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author | Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com> | 2009-07-31 14:39:12 +0000 |
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committer | Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com> | 2009-07-31 14:39:12 +0000 |
commit | e35359c551b7ae1fb3bf1cdff1c58f3abafa07fb (patch) | |
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ChangeLog:
* features/gdb-target.dtd (target): Accept optional
<compatible> elements.
(compatible): Define element.
* target-descriptions.h (tdesc_compatible_p): New.
(tdesc_add_compatible): New.
* target-descriptions.c (arch_p): New VEC_P type.
(struct target_desc): New member compatible.
(free_target_description): Handle it.
(maint_print_c_tdesc_cmd): Likewise.
(tdesc_compatible_p): New function.
(tdesc_add_compatible): New function.
* xml-tdesc.c (tdesc_end_compatible): New function.
(target_children): Handle <compatible> element.
* arch-utils.c (choose_architecture_for_target): Accept target
description instead of BFD architecture as input. Query target
description for compatible architectures.
(gdbarch_info_fill): Update call.
* NEWS: Mention <compatible> element of target descriptions.
doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Target Descriptions): Document <compatible> element.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index a544bc1..7afbca0 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-07-31 Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Target Descriptions): Document <compatible> element. + 2009-07-28 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> * gdb.texinfo (ARM Features): Document org.gnu.gdb.arm.vfp and diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 3bb35b6..586f459 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -30807,6 +30807,7 @@ are explained further below. <target version="1.0"> @r{[}@var{architecture}@r{]} @r{[}@var{osabi}@r{]} + @r{[}@var{compatible}@r{]} @r{[}@var{feature}@dots{}@r{]} </target> @end smallexample @@ -30858,9 +30859,8 @@ An @samp{<architecture>} element has this form: <architecture>@var{arch}</architecture> @end smallexample -@var{arch} is an architecture name from the same selection -accepted by @code{set architecture} (@pxref{Targets, ,Specifying a -Debugging Target}). +@var{arch} is one of the architectures from the set accepted by +@code{set architecture} (@pxref{Targets, ,Specifying a Debugging Target}). @subsection OS ABI @cindex @code{<osabi>} @@ -30877,6 +30877,34 @@ An @samp{<osabi>} element has this form: @var{abi-name} is an OS ABI name from the same selection accepted by @w{@code{set osabi}} (@pxref{ABI, ,Configuring the Current ABI}). +@subsection Compatible Architecture +@cindex @code{<compatible>} + +This optional field was introduced in @value{GDBN} version 7.0. +Previous versions of @value{GDBN} ignore it. + +A @samp{<compatible>} element has this form: + +@smallexample + <compatible>@var{arch}</compatible> +@end smallexample + +@var{arch} is one of the architectures from the set accepted by +@code{set architecture} (@pxref{Targets, ,Specifying a Debugging Target}). + +A @samp{<compatible>} element is used to specify that the target +is able to run binaries in some other than the main target architecture +given by the @samp{<architecture>} element. For example, on the +Cell Broadband Engine, the main architecture is @code{powerpc:common} +or @code{powerpc:common64}, but the system is able to run binaries +in the @code{spu} architecture as well. The way to describe this +capability with @samp{<compatible>} is as follows: + +@smallexample + <architecture>powerpc:common</architecture> + <compatible>spu</compatible> +@end smallexample + @subsection Features @cindex <feature> |