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| author | Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com> | 2009-07-31 15:28:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com> | 2009-07-31 15:28:27 +0000 |
| commit | 85e747d2499c43ff4003d348304f3d8f573d5cad (patch) | |
| tree | f7716694b78c8a261bb3bb113553f19a9a04bd5c /gdb/NEWS | |
| parent | efcbbd1428e455c9ca59a590a91e4db200b3813c (diff) | |
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ChangeLog:
* target.h (enum strata): New value arch_stratum.
* target.c (target_require_runnable): Skip arch_stratum targets.
* configure.tgt (powerpc-*-linux* | powerpc64-*-linux*): Add
solib-spu.o and spu-multiarch.o to gdb_target_obs.
* Makefile.in (ALL_TARGET_OBS): Add solib-spu.o and spu-multiarch.o.
(ALLDEPFILES): Add solib-spu.c and spu-multiarch.c.
* solib-spu.c: New file.
* solib-spu.h: New file.
* spu-multiarch.c: New file.
* spu-tdep.h (SPUADDR, SPUADDR_SPU, SPUADDR_ADDR): New macros.
* spu-tdep.c (struct gdbarch_tdep): New member id.
(spu_gdbarch_id): New function.
(spu_lslr): New function.
(spu_address_to_pointer): New function.
(spu_pointer_to_address): Support SPU ID address encoding. Use
spu_gdbarch_id and spu_lslr.
(spu_integer_to_address): Likewise.
(spu_frame_unwind_cache): Update for encoded addresses.
(spu_unwind_pc, spu_unwind_sp): Likewise.
(spu_read_pc, spu_write_pc): Likewise.
(spu_push_dummy_call): Likewise.
(spu_software_single_step): Likewise.
(spu_get_longjmp_target): Likewise.
(spu_overlay_update_osect): Likewise.
(spu_dis_asm_print_address): New function.
(gdb_print_insn_spu): Likewise.
(spu_gdbarch_init): Store SPU ID in tdep structure.
Install spu_address_to_pointer and gdb_print_insn_spu.
* ppc-linux-tdep.c: Include "observer.h", "auxv.h", "elf/common.h"
and "solib-spu.h".
(ppc_linux_entry_point_addr): New static variable.
(ppc_linux_inferior_created): New function.
(ppc_linux_displaced_step_location): Likewise.
(ppc_linux_init_abi): Enable Cell/B.E. support if supported
by the target.
(_initialize_ppc_linux_tdep): Attach to inferior_created observer.
* NEWS: Mention multi-architecture and Cell/B.E. debugging
capabilities.
testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.xml/tdesc-regs.exp: Skip for SPU targets.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/NEWS')
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@@ -209,6 +209,20 @@ architecture in addition to those for the main target architecture. See the "Target Description Format" section in the user manual for more information. +* Multi-architecture debugging. + + GDB now includes general supports for debugging applications on + hybrid systems that use more than one single processor architecture + at the same time. Each such hybrid architecture still requires + specific support to be added. The only hybrid architecture supported + in this version of GDB is the Cell Broadband Engine. + +* GDB now supports integrated debugging of Cell/B.E. applications that +use both the PPU and SPU architectures. To enable support for hybrid +Cell/B.E. debugging, you need to configure GDB to support both the +powerpc-linux or powerpc64-linux and the spu-elf targets, using the +--enable-targets configure option. + * New commands (for set/show, see "New options" below) find [/size-char] [/max-count] start-address, end-address|+search-space-size, |