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|
2000-04-19 09:01:08 +02:00
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|
|
*** Changes in GDB 5.0:
|
1999-04-26 20:34:20 +02:00
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|
2000-04-12 18:51:27 +02:00
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* Improved support for debugging FP programs on x86 targets
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Unified and much-improved support for debugging floating-point
|
|
|
|
programs on all x86 targets. In particular, ``info float'' now
|
|
|
|
displays the FP registers in the same format on all x86 targets, with
|
|
|
|
greater level of detail.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Improvements and bugfixes in hardware-assisted watchpoints
|
|
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|
|
It is now possible to watch array elements, struct members, and
|
|
|
|
bitfields with hardware-assisted watchpoints. Data-read watchpoints
|
|
|
|
on x86 targets no longer erroneously trigger when the address is
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|
|
written.
|
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|
* Improvements in the native DJGPP version of GDB
|
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|
The distribution now includes all the scripts and auxiliary files
|
|
|
|
necessary to build the native DJGPP version on MS-DOS/MS-Windows
|
|
|
|
machines ``out of the box''.
|
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|
|
The DJGPP version can now debug programs that use signals. It is
|
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|
|
possible to catch signals that happened in the debuggee, deliver
|
|
|
|
signals to it, interrupt it with Ctrl-C, etc. (Previously, a signal
|
|
|
|
would kill the program being debugged.) Programs that hook hardware
|
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|
|
interrupts (keyboard, timer, etc.) can also be debugged.
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|
It is now possible to debug DJGPP programs that redirect their
|
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|
|
standard handles or switch them to raw (as opposed to cooked) mode, or
|
|
|
|
even close them. The command ``run < foo > bar'' works as expected,
|
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|
and ``info terminal'' reports useful information about the debuggee's
|
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|
terminal, including raw/cooked mode, redirection, etc.
|
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|
The DJGPP version now uses termios functions for console I/O, which
|
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|
enables debugging graphics programs. Interrupting GDB with Ctrl-C
|
|
|
|
also works.
|
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|
DOS-style file names with drive letters are now fully supported by
|
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|
GDB.
|
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|
It is now possible to debug DJGPP programs that switch their working
|
|
|
|
directory. It is also possible to rerun the debuggee any number of
|
|
|
|
times without restarting GDB; thus, you can use the same setup,
|
|
|
|
breakpoints, etc. for many debugging sessions.
|
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|
1999-12-22 22:45:38 +01:00
|
|
|
* New native configurations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARM GNU/Linux arm*-*-linux*
|
2000-04-04 00:10:45 +02:00
|
|
|
PowerPC GNU/Linux powerpc-*-linux*
|
1999-12-22 22:45:38 +01:00
|
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|
1999-04-26 20:34:20 +02:00
|
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|
* New targets
|
|
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|
|
1999-08-09 23:36:23 +02:00
|
|
|
Motorola MCore mcore-*-*
|
1999-07-20 01:30:11 +02:00
|
|
|
x86 VxWorks i[3456]86-*-vxworks*
|
|
|
|
PowerPC VxWorks powerpc-*-vxworks*
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1999-04-26 20:34:20 +02:00
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TI TMS320C80 tic80-*-*
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1999-06-28 18:06:02 +02:00
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* OBSOLETE configurations
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Altos 3068 m68*-altos-*
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Convex c1-*-*, c2-*-*
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1999-07-07 19:31:57 +02:00
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Pyramid pyramid-*-*
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1999-12-22 22:45:38 +01:00
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ARM RISCix arm-*-* (as host)
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1999-08-31 03:14:27 +02:00
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Tahoe tahoe-*-*
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1999-04-26 20:34:20 +02:00
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2000-04-19 09:01:08 +02:00
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Configurations that have been declared obsolete will be commented out,
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but the code will be left in place. If there is no activity to revive
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these configurations before the next release of GDB, the sources will
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be permanently REMOVED.
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2000-05-01 18:12:10 +02:00
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* Gould support removed
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Support for the Gould PowerNode and NP1 has been removed.
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2000-04-10 12:52:19 +02:00
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* New features for SVR4
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On SVR4 native platforms (such as Solaris), if you attach to a process
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without first loading a symbol file, GDB will now attempt to locate and
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load symbols from the running process's executable file.
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* Many C++ enhancements
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C++ support has been greatly improved. Overload resolution now works properly
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in almost all cases. RTTI support is on the way.
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1999-07-20 01:30:11 +02:00
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* Remote targets can connect to a sub-program
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A popen(3) style serial-device has been added. This device starts a
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sub-process (such as a stand-alone simulator) and then communicates
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with that. The sub-program to run is specified using the syntax
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``|<program> <args>'' vis:
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(gdb) set remotedebug 1
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(gdb) target extended-remote |mn10300-elf-sim program-args
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1999-07-12 13:15:22 +02:00
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* MIPS 64 remote protocol
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A long standing bug in the mips64 remote protocol where by GDB
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expected certain 32 bit registers (ex SR) to be transfered as 32
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instead of 64 bits has been fixed.
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The command ``set remote-mips64-transfers-32bit-regs on'' has been
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added to provide backward compatibility with older versions of GDB.
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1999-08-09 23:36:23 +02:00
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* ``set remotebinarydownload'' replaced by ``set remote X-packet''
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The command ``set remotebinarydownload'' command has been replaced by
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``set remote X-packet''. Other commands in ``set remote'' family
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include ``set remote P-packet''.
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1999-11-09 02:23:30 +01:00
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* Breakpoint commands accept ranges.
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The breakpoint commands ``enable'', ``disable'', and ``delete'' now
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accept a range of breakpoints, e.g. ``5-7''. The tracepoint command
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``tracepoint passcount'' also accepts a range of tracepoints.
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2000-04-03 15:24:08 +02:00
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* ``apropos'' command added.
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The ``apropos'' command searches through command names and
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documentation strings, printing out matches, making it much easier to
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try to find a command that does what you are looking for.
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2000-04-10 12:52:19 +02:00
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* New MI interface
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A new machine oriented interface (MI) has been added to GDB. This
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interface is designed for debug environments running GDB as a separate
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2000-04-23 10:15:49 +02:00
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process. This is part of the long term libGDB project. See the
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"GDB/MI" chapter of the GDB manual for further information. It can be
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enabled by configuring with:
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2000-04-10 12:52:19 +02:00
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.../configure --enable-gdbmi
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1999-04-16 03:35:26 +02:00
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*** Changes in GDB-4.18:
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* New native configurations
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HP-UX 10.20 hppa*-*-hpux10.20
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HP-UX 11.x hppa*-*-hpux11.0*
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2002-02-10 18:34:05 +01:00
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M68K GNU/Linux m68*-*-linux*
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1999-04-16 03:35:26 +02:00
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* New targets
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Fujitsu FR30 fr30-*-elf*
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Intel StrongARM strongarm-*-*
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Mitsubishi D30V d30v-*-*
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* OBSOLETE configurations
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Gould PowerNode, NP1 np1-*-*, pn-*-*
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Configurations that have been declared obsolete will be commented out,
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but the code will be left in place. If there is no activity to revive
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these configurations before the next release of GDB, the sources will
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be permanently REMOVED.
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* ANSI/ISO C
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As a compatibility experiment, GDB's source files buildsym.h and
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buildsym.c have been converted to pure standard C, no longer
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containing any K&R compatibility code. We believe that all systems in
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use today either come with a standard C compiler, or have a GCC port
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available. If this is not true, please report the affected
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configuration to bug-gdb@gnu.org immediately. See the README file for
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information about getting a standard C compiler if you don't have one
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already.
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* Readline 2.2
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GDB now uses readline 2.2.
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* set extension-language
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You can now control the mapping between filename extensions and source
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languages by using the `set extension-language' command. For instance,
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you can ask GDB to treat .c files as C++ by saying
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set extension-language .c c++
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The command `info extensions' lists all of the recognized extensions
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and their associated languages.
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* Setting processor type for PowerPC and RS/6000
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When GDB is configured for a powerpc*-*-* or an rs6000*-*-* target,
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you can use the `set processor' command to specify what variant of the
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PowerPC family you are debugging. The command
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set processor NAME
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sets the PowerPC/RS6000 variant to NAME. GDB knows about the
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following PowerPC and RS6000 variants:
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ppc-uisa PowerPC UISA - a PPC processor as viewed by user-level code
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rs6000 IBM RS6000 ("POWER") architecture, user-level view
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403 IBM PowerPC 403
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403GC IBM PowerPC 403GC
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505 Motorola PowerPC 505
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860 Motorola PowerPC 860 or 850
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601 Motorola PowerPC 601
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602 Motorola PowerPC 602
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603 Motorola/IBM PowerPC 603 or 603e
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604 Motorola PowerPC 604 or 604e
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750 Motorola/IBM PowerPC 750 or 750
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At the moment, this command just tells GDB what to name the
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special-purpose processor registers. Since almost all the affected
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registers are inaccessible to user-level programs, this command is
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only useful for remote debugging in its present form.
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* HP-UX support
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Thanks to a major code donation from Hewlett-Packard, GDB now has much
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more extensive support for HP-UX. Added features include shared
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library support, kernel threads and hardware watchpoints for 11.00,
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support for HP's ANSI C and C++ compilers, and a compatibility mode
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for xdb and dbx commands.
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* Catchpoints
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HP's donation includes the new concept of catchpoints, which is a
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generalization of the old catch command. On HP-UX, it is now possible
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to catch exec, fork, and vfork, as well as library loading.
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This means that the existing catch command has changed; its first
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argument now specifies the type of catch to be set up. See the
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output of "help catch" for a list of catchpoint types.
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* Debugging across forks
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On HP-UX, you can choose which process to debug when a fork() happens
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in the inferior.
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* TUI
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HP has donated a curses-based terminal user interface (TUI). To get
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it, build with --enable-tui. Although this can be enabled for any
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configuration, at present it only works for native HP debugging.
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* GDB remote protocol additions
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A new protocol packet 'X' that writes binary data is now available.
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Default behavior is to try 'X', then drop back to 'M' if the stub
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fails to respond. The settable variable `remotebinarydownload'
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allows explicit control over the use of 'X'.
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For 64-bit targets, the memory packets ('M' and 'm') can now contain a
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full 64-bit address. The command
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set remoteaddresssize 32
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can be used to revert to the old behaviour. For existing remote stubs
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the change should not be noticed, as the additional address information
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will be discarded.
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In order to assist in debugging stubs, you may use the maintenance
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command `packet' to send any text string to the stub. For instance,
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maint packet heythere
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sends the packet "$heythere#<checksum>". Note that it is very easy to
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disrupt a debugging session by sending the wrong packet at the wrong
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time.
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The compare-sections command allows you to compare section data on the
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target to what is in the executable file without uploading or
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downloading, by comparing CRC checksums.
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* Tracing can collect general expressions
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You may now collect general expressions at tracepoints. This requires
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further additions to the target-side stub; see tracepoint.c and
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doc/agentexpr.texi for further details.
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* mask-address variable for Mips
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For Mips targets, you may control the zeroing of the upper 32 bits of
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a 64-bit address by entering `set mask-address on'. This is mainly
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of interest to users of embedded R4xxx and R5xxx processors.
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* Higher serial baud rates
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GDB's serial code now allows you to specify baud rates 57600, 115200,
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230400, and 460800 baud. (Note that your host system may not be able
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to achieve all of these rates.)
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* i960 simulator
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The i960 configuration now includes an initial implementation of a
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builtin simulator, contributed by Jim Wilson.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.17:
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* New native configurations
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Alpha GNU/Linux alpha*-*-linux*
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Unixware 2.x i[3456]86-unixware2*
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Irix 6.x mips*-sgi-irix6*
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PowerPC GNU/Linux powerpc-*-linux*
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PowerPC Solaris powerpcle-*-solaris*
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Sparc GNU/Linux sparc-*-linux*
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Motorola sysV68 R3V7.1 m68k-motorola-sysv
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* New targets
|
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Argonaut Risc Chip (ARC) arc-*-*
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Hitachi H8/300S h8300*-*-*
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Matsushita MN10200 w/simulator mn10200-*-*
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Matsushita MN10300 w/simulator mn10300-*-*
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MIPS NEC VR4100 mips64*vr4100*{,el}-*-elf*
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MIPS NEC VR5000 mips64*vr5000*{,el}-*-elf*
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MIPS Toshiba TX39 mips64*tx39*{,el}-*-elf*
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Mitsubishi D10V w/simulator d10v-*-*
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Mitsubishi M32R/D w/simulator m32r-*-elf*
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Tsqware Sparclet sparclet-*-*
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NEC V850 w/simulator v850-*-*
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* New debugging protocols
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ARM with RDI protocol arm*-*-*
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M68K with dBUG monitor m68*-*-{aout,coff,elf}
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DDB and LSI variants of PMON protocol mips*-*-*
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PowerPC with DINK32 monitor powerpc{,le}-*-eabi
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PowerPC with SDS protocol powerpc{,le}-*-eabi
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Macraigor OCD (Wiggler) devices powerpc{,le}-*-eabi
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* DWARF 2
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All configurations can now understand and use the DWARF 2 debugging
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format. The choice is automatic, if the symbol file contains DWARF 2
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information.
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* Java frontend
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GDB now includes basic Java language support. This support is
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only useful with Java compilers that produce native machine code.
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* solib-absolute-prefix and solib-search-path
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For SunOS and SVR4 shared libraries, you may now set the prefix for
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loading absolute shared library symbol files, and the search path for
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locating non-absolute shared library symbol files.
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* Live range splitting
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GDB can now effectively debug code for which GCC has performed live
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range splitting as part of its optimization. See gdb/doc/LRS for
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more details on the expected format of the stabs information.
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* Hurd support
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GDB's support for the GNU Hurd, including thread debugging, has been
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updated to work with current versions of the Hurd.
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* ARM Thumb support
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GDB's ARM target configuration now handles the ARM7T (Thumb) 16-bit
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instruction set. ARM GDB automatically detects when Thumb
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instructions are in use, and adjusts disassembly and backtracing
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accordingly.
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* MIPS16 support
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GDB's MIPS target configurations now handle the MIP16 16-bit
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instruction set.
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* Overlay support
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GDB now includes support for overlays; if an executable has been
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linked such that multiple sections are based at the same address, GDB
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will decide which section to use for symbolic info. You can choose to
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control the decision manually, using overlay commands, or implement
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additional target-side support and use "overlay load-target" to bring
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in the overlay mapping. Do "help overlay" for more detail.
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* info symbol
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The command "info symbol <address>" displays information about
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the symbol at the specified address.
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* Trace support
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The standard remote protocol now includes an extension that allows
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asynchronous collection and display of trace data. This requires
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extensive support in the target-side debugging stub. Tracing mode
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|
includes a new interaction mode in GDB and new commands: see the
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file tracepoint.c for more details.
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* MIPS simulator
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Configurations for embedded MIPS now include a simulator contributed
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by Cygnus Solutions. The simulator supports the instruction sets
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of most MIPS variants.
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* Sparc simulator
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Sparc configurations may now include the ERC32 simulator contributed
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|
by the European Space Agency. The simulator is not built into
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Sparc targets by default; configure with --enable-sim to include it.
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* set architecture
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For target configurations that may include multiple variants of a
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basic architecture (such as MIPS and SH), you may now set the
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architecture explicitly. "set arch" sets, "info arch" lists
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the possible architectures.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.16:
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* New native configurations
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Windows 95, x86 Windows NT i[345]86-*-cygwin32
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M68K NetBSD m68k-*-netbsd*
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PowerPC AIX 4.x powerpc-*-aix*
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PowerPC MacOS powerpc-*-macos*
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PowerPC Windows NT powerpcle-*-cygwin32
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RS/6000 AIX 4.x rs6000-*-aix4*
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* New targets
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|
ARM with RDP protocol arm-*-*
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I960 with MON960 i960-*-coff
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MIPS VxWorks mips*-*-vxworks*
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MIPS VR4300 with PMON mips64*vr4300{,el}-*-elf*
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PowerPC with PPCBUG monitor powerpc{,le}-*-eabi*
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Hitachi SH3 sh-*-*
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Matra Sparclet sparclet-*-*
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* PowerPC simulator
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The powerpc-eabi configuration now includes the PSIM simulator,
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contributed by Andrew Cagney, with assistance from Mike Meissner.
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PSIM is a very elaborate model of the PowerPC, including not only
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basic instruction set execution, but also details of execution unit
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performance and I/O hardware. See sim/ppc/README for more details.
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* Solaris 2.5
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GDB now works with Solaris 2.5.
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* Windows 95/NT native
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GDB will now work as a native debugger on Windows 95 and Windows NT.
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To build it from source, you must use the "gnu-win32" environment,
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which uses a DLL to emulate enough of Unix to run the GNU tools.
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Further information, binaries, and sources are available at
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ftp.cygnus.com, under pub/gnu-win32.
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* dont-repeat command
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If a user-defined command includes the command `dont-repeat', then the
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command will not be repeated if the user just types return. This is
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useful if the command is time-consuming to run, so that accidental
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extra keystrokes don't run the same command many times.
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* Send break instead of ^C
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The standard remote protocol now includes an option to send a break
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rather than a ^C to the target in order to interrupt it. By default,
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GDB will send ^C; to send a break, set the variable `remotebreak' to 1.
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* Remote protocol timeout
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The standard remote protocol includes a new variable `remotetimeout'
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that allows you to set the number of seconds before GDB gives up trying
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to read from the target. The default value is 2.
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* Automatic tracking of dynamic object loading (HPUX and Solaris only)
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By default GDB will automatically keep track of objects as they are
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loaded and unloaded by the dynamic linker. By using the command `set
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stop-on-solib-events 1' you can arrange for GDB to stop the inferior
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when shared library events occur, thus allowing you to set breakpoints
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in shared libraries which are explicitly loaded by the inferior.
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Note this feature does not work on hpux8. On hpux9 you must link
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/usr/lib/end.o into your program. This feature should work
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automatically on hpux10.
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* Irix 5.x hardware watchpoint support
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Irix 5 configurations now support the use of hardware watchpoints.
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* Mips protocol "SYN garbage limit"
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When debugging a Mips target using the `target mips' protocol, you
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may set the number of characters that GDB will ignore by setting
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the `syn-garbage-limit'. A value of -1 means that GDB will ignore
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every character. The default value is 1050.
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* Recording and replaying remote debug sessions
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If you set `remotelogfile' to the name of a file, gdb will write to it
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a recording of a remote debug session. This recording may then be
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replayed back to gdb using "gdbreplay". See gdbserver/README for
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details. This is useful when you have a problem with GDB while doing
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remote debugging; you can make a recording of the session and send it
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to someone else, who can then recreate the problem.
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* Speedups for remote debugging
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GDB includes speedups for downloading and stepping MIPS systems using
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the IDT monitor, fast downloads to the Hitachi SH E7000 emulator,
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and more efficient S-record downloading.
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* Memory use reductions and statistics collection
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GDB now uses less memory and reports statistics about memory usage.
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Try the `maint print statistics' command, for example.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.15:
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* Psymtabs for XCOFF
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The symbol reader for AIX GDB now uses partial symbol tables. This
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can greatly improve startup time, especially for large executables.
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* Remote targets use caching
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Remote targets now use a data cache to speed up communication with the
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remote side. The data cache could lead to incorrect results because
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it doesn't know about volatile variables, thus making it impossible to
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debug targets which use memory mapped I/O devices. `set remotecache
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off' turns the the data cache off.
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* Remote targets may have threads
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The standard remote protocol now includes support for multiple threads
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in the target system, using new protocol commands 'H' and 'T'. See
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gdb/remote.c for details.
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* NetROM support
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If GDB is configured with `--enable-netrom', then it will include
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support for the NetROM ROM emulator from XLNT Designs. The NetROM
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acts as though it is a bank of ROM on the target board, but you can
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write into it over the network. GDB's support consists only of
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support for fast loading into the emulated ROM; to debug, you must use
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another protocol, such as standard remote protocol. The usual
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sequence is something like
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target nrom <netrom-hostname>
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load <prog>
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target remote <netrom-hostname>:1235
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* Macintosh host
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GDB now includes support for the Apple Macintosh, as a host only. It
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may be run as either an MPW tool or as a standalone application, and
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it can debug through the serial port. All the usual GDB commands are
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available, but to the target command, you must supply "serial" as the
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device type instead of "/dev/ttyXX". See mpw-README in the main
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directory for more information on how to build. The MPW configuration
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scripts */mpw-config.in support only a few targets, and only the
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mips-idt-ecoff target has been tested.
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* Autoconf
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GDB configuration now uses autoconf. This is not user-visible,
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but does simplify configuration and building.
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* hpux10
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GDB now supports hpux10.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.14:
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* New native configurations
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x86 FreeBSD i[345]86-*-freebsd
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x86 NetBSD i[345]86-*-netbsd
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NS32k NetBSD ns32k-*-netbsd
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Sparc NetBSD sparc-*-netbsd
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* New targets
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A29K VxWorks a29k-*-vxworks
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HP PA PRO embedded (WinBond W89K & Oki OP50N) hppa*-*-pro*
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CPU32 EST-300 emulator m68*-*-est*
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PowerPC ELF powerpc-*-elf
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WDC 65816 w65-*-*
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* Alpha OSF/1 support for procfs
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GDB now supports procfs under OSF/1-2.x and higher, which makes it
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possible to attach to running processes. As the mounting of the /proc
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filesystem is optional on the Alpha, GDB automatically determines
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the availability of /proc during startup. This can lead to problems
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if /proc is unmounted after GDB has been started.
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* Arguments to user-defined commands
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User commands may accept up to 10 arguments separated by whitespace.
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Arguments are accessed within the user command via $arg0..$arg9. A
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trivial example:
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define adder
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print $arg0 + $arg1 + $arg2
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To execute the command use:
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adder 1 2 3
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Defines the command "adder" which prints the sum of its three arguments.
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Note the arguments are text substitutions, so they may reference variables,
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use complex expressions, or even perform inferior function calls.
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* New `if' and `while' commands
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This makes it possible to write more sophisticated user-defined
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commands. Both commands take a single argument, which is the
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expression to evaluate, and must be followed by the commands to
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execute, one per line, if the expression is nonzero, the list being
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terminated by the word `end'. The `if' command list may include an
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`else' word, which causes the following commands to be executed only
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if the expression is zero.
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* Fortran source language mode
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GDB now includes partial support for Fortran 77. It will recognize
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Fortran programs and can evaluate a subset of Fortran expressions, but
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variables and functions may not be handled correctly. GDB will work
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with G77, but does not yet know much about symbols emitted by other
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Fortran compilers.
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* Better HPUX support
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|
|
Most debugging facilities now work on dynamic executables for HPPAs
|
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running hpux9 or later. You can attach to running dynamically linked
|
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|
|
processes, but by default the dynamic libraries will be read-only, so
|
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|
|
for instance you won't be able to put breakpoints in them. To change
|
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|
|
that behavior do the following before running the program:
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adb -w a.out
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__dld_flags?W 0x5
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control-d
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This will cause the libraries to be mapped private and read-write.
|
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To revert to the normal behavior, do this:
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adb -w a.out
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__dld_flags?W 0x4
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control-d
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You cannot set breakpoints or examine data in the library until after
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the library is loaded if the function/data symbols do not have
|
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external linkage.
|
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GDB can now also read debug symbols produced by the HP C compiler on
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HPPAs (sorry, no C++, Fortran or 68k support).
|
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* Target byte order now dynamically selectable
|
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You can choose which byte order to use with a target system, via the
|
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|
|
commands "set endian big" and "set endian little", and you can see the
|
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|
|
current setting by using "show endian". You can also give the command
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|
"set endian auto", in which case GDB will use the byte order
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|
associated with the executable. Currently, only embedded MIPS
|
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|
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configurations support dynamic selection of target byte order.
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* New DOS host serial code
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|
|
This version uses DPMI interrupts to handle buffered I/O, so you
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|
no longer need to run asynctsr when debugging boards connected to
|
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a PC's serial port.
|
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*** Changes in GDB-4.13:
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* New "complete" command
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This lists all the possible completions for the rest of the line, if it
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|
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were to be given as a command itself. This is intended for use by emacs.
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* Trailing space optional in prompt
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"set prompt" no longer adds a space for you after the prompt you set. This
|
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|
allows you to set a prompt which ends in a space or one that does not.
|
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* Breakpoint hit counts
|
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|
"info break" now displays a count of the number of times the breakpoint
|
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|
has been hit. This is especially useful in conjunction with "ignore"; you
|
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|
|
can ignore a large number of breakpoint hits, look at the breakpoint info
|
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|
|
to see how many times the breakpoint was hit, then run again, ignoring one
|
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less than that number, and this will get you quickly to the last hit of
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that breakpoint.
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* Ability to stop printing at NULL character
|
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"set print null-stop" will cause GDB to stop printing the characters of
|
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|
an array when the first NULL is encountered. This is useful when large
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arrays actually contain only short strings.
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* Shared library breakpoints
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In SunOS 4.x, SVR4, and Alpha OSF/1 configurations, you can now set
|
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breakpoints in shared libraries before the executable is run.
|
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* Hardware watchpoints
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There is a new hardware breakpoint for the watch command for sparclite
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|
targets. See gdb/sparclite/hw_breakpoint.note.
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|
2002-02-10 18:34:05 +01:00
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Hardware watchpoints are also now supported under GNU/Linux.
|
1999-04-16 03:35:26 +02:00
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* Annotations
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Annotations have been added. These are for use with graphical interfaces,
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and are still experimental. Currently only gdba.el uses these.
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* Improved Irix 5 support
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GDB now works properly with Irix 5.2.
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* Improved HPPA support
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GDB now works properly with the latest GCC and GAS.
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* New native configurations
|
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|
Sequent PTX4 i[34]86-sequent-ptx4
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|
HPPA running OSF/1 hppa*-*-osf*
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Atari TT running SVR4 m68*-*-sysv4*
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RS/6000 LynxOS rs6000-*-lynxos*
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* New targets
|
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OS/9000 i[34]86-*-os9k
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MIPS R4000 mips64*{,el}-*-{ecoff,elf}
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Sparc64 sparc64-*-*
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* Hitachi SH7000 and E7000-PC ICE support
|
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|
|
There is now support for communicating with the Hitachi E7000-PC ICE.
|
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|
|
This is available automatically when GDB is configured for the SH.
|
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* Fixes
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|
|
As usual, a variety of small fixes and improvements, both generic
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and configuration-specific. See the ChangeLog for more detail.
|
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*** Changes in GDB-4.12:
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* Irix 5 is now supported
|
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* HPPA support
|
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|
GDB-4.12 on the HPPA has a number of changes which make it unable
|
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|
|
to debug the output from the currently released versions of GCC and
|
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|
|
GAS (GCC 2.5.8 and GAS-2.2 or PAGAS-1.36). Until the next major release
|
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|
|
of GCC and GAS, versions of these tools designed to work with GDB-4.12
|
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|
can be retrieved via anonymous ftp from jaguar.cs.utah.edu:/dist.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.11:
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* User visible changes:
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* Remote Debugging
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The "set remotedebug" option is now consistent between the mips remote
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|
target, remote targets using the gdb-specific protocol, UDI (AMD's
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|
debug protocol for the 29k) and the 88k bug monitor. It is now an
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|
integer specifying a debug level (normally 0 or 1, but 2 means more
|
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|
debugging info for the mips target).
|
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* DEC Alpha native support
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GDB now works on the DEC Alpha. GCC 2.4.5 does not produce usable
|
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|
debug info, but GDB works fairly well with the DEC compiler and should
|
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|
work with a future GCC release. See the README file for a few
|
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|
Alpha-specific notes.
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* Preliminary thread implementation
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GDB now has preliminary thread support for both SGI/Irix and LynxOS.
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* LynxOS native and target support for 386
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This release has been hosted on LynxOS 2.2, and also can be configured
|
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|
to remotely debug programs running under LynxOS (see gdb/gdbserver/README
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for details).
|
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* Improvements in C++ mangling/demangling.
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This release has much better g++ debugging, specifically in name
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|
mangling/demangling, virtual function calls, print virtual table,
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call methods, ...etc.
|
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*** Changes in GDB-4.10:
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* User visible changes:
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Remote debugging using the GDB-specific (`target remote') protocol now
|
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|
|
supports the `load' command. This is only useful if you have some
|
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|
|
other way of getting the stub to the target system, and you can put it
|
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|
somewhere in memory where it won't get clobbered by the download.
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Filename completion now works.
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When run under emacs mode, the "info line" command now causes the
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arrow to point to the line specified. Also, "info line" prints
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addresses in symbolic form (as well as hex).
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All vxworks based targets now support a user settable option, called
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vxworks-timeout. This option represents the number of seconds gdb
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should wait for responses to rpc's. You might want to use this if
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your vxworks target is, perhaps, a slow software simulator or happens
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to be on the far side of a thin network line.
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* DEC alpha support
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This release contains support for using a DEC alpha as a GDB host for
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cross debugging. Native alpha debugging is not supported yet.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.9:
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* Testsuite
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This is the first GDB release which is accompanied by a matching testsuite.
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The testsuite requires installation of dejagnu, which should be available
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via ftp from most sites that carry GNU software.
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* C++ demangling
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'Cfront' style demangling has had its name changed to 'ARM' style, to
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emphasize that it was written from the specifications in the C++ Annotated
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Reference Manual, not necessarily to be compatible with AT&T cfront. Despite
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disclaimers, it still generated too much confusion with users attempting to
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use gdb with AT&T cfront.
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* Simulators
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GDB now uses a standard remote interface to a simulator library.
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So far, the library contains simulators for the Zilog Z8001/2, the
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Hitachi H8/300, H8/500 and Super-H.
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* New targets supported
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H8/300 simulator h8300-hitachi-hms or h8300hms
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H8/500 simulator h8500-hitachi-hms or h8500hms
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SH simulator sh-hitachi-hms or sh
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Z8000 simulator z8k-zilog-none or z8ksim
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IDT MIPS board over serial line mips-idt-ecoff
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Cross-debugging to GO32 targets is supported. It requires a custom
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version of the i386-stub.c module which is integrated with the
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GO32 memory extender.
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* New remote protocols
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MIPS remote debugging protocol.
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* New source languages supported
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This version includes preliminary support for Chill, a Pascal like language
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used by telecommunications companies. Chill support is also being integrated
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into the GNU compiler, but we don't know when it will be publically available.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.8:
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* HP Precision Architecture supported
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GDB now supports HP PA-RISC machines running HPUX. A preliminary
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version of this support was available as a set of patches from the
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University of Utah. GDB does not support debugging of programs
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compiled with the HP compiler, because HP will not document their file
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format. Instead, you must use GCC (version 2.3.2 or later) and PA-GAS
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(as available from jaguar.cs.utah.edu:/dist/pa-gas.u4.tar.Z).
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Many problems in the preliminary version have been fixed.
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* Faster and better demangling
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We have improved template demangling and fixed numerous bugs in the GNU style
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demangler. It can now handle type modifiers such as `static' or `const'. Wide
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character types (wchar_t) are now supported. Demangling of each symbol is now
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only done once, and is cached when the symbol table for a file is read in.
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This results in a small increase in memory usage for C programs, a moderate
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increase in memory usage for C++ programs, and a fantastic speedup in
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symbol lookups.
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`Cfront' style demangling still doesn't work with AT&T cfront. It was written
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from the specifications in the Annotated Reference Manual, which AT&T's
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compiler does not actually implement.
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* G++ multiple inheritance compiler problem
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In the 2.3.2 release of gcc/g++, how the compiler resolves multiple
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inheritance lattices was reworked to properly discover ambiguities. We
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recently found an example which causes this new algorithm to fail in a
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very subtle way, producing bad debug information for those classes.
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The file 'gcc.patch' (in this directory) can be applied to gcc to
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circumvent the problem. A future GCC release will contain a complete
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fix.
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The previous G++ debug info problem (mentioned below for the gdb-4.7
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release) is fixed in gcc version 2.3.2.
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* Improved configure script
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The `configure' script will now attempt to guess your system type if
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you don't supply a host system type. The old scheme of supplying a
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host system triplet is preferable over using this. All the magic is
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done in the new `config.guess' script. Examine it for details.
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We have also brought our configure script much more in line with the FSF's
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version. It now supports the --with-xxx options. In particular,
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`--with-minimal-bfd' can be used to make the GDB binary image smaller.
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The resulting GDB will not be able to read arbitrary object file formats --
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only the format ``expected'' to be used on the configured target system.
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We hope to make this the default in a future release.
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* Documentation improvements
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There's new internal documentation on how to modify GDB, and how to
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produce clean changes to the code. We implore people to read it
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before submitting changes.
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The GDB manual uses new, sexy Texinfo conditionals, rather than arcane
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M4 macros. The new texinfo.tex is provided in this release. Pre-built
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`info' files are also provided. To build `info' files from scratch,
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you will need the latest `makeinfo' release, which will be available in
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a future texinfo-X.Y release.
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*NOTE* The new texinfo.tex can cause old versions of TeX to hang.
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We're not sure exactly which versions have this problem, but it has
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been seen in 3.0. We highly recommend upgrading to TeX version 3.141
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or better. If that isn't possible, there is a patch in
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`texinfo/tex3patch' that will modify `texinfo/texinfo.tex' to work
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around this problem.
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* New features
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GDB now supports array constants that can be used in expressions typed in by
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the user. The syntax is `{element, element, ...}'. Ie: you can now type
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`print {1, 2, 3}', and it will build up an array in memory malloc'd in
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the target program.
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The new directory `gdb/sparclite' contains a program that demonstrates
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how the sparc-stub.c remote stub runs on a Fujitsu SPARClite processor.
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* New native hosts supported
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HP/PA-RISC under HPUX using GNU tools hppa1.1-hp-hpux
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386 CPUs running SCO Unix 3.2v4 i386-unknown-sco3.2v4
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* New targets supported
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AMD 29k family via UDI a29k-amd-udi or udi29k
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* New file formats supported
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BFD now supports reading HP/PA-RISC executables (SOM file format?),
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HPUX core files, and SCO 3.2v2 core files.
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* Major bug fixes
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Attaching to processes now works again; thanks for the many bug reports.
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We have also stomped on a bunch of core dumps caused by
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printf_filtered("%s") problems.
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We eliminated a copyright problem on the rpc and ptrace header files
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for VxWorks, which was discovered at the last minute during the 4.7
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release. You should now be able to build a VxWorks GDB.
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You can now interrupt gdb while an attached process is running. This
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will cause the attached process to stop, and give control back to GDB.
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We fixed problems caused by using too many file descriptors
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for reading symbols from object files and libraries. This was
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especially a problem for programs that used many (~100) shared
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libraries.
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The `step' command now only enters a subroutine if there is line number
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information for the subroutine. Otherwise it acts like the `next'
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command. Previously, `step' would enter subroutines if there was
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any debugging information about the routine. This avoids problems
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when using `cc -g1' on MIPS machines.
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* Internal improvements
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GDB's internal interfaces have been improved to make it easier to support
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debugging of multiple languages in the future.
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GDB now uses a common structure for symbol information internally.
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Minimal symbols (derived from linkage symbols in object files), partial
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symbols (from a quick scan of debug information), and full symbols
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contain a common subset of information, making it easier to write
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shared code that handles any of them.
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* New command line options
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We now accept --silent as an alias for --quiet.
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* Mmalloc licensing
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The memory-mapped-malloc library is now licensed under the GNU Library
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General Public License.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.7:
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* Host/native/target split
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GDB has had some major internal surgery to untangle the support for
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hosts and remote targets. Now, when you configure GDB for a remote
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target, it will no longer load in all of the support for debugging
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local programs on the host. When fully completed and tested, this will
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ensure that arbitrary host/target combinations are possible.
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The primary conceptual shift is to separate the non-portable code in
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GDB into three categories. Host specific code is required any time GDB
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is compiled on that host, regardless of the target. Target specific
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code relates to the peculiarities of the target, but can be compiled on
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any host. Native specific code is everything else: it can only be
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built when the host and target are the same system. Child process
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handling and core file support are two common `native' examples.
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GDB's use of /proc for controlling Unix child processes is now cleaner.
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It has been split out into a single module under the `target_ops' vector,
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plus two native-dependent functions for each system that uses /proc.
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* New hosts supported
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HP/Apollo 68k (under the BSD domain) m68k-apollo-bsd or apollo68bsd
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386 CPUs running various BSD ports i386-unknown-bsd or 386bsd
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386 CPUs running SCO Unix i386-unknown-scosysv322 or i386sco
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* New targets supported
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Fujitsu SPARClite sparclite-fujitsu-none or sparclite
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68030 and CPU32 m68030-*-*, m68332-*-*
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* New native hosts supported
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386 CPUs running various BSD ports i386-unknown-bsd or 386bsd
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(386bsd is not well tested yet)
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386 CPUs running SCO Unix i386-unknown-scosysv322 or sco
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* New file formats supported
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BFD now supports COFF files for the Zilog Z8000 microprocessor. It
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supports reading of `a.out.adobe' object files, which are an a.out
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format extended with minimal information about multiple sections.
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* New commands
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`show copying' is the same as the old `info copying'.
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`show warranty' is the same as `info warrantee'.
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These were renamed for consistency. The old commands continue to work.
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`info handle' is a new alias for `info signals'.
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You can now define pre-command hooks, which attach arbitrary command
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scripts to any command. The commands in the hook will be executed
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prior to the user's command. You can also create a hook which will be
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executed whenever the program stops. See gdb.texinfo.
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* C++ improvements
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We now deal with Cfront style name mangling, and can even extract type
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info from mangled symbols. GDB can automatically figure out which
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symbol mangling style your C++ compiler uses.
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Calling of methods and virtual functions has been improved as well.
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* Major bug fixes
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The crash that occured when debugging Sun Ansi-C compiled binaries is
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fixed. This was due to mishandling of the extra N_SO stabs output
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by the compiler.
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We also finally got Ultrix 4.2 running in house, and fixed core file
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support, with help from a dozen people on the net.
