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
+
* Removed remote protocol undocumented extension
An undocumented extension to the remote protocol's `S' stop reply
- gdbserver uses the new noack protocol mode for TCP connections to
reduce communications latency, if also supported and enabled in GDB.
+ - Support for the sparc64-linux-gnu target is now included in
+ gdbserver.
+
* Python scripting
GDB now has support for scripting using Python. Whether this is
available is determined at configure time.
+* Ada tasking support
+
+ Ada tasks can now be inspected in GDB. The following commands have
+ been introduced:
+
+ info tasks
+ Print the list of Ada tasks.
+ info task N
+ Print detailed information about task number N.
+ task
+ Print the task number of the current task.
+ task N
+ Switch the context of debugging to task number N.
+
* New commands
find [/size-char] [/max-count] start-address, end-address|+search-space-size,
These allow macros to be defined, undefined, and listed
interactively.
+* New native configurations
+
+x86/x86_64 Darwin i[34567]86-*-darwin*
+
+info os processes
+ Show operating system information about processes.
+
* New targets
x86 DICOS i[34567]86-*-dicos*
+* Removed commands
+
+catch load
+catch unload
+ These commands were actually not implemented on any target.
+
*** Changes in GDB 6.8
* New native configurations