communicate with @value{GDBN} using it as a back end.
@xref{Interpreters, , Command Interpreters}.
-@samp{--interpreter=mi} (or @samp{--interpreter=mi2}) causes
-@value{GDBN} to use the @dfn{@sc{gdb/mi} interface} (@pxref{GDB/MI, ,
-The @sc{gdb/mi} Interface}) included since @value{GDBN} version 6.0. The
-previous @sc{gdb/mi} interface, included in @value{GDBN} version 5.3 and
-selected with @samp{--interpreter=mi1}, is deprecated. Earlier
-@sc{gdb/mi} interfaces are no longer supported.
+@samp{--interpreter=mi} (or @samp{--interpreter=mi3}) causes
+@value{GDBN} to use the @dfn{@sc{gdb/mi} interface} version 3 (@pxref{GDB/MI, ,
+The @sc{gdb/mi} Interface}) included since @value{GDBN} version 9.1. @sc{gdb/mi}
+version 2 (@code{mi2}), included in @value{GDBN} 6.0 and version 1 (@code{mi1}),
+included in @value{GDBN} 5.3, are also available. Earlier @sc{gdb/mi}
+interfaces are no longer supported.
@item -write
@cindex @code{--write}
@vindex $_tlb@r{, convenience variable}
The variable @code{$_tlb} is automatically set when debugging
applications running on MS-Windows in native mode or connected to
-gdbserver that supports the @code{qGetTIBAddr} request.
+gdbserver that supports the @code{qGetTIBAddr} request.
@xref{General Query Packets}.
This variable contains the address of the thread information block.
@item $_gthread
The global number of the current thread. @xref{global thread numbers}.
+@item $_gdb_major
+@itemx $_gdb_minor
+@vindex $_gdb_major@r{, convenience variable}
+@vindex $_gdb_minor@r{, convenience variable}
+The major and minor version numbers of the running @value{GDBN}.
+Development snapshots and pretest versions have their minor version
+incremented by one; thus, @value{GDBN} pretest 9.11.90 will produce
+the value 12 for @code{$_gdb_minor}. These variables allow you to
+write scripts that work with different versions of @value{GDBN}
+without errors caused by features unavailable in some of those
+versions.
@end table
@node Convenience Funs
@item show style enabled
Show the current state of styling.
+
+@item set style sources @samp{on|off}
+Enable or disable source code styling. This affects whether source
+code, such as the output of the @code{list} command, is styled. Note
+that source styling only works if styling in general is enabled, and
+if @value{GDBN} was linked with the GNU Source Highlight library. The
+default is @samp{on}.
+
+@item show style sources
+Show the current state of source code styling.
@end table
Subcommands of @code{set style} control specific forms of styling.
@item set style filename background @var{color}
Set the background to @var{color}. Valid colors are @samp{none}
(meaning the terminal's default color), @samp{black}, @samp{red},
-@samp{green}, @samp{yellow}, @samp{vlue}, @samp{magenta}, @samp{cyan},
+@samp{green}, @samp{yellow}, @samp{blue}, @samp{magenta}, @samp{cyan},
and@samp{white}.
@item set style filename foreground @var{color}
Set the foreground to @var{color}. Valid colors are @samp{none}
(meaning the terminal's default color), @samp{black}, @samp{red},
-@samp{green}, @samp{yellow}, @samp{vlue}, @samp{magenta}, @samp{cyan},
+@samp{green}, @samp{yellow}, @samp{blue}, @samp{magenta}, @samp{cyan},
and@samp{white}.
@item set style filename intensity @var{value}
The style-able objects are:
@table @code
@item filename
-Control the styling of file names.
+Control the styling of file names. By default, this style's
+foreground color is green.
@item function
Control the styling of function names. These are managed with the
-@code{set style function} family of commands.
+@code{set style function} family of commands. By default, this
+style's foreground color is yellow.
@item variable
Control the styling of variable names. These are managed with the
-@code{set style variable} family of commands.
+@code{set style variable} family of commands. By default, this style's
+foreground color is cyan.
