From 9fb14e79f9f0322189fb5a2ea17f9819d44fced6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Brobecker Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:59:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * NEWS: Add an entry regarding the improvement of the next/step operation on Alpha Tru64 multi-processor machines. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gdb/NEWS | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index b82715b..5309af6 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-08-21 Joel Brobecker + + * NEWS: Add an entry regarding the improvement of the next/step + operation on Alpha Tru64 multi-processor machines. + 2002-08-21 Andrew Cagney * Makefile.in: Update dependencies for mi/ cli/ and tui/ diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index 7901f24..33e33f5 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ These commands allow data to be copied from target memory to a bfd-format or binary file (dump and append), and back from a file into memory (restore). +* Improved "next/step" support on multi-processor Alpha Tru64. + +The previous single-step mechanism could cause unpredictable problems, +including the random appearance of SIGSEGV or SIGTRAP signals. The use +of a software single-step mechanism prevents this. + *** Changes in GDB 5.2.1: * New targets. -- 2.7.4