X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=gdb%2FNEWS;h=b0da564c36bde288a7d8c1887275bcdeb097867c;hb=7fe550fc4986f19a766650a76551a4ff4985ef5c;hp=99615d2f1ee4abce1d4ca1de30fe65f19810e7bb;hpb=98a5dd1327030f71f3bd23c7c3c3d87ca1e3fac4;p=deliverable%2Fbinutils-gdb.git diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index 99615d2f1e..b0da564c36 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,26 @@ *** Changes since GDB 7.3 +* GDB has two new commands: "set remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit" + and "show remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit". These allows to + set or show the maximum length limit (in bytes) of a remote + target hardware watchpoint. + + This allows e.g. to use "unlimited" hardware watchpoints with the + gdbserver integrated in Valgrind version >= 3.7.0. Such Valgrind + watchpoints are slower than real hardware watchpoints but are + significantly faster than gdb software watchpoints. + +* Python scripting + + ** The "maint set python print-stack on|off" command has been + deprecated, and a new command: "set python print-stack on|off" has + replaced it. Additionally, the default for "print-stack" is now + "off". + + ** A prompt subsitution hook (prompt_hook) is now available to the + Python API. + * libthread-db-search-path now supports two special values: $sdir and $pdir. $sdir specifies the default system locations of shared libraries. $pdir specifies the directory where the libpthread used by the application @@ -35,6 +55,8 @@ the first connection is made. The listening port used by GDBserver will become available after that. +* New commands "info macros", and "info definitions" have been added. + * Changed commands watch EXPRESSION mask MASK_VALUE @@ -62,6 +84,9 @@ QTDisable Dynamically disable a tracepoint in a started trace experiment. +* Dcache size (number of lines) and line-size are now runtime-configurable + via "set dcache line" and "set dcache line-size" commands. + *** Changes in GDB 7.3 * GDB has a new command: "thread find [REGEXP]".