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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index a24ee2f..b5884d7 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2003-01-04 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> + * gdb.texinfo (Controlling GDB): Document "set osabi". + +2003-01-04 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> + * gdb.texinfo (Backtraces): Document "set backtrace-below-main". * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID): Update documentation. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 0f7ed9f..4ad5dbe 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -12531,6 +12531,29 @@ application automatically. However, sometimes you need to override its conclusions. Use these commands to manage @value{GDBN}'s view of the current ABI. +@cindex OS ABI +@kindex set osabi + +One @value{GDBN} configuration can debug binaries for multiple operating +system targets, either via remote debugging or native emulation. +@value{GDBN} will autodetect the @dfn{OS ABI} (Operating System ABI) in use, +but you can override its conclusion using the @code{set osabi} command. +One example where this is useful is in debugging of binaries which use +an alternate C library (e.g.@: @sc{uClibc} for @sc{gnu}/Linux) which does +not have the same identifying marks that the standard C library for your +platform provides. + +@table @code +@item show osabi +Show the OS ABI currently in use. + +@item set osabi +With no argument, show the list of registered available OS ABI's. + +@item set osabi @var{abi} +Set the current OS ABI to @var{abi}. +@end table + @cindex float promotion @kindex set coerce-float-to-double |