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authorDaniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>2007-10-24 21:05:36 +0000
committerDaniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>2007-10-24 21:05:36 +0000
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* gdb.texinfo (Files): Correct formatting. Mention Expat
requirement. (Requirements for Building GDB): Expand the list of Expat uses. (Library List Format, Memory Map Format): Mention Expat. (Target Descriptions): Update Expat wording.
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog9
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo34
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 321f79e..d44a453 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
2007-10-24 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
+ * gdb.texinfo (Files): Correct formatting. Mention Expat
+ requirement.
+ (Requirements for Building GDB): Expand the list of Expat
+ uses.
+ (Library List Format, Memory Map Format): Mention Expat.
+ (Target Descriptions): Update Expat wording.
+
+2007-10-24 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
* gdbint.texinfo (Register and Memory Data, Target Conditionals):
Document that gdbarch_convert_register_p should return zero for no-op
conversions.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 61f7fee..7ad47fc 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -11795,9 +11795,13 @@ as arguments. @value{GDBN} always converts the file name to an absolute file
name and remembers it that way.
@cindex shared libraries
-@value{GDBN} supports GNU/Linux, MS-Windows, HP-UX, SunOS, SVr4, Irix,
+@anchor{Shared Libraries}
+@value{GDBN} supports @sc{gnu}/Linux, MS-Windows, HP-UX, SunOS, SVr4, Irix,
and IBM RS/6000 AIX shared libraries.
+On MS-Windows @value{GDBN} must be linked with the Expat library to support
+shared libraries. @xref{Expat}.
+
@value{GDBN} automatically loads symbol definitions from shared libraries
when you use the @code{run} command, or when you examine a core file.
(Before you issue the @code{run} command, @value{GDBN} does not understand
@@ -22176,8 +22180,18 @@ The @file{configure} script will search for this library in several
standard locations; if it is installed in an unusual path, you can
use the @option{--with-libexpat-prefix} option to specify its location.
-Expat is used for remote protocol memory maps (@pxref{Memory Map Format})
-and for target descriptions (@pxref{Target Descriptions}).
+Expat is used for:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Remote protocol memory maps (@pxref{Memory Map Format})
+@item
+Target descriptions (@pxref{Target Descriptions})
+@item
+Remote shared library lists (@pxref{Library List Format})
+@item
+MS-Windows shared libraries (@pxref{Shared Libraries})
+@end itemize
@end table
@@ -25698,6 +25712,9 @@ where the library was loaded in memory. The segment bases are start
addresses, not relocation offsets; they do not depend on the library's
link-time base addresses.
+@value{GDBN} must be linked with the Expat library to support XML
+library lists. @xref{Expat}.
+
A simple memory map, with one loaded library relocated by a single
offset, looks like this:
@@ -25731,7 +25748,12 @@ memory map.
The memory map is obtained using the @samp{qXfer:memory-map:read}
(@pxref{qXfer memory map read}) packet and is an XML document that
-lists memory regions. The top-level structure of the document is shown below:
+lists memory regions.
+
+@value{GDBN} must be linked with the Expat library to support XML
+memory maps. @xref{Expat}.
+
+The top-level structure of the document is shown below:
@smallexample
<?xml version="1.0"?>
@@ -25841,8 +25863,8 @@ actually describe its own features. This lets @value{GDBN} support
processor variants it has never seen before --- to the extent that the
descriptions are accurate, and that @value{GDBN} understands them.
-@value{GDBN} must be compiled with Expat support to support XML target
-descriptions. @xref{Expat}.
+@value{GDBN} must be linked with the Expat library to support XML
+target descriptions. @xref{Expat}.
@menu
* Retrieving Descriptions:: How descriptions are fetched from a target.