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John M. Farrell discovered that the reason that single-stepping was so
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slow on all of the Mips based platforms (primarily SGI and DEC) was
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that we were trying to demangle and lookup a symbol used for internal
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purposes on every instruction that was being stepped through. Changing
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the name of that symbol so that it couldn't be mistaken for a C++
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mangled symbol sped things up a great deal.
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Rich Pixley sped up symbol lookups in general by getting much smarter
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about when C++ symbol mangling is necessary. This should make symbol
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completion (TAB on the command line) much faster. It's not as fast as
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we'd like, but it's significantly faster than gdb-4.6.
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* AMD 29k support
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A new user controllable variable 'call_scratch_address' can
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specify the location of a scratch area to be used when GDB
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calls a function in the target. This is necessary because the
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usual method of putting the scratch area on the stack does not work
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in systems that have separate instruction and data spaces.
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We integrated changes to support the 29k UDI (Universal Debugger
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Interface), but discovered at the last minute that we didn't have all
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of the appropriate copyright paperwork. We are working with AMD to
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resolve this, and hope to have it available soon.
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* Remote interfaces
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We have sped up the remote serial line protocol, especially for targets
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with lots of registers. It now supports a new `expedited status' ('T')
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message which can be used in place of the existing 'S' status message.
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This allows the remote stub to send only the registers that GDB
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needs to make a quick decision about single-stepping or conditional
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breakpoints, eliminating the need to fetch the entire register set for
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each instruction being stepped through.
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The GDB remote serial protocol now implements a write-through cache for
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registers, only re-reading the registers if the target has run.
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There is also a new remote serial stub for SPARC processors. You can
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find it in gdb-4.7/gdb/sparc-stub.c. This was written to support the
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Fujitsu SPARClite processor, but will run on any stand-alone SPARC
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processor with a serial port.
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* Configuration
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Configure.in files have become much easier to read and modify. A new
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`table driven' format makes it more obvious what configurations are
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supported, and what files each one uses.
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* Library changes
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There is a new opcodes library which will eventually contain all of the
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disassembly routines and opcode tables. At present, it only contains
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Sparc and Z8000 routines. This will allow the assembler, debugger, and
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disassembler (binutils/objdump) to share these routines.
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The libiberty library is now copylefted under the GNU Library General
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Public License. This allows more liberal use, and was done so libg++
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can use it. This makes no difference to GDB, since the Library License
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grants all the rights from the General Public License.
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* Documentation
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The file gdb-4.7/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo is a (relatively) complete
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reference to the stabs symbol info used by the debugger. It is (as far
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as we know) the only published document on this fascinating topic. We
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encourage you to read it, compare it to the stabs information on your
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system, and send improvements on the document in general (to
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bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu).
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And, of course, many bugs have been fixed.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.6:
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* Better support for C++ function names
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GDB now accepts as input the "demangled form" of C++ overloaded function
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names and member function names, and can do command completion on such names
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(using TAB, TAB-TAB, and ESC-?). The names have to be quoted with a pair of
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single quotes. Examples are 'func (int, long)' and 'obj::operator==(obj&)'.
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Make use of command completion, it is your friend.
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GDB also now accepts a variety of C++ mangled symbol formats. They are
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the GNU g++ style, the Cfront (ARM) style, and the Lucid (lcc) style.
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You can tell GDB which format to use by doing a 'set demangle-style {gnu,
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lucid, cfront, auto}'. 'gnu' is the default. Do a 'set demangle-style foo'
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for the list of formats.
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* G++ symbol mangling problem
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Recent versions of gcc have a bug in how they emit debugging information for
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C++ methods (when using dbx-style stabs). The file 'gcc.patch' (in this
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directory) can be applied to gcc to fix the problem. Alternatively, if you
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can't fix gcc, you can #define GCC_MANGLE_BUG when compling gdb/symtab.c. The
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usual symptom is difficulty with setting breakpoints on methods. GDB complains
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about the method being non-existent. (We believe that version 2.2.2 of GCC has
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this problem.)
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* New 'maintenance' command
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All of the commands related to hacking GDB internals have been moved out of
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the main command set, and now live behind the 'maintenance' command. This
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can also be abbreviated as 'mt'. The following changes were made:
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dump-me -> maintenance dump-me
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info all-breakpoints -> maintenance info breakpoints
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printmsyms -> maintenance print msyms
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printobjfiles -> maintenance print objfiles
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printpsyms -> maintenance print psymbols
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printsyms -> maintenance print symbols
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The following commands are new:
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maintenance demangle Call internal GDB demangler routine to
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demangle a C++ link name and prints the result.
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maintenance print type Print a type chain for a given symbol
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* Change to .gdbinit file processing
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We now read the $HOME/.gdbinit file before processing the argv arguments
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(e.g. reading symbol files or core files). This allows global parameters to
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be set, which will apply during the symbol reading. The ./.gdbinit is still
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read after argv processing.
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* New hosts supported
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Solaris-2.0 !!! sparc-sun-solaris2 or sun4sol2
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2002-02-10 18:34:05 +01:00
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GNU/Linux support i386-unknown-linux or linux
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1999-04-16 03:35:26 +02:00
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We are also including code to support the HP/PA running BSD and HPUX. This
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is almost guaranteed not to work, as we didn't have time to test or build it
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for this release. We are including it so that the more adventurous (or
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masochistic) of you can play with it. We also had major problems with the
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fact that the compiler that we got from HP doesn't support the -g option.
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It costs extra.
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* New targets supported
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Hitachi H8/300 h8300-hitachi-hms or h8300hms
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* More smarts about finding #include files
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GDB now remembers the compilation directory for all include files, and for
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all files from which C is generated (like yacc and lex sources). This
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greatly improves GDB's ability to find yacc/lex sources, and include files,
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especially if you are debugging your program from a directory different from
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the one that contains your sources.
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We also fixed a bug which caused difficulty with listing and setting
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breakpoints in include files which contain C code. (In the past, you had to
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try twice in order to list an include file that you hadn't looked at before.)
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* Interesting infernals change
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GDB now deals with arbitrary numbers of sections, where the symbols for each
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section must be relocated relative to that section's landing place in the
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target's address space. This work was needed to support ELF with embedded
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stabs used by Solaris-2.0.
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* Bug fixes (of course!)
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There have been loads of fixes for the following things:
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mips, rs6000, 29k/udi, m68k, g++, type handling, elf/dwarf, m88k,
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i960, stabs, DOS(GO32), procfs, etc...
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See the ChangeLog for details.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.5:
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* New machines supported (host and target)
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IBM RS6000 running AIX rs6000-ibm-aix or rs6000
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SGI Irix-4.x mips-sgi-irix4 or iris4
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* New malloc package
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GDB now uses a new memory manager called mmalloc, based on gmalloc.
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Mmalloc is capable of handling mutiple heaps of memory. It is also
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capable of saving a heap to a file, and then mapping it back in later.
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This can be used to greatly speedup the startup of GDB by using a
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pre-parsed symbol table which lives in a mmalloc managed heap. For
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more details, please read mmalloc/mmalloc.texi.
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* info proc
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The 'info proc' command (SVR4 only) has been enhanced quite a bit. See
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'help info proc' for details.
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* MIPS ecoff symbol table format
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The code that reads MIPS symbol table format is now supported on all hosts.
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Thanks to MIPS for releasing the sym.h and symconst.h files to make this
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possible.
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* File name changes for MS-DOS
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Many files in the config directories have been renamed to make it easier to
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support GDB on MS-DOSe systems (which have very restrictive file name
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conventions :-( ). MS-DOSe host support (under DJ Delorie's GO32
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environment) is close to working but has some remaining problems. Note
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that debugging of DOS programs is not supported, due to limitations
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in the ``operating system'', but it can be used to host cross-debugging.
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* Cross byte order fixes
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Many fixes have been made to support cross debugging of Sparc and MIPS
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targets from hosts whose byte order differs.
