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@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ completions will be "f1" and "f2".
 operators when expanding macros.  It also supports variable-arity
 macros.
 
+* GDB now supports inspecting extra signal information, exported by
+  the new $_siginfo convenience variable.  The feature is currently
+  implemented on linux ARM, i386 and amd64.
+
 * New remote packets
 
 qSearch:memory:
@@ -36,6 +40,13 @@ QStartNoAckMode
   operation over reliable transport links.  Use of this packet is
   controlled by the `set remote noack-packet' command.
 
+qXfer:osdata:read
+  Obtains additional operating system information
+
+qXfer:siginfo:read
+qXfer:siginfo:write
+  Read or write additional signal information.
+
 * Removed remote protocol undocumented extension
 
   An undocumented extension to the remote protocol's `S' stop reply
@@ -93,6 +104,8 @@ are treated as the standard definitions, regardless of context.
   GDB now has support for scripting using Python.  Whether this is
   available is determined at configure time.
 
+  New GDB commands can now be written in Python.
+
 * Ada tasking support
 
   Ada tasks can now be inspected in GDB. The following commands have
@@ -107,6 +120,9 @@ are treated as the standard definitions, regardless of context.
     task N
       Switch the context of debugging to task number N.
 
+* Support for user-defined prefixed commands.  The "define" command can
+add new commands to existing prefixes, e.g. "target".
+
 * New commands
 
 find [/size-char] [/max-count] start-address, end-address|+search-space-size,
@@ -166,12 +182,29 @@ set target-async
   with GDB while the target is running.  "show target-async" displays the
   current state of asynchronous execution of the target.
 
+set tcp auto-retry (on|off)
+show tcp auto-retry
+set tcp connect-timeout
+show tcp connect-timeout
+  These commands allow GDB to retry failed TCP connections to a remote stub
+  with a specified timeout period; this is useful if the stub is launched
+  in parallel with GDB but may not be ready to accept connections immediately.
+
 macro define
 macro list
 macro undef
   These allow macros to be defined, undefined, and listed
   interactively.
 
+info os processes
+  Show operating system information about processes.
+
+* New native configurations
+
+x86/x86_64 Darwin              i[34567]86-*-darwin*
+
+x86_64 MinGW                   x86_64-*-mingw*
+
 * New targets
 
 x86 DICOS                      i[34567]86-*-dicos*