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* gdb.texinfo (Files): Correct formatting. Mention Expat 

requirement.
	(Requirements for Building GDB): Expand the list of Expat
	uses.
	(Library List Format, Memory Map Format): Mention Expat.
	(Target Descriptions): Update Expat wording.
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2007-10-24 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Files): Correct formatting. Mention Expat
requirement.
(Requirements for Building GDB): Expand the list of Expat
uses.
(Library List Format, Memory Map Format): Mention Expat.
(Target Descriptions): Update Expat wording.
2007-10-24 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
* gdbint.texinfo (Register and Memory Data, Target Conditionals):

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@ -11795,9 +11795,13 @@ as arguments. @value{GDBN} always converts the file name to an absolute file
name and remembers it that way.
@cindex shared libraries
@value{GDBN} supports GNU/Linux, MS-Windows, HP-UX, SunOS, SVr4, Irix,
@anchor{Shared Libraries}
@value{GDBN} supports @sc{gnu}/Linux, MS-Windows, HP-UX, SunOS, SVr4, Irix,
and IBM RS/6000 AIX shared libraries.
On MS-Windows @value{GDBN} must be linked with the Expat library to support
shared libraries. @xref{Expat}.
@value{GDBN} automatically loads symbol definitions from shared libraries
when you use the @code{run} command, or when you examine a core file.
(Before you issue the @code{run} command, @value{GDBN} does not understand
@ -22176,8 +22180,18 @@ The @file{configure} script will search for this library in several
standard locations; if it is installed in an unusual path, you can
use the @option{--with-libexpat-prefix} option to specify its location.
Expat is used for remote protocol memory maps (@pxref{Memory Map Format})
and for target descriptions (@pxref{Target Descriptions}).
Expat is used for:
@itemize @bullet
@item
Remote protocol memory maps (@pxref{Memory Map Format})
@item
Target descriptions (@pxref{Target Descriptions})
@item
Remote shared library lists (@pxref{Library List Format})
@item
MS-Windows shared libraries (@pxref{Shared Libraries})
@end itemize
@end table
@ -25698,6 +25712,9 @@ where the library was loaded in memory. The segment bases are start
addresses, not relocation offsets; they do not depend on the library's
link-time base addresses.
@value{GDBN} must be linked with the Expat library to support XML
library lists. @xref{Expat}.
A simple memory map, with one loaded library relocated by a single
offset, looks like this:
@ -25731,7 +25748,12 @@ memory map.
The memory map is obtained using the @samp{qXfer:memory-map:read}
(@pxref{qXfer memory map read}) packet and is an XML document that
lists memory regions. The top-level structure of the document is shown below:
lists memory regions.
@value{GDBN} must be linked with the Expat library to support XML
memory maps. @xref{Expat}.
The top-level structure of the document is shown below:
@smallexample
<?xml version="1.0"?>
@ -25841,8 +25863,8 @@ actually describe its own features. This lets @value{GDBN} support
processor variants it has never seen before --- to the extent that the
descriptions are accurate, and that @value{GDBN} understands them.
@value{GDBN} must be compiled with Expat support to support XML target
descriptions. @xref{Expat}.
@value{GDBN} must be linked with the Expat library to support XML
target descriptions. @xref{Expat}.
@menu
* Retrieving Descriptions:: How descriptions are fetched from a target.