From c9bb8148c1340dad108b17761d6f4b0bb05aa04c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Jacobowitz Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 21:23:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * NEWS: Mention MIPS remote autodetection, mips64 gdbserver, "set mem inaccessible-by-default", and "set breakpoint auto-hw". --- gdb/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gdb/NEWS | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 93c16f844cd..a7c90e63b99 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-12-05 Daniel Jacobowitz + + * NEWS: Mention MIPS remote autodetection, mips64 gdbserver, + "set mem inaccessible-by-default", and "set breakpoint auto-hw". + 2006-12-05 H.J. Lu * cp-valprint.c (cp_print_value_fields): Initialize tmp_obstack. diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index b2502578e93..3072b56f4c0 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -6,6 +6,32 @@ * The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now has lower overhead for high frequency signals (e.g. SIGALRM) via the QPassSignals packet. +* GDB for MIPS targets now autodetects whether a remote target provides +32-bit or 64-bit register values. + +* New commands + +set mem inaccessible-by-default +show mem inaccessible-by-default + If the target supplies a memory map, for instance via the remote + protocol's "qXfer:memory-map:read" packet, setting this variable + prevents GDB from accessing memory outside the memory map. This + is useful for targets with memory mapped registers or which react + badly to accesses of unmapped address space. + +set breakpoint auto-hw +show breakpoint auto-hw + If the target supplies a memory map, for instance via the remote + protocol's "qXfer:memory-map:read" packet, setting this variable + lets GDB use hardware breakpoints automatically for memory regions + where it can not use software breakpoints. This covers both the + "break" command and internal breakpoints used for other commands + including "next" and "finish". + +* New targets + +MIPS64 GNU/Linux (gdbserver) mips64-linux-gnu + * New remote packets QPassSignals: -- 2.30.2