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authorUlrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com>2009-07-31 15:28:27 +0000
committerUlrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com>2009-07-31 15:28:27 +0000
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ChangeLog:
* target.h (enum strata): New value arch_stratum. * target.c (target_require_runnable): Skip arch_stratum targets. * configure.tgt (powerpc-*-linux* | powerpc64-*-linux*): Add solib-spu.o and spu-multiarch.o to gdb_target_obs. * Makefile.in (ALL_TARGET_OBS): Add solib-spu.o and spu-multiarch.o. (ALLDEPFILES): Add solib-spu.c and spu-multiarch.c. * solib-spu.c: New file. * solib-spu.h: New file. * spu-multiarch.c: New file. * spu-tdep.h (SPUADDR, SPUADDR_SPU, SPUADDR_ADDR): New macros. * spu-tdep.c (struct gdbarch_tdep): New member id. (spu_gdbarch_id): New function. (spu_lslr): New function. (spu_address_to_pointer): New function. (spu_pointer_to_address): Support SPU ID address encoding. Use spu_gdbarch_id and spu_lslr. (spu_integer_to_address): Likewise. (spu_frame_unwind_cache): Update for encoded addresses. (spu_unwind_pc, spu_unwind_sp): Likewise. (spu_read_pc, spu_write_pc): Likewise. (spu_push_dummy_call): Likewise. (spu_software_single_step): Likewise. (spu_get_longjmp_target): Likewise. (spu_overlay_update_osect): Likewise. (spu_dis_asm_print_address): New function. (gdb_print_insn_spu): Likewise. (spu_gdbarch_init): Store SPU ID in tdep structure. Install spu_address_to_pointer and gdb_print_insn_spu. * ppc-linux-tdep.c: Include "observer.h", "auxv.h", "elf/common.h" and "solib-spu.h". (ppc_linux_entry_point_addr): New static variable. (ppc_linux_inferior_created): New function. (ppc_linux_displaced_step_location): Likewise. (ppc_linux_init_abi): Enable Cell/B.E. support if supported by the target. (_initialize_ppc_linux_tdep): Attach to inferior_created observer. * NEWS: Mention multi-architecture and Cell/B.E. debugging capabilities. testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.xml/tdesc-regs.exp: Skip for SPU targets.
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@@ -209,6 +209,20 @@ architecture in addition to those for the main target architecture.
See the "Target Description Format" section in the user manual for
more information.
+* Multi-architecture debugging.
+
+ GDB now includes general supports for debugging applications on
+ hybrid systems that use more than one single processor architecture
+ at the same time. Each such hybrid architecture still requires
+ specific support to be added. The only hybrid architecture supported
+ in this version of GDB is the Cell Broadband Engine.
+
+* GDB now supports integrated debugging of Cell/B.E. applications that
+use both the PPU and SPU architectures. To enable support for hybrid
+Cell/B.E. debugging, you need to configure GDB to support both the
+powerpc-linux or powerpc64-linux and the spu-elf targets, using the
+--enable-targets configure option.
+
* New commands (for set/show, see "New options" below)
find [/size-char] [/max-count] start-address, end-address|+search-space-size,