Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:35:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51146 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201710260035.v9Q0ZnJj049479@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Thu Oct 26 00:35:49 2017 New Revision: 51146 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51146 Log: Add 2017Q3 gdb entry from jhb Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml Wed Oct 25 