What has changed in GDB?
(Organized release by release)
-*** Changes since GDB 7.5
+*** Changes since GDB 7.6
+
+* New commands:
+maint set|show per-command
+maint set|show per-command space
+maint set|show per-command time
+maint set|show per-command symtab
+ Enable display of per-command gdb resource usage.
+
+* New options
+
+set remote trace-status-packet
+show remote trace-status-packet
+ Set/show the use of remote protocol qTStatus packet.
+
+* The command 'tsave' can now support new option '-ctf' to save trace
+ buffer in Common Trace Format.
+
+* MI changes
+
+ ** The -trace-save MI command can optionally save trace buffer in Common
+ Trace Format now.
+
+*** Changes in GDB 7.6
+
+* Target record has been renamed to record-full.
+ Record/replay is now enabled with the "record full" command.
+ This also affects settings that are associated with full record/replay
+ that have been moved from "set/show record" to "set/show record full":
+
+set|show record full insn-number-max
+set|show record full stop-at-limit
+set|show record full memory-query
+
+* A new record target "record-btrace" has been added. The new target
+ uses hardware support to record the control-flow of a process. It
+ does not support replaying the execution, but it implements the
+ below new commands for investigating the recorded execution log.
+ This new recording method can be enabled using:
+
+record btrace
+
+ The "record-btrace" target is only available on Intel Atom processors
+ and requires a Linux kernel 2.6.32 or later.
+
+* Two new commands have been added for record/replay to give information
+ about the recorded execution without having to replay the execution.
+ The commands are only supported by "record btrace".
+
+record instruction-history prints the execution history at
+ instruction granularity
+
+record function-call-history prints the execution history at
+ function granularity
+
+* New native configurations
+
+ARM AArch64 GNU/Linux aarch64*-*-linux-gnu
+FreeBSD/powerpc powerpc*-*-freebsd
+Tilera TILE-Gx GNU/Linux tilegx*-*-linux-gnu
* New targets
+ARM AArch64 aarch64*-*-elf
+ARM AArch64 GNU/Linux aarch64*-*-linux
Lynx 178 PowerPC powerpc-*-lynx*178
+x86_64/Cygwin x86_64-*-cygwin*
+Tilera TILE-Gx GNU/Linux tilegx*-*-linux
* If the configured location of system.gdbinit file (as given by the
--with-system-gdbinit option at configure time) is in the
disable type-printer [name]...
Enable or disable type printers.
-set debug notification
-show debug notification
- Control display of debugging info for async remote notification.
-
* Removed commands
** For the Renesas Super-H architecture, the "regs" command has been removed
* New options
+set debug notification
+show debug notification
+ Control display of debugging info for async remote notification.
+
set print type methods (on|off)
show print type methods
Control whether method declarations are displayed by "ptype".
Control whether typedef definitions are displayed by "ptype".
The default is to show them.
+set filename-display basename|relative|absolute
+show filename-display
+ Control the way in which filenames is displayed.
+ The default is "relative", which preserves previous behavior.
+
+set trace-buffer-size
+show trace-buffer-size
+ Request target to change the size of trace buffer.
+
* MI changes
** Command parameter changes are now notified using new async record
"=cmd-param-changed".
** Trace frame changes caused by command "tfind" are now notified using
new async record "=traceframe-changed".
- ** The creation and deletion of trace state variables are now notified
- using new async records "=tsv-created" and "=tsv-deleted".
+ ** The creation, deletion and modification of trace state variables
+ are now notified using new async records "=tsv-created",
+ "=tsv-deleted" and "=tsv-modified".
** The start and stop of process record are now notified using new
async record "=record-started" and "=record-stopped".
** Memory changes are now notified using new async record
** The response to breakpoint commands and breakpoint async records
includes an "installed" field containing a boolean state about each
non-pending tracepoint location is whether installed on target or not.
+ ** Output of the "-trace-status" command includes a "trace-file" field
+ containing the name of the trace file being examined. This field is
+ optional, and only present when examining a trace file.
* GDB now supports the "mini debuginfo" section, .gnu_debugdata.
You must have the LZMA library available when configuring GDB for this
feature to be enabled. For more information, see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/MiniDebugInfo
+* New remote packets
+
+QTBuffer:size
+ Set the size of trace buffer. The remote stub reports support for this
+ packet to gdb's qSupported query.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.5
* GDB now supports x32 ABI. Visit <http://sites.google.com/site/x32abi/>
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