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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 350831b..9f4ec6d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2008-11-27 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Darwin): Document Darwin specific features. + 2008-11-25 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Extend the diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 3c54c43..2a86017 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -14675,6 +14675,7 @@ configurations. * Cygwin Native:: Features specific to the Cygwin port * Hurd Native:: Features specific to @sc{gnu} Hurd * Neutrino:: Features specific to QNX Neutrino +* Darwin:: Features specific to Darwin @end menu @node HP-UX @@ -15456,6 +15457,48 @@ Neutrino support. Show the current state of QNX Neutrino messages. @end table +@node Darwin +@subsection Darwin +@cindex Darwin + +@value{GDBN} provides the following commands specific to the Darwin target: + +@table @code +@item set debug darwin @var{num} +@kindex set debug darwin +When set to a non zero value, enables debugging messages specific to +the Darwin support. Higher values produce more verbose output. + +@item show debug darwin +@kindex show debug darwin +Show the current state of Darwin messages. + +@item set debug mach-o @var{num} +@kindex set debug mach-o +When set to a non zero value, enables debugging messages while +@value{GDBN} is reading Darwin object files. (@dfn{Mach-O} is the +file format used on Darwin for object and executable files.) Higher +values produce more verbose output. This is a command to diagnose +problems internal to @value{GDBN} and should not be needed in normal +usage. + +@item show debug mach-o +@kindex show debug mach-o +Show the current state of Mach-O file messages. + +@item set mach-exceptions on +@itemx set mach-exceptions off +@kindex set mach-exceptions +On Darwin, faults are first reported as a Mach exception and are then +mapped to a Posix signal. Use this command to turn on trapping of +Mach exceptions in the inferior. This might be sometimes useful to +better understand the cause of a fault. The default is off. + +@item show mach-exceptions +@kindex show mach-exceptions +Show the current state of exceptions trapping. +@end table + @node Embedded OS @section Embedded Operating Systems |