2002-08-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>

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

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@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 5.2:
 
+* ``gdbserver'' now supports multithreaded applications on some targets
+
+Support for multithreaded applications using LinuxThreads has been added
+for arm*-*-linux*, i[3456]86-*-linux*, mips*-*-linux*, powerpc*-*-linux*,
+and sh*-*-linux*.
+
 * GDB now supports C/C++ preprocessor macros.
 
 GDB now expands preprocessor macro invocations in C/C++ expressions,
@@ -31,10 +37,13 @@ DEC Alpha (partial)                         alpha*-*-*
 DEC VAX (partial)                              vax-*-*
 NEC V850                                       v850-*-*
 National Semiconductor NS32000 (partial)       ns32k-*-*
+Motorola 68000 (partial)                        m68k-*-*
+Motorola MCORE                                  mcore-*-*
 
 * New targets.
 
-Atmel AVR                                      avr*-*-*
+Fujitsu FRV architecture added by Red Hat      frv*-*-*
+
 
 * New native configurations
 
@@ -50,6 +59,15 @@ been commented out.  Unless there is activity to revive these
 configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
 permanently REMOVED.
 
+Mitsubishi D30V                                        d30v-*-*
+OS/9000                                                i[34]86-*-os9k
+Fujitsu FR30                                   fr30-*-elf*
+Motorola Delta 88000 running Sys V             m88k-motorola-sysv  or  delta88
+
+* OBSOLETE languages
+
+CHILL, a Pascal like language used by telecommunications companies.
+
 * REMOVED configurations and files
 
 AMD 29k family via UDI                         a29k-amd-udi, udi29k
@@ -75,6 +93,30 @@ These commands allow data to be copied from target memory
 to a bfd-format or binary file (dump and append), and back
 from a file into memory (restore).
 
+*** 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]".