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@@ -14,16 +14,38 @@ M68K Linux m68*-*-linux* Fujitsu FR30 fr30-*-elf* Mitsubishi D30V d30v-*-* -* PowerPC Variants - -PowerPC configurations of GDB now support `set processor' to control -the register set in use. Available processor types include -rs6000, 403, 403GC, 505, 601, 602, 603, 604, 750, and 860. - * Readline 2.2 GDB now uses readline 2.2. +** The PowerPC and RS6000 targets now have a `set processor' command. + +When GDB is configured for a powerpc*-*-* or an rs6000*-*-* target, +you can use the `set processor' command to specify what variant of the +PowerPC family you are debugging. The command + + set processor NAME + +sets the PowerPC/RS6000 variant to NAME. GDB knows about the +following PowerPC and RS6000 variants: + + ppc-uisa PowerPC UISA - a PPC processor as viewed by user-level code + rs6000 IBM RS6000 ("POWER") architecture, user-level view + 403 IBM PowerPC 403 + 403GC IBM PowerPC 403GC + 505 Motorola PowerPC 505 + 860 Motorola PowerPC 860 or 850 + 601 Motorola PowerPC 601 + 602 Motorola PowerPC 602 + 603 Motorola/IBM PowerPC 603 or 603e + 604 Motorola PowerPC 604 or 604e + 750 Motorola/IBM PowerPC 750 or 750 + +At the moment, this command just tells GDB what to name the +special-purpose processor registers. Since almost all the affected +registers are inaccessible to user-level programs, this command is +only useful for remote debugging in its present form. + * HP-UX Support Thanks to a major code donation from HP, GDB now has much more @@ -62,6 +84,7 @@ can be used to revert to the old behavour. For existing remote stubs the change should not be noticed as the additional address information will be discarded. +* Changes to particular targets *** Changes in GDB-4.17: |