What has changed in GDB?
(Organized release by release)
-*** Changes since GDB 5.2:
+*** Changes since GDB 5.3:
-* ``gdbserver'' now supports multithreaded applications on some targets
+* Profiling support
-Support for multithreaded applications using LinuxThreads has been added
-for arm*-*-linux*, i[3456]86-*-linux*, mips*-*-linux*, powerpc*-*-linux*,
-and sh*-*-linux*.
+A new command, "maint set profile on/off", has been added. This command can
+be used to enable or disable profiling while running GDB, to profile a
+session or a set of commands. In addition there is a new configure switch,
+"--enable-profiling", which will cause GDB to be compiled with profiling
+data, for more informative profiling results.
+
+* Default MI syntax changed to "mi2".
+
+The default MI (machine interface) syntax, enabled by the command line
+option "-i=mi", has been changed to "mi2". The previous MI syntax,
+"mi1", can be enabled by sepcifying the option "-i=mi1".
+
+Support for the original "mi0" syntax (included in GDB 5.0) has been
+removed.
+
+Fix for gdb/192: removed extraneous space when displaying frame level.
+Fix for gdb/672: update changelist is now output in mi list format.
+Fix for gdb/702: a -var-assign that updates the value now shows up
+ in a subsequent -var-update.
+
+* 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.
+
+* REMOVED configurations and files
+
+V850EA ISA
+Motorola Delta 88000 running Sys V m88k-motorola-sysv or delta88
+IBM AIX PS/2 i[3456]86-*-aix
+i386 running Mach 3.0 i[3456]86-*-mach3*
+i386 running Mach i[3456]86-*-mach*
+i386 running OSF/1 i[3456]86-*osf1mk*
+HP/Apollo 68k Family m68*-apollo*-sysv*,
+ m68*-apollo*-bsd*,
+ m68*-hp-bsd*, m68*-hp-hpux*
+Argonaut Risc Chip (ARC) arc-*-*
+Mitsubishi D30V d30v-*-*
+Fujitsu FR30 fr30-*-elf*
+OS/9000 i[34]86-*-os9k
+I960 with MON960 i960-*-coff
+
+* MIPS $fp behavior changed
+
+The convenience variable $fp, for the MIPS, now consistently returns
+the address of the current frame's base. Previously, depending on the
+context, $fp could refer to either $sp or the current frame's base
+address. See ``8.10 Registers'' in the manual ``Debugging with GDB:
+The GNU Source-Level Debugger''.
+
+*** Changes in GDB 5.3:
+
+* GNU/Linux shared library multi-threaded performance improved.
+
+When debugging a multi-threaded application on GNU/Linux, GDB now uses
+`/proc', in preference to `ptrace' for memory reads. This may result
+in an improvement in the start-up time of multi-threaded, shared
+library applications when run under GDB. One GDB user writes: ``loads
+shared libs like mad''.
+
+* ``gdbserver'' now supports multi-threaded applications on some targets
+
+Support for debugging multi-threaded applications which use
+the GNU/Linux LinuxThreads package has been added for
+arm*-*-linux*-gnu*, i[3456]86-*-linux*-gnu*, mips*-*-linux*-gnu*,
+powerpc*-*-linux*-gnu*, and sh*-*-linux*-gnu*.
* GDB now supports C/C++ preprocessor macros.
and provides various commands for showing macro definitions and how
they expand.
+The new command `macro expand EXPRESSION' expands any macro
+invocations in expression, and shows the result.
+
+The new command `show macro MACRO-NAME' shows the definition of the
+macro named MACRO-NAME, and where it was defined.
+
Most compilers don't include information about macros in the debugging
information by default. In GCC 3.1, for example, you need to compile
your program with the options `-gdwarf-2 -g3'. If the macro
information is present in the executable, GDB will read it.
-Here are the new commands for working with macros:
-
-** macro expand EXPRESSION
-
-Expand any macro invocations in expression, and show the result.
-
-** show macro MACRO-NAME
-
-Show the definition of the macro named MACRO-NAME, and where it was
-defined.
-
* Multi-arched targets.
DEC Alpha (partial) alpha*-*-*
* New targets.
-Atmel AVR avr*-*-*
Fujitsu FRV architecture added by Red Hat frv*-*-*
permanently REMOVED.
Mitsubishi D30V d30v-*-*
+OS/9000 i[34]86-*-os9k
+IBM AIX PS/2 i[3456]86-*-aix
Fujitsu FR30 fr30-*-elf*
+Motorola Delta 88000 running Sys V m88k-motorola-sysv or delta88
+Argonaut Risc Chip (ARC) arc-*-*
+i386 running Mach 3.0 i[3456]86-*-mach3*
+i386 running Mach i[3456]86-*-mach*
+i386 running OSF/1 i[3456]86-*osf1mk*
+HP/Apollo 68k Family m68*-apollo*-sysv*,
+ m68*-apollo*-bsd*,
+ m68*-hp-bsd*, m68*-hp-hpux*
+I960 with MON960 i960-*-coff
+
+* OBSOLETE languages
+
+CHILL, a Pascal like language used by telecommunications companies.
* REMOVED configurations and files
to a bfd-format or binary file (dump and append), and back
from a file into memory (restore).
+* Improved "next/step" support on multi-processor Alpha Tru64.
+
+The previous single-step mechanism could cause unpredictable problems,
+including the random appearance of SIGSEGV or SIGTRAP signals. The use
+of a software single-step mechanism prevents this.
+
+*** Changes in GDB 5.2.1:
+
+* New targets.
+
+Atmel AVR avr*-*-*
+
+* Bug fixes
+
+gdb/182: gdb/323: gdb/237: On alpha, gdb was reporting:
+mdebugread.c:2443: gdb-internal-error: sect_index_data not initialized
+Fix, by Joel Brobecker imported from mainline.
+
+gdb/439: gdb/291: On some ELF object files, gdb was reporting:
+dwarf2read.c:1072: gdb-internal-error: sect_index_text not initialize
+Fix, by Fred Fish, imported from mainline.
+
+Dwarf2 .debug_frame & .eh_frame handler improved in many ways.
+Surprisingly enough, it works now.
+By Michal Ludvig, imported from mainline.
+
+i386 hardware watchpoint support:
+avoid misses on second run for some targets.
+By Pierre Muller, imported from mainline.
+
*** Changes in GDB 5.2:
* New command "set trust-readonly-sections on[off]".
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