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@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ qGetTIBAddr
 
   Return the address of the Windows Thread Information Block of a given thread.
 
+qRelocInsn
+
+  In response to several of the tracepoint packets, the target may now
+  also respond with a number of intermediate `qRelocInsn' request
+  packets before the final result packet, to have GDB handle
+  relocating an instruction to execute at a different address.  This
+  is particularly useful for stubs that support fast tracepoints.  GDB
+  reports support for this feature in the qSupported packet.
+
 * The source command now accepts a -s option to force searching for the
   script in the source search path even if the script name specifies
   a directory.
@@ -27,6 +36,8 @@ qGetTIBAddr
   - GDBserver now support tracepoints.  The feature is currently
     supported by the i386-linux and amd64-linux builds.
 
+  - GDBserver now supports x86_64 Windows 64-bit debugging.
+
 * GDB now sends xmlRegisters= in qSupported packet to indicate that
   it understands register description.
 
@@ -80,10 +91,14 @@ is now deprecated.
 * Python scripting
 
 ** The GDB Python API now has access to breakpoints, symbols, symbol
-   tables, program spaces, and frame's code blocks.
+   tables, program spaces, and frame's code blocks.  Additionally, GDB
+   Parameters can now be created from the API, and manipulated via
+   set/show in the CLI.
 
 ** New functions gdb.target_charset, gdb.target_wide_charset,
-   gdb.progspaces, and gdb.current_progspace.
+   gdb.progspaces, gdb.current_progspace, and gdb.string_to_argv.
+
+** New exception gdb.GdbError.
 
 ** Pretty-printers are now also looked up in the current program space.
 
@@ -100,6 +115,10 @@ regular breakpoints.
 
 ARM Symbian                    arm*-*-symbianelf*
 
+* D language support.
+  GDB now supports debugging programs written in the D programming
+  language.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.1
 
 * C++ Improvements