@item address
Control the styling of addresses. These are managed with the
-@code{set style address} family of commands.
+@code{set style address} family of commands. By default, this style's
+foreground color is blue.
@end table
@node Numbers
@item mi
@cindex mi interpreter
-The newest @sc{gdb/mi} interface (currently @code{mi2}). Used primarily
+The newest @sc{gdb/mi} interface (currently @code{mi3}). Used primarily
by programs wishing to use @value{GDBN} as a backend for a debugger GUI
or an IDE. For more information, see @ref{GDB/MI, ,The @sc{gdb/mi}
Interface}.
+@item mi3
+@cindex mi3 interpreter
+The @sc{gdb/mi} interface introduced in @value{GDBN} 9.1.
+
@item mi2
@cindex mi2 interpreter
-The current @sc{gdb/mi} interface.
+The @sc{gdb/mi} interface introduced in @value{GDBN} 6.0.
@item mi1
@cindex mi1 interpreter
-The @sc{gdb/mi} interface included in @value{GDBN} 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.
+The @sc{gdb/mi} interface introduced in @value{GDBN} 5.1.
@end table
a tuple.
@end itemize
+@item
+@center 3
+@tab
+@center 9.1
+@tab
+
+@itemize
+@item
+The output of information about multi-location breakpoints has changed in the
+responses to the @code{-break-insert} and @code{-break-info} commands, as well
+as in the @code{=breakpoint-created} and @code{=breakpoint-modified} events.
+The multiple locations are now placed in a @code{locations} field, whose value
+is a list.
+@end itemize
+
@end multitable
+If your front end cannot yet migrate to a more recent version of the
+MI protocol, you can nevertheless selectively enable specific features
+available in those recent MI versions, using the following commands:
+
+@table @code
+
+@item -fix-multi-location-breakpoint-output
+Use the output for multi-location breakpoints which was introduced by
+MI 3, even when using MI versions 2 or 1. This command has no
+effect when using MI version 3 or later.
+
+@end table
+
The best way to avoid unexpected changes in MI that might break your front
end is to make your project known to @value{GDBN} developers and
follow development on @email{gdb@@sourceware.org} and
@table @code
@item number
-The breakpoint number. For a breakpoint that represents one location
-of a multi-location breakpoint, this will be a dotted pair, like
-@samp{1.2}.
+The breakpoint number.
@item type
The type of the breakpoint. For ordinary breakpoints this will be
@item what
Some extra data, the exact contents of which are type-dependent.
+@item locations
+This field is present if the breakpoint has multiple locations. It is also
+exceptionally present if the breakpoint is enabled and has a single, disabled
+location.
+
+The value is a list of locations. The format of a location is decribed below.
+
+@end table
+
+A location in a multi-location breakpoint is represented as a tuple with the
+following fields:
+
+@table @code
+
+@item number
+The location number as a dotted pair, like @samp{1.2}. The first digit is the
+number of the parent breakpoint. The second digit is the number of the
+location within that breakpoint.
+
+@item enabled
+This indicates whether the location is enabled, in which case the
+value is @samp{y}, or disabled, in which case the value is @samp{n}.
+Note that this is not the same as the field @code{enable}.
+
+@item addr
+The address of this location as an hexidecimal number.
+
+@item func
+If known, the function in which the location appears.
+If not known, this field is not present.
+
+@item file
+The name of the source file which contains this location, if known.
+If not known, this field is not present.
+
+@item fullname
+The full file name of the source file which contains this location, if
+known. If not known, this field is not present.
+
+@item line
+The line number at which this location appears, if known.
+If not known, this field is not present.
+
+@item thread-groups
+The thread groups this location is in.
+
@end table
For example, here is what the output of @code{-break-insert}
it should contain registers @samp{z0} through @samp{z31}, @samp{p0}
through @samp{p15}, @samp{ffr} and @samp{vg}.
+The @samp{org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.pauth} feature is optional. If present,
+it should contain registers @samp{pauth_dmask} and @samp{pauth_cmask}.
+
@node ARC Features
@subsection ARC Features
@cindex target descriptions, ARC Features