2007-07-02 Markus Deuling <deuling@de.ibm.com>

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / NEWS

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index c64b59789a8616c91f0b39a10bfd1ecc4f42133b..19d78624cb9a0efb512fb22d97d84440862dd6d7 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ target's overall architecture.  GDB can read a description from
 a local file or over the remote serial protocol.
 
 * Arrays of explicitly SIGNED or UNSIGNED CHARs are now printed as arrays
-  of numbers.
+of numbers.
 
 * Target descriptions can now describe target-specific registers,
 for architectures which have implemented the support (currently
-only ARM).
+only ARM and MIPS).
 
 * GDB and the GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now support the XScale
 iWMMXt coprocessor.
@@ -37,8 +37,20 @@ has been rewritten to use the standard GDB remote protocol.
 
 * GDB for the Cell/B.E. SPU now supports overlay debugging.
 
+* The GDB remote protocol "qOffsets" packet can now honor ELF segment
+layout.  It also supports a TextSeg= and DataSeg= response when only
+segment base addresses (rather than offsets) are available.
+
+* The /i format now outputs any trailing branch delay slot instructions 
+immediately following the last instruction within the count specified.
+
 * New commands
 
+set remoteflow
+show remoteflow
+  Enable or disable hardware flow control (RTS/CTS) on the serial port
+  when debugging using remote targets.
+
 set mem inaccessible-by-default
 show mem inaccessible-by-default
   If the target supplies a memory map, for instance via the remote
@@ -69,6 +81,11 @@ show sysroot
   general version of "set solib-absolute-prefix", which is now
   an alias to "set sysroot".
 
+info spu
+  Provide extended SPU facility status information.  This set of
+  commands is available only when debugging the Cell/B.E. SPU
+  architecture.
+
 * New native configurations
 
 OpenBSD/sh                     sh*-*openbsd*
@@ -95,6 +112,11 @@ qXfer:features:read:
   Read an XML target description from the target, which describes its
   features.
 
+qXfer:spu:read:
+qXfer:spu:write:
+  Read or write contents of an spufs file on the target system.  These
+  packets are available only on the Cell/B.E. SPU architecture.
+
 * Removed targets
 
 Support for these obsolete configurations has been removed.