2007-07-02 Markus Deuling <deuling@de.ibm.com>

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

diff --git a/gdb/README b/gdb/README
index c30975da60cf0fff523b75a4ddba830925046928..9c644251a96f6e9332cd311e40ffc65de0fd1273 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/README
+++ b/gdb/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
                     README for gdb-6.3 release
-               Updated 8, November, 2004 by Andrew Cagney
+                    Updated 20, November, 2006
 
 This is GDB, the GNU source-level debugger.
 
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ order.
    When you unpack the gdb-6.3.tar.gz file, you'll find a directory
 called `gdb-6.3', which contains:
 
-  COPYING       config-ml.in  gdb          ltcf-gcj.sh     readline
-  COPYING.LIB   config.guess  gettext.m4   ltconfig        sim
-  Makefile.def  config.if     include      ltmain.sh       src-release
-  Makefile.in   config.sub    install-sh   md5.sum         symlink-tree
-  Makefile.tpl  configure     libiberty    missing         texinfo
-  README        configure.in  libtool.m4   mkinstalldirs   ylwrap
-  bfd           djunpack.bat  ltcf-c.sh    move-if-change
-  config        etc           ltcf-cxx.sh  opcodes
+  COPYING       config-ml.in  gettext.m4   ltconfig        sim
+  COPYING.LIB   config.guess  include      ltmain.sh       src-release
+  Makefile.def  config.sub    install-sh   md5.sum         symlink-tree
+  Makefile.in   configure     libiberty    missing         texinfo
+  Makefile.tpl  configure.in  libtool.m4   mkinstalldirs   ylwrap
+  README        djunpack.bat  ltcf-c.sh    move-if-change
+  bfd           etc           ltcf-cxx.sh  opcodes
+  config        gdb           ltcf-gcj.sh  readline
 
 You can build GDB right in the source directory:
 
@@ -87,7 +87,14 @@ Bugs' section below; there are a few known problems.
    GDB requires an ISO C (ANSI C) compiler.  If you do not have an ISO
 C compiler for your system, you may be able to download and install
 the GNU CC compiler.  It is available via anonymous FTP from the
-directory `ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc'.
+directory `ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc'.  GDB also requires an ISO
+C standard library.  The GDB remote server, gdbserver, builds with some
+non-ISO standard libraries - e.g. for Windows CE.
+
+   GDB uses Expat, an XML parsing library, to implement some target-specific
+features.  Expat will be linked in if it is available at build time, or
+those features will be disabled.  The latest version of Expat should be
+available from `http://expat.sourceforge.net'.
 
    GDB can be used as a cross-debugger, running on a machine of one
 type while debugging a program running on a machine of another type.
@@ -450,21 +457,9 @@ Linux.
    There are a number of remote interfaces for talking to existing ROM
 monitors and other hardware:
 
-       remote-e7000.c   Renesas E7000 ICE
-       remote-est.c     EST emulator
-       remote-hms.c     Renesas Micro Systems H8/300 monitor
        remote-mips.c    MIPS remote debugging protocol
-       remote-rdi.c     ARM with Angel monitor
-       remote-rdp.c     ARM with Demon monitor
        remote-sds.c     PowerPC SDS monitor
        remote-sim.c     Generalized simulator protocol
-       remote-st.c      Tandem ST-2000 monitor
-       remote-vx.c      VxWorks realtime kernel
-
-   Remote-vx.c and the vx-share subdirectory contain a remote
-interface for the VxWorks realtime kernel, which communicates over TCP
-using the Sun RPC library.  This would be a useful starting point for
-other remote- via-ethernet back ends.
 
 
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