[gdbserver] Remove unused max_jump_pad_size

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

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 12282c7b687f0068465b5a9f3028548a9a97fac5..86c6f021a18eb3ddd88e2f228d011dd1b1e5c70a 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.10
 
+* Record btrace now supports non-stop mode.
+
 * Support for tracepoints on aarch64-linux was added in GDBserver.
 
 * The 'record instruction-history' command now indicates speculative execution
@@ -12,6 +14,10 @@
   the linespec parser.  This feature is also available to GDB/MI
   clients.
 
+* Multi-architecture debugging is supported on AArch64 GNU/Linux.
+  GDB now is able to debug both AArch64 applications and ARM applications
+  at the same time.
+
 * New commands
 
 maint set target-non-stop (on|off|auto)
@@ -39,6 +45,9 @@ show remote multiprocess-extensions-packet
   The "/m" option is now considered deprecated: its "source-centric"
   output hasn't proved useful in practice.
 
+* The "set scheduler-locking" command supports a new mode "replay".
+  It behaves like "off" in record mode and like "on" in replay mode.
+
 * Support for various ROM monitors has been removed:
 
   target dbug          dBUG ROM monitor for Motorola ColdFire
@@ -51,6 +60,27 @@ show remote multiprocess-extensions-packet
 * Support for reading/writing memory and extracting values on architectures
   whose memory is addressable in units of any integral multiple of 8 bits.
 
+* New remote packets
+
+exec stop reason
+  Indicates that an exec system call was executed.
+
+exec-events feature in qSupported
+  The qSupported packet allows GDB to request support for exec
+  events using the new 'gdbfeature' exec-event, and the qSupported
+  response can contain the corresponding 'stubfeature'.  Set and
+  show commands can be used to display whether these features are enabled.
+
+* Extended-remote exec events
+
+  ** GDB now has support for exec events on extended-remote Linux targets.
+     For such targets with Linux kernels 2.5.46 and later, this enables
+     follow-exec-mode and exec catchpoints.
+
+set remote exec-event-feature-packet
+show remote exec-event-feature-packet
+  Set/show the use of the remote exec event feature.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.10
 
 * Support for process record-replay and reverse debugging on aarch64*-linux*
@@ -147,12 +177,6 @@ maint print symbol-cache-statistics
 maint flush-symbol-cache
   Flush the contents of the symbol cache.
 
-maint set target-non-stop (on|off|auto)
-maint show target-non-stop
-  Control whether GDB targets always operate in non-stop mode even if
-  "set non-stop" is "off".  The default is "auto", meaning non-stop
-  mode is enabled if supported by the target.
-
 record btrace bts
 record bts
   Start branch trace recording using Branch Trace Store (BTS) format.