2002-11-13 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>

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

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@@ -1,7 +1,35 @@
                What has changed in GDB?
             (Organized release by release)
 
-*** Changes since GDB 5.2:
+*** Changes since GDB 5.3:
+
+* Default MI syntax changed to "mi2".
+
+The default MI (machine interface) syntax, enabled by the command line
+option "-i=mi", has been changed to "mi2".  The previous MI syntax,
+"mi1", can be enabled by sepcifying the option "-i=mi1".
+
+Support for the original "mi0" syntax (included in GDB 5.0) has been
+removed.
+
+Fix for gdb/192: removed extraneous space when displaying frame level.
+Fix for gdb/672: update changelist is now output in mi list format.
+Fix for gdb/702: a -var-assign that updates the value now shows up
+                 in a subsequent -var-update.
+
+* REMOVED configurations and files
+
+V850EA ISA                             
+
+* MIPS $fp behavior changed
+
+The convenience variable $fp, for the MIPS, now consistently returns
+the address of the current frame's base.  Previously, depending on the
+context, $fp could refer to either $sp or the current frame's base
+address.  See ``8.10 Registers'' in the manual ``Debugging with GDB:
+The GNU Source-Level Debugger''.
+
+*** Changes in GDB 5.3:
 
 * ``gdbserver'' now supports multi-threaded applications on some targets
 
@@ -61,6 +89,13 @@ IBM AIX PS/2                                 i[3456]86-*-aix
 Fujitsu FR30                                   fr30-*-elf*
 Motorola Delta 88000 running Sys V             m88k-motorola-sysv  or  delta88
 Argonaut Risc Chip (ARC)                       arc-*-*
+i386 running Mach 3.0                          i[3456]86-*-mach3*
+i386 running Mach                              i[3456]86-*-mach*
+i386 running OSF/1                             i[3456]86-*osf1mk*
+HP/Apollo 68k Family                           m68*-apollo*-sysv*,
+                                               m68*-apollo*-bsd*,
+                                               m68*-hp-bsd*, m68*-hp-hpux*
+I960 with MON960                               i960-*-coff
 
 * OBSOLETE languages
 
@@ -91,6 +126,12 @@ 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).
 
+* Improved "next/step" support on multi-processor Alpha Tru64.
+
+The previous single-step mechanism could cause unpredictable problems,
+including the random appearance of SIGSEGV or SIGTRAP signals. The use
+of a software single-step mechanism prevents this.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 5.2.1:
 
 * New targets.