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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> |