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* New -mapped and -readnow options
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If memory-mapped files are available on your system through the 'mmap'
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system call, you can use the -mapped option on the `file' or
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`symbol-file' commands to cause GDB to write the symbols from your
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program into a reusable file. If the program you are debugging is
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called `/path/fred', the mapped symbol file will be `./fred.syms'.
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Future GDB debugging sessions will notice the presence of this file,
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and will quickly map in symbol information from it, rather than reading
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the symbol table from the executable program. Using the '-mapped'
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option in a GDB `file' or `symbol-file' command has the same effect as
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starting GDB with the '-mapped' command-line option.
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You can cause GDB to read the entire symbol table immediately by using
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the '-readnow' option with any of the commands that load symbol table
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information (or on the GDB command line). This makes the command
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slower, but makes future operations faster.
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The -mapped and -readnow options are typically combined in order to
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build a `fred.syms' file that contains complete symbol information.
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A simple GDB invocation to do nothing but build a `.syms' file for future
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use is:
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gdb -batch -nx -mapped -readnow programname
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The `.syms' file is specific to the host machine on which GDB is run.
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It holds an exact image of GDB's internal symbol table. It cannot be
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shared across multiple host platforms.
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* longjmp() handling
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GDB is now capable of stepping and nexting over longjmp(), _longjmp(), and
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siglongjmp() without losing control. This feature has not yet been ported to
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all systems. It currently works on many 386 platforms, all MIPS-based
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platforms (SGI, DECstation, etc), and Sun3/4.
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* Solaris 2.0
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Preliminary work has been put in to support the new Solaris OS from Sun. At
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this time, it can control and debug processes, but it is not capable of
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reading symbols.
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* Bug fixes
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As always, many many bug fixes. The major areas were with g++, and mipsread.
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People using the MIPS-based platforms should experience fewer mysterious
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crashes and trashed symbol tables.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.4:
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* New machines supported (host and target)
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SCO Unix on i386 IBM PC clones i386-sco-sysv or i386sco
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(except core files)
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BSD Reno on Vax vax-dec-bsd
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Ultrix on Vax vax-dec-ultrix
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* New machines supported (target)
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AMD 29000 embedded, using EBMON a29k-none-none
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* C++ support
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GDB continues to improve its handling of C++. `References' work better.
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The demangler has also been improved, and now deals with symbols mangled as
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per the Annotated C++ Reference Guide.
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GDB also now handles `stabs' symbol information embedded in MIPS
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`ecoff' symbol tables. Since the ecoff format was not easily
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extensible to handle new languages such as C++, this appeared to be a
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good way to put C++ debugging info into MIPS binaries. This option
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will be supported in the GNU C compiler, version 2, when it is
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released.
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* New features for SVR4
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GDB now handles SVR4 shared libraries, in the same fashion as SunOS
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shared libraries. Debugging dynamically linked programs should present
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only minor differences from debugging statically linked programs.
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The `info proc' command will print out information about any process
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on an SVR4 system (including the one you are debugging). At the moment,
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it prints the address mappings of the process.
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If you bring up GDB on another SVR4 system, please send mail to
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bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu to let us know what changes were reqired (if any).
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* Better dynamic linking support in SunOS
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Reading symbols from shared libraries which contain debugging symbols
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now works properly. However, there remain issues such as automatic
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skipping of `transfer vector' code during function calls, which
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make it harder to debug code in a shared library, than to debug the
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same code linked statically.
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* New Getopt
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GDB is now using the latest `getopt' routines from the FSF. This
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|
version accepts the -- prefix for options with long names. GDB will
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continue to accept the old forms (-option and +option) as well.
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|
Various single letter abbreviations for options have been explicity
|
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added to the option table so that they won't get overshadowed in the
|
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future by other options that begin with the same letter.
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* Bugs fixed
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The `cleanup_undefined_types' bug that many of you noticed has been squashed.
|
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|
Many assorted bugs have been handled. Many more remain to be handled.
|
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|
See the various ChangeLog files (primarily in gdb and bfd) for details.
|
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*** Changes in GDB-4.3:
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* New machines supported (host and target)
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Amiga 3000 running Amix m68k-cbm-svr4 or amix
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NCR 3000 386 running SVR4 i386-ncr-svr4 or ncr3000
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Motorola Delta 88000 running Sys V m88k-motorola-sysv or delta88
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* Almost SCO Unix support
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We had hoped to support:
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SCO Unix on i386 IBM PC clones i386-sco-sysv or i386sco
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(except for core file support), but we discovered very late in the release
|
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that it has problems with process groups that render gdb unusable. Sorry
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about that. I encourage people to fix it and post the fixes.
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* Preliminary ELF and DWARF support
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GDB can read ELF object files on System V Release 4, and can handle
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debugging records for C, in DWARF format, in ELF files. This support
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|
is preliminary. If you bring up GDB on another SVR4 system, please
|
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|
|
send mail to bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu to let us know what changes were
|
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reqired (if any).
|
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* New Readline
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GDB now uses the latest `readline' library. One user-visible change
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is that two tabs will list possible command completions, which previously
|
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|
|
required typing M-? (meta-question mark, or ESC ?).
|
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* Bugs fixed
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The `stepi' bug that many of you noticed has been squashed.
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Many bugs in C++ have been handled. Many more remain to be handled.
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See the various ChangeLog files (primarily in gdb and bfd) for details.
|
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* State of the MIPS world (in case you wondered):
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GDB can understand the symbol tables emitted by the compilers
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supplied by most vendors of MIPS-based machines, including DEC. These
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symbol tables are in a format that essentially nobody else uses.
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Some versions of gcc come with an assembler post-processor called
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mips-tfile. This program is required if you want to do source-level
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|
debugging of gcc-compiled programs. I believe FSF does not ship
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mips-tfile with gcc version 1, but it will eventually come with gcc
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version 2.
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Debugging of g++ output remains a problem. g++ version 1.xx does not
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really support it at all. (If you're lucky, you should be able to get
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|
|
line numbers and stack traces to work, but no parameters or local
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variables.) With some work it should be possible to improve the
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situation somewhat.
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When gcc version 2 is released, you will have somewhat better luck.
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However, even then you will get confusing results for inheritance and
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methods.
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We will eventually provide full debugging of g++ output on
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DECstations. This will probably involve some kind of stabs-in-ecoff
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encapulation, but the details have not been worked out yet.
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*** Changes in GDB-4.2:
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* Improved configuration
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Only one copy of `configure' exists now, and it is not self-modifying.
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Porting BFD is simpler.
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* Stepping improved
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The `step' and `next' commands now only stop at the first instruction
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of a source line. This prevents the multiple stops that used to occur
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in switch statements, for-loops, etc. `Step' continues to stop if a
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function that has debugging information is called within the line.
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* Bug fixing
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Lots of small bugs fixed. More remain.
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* New host supported (not target)
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Intel 386 PC clone running Mach i386-none-mach
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*** Changes in GDB-4.1:
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* Multiple source language support
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GDB now has internal scaffolding to handle several source languages.
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|
It determines the type of each source file from its filename extension,
|
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|
and will switch expression parsing and number formatting to match the
|
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language of the function in the currently selected stack frame.
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You can also specifically set the language to be used, with
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`set language c' or `set language modula-2'.
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* GDB and Modula-2
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GDB now has preliminary support for the GNU Modula-2 compiler,
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|
|
currently under development at the State University of New York at
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Buffalo. Development of both GDB and the GNU Modula-2 compiler will
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continue through the fall of 1991 and into 1992.
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Other Modula-2 compilers are currently not supported, and attempting to
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debug programs compiled with them will likely result in an error as the
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symbol table is read. Feel free to work on it, though!
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There are hooks in GDB for strict type checking and range checking,
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in the `Modula-2 philosophy', but they do not currently work.
