From a094c6fb43d455f513814088207e30261617d244 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Cagney Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 23:26:02 +0000 Subject: 2002-09-17 Andrew Cagney * NEWS: Mention that MIPS $fp behavior changed. * mipsnbsd-tdep.c (mipsnbsd_cannot_fetch_register): Delete reference to FP_REGNUM. (mipsnbsd_cannot_store_register): Ditto. * mips-linux-nat.c: Update copyright. (mips_linux_cannot_fetch_register): Delete reference to FP_REGNUM. (mips_linux_cannot_store_register): Ditto. * mips-linux-tdep.c (supply_gregset): Ditto. Update copyright. * config/mips/tm-mips.h: Update copyright. (FP_REGNUM): Delete macro. (MIPS_REGISTER_NAMES): Replace "fp" with "". * config/mips/tm-irix6.h (FP_REGNUM): Delete macro. * mips-tdep.c (mips_gdbarch_init): Set read_fp to mips_read_sp. (mips_r3041_reg_names, mips_r3051_reg_names) (mips_r3081_reg_names): Replace "fp" with "". Fix PR gdb/480. --- gdb/NEWS | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'gdb/NEWS') diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index e1c1a83..bbd70c4 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ *** Changes since GDB 5.3: +* MIPS $fp behavior changed + +The convenience variable $fp, for the MIPS, now consistently returns +the address of the current frame's base. Previously, depending on the +context, $fp could refer to either $sp or the current frame's base +address. See ``8.10 Registers'' in the manual ``Debugging with GDB: +The GNU Source-Level Debugger''. + *** Changes in GDB 5.3: * ``gdbserver'' now supports multi-threaded applications on some targets -- cgit v1.1