What has changed since GDB-3.5?
(Organized release by release)
+The "set remotedebug" option is now consistent between the mips remote
+target, remote targets using the gdb-specific protocol, and the 88k
+bug monitor. It is now an integer specifying a debug level (normally
+0 or 1, but 2 means more debugging info for the mips target).
+
+*** Changes in GDB-4.10:
+
+ * User visible changes:
+
+Remote debugging using the GDB-specific (`target remote') protocol now
+supports the `load' command. This is only useful if you have some
+other way of getting the stub to the target system, and you can put it
+somewhere in memory where it won't get clobbered by the download.
+
+Filename completion now works.
+
+When run under emacs mode, the "info line" command now causes the
+arrow to point to the line specified. Also, "info line" prints
+addresses in symbolic form (as well as hex).
+
+All vxworks based targets now support a user settable option, called
+vxworks-timeout. This option represents the number of seconds gdb
+should wait for responses to rpc's. You might want to use this if
+your vxworks target is, perhaps, a slow software simulator or happens
+to be on the far side of a thin network line.
+
+ * DEC alpha support
+
+This release contains support for using a DEC alpha as a GDB host for
+cross debugging. Native alpha debugging is not supported yet.
+
+
+*** Changes in GDB-4.9:
+
+ * Testsuite
+
+This is the first GDB release which is accompanied by a matching testsuite.
+The testsuite requires installation of dejagnu, which should be available
+via ftp from most sites that carry GNU software.
+
+ * C++ demangling
+
+'Cfront' style demangling has had its name changed to 'ARM' style, to
+emphasize that it was written from the specifications in the C++ Annotated
+Reference Manual, not necessarily to be compatible with AT&T cfront. Despite
+disclaimers, it still generated too much confusion with users attempting to
+use gdb with AT&T cfront.
+
+ * Simulators
+
+GDB now uses a standard remote interface to a simulator library.
+So far, the library contains simulators for the Zilog Z8001/2, the
+Hitachi H8/300, H8/500 and Super-H.
+
+ * New targets supported
+
+H8/300 simulator h8300-hitachi-hms or h8300hms
+H8/500 simulator h8500-hitachi-hms or h8500hms
+SH simulator sh-hitachi-hms or sh
+Z8000 simulator z8k-zilog-none or z8ksim
+IDT MIPS board over serial line mips-idt-ecoff
+
+Cross-debugging to GO32 targets is supported. It requires a custom
+version of the i386-stub.c module which is integrated with the
+GO32 memory extender.
+
+ * New remote protocols
+
+MIPS remote debugging protocol.
+
+ * New source languages supported
+
+This version includes preliminary support for Chill, a Pascal like language
+used by telecommunications companies. Chill support is also being integrated
+into the GNU compiler, but we don't know when it will be publically available.
+
+
*** Changes in GDB-4.8:
* HP Precision Architecture supported
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