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* set write on/off
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GDB can now write to executable and core files (e.g. patch
|
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|
a variable's value). You must turn this switch on, specify
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the file ("exec foo" or "core foo"), *then* modify it, e.g.
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by assigning a new value to a variable. Modifications take
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effect immediately.
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* Automatic SunOS shared library reading
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When you run your program, GDB automatically determines where its
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shared libraries (if any) have been loaded, and reads their symbols.
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The `share' command is no longer needed. This also works when
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examining core files.
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* set listsize
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You can specify the number of lines that the `list' command shows.
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The default is 10.
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* New machines supported (host and target)
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SGI Iris (MIPS) running Irix V3: mips-sgi-irix or iris
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Sony NEWS (68K) running NEWSOS 3.x: m68k-sony-sysv or news
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Ultracomputer (29K) running Sym1: a29k-nyu-sym1 or ultra3
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* New hosts supported (not targets)
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IBM RT/PC: romp-ibm-aix or rtpc
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* New targets supported (not hosts)
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AMD 29000 embedded with COFF a29k-none-coff
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AMD 29000 embedded with a.out a29k-none-aout
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Ultracomputer remote kernel debug a29k-nyu-kern
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* New remote interfaces
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AMD 29000 Adapt
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AMD 29000 Minimon
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*** Changes in GDB-4.0:
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* New Facilities
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Wide output is wrapped at good places to make the output more readable.
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Gdb now supports cross-debugging from a host machine of one type to a
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target machine of another type. Communication with the target system
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is over serial lines. The ``target'' command handles connecting to the
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remote system; the ``load'' command will download a program into the
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remote system. Serial stubs for the m68k and i386 are provided. Gdb
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also supports debugging of realtime processes running under VxWorks,
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using SunRPC Remote Procedure Calls over TCP/IP to talk to a debugger
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stub on the target system.
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New CPUs supported include the AMD 29000 and Intel 960.
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GDB now reads object files and symbol tables via a ``binary file''
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library, which allows a single copy of GDB to debug programs of multiple
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object file types such as a.out and coff.
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There is now a GDB reference card in "doc/refcard.tex". (Make targets
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refcard.dvi and refcard.ps are available to format it).
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* Control-Variable user interface simplified
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All variables that control the operation of the debugger can be set
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by the ``set'' command, and displayed by the ``show'' command.
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For example, ``set prompt new-gdb=>'' will change your prompt to new-gdb=>.
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``Show prompt'' produces the response:
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Gdb's prompt is new-gdb=>.
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What follows are the NEW set commands. The command ``help set'' will
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print a complete list of old and new set commands. ``help set FOO''
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will give a longer description of the variable FOO. ``show'' will show
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all of the variable descriptions and their current settings.
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confirm on/off: Enables warning questions for operations that are
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hard to recover from, e.g. rerunning the program while
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it is already running. Default is ON.
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editing on/off: Enables EMACS style command line editing
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of input. Previous lines can be recalled with
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control-P, the current line can be edited with control-B,
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you can search for commands with control-R, etc.
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Default is ON.
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history filename NAME: NAME is where the gdb command history
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will be stored. The default is .gdb_history,
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or the value of the environment variable
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GDBHISTFILE.
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history size N: The size, in commands, of the command history. The
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default is 256, or the value of the environment variable
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HISTSIZE.
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history save on/off: If this value is set to ON, the history file will
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be saved after exiting gdb. If set to OFF, the
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file will not be saved. The default is OFF.
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history expansion on/off: If this value is set to ON, then csh-like
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history expansion will be performed on
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command line input. The default is OFF.
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radix N: Sets the default radix for input and output. It can be set
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to 8, 10, or 16. Note that the argument to "radix" is interpreted
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in the current radix, so "set radix 10" is always a no-op.
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height N: This integer value is the number of lines on a page. Default
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is 24, the current `stty rows'' setting, or the ``li#''
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setting from the termcap entry matching the environment
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variable TERM.
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width N: This integer value is the number of characters on a line.
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Default is 80, the current `stty cols'' setting, or the ``co#''
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setting from the termcap entry matching the environment
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variable TERM.
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Note: ``set screensize'' is obsolete. Use ``set height'' and
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``set width'' instead.
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print address on/off: Print memory addresses in various command displays,
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such as stack traces and structure values. Gdb looks
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more ``symbolic'' if you turn this off; it looks more
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``machine level'' with it on. Default is ON.
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print array on/off: Prettyprint arrays. New convenient format! Default
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is OFF.
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print demangle on/off: Print C++ symbols in "source" form if on,
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"raw" form if off.
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print asm-demangle on/off: Same, for assembler level printouts
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like instructions.
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print vtbl on/off: Prettyprint C++ virtual function tables. Default is OFF.
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* Support for Epoch Environment.
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The epoch environment is a version of Emacs v18 with windowing. One
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new command, ``inspect'', is identical to ``print'', except that if you
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are running in the epoch environment, the value is printed in its own
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window.
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* Support for Shared Libraries
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GDB can now debug programs and core files that use SunOS shared libraries.
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Symbols from a shared library cannot be referenced
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before the shared library has been linked with the program (this
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happens after you type ``run'' and before the function main() is entered).
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At any time after this linking (including when examining core files
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from dynamically linked programs), gdb reads the symbols from each
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shared library when you type the ``sharedlibrary'' command.
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It can be abbreviated ``share''.
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sharedlibrary REGEXP: Load shared object library symbols for files
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matching a unix regular expression. No argument
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indicates to load symbols for all shared libraries.
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info sharedlibrary: Status of loaded shared libraries.
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* Watchpoints
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A watchpoint stops execution of a program whenever the value of an
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expression changes. Checking for this slows down execution
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tremendously whenever you are in the scope of the expression, but is
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quite useful for catching tough ``bit-spreader'' or pointer misuse
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problems. Some machines such as the 386 have hardware for doing this
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more quickly, and future versions of gdb will use this hardware.
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watch EXP: Set a watchpoint (breakpoint) for an expression.
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info watchpoints: Information about your watchpoints.
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delete N: Deletes watchpoint number N (same as breakpoints).
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disable N: Temporarily turns off watchpoint number N (same as breakpoints).
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enable N: Re-enables watchpoint number N (same as breakpoints).
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* C++ multiple inheritance
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When used with a GCC version 2 compiler, GDB supports multiple inheritance
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for C++ programs.
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* C++ exception handling
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Gdb now supports limited C++ exception handling. Besides the existing
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ability to breakpoint on an exception handler, gdb can breakpoint on
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the raising of an exception (before the stack is peeled back to the
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handler's context).
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catch FOO: If there is a FOO exception handler in the dynamic scope,
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set a breakpoint to catch exceptions which may be raised there.
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Multiple exceptions (``catch foo bar baz'') may be caught.
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info catch: Lists all exceptions which may be caught in the
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current stack frame.
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* Minor command changes
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The command ``call func (arg, arg, ...)'' now acts like the print
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command, except it does not print or save a value if the function's result
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is void. This is similar to dbx usage.
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The ``up'' and ``down'' commands now always print the frame they end up
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at; ``up-silently'' and `down-silently'' can be used in scripts to change
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frames without printing.
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* New directory command
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'dir' now adds directories to the FRONT of the source search path.
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|
The path starts off empty. Source files that contain debug information
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|
about the directory in which they were compiled can be found even
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with an empty path; Sun CC and GCC include this information. If GDB can't
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find your source file in the current directory, type "dir .".
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* Configuring GDB for compilation
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For normal use, type ``./configure host''. See README or gdb.texinfo
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for more details.
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GDB now handles cross debugging. If you are remotely debugging between
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two different machines, type ``./configure host -target=targ''.
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Host is the machine where GDB will run; targ is the machine
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where the program that you are debugging will run.
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