Extend "set cwd" to work on gdbserver

[external/binutils.git] / gdb / NEWS

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 0280a2e..2bad096 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 8.0
 
+* GDB now supports access to the guarded-storage-control registers and the
+  software-based guarded-storage broadcast control registers on IBM z14.
+
 * On Unix systems, GDB now supports transmitting environment variables
   that are to be set or unset to GDBserver.  These variables will
   affect the environment to be passed to the remote inferior.
@@ -15,8 +18,20 @@
   the remote inferior is started by the GDBserver, use the "unset
   environment" command.
 
+* Python Scripting
+
+  ** New events gdb.new_inferior, gdb.inferior_deleted, and
+     gdb.new_thread are emitted.  See the manual for further
+     description of these.
+
 * New features in the GDB remote stub, GDBserver
 
+  ** GDBserver is now able to start inferior processes with a
+     specified initial working directory.
+
+     The user can set the desired working directory to be used from
+     GDB using the new "set cwd" command.
+
   ** New "--selftest" command line option runs some GDBserver self
      tests.  These self tests are disabled in releases.
 
@@ -50,11 +65,21 @@ QEnvironmentReset
 QStartupWithShell
   Indicates whether the inferior must be started with a shell or not.
 
+QSetWorkingDir
+  Tell GDBserver that the inferior to be started should use a specific
+  working directory.
+
 * The "maintenance print c-tdesc" command now takes an optional
   argument which is the file name of XML target description.
 
+* The "maintenance selftest" command now takes an optional argument to
+  filter the tests to be run.
+
 * New commands
 
+set|show cwd
+  Set and show the current working directory for the inferior.
+
 set|show compile-gcc
   Set and show compilation command used for compiling and injecting code
   with the 'compile' commands.
@@ -63,6 +88,12 @@ set debug separate-debug-file
 show debug separate-debug-file
   Control the display of debug output about separate debug file search.
 
+maint info selftests
+  List the registered selftests.
+
+starti
+  Start the debugged program stopping at the first instruction.
+
 * TUI Single-Key mode now supports two new shortcut keys: `i' for stepi and
   `o' for nexti.
 
@@ -100,6 +131,10 @@ FreeBSD/aarch64                    aarch64*-*-freebsd*
 
 FreeBSD/aarch64                        aarch64*-*-freebsd*
 
+* Removed targets and native configurations
+
+Solaris 2.0-9                  i?86-*-solaris2.[0-9], sparc*-*-solaris2.[0-9]
+
 *** Changes in GDB 8.0
 
 * GDB now supports access to the PKU register on GNU/Linux. The register is
@@ -506,9 +541,6 @@ show max-value-size
 
 * New remote packets
 
-QStartupWithShell
-  Indicates whether the inferior must be started with a shell or not.
-
 exec stop reason
   Indicates that an exec system call was executed.