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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2002-08-21 13:59:28 +0000
committerJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2002-08-21 13:59:28 +0000
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* NEWS: Add an entry regarding the improvement of the next/step
operation on Alpha Tru64 multi-processor machines.
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@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ These commands allow data to be copied from target memory
to a bfd-format or binary file (dump and append), and back
from a file into memory (restore).
+* Improved "next/step" support on multi-processor Alpha Tru64.
+
+The previous single-step mechanism could cause unpredictable problems,
+including the random appearance of SIGSEGV or SIGTRAP signals. The use
+of a software single-step mechanism prevents this.
+
*** Changes in GDB 5.2.1:
* New targets.