* coffread.c (coff_sym_fns): Add default_symfile_segments.

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

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 9aa3e949b569999190a0b74d48790cec7940313f..59c241a7c113673d5b8e73274acf97b787aea1f3 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 6.6
 
+* When the Text User Interface (TUI) is not configured, GDB will now
+recognize the -tui command-line option and print a message that the TUI
+is not supported.
+
 * The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now has lower overhead for high 
 frequency signals (e.g. SIGALRM) via the QPassSignals packet.
 
@@ -16,17 +20,34 @@ target's overall architecture.  GDB can read a description from
 a local file or over the remote serial protocol.
 
 * Arrays of explicitly SIGNED or UNSIGNED CHARs are now printed as arrays
-  of numbers.
+of numbers.
 
 * Target descriptions can now describe target-specific registers,
 for architectures which have implemented the support (currently
-only ARM).
+only ARM and MIPS).
 
 * GDB and the GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now support the XScale
 iWMMXt coprocessor.
 
+* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, has been updated to support
+ARM Windows CE (mingw32ce) debugging, and GDB Windows CE support
+has been rewritten to use the standard GDB remote protocol.
+
+* GDB can now step into C++ functions which are called through thunks.
+
+* GDB for the Cell/B.E. SPU now supports overlay debugging.
+
+* The GDB remote protocol "qOffsets" packet can now honor ELF segment
+layout.  It also supports a TextSeg= and DataSeg= response when only
+segment base addresses (rather than offsets) are available.
+
 * New commands
 
+set remoteflow
+show remoteflow
+  Enable or disable hardware flow control (RTS/CTS) on the serial port
+  when debugging using remote targets.
+
 set mem inaccessible-by-default
 show mem inaccessible-by-default
   If the target supplies a memory map, for instance via the remote
@@ -57,6 +78,11 @@ show sysroot
   general version of "set solib-absolute-prefix", which is now
   an alias to "set sysroot".
 
+info spu
+  Provide extended SPU facility status information.  This set of
+  commands is available only when debugging the Cell/B.E. SPU
+  architecture.
+
 * New native configurations
 
 OpenBSD/sh                     sh*-*openbsd*
@@ -83,10 +109,17 @@ qXfer:features:read:
   Read an XML target description from the target, which describes its
   features.
 
+qXfer:spu:read:
+qXfer:spu:write:
+  Read or write contents of an spufs file on the target system.  These
+  packets are available only on the Cell/B.E. SPU architecture.
+
 * Removed targets
 
 Support for these obsolete configurations has been removed.
 
+alpha*-*-osf1*
+alpha*-*-osf2*
 d10v-*-*
 hppa*-*-hiux*
 i[34567]86-ncr-*
@@ -105,7 +138,9 @@ i[34567]86-*-sysv*
 i[34567]86-*-isc*
 m68*-cisco*-*
 m68*-tandem-*
+mips*-*-pe
 rs6000-*-lynxos*
+sh*-*-pe
 
 * Other removed features
 
@@ -116,11 +151,47 @@ target rom68k
 
        Various m68k-only ROM monitors.
 
+target hms
+target e7000
+target sh3
+target sh3e
+
+       Various Renesas ROM monitors and debugging interfaces for SH and
+       H8/300.
+
+target ocd
+
+       Support for a Macraigor serial interface to on-chip debugging.
+       GDB does not directly support the newer parallel or USB
+       interfaces.
+
 DWARF 1 support
 
        A debug information format.  The predecessor to DWARF 2 and 
        DWARF 3, which are still supported.
 
+Support for the HP aCC compiler on HP-UX/PA-RISC
+
+       SOM-encapsulated symbolic debugging information, automatic
+       invocation of pxdb, and the aCC custom C++ ABI.  This does not
+       affect HP-UX for Itanium or GCC for HP-UX/PA-RISC.  Code compiled
+       with aCC can still be debugged on an assembly level.
+
+MIPS ".pdr" sections
+
+       A MIPS-specific format used to describe stack frame layout
+       in debugging information.
+
+Scheme support
+
+       GDB could work with an older version of Guile to debug
+       the interpreter and Scheme programs running in it.
+
+set mips stack-arg-size
+set mips saved-gpreg-size
+
+       Use "set mips abi" to control parameter passing for MIPS.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 6.6
 
 * New targets