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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 3661cff..83164e9 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2009-02-07 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+ * NEWS: Mention inspecting extra signal information, $_siginfo,
+ and the qXfer:siginfo:read and qXfer:siginfo:write packets.
+
+2009-02-07 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+
* linux-nat.c (PTRACE_SETSIGINFO): Define if PTRACE_GETSIGINFO
isn't defined.
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index d1abf0c..b84a80d 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ completions will be "f1" and "f2".
operators when expanding macros. It also supports variable-arity
macros.
+* GDB now supports inspecting extra signal information, exported by
+ the new $_siginfo convenience variable. The feature is currently
+ implemented on linux ARM, i386 and amd64.
+
* New remote packets
qSearch:memory:
@@ -39,6 +43,10 @@ QStartNoAckMode
qXfer:osdata:read
Obtains additional operating system information
+qXfer:siginfo:read
+qXfer:siginfo:write
+ Read or write additional signal information.
+
* Removed remote protocol undocumented extension
An undocumented extension to the remote protocol's `S' stop reply