From: Andrew Cagney Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 03:51:18 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update GDB 5 status. X-Git-Tag: gdb_5_0-2000-04-10-branchpoint~141 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=67edb2c6aeb4bfc93f2e408ca7cd7e1b1dfd2427;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fbinutils.git Update GDB 5 status. --- diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 2e333f8..5b083e1 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Wed Mar 29 13:40:40 2000 Andrew Cagney + + * TODO: Update GDB 5 status. + Wed Mar 29 10:16:35 2000 Andrew Cagney * breakpoint.h (remove_hw_watchpoints): Add declaration. diff --git a/gdb/TODO b/gdb/TODO index bc90ce1..5fe9f5b 100644 --- a/gdb/TODO +++ b/gdb/TODO @@ -62,23 +62,15 @@ Nick D's working through patches from Michael Snyder and Peter S. -- -Texinfo broken/builds (Andrew Cagney, Stan Shebs) -Cagney probably botched a fix to a botch. +RFA: procfs.c: init_procfs_ops should set +procfs_ops.to_has_[all]_memory (Peter Schauer, Andrew Cagney?) --- +I am pretty sure that this is caused by some accidental deletion, but +procfs.c:init_procfs_ops no longer sets procfs_ops.to_has_memory and +procfs_ops.to_has_all_memory. -x86 linux GDB and SIGALRM -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00803.html - --- - -RFA: breakpoint.c: Minor output fixes for hardware watchpoints -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00558.html - -During implementation of hardware watchpoints on Solaris, I noticed the -following inconsistencies in breakpoint.c output between software and -hardware breakpoints. +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg01057.html -- @@ -126,6 +118,12 @@ Pascal (Pierre Muller, David Taylor) The pascal support patches nave been added to the patch data base. I [cagney] strongly suspect that they are better suited for 5.1. +Indent -gnu ? +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00496.html + +2 pascal language patches inserted in database +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00521.html + -- Programs run under GDB have SIGCHLD masked. @@ -198,6 +196,39 @@ after proceeding over a breakpoint on x86 targets. -- +x86 linux GDB and SIGALRM (???) +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00803.html + +-- + +Migrate qfThreadInfo packet -> qThreadInfo. (Andrew Cagney) + +Add support for packet enable/disable commands with these thread +packets. General cleanup. + +[PATCH] Document the ThreadInfo remote protocol queries +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00832.html + +[PATCH] "info threads" queries for remote.c +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00831.html + +-- + +MI documentation in GDB user guide. (Andrew Cagney, Elena Zannoni, +Stan Shebs, anyone else?) + +> (Are there plans to make gdbmi.texi be part of the manual as well?) + +I'd like to see it go in there sooner rather than later too. Otherwise +you're introducing discrepancies between the manual and the documentation, +and everybody is confused - witness the lack of doc for the tracing +commands still, some two years after they were added... + +[PATCH] GDB command-line switches and annotations docs +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00639.html + +-- + GDB 5.0: Won't have ------------------- @@ -232,6 +263,33 @@ Something to do post 5.0 branch -- +Elimination of make_cleanup_func. (Andrew Cagney) + +make_cleanup_func elimination +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00791.html +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00814.html + +-- + +Allow GDB to use installed regex. Think about updating regex to more +recent version (Andrew Cagney). + +Re: A new patch for regex +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00635.html + +A patch for gnu-regex +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00568.html + +-- + +ChangeLog.mi vs ChangeLog-mi (Andrew Cagney) +Needs further debate. + +Re: [PATCH] Add change-log variables to more MI files +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00811.html + +-- + GDB 5.0: Test results --------------------- @@ -330,6 +388,30 @@ http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00025.html General Wish List ================= +-- + +GDBARCH cleanup (Andrew Cagney) + +The non-generated parts of gdbarch.{sh,h,c} should be separated out +into gdbarch-utils.[hc] (Name ok). + +The ``info architecture'' command should be replaced with a fixed +``set architecture'' (implemented using the command.c enum code). + +Document that gdbarch_init_ftype could easily fail because it didn't +identify an architecture. + +-- + +Check that GDB can handle all BFD architectures (Andrew Cagney) + +There should be a test that checks that BFD/GDB are in sync with +regard to architecture changes. Something like a test that first +queries GDB for all supported architectures and then feeds each back +to GDB.. Anyone interested in learning how to write tests? :-) + +-- + This list is probably not up to date, and opinions vary about the importance or even desirability of some of the items.