* sparc64-tdep.h (stryct_frame_info, struct trad_frame_saved_reg):

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

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index d47863baf75e379a1245a814d9193b8df52a9ff8..f24f592db510aef9c99786152c3b1d11d391bc35 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,12 +3,72 @@
 
 *** 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.
+
+* 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/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
@@ -23,6 +83,8 @@ PMAX (MIPS) running Mach 3.0                  mips*-*-mach3*
 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