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authorUlrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com>2009-07-31 14:39:12 +0000
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ChangeLog:
* features/gdb-target.dtd (target): Accept optional <compatible> elements. (compatible): Define element. * target-descriptions.h (tdesc_compatible_p): New. (tdesc_add_compatible): New. * target-descriptions.c (arch_p): New VEC_P type. (struct target_desc): New member compatible. (free_target_description): Handle it. (maint_print_c_tdesc_cmd): Likewise. (tdesc_compatible_p): New function. (tdesc_add_compatible): New function. * xml-tdesc.c (tdesc_end_compatible): New function. (target_children): Handle <compatible> element. * arch-utils.c (choose_architecture_for_target): Accept target description instead of BFD architecture as input. Query target description for compatible architectures. (gdbarch_info_fill): Update call. * NEWS: Mention <compatible> element of target descriptions. doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Target Descriptions): Document <compatible> element.
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@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ add new commands to existing prefixes, e.g. "target".
"Target Description Format" section in the user manual for more
information.
+* Target descriptions can now describe "compatible" architectures
+to indicate that the target can execute applications for a different
+architecture in addition to those for the main target architecture.
+See the "Target Description Format" section in the user manual for
+more information.
+
* New commands (for set/show, see "New options" below)
find [/size-char] [/max-count] start-address, end-address|+search-space-size,