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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 9f0ad56..5472aa9 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-07-16 Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com> + + * NEWS: Mention support for the new ptrace interface and hardware + accelerated watchpoint conditions on powerpc-linux. + 2010-07-16 Ozkan Sezer <sezeroz@gmail.com> * target.c (debug_to_insert_breakpoint): Instead of casting to unsigned @@ -223,6 +223,21 @@ ARM Symbian arm*-*-symbianelf* GDB now supports debugging programs written in the D programming language. +* GDB now supports the extended ptrace interface for PowerPC which is + available since Linux kernel version 2.6.34. This automatically enables + any hardware breakpoints and additional hardware watchpoints available in + the processor. The old ptrace interface exposes just one hardware + watchpoint and no hardware breakpoints. + +* GDB is now able to use the Data Value Compare (DVC) register available on + embedded PowerPC processors to implement in hardware simple watchpoint + conditions of the form: + + watch ADDRESS|VARIABLE if ADDRESS|VARIABLE == CONSTANT EXPRESSION + + This works in native GDB running on Linux kernels with the extended ptrace + interface mentioned above. + *** Changes in GDB 7.1 * C++ Improvements |