From e2f4edfd006e47c385b715b535e5515f3ffd9a43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:37:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * gdb.texinfo (ARM): Document ARM-specific commands. --- gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 2 ++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index fc2459a..a00fa6b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ (Maintenance Commands): Add cross-reference to "Debugging Output". (Debugging Output): Document "set/show debug lin-lwp". + (MIPS): Improve documentation of heuristic-fence-post. + (ARM): Document ARM-specific commands. 2005-04-09 Eli Zaretskii diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 76c4f69..20646c6 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -13227,6 +13227,61 @@ ARM Demon monitor. @end table +@value{GDBN} provides the following ARM-specific commands: + +@table @code +@item set arm disassembler +@kindex set arm +This commands selects from a list of disassembly styles. The +@code{"std"} style is the standard style. + +@item show arm disassembler +@kindex show arm +Show the current disassembly style. + +@item set arm apcs32 +@cindex ARM 32-bit mode +This command toggles ARM operation mode between 32-bit and 26-bit. + +@item show arm apcs32 +Display the current usage of the ARM 32-bit mode. + +@item set arm fpu @var{fputype} +This command sets the ARM floating-point unit (FPU) type. The +argument @var{fputype} can be one of these: + +@table @code +@item auto +Determine the FPU type by querying the OS ABI. +@item softfpa +Software FPU, with mixed-endian doubles on little-endian ARM +processors. +@item fpa +GCC-compiled FPA co-processor. +@item softvfp +Software FPU with pure-endian doubles. +@item vfp +VFP co-processor. +@end table + +@item show arm fpu +Show the current type of the FPU. + +@item set arm abi +This command forces @value{GDBN} to use the specified ABI. + +@item show arm abi +Show the currently used ABI. + +@item set debug arm +Toggle whether to display ARM-specific debugging messages from the ARM +target support subsystem. + +@item show debug arm +Show whether ARM-specific debugging messages are enabled. +@end table + + @node H8/300 @subsection Renesas H8/300 @@ -14147,7 +14202,8 @@ Restrict @value{GDBN} to examining at most @var{limit} bytes in its search for the beginning of a function. A value of @var{0} (the default) means there is no limit. However, except for @var{0}, the larger the limit the more bytes @code{heuristic-fence-post} must search -and therefore the longer it takes to run. +and therefore the longer it takes to run. You should only need to use +this command when debugging a stripped executable. @item show heuristic-fence-post Display the current limit. -- 2.7.4