GDB 6.0 branch created

Posted Jun 26, 2003 15:15 UTC (Thu) by stuart_hc (guest, #9737) [Link]

*** Changes in GDB 6.0:

* The meaning of "detach" has changed for gdbserver

The "detach" command will now resume the application, as documented. To
disconnect from gdbserver and leave it stopped, use the new "disconnect"
command.

* d10v `regs' command deprecated

The `info registers' command has been updated so that it displays the
registers using a format identical to the old `regs' command.

* Profiling support

A new command, "maint set profile on/off", has been added. This command can
be used to enable or disable profiling while running GDB, to profile a
session or a set of commands. In addition there is a new configure switch,
"--enable-profiling", which will cause GDB to be compiled with profiling
data, for more informative profiling results.

* 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 specifying 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.

* Multi-arched targets.

HP/PA HPUX11, 32bit ABI (partial) hppa*-*-hpux* except hppa*64*-*-hpux11*

* OBSOLETE configurations and files

Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these
configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
permanently REMOVED.

Mitsubishi M32R/D w/simulator m32r-*-elf*
Z8000 simulator z8k-zilog-none or z8ksim
Matsushita MN10200 w/simulator mn10200-*-*
H8/500 simulator h8500-hitachi-hms or h8500hms
HP/PA running BSD hppa*-*-bsd*
HP/PA running OSF/1 hppa*-*-osf*
HP/PA Pro target hppa*-*-pro*
PMAX (MIPS) running Mach 3.0 mips*-*-mach3*
Sequent family i[3456]86-sequent-sysv4*
i[3456]86-sequent-sysv*
i[3456]86-sequent-bsd*
Tsqware Sparclet sparclet-*-*
Fujitsu SPARClite sparclite-fujitsu-none or sparclite

* REMOVED configurations and files

V850EA ISA
Motorola Delta 88000 running Sys V m88k-motorola-sysv or delta88
IBM AIX PS/2 i[3456]86-*-aix
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*
Argonaut Risc Chip (ARC) arc-*-*
Mitsubishi D30V d30v-*-*
Fujitsu FR30 fr30-*-elf*
OS/9000 i[34]86-*-os9k
I960 with MON960 i960-*-coff

* 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''.