*** Changes since GDB 6.0:
+* Removed --with-mmalloc
+
+Support for the mmalloc memory manager has been removed, as it
+conflicted with the internal gdb byte cache.
+
+* Changes in AMD64 configurations
+
+The AMD64 target now includes the %cs and %ss registers. As a result
+the AMD64 remote protocol has changed; this affects the floating-point
+and SSE registers. If you rely on those registers for your debugging,
+you should upgrade gdbserver on the remote side.
+
+* Revised SPARC target
+
+The SPARC target has been completely revised, incorporating the
+FreeBSD/sparc64 support that was added for GDB 6.0. As a result
+support for LynxOS and SunOS 4 has been dropped. Calling functions
+from within GDB on operating systems with a non-executable stack
+(Solaris, OpenBSD) now works.
+
+* New C++ demangler
+
+GDB has a new C++ demangler which does a better job on the mangled
+names generated by current versions of g++. It also runs faster, so
+with this and other changes gdb should now start faster on large C++
+programs.
+
+* DWARF 2 Location Expressions
+
+GDB support for location expressions has been extended to support function
+arguments and frame bases. Older versions of GDB could crash when they
+encountered these.
+
+* New native configurations
+
+NetBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-netbsd*
+OpenBSD/alpha alpha*-*-openbsd*
+OpenBSD/sparc sparc-*-openbsd*
+OpenBSD/sparc64 sparc64-*-openbsd*
+
+* New debugging protocols
+
+M32R with SDI protocol m32r-*-elf*
+
* "set prompt-escape-char" command deleted.
The command "set prompt-escape-char" has been deleted. This command,
and its very obscure effet on GDB's prompt, was never documented,
tested, nor mentioned in the NEWS file.
+* OBSOLETE configurations and files
+
+Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
+been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these
+configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
+permanently REMOVED.
+
+Sun 3, running SunOS 3 m68*-*-sunos3*
+Sun 3, running SunOS 4 m68*-*-sunos4*
+Sun 2, running SunOS 3 m68000-*-sunos3*
+Sun 2, running SunOS 4 m68000-*-sunos4*
+Motorola 680x0 running LynxOS m68*-*-lynxos*
+AT&T 3b1/Unix pc m68*-att-*
+Bull DPX2 (68k, System V release 3) m68*-bull-sysv*
+decstation mips-dec-* mips-little-*
+riscos mips-*-riscos* mips-*-sysv*
+sonymips mips-sony-*
+sysv mips*-*-sysv4* (IRIX 5/6 not included)
+
* REMOVED configurations and files
SGI Irix-4.x mips-sgi-irix4 or iris4
SGI Iris (MIPS) running Irix V3: mips-sgi-irix or iris
+Z8000 simulator z8k-zilog-none or z8ksim
+Matsushita MN10200 w/simulator mn10200-*-*
+H8/500 simulator h8500-hitachi-hms or h8500hms
+HP/PA running BSD hppa*-*-bsd*
+HP/PA running OSF/1 hppa*-*-osf*
+HP/PA Pro target hppa*-*-pro*
+PMAX (MIPS) running Mach 3.0 mips*-*-mach3*
+386BSD i[3456]86-*-bsd*
+Sequent family i[3456]86-sequent-sysv4*
+ i[3456]86-sequent-sysv*
+ i[3456]86-sequent-bsd*
+SPARC running LynxOS sparc-*-lynxos*
+SPARC running SunOS 4 sparc-*-sunos4*
+Tsqware Sparclet sparclet-*-*
+Fujitsu SPARClite sparclite-fujitsu-none or sparclite
*** Changes in GDB 6.0:
* Multi-arched targets.
HP/PA HPUX11 hppa*-*-hpux*
-Mitsubishi M32R/D w/simulator m32r-*-elf*
+Renesas M32R/D w/simulator m32r-*-elf*
* OBSOLETE configurations and files
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