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authorFred Fish <fnf@specifix.com>1995-10-11 22:27:33 +0000
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* Makefile.in (VERSION): Version 4.15 released.
* README: Updated for version 4.15. * README.GDBTK: Updated for version 4.15 * NEWS: Updated for 4.15 release.
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What has changed in GDB?
(Organized release by release)
+*** Changes since GDB-4.15:
+
+* New native configurations
+
+Microsoft NT and Microsoft Windows95 i[345]86-*-win32
+
+* New Targets
+
+ARM via RDP protocol arm-*-*
+
*** Changes in GDB-4.15:
+* Psymtabs for XCOFF
+
+The symbol reader for AIX GDB now uses partial symbol tables. This
+can greatly improve startup time, especially for large executables.
+
* Remote targets use caching
Remote targets now use a data cache to speed up communication with the
-remote side.
-The data cache could lead to incorrect results because it doesn't know
-about volatile variables, thus making it impossible to debug targets
-which use memory mapped I/O devices. `set remotecache off' turns the
-the data cache off.
+remote side. The data cache could lead to incorrect results because
+it doesn't know about volatile variables, thus making it impossible to
+debug targets which use memory mapped I/O devices. `set remotecache
+off' turns the the data cache off.
-* New native configurations
+* Remote targets may have threads
-Microsoft NT and Microsoft Windows95 i[345]86-*-win32
+The standard remote protocol now includes support for multiple threads
+in the target system, using new protocol commands 'H' and 'T'. See
+gdb/remote.c for details.
-* New Targets
+* NetROM support
-ARM via RDP protocol arm-*-*
+If GDB is configured with `--enable-netrom', then it will include
+support for the NetROM ROM emulator from XLNT Designs. The NetROM
+acts as though it is a bank of ROM on the target board, but you can
+write into it over the network. GDB's support consists only of
+support for fast loading into the emulated ROM; to debug, you must use
+another protocol, such as standard remote protocol. The usual
+sequence is something like
+
+ target nrom <netrom-hostname>
+ load <prog>
+ target remote <netrom-hostname>:1235
+
+* Macintosh host
+
+GDB now includes support for the Apple Macintosh, as a host only. It
+may be run as either an MPW tool or as a standalone application, and
+it can debug through the serial port. All the usual GDB commands are
+available, but to the target command, you must supply "serial" as the
+device type instead of "/dev/ttyXX". See mpw-README in the main
+directory for more information on how to build. The MPW configuration
+scripts */mpw-config.in support only a few targets, and only the
+mips-idt-ecoff target has been tested.
+
+* Autoconf
+
+GDB configuration now uses autoconf. This is not user-visible,
+but does simplify configuration and building.
+
+* hpux10
+
+Get now supports hpux10.
*** Changes in GDB-4.14: