Display the current limit on backtrace levels.
@end table
+You can control how file names are displayed.
+
+@table @code
+@item set filename-display
+@itemx set filename-display relative
+@cindex filename-display
+Display file names relative to the compilation directory. This is the default.
+
+@item set filename-display basename
+Display only basename of a filename.
+
+@item set filename-display absolute
+Display an absolute filename.
+
+@item show filename-display
+Show the current way to display filenames.
+@end table
+
@node Selection
@section Selecting a Frame
End of assembler dump.
@end smallexample
+Addresses cannot be specified as a linespec (@pxref{Specify Location}).
+So, for example, if you want to disassemble function @code{bar}
+in file @file{foo.c}, you must type @samp{disassemble 'foo.c'::bar}
+and not @samp{disassemble foo.c:bar}.
+
Some architectures have more than one commonly-used set of instruction
mnemonics or other syntax.
Use the @code{show gnutarget} command to display what file format
@code{gnutarget} is set to read. If you have not set @code{gnutarget},
@value{GDBN} will determine the file format for each file automatically,
-and @code{show gnutarget} displays @samp{The current BDF target is "auto"}.
+and @code{show gnutarget} displays @samp{The current BFD target is "auto"}.
@end table
@cindex common targets
all uses of @value{GDBN} with the architecture, both native and cross.
@menu
+* AArch64::
* i386::
* Alpha::
* MIPS::
* PowerPC::
@end menu
+@node AArch64
+@subsection AArch64
+@cindex AArch64 support
+
+When @value{GDBN} is debugging the AArch64 architecture, it provides the
+following special commands:
+
+@table @code
+@item set debug aarch64
+@kindex set debug aarch64
+This command determines whether AArch64 architecture-specific debugging
+messages are to be displayed.
+
+@item show debug aarch64
+Show whether AArch64 debugging messages are displayed.
+
+@end table
+
@node i386
@subsection x86 Architecture-specific Issues
@cindex OS ABI
@kindex set osabi
@kindex show osabi
+@cindex Newlib OS ABI and its influence on the longjmp handling
One @value{GDBN} configuration can debug binaries for multiple operating
system targets, either via remote debugging or native emulation.
not have the same identifying marks that the standard C library for your
platform provides.
+When @value{GDBN} is debugging the AArch64 architecture, it provides a
+``Newlib'' OS ABI. This is useful for handling @code{setjmp} and
+@code{longjmp} when debugging binaries that use the @sc{newlib} C library.
+The ``Newlib'' OS ABI can be selected by @code{set osabi Newlib}.
+
@table @code
@item show osabi
Show the OS ABI currently in use.
* Finish Breakpoints in Python:: Setting Breakpoints on function return
using Python.
* Lazy Strings In Python:: Python representation of lazy strings.
+* Architectures In Python:: Python representation of architectures.
@end menu
@node Basic Python
obtained.
@end defun
+@defun Frame.architecture ()
+Returns the @code{gdb.Architecture} object corresponding to the frame's
+architecture. @xref{Architectures In Python}.
+@end defun
+
@defun Frame.type ()
Returns the type of the frame. The value can be one of:
@table @code
writable.
@end defvar
+@node Architectures In Python
+@subsubsection Python representation of architectures
+@cindex Python architectures
+
+@value{GDBN} uses architecture specific parameters and artifacts in a
+number of its various computations. An architecture is represented
+by an instance of the @code{gdb.Architecture} class.
+
+A @code{gdb.Architecture} class has the following methods:
+
+@defun Architecture.name ()
+Return the name (string value) of the architecture.
+@end defun
+
@node Python Auto-loading
@subsection Python Auto-loading
@cindex Python auto-loading
@var{tfnum}. The number of the tracepoint associated with this trace
frame is @var{tpnum}.
-@item =tsv-created,name=@var{name},value=@var{value}
+@item =tsv-created,name=@var{name},initial=@var{initial}
Reports that the new trace state variable @var{name} is created with
-value @var{value}.
+initial value @var{initial}.
@item =tsv-deleted,name=@var{name}
@itemx =tsv-deleted
Reports that the trace state variable @var{name} is deleted or all
trace state variables are deleted.
+@item =tsv-modified,name=@var{name},initial=@var{initial}[,current=@var{current}]
+Reports that the trace state variable @var{name} is modified with
+the initial value @var{initial}. The current value @var{current} of
+trace state variable is optional and is reported if the current
+value of trace state variable is known.
+
@item =breakpoint-created,bkpt=@{...@}
@itemx =breakpoint-modified,bkpt=@{...@}
@itemx =breakpoint-deleted,id=@var{number}
tracing will continue after @value{GDBN} disconnects, @code{0} means
that the trace run will stop.
+@item trace-file
+The filename of the trace file being examined. This field is
+optional, and only present when examining a trace file.
+
@end table
@subsubheading @value{GDBN} Command
registers using the capitalization used in the description.
@menu
+* AArch64 Features::
* ARM Features::
* i386 Features::
* MIPS Features::
@end menu
+@node AArch64 Features
+@subsection AArch64 Features
+@cindex target descriptions, AArch64 features
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.core} feature is required for AArch64
+targets. It should contain registers @samp{x0} through @samp{x30},
+@samp{sp}, @samp{pc}, and @samp{cpsr}.
+
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.fpu} feature is optional. If present,
+it should contain registers @samp{v0} through @samp{v31}, @samp{fpsr},
+and @samp{fpcr}.
+
@node ARM Features
@subsection ARM Features
@cindex target descriptions, ARM features
@enumerate
@item
-The version number, currently 7. Versions 1, 2 and 3 are obsolete.
+The version number, currently 8. Versions 1, 2 and 3 are obsolete.
Version 4 uses a different hashing function from versions 5 and 6.
Version 6 includes symbols for inlined functions, whereas versions 4
and 5 do not. Version 7 adds attributes to the CU indices in the
-symbol table. @value{GDBN} will only read version 4, 5, or 6 indices
+symbol table. Version 8 specifies that symbols from DWARF type units
+(@samp{DW_TAG_type_unit}) refer to the type unit's symbol table and not the
+compilation unit (@samp{DW_TAG_comp_unit}) using the type.
+
+@value{GDBN} will only read version 4, 5, or 6 indices
by specifying @code{set use-deprecated-index-sections on}.
+GDB has a workaround for potentially broken version 7 indices so it is
+currently not flagged as deprecated.
@item
The offset, from the start of the file, of the CU list.
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