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@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ set debug nios2 show debug nios2 Control display of debugging messages related to Nios II targets. +set range-stepping +show range-stepping + Control whether target-assisted range stepping is enabled. + * You can now use a literal value 'unlimited' for options that interpret 0 or -1 as meaning "unlimited". E.g., "set trace-buffer-size unlimited" is now an alias for "set @@ -78,6 +82,19 @@ show debug nios2 ** ElinOS ** Wind River Linux +* GDB now supports target-assigned range stepping with remote targets. + This improves the performance of stepping source lines by reducing + the number of control packets from/to GDB. See "New remote packets" + below. + +* New remote packets + +vCont;r + + The vCont packet supports a new 'r' action, that tells the remote + stub to step through an address range itself, without GDB + involvemement at each single-step. + *** Changes in GDB 7.6 * Target record has been renamed to record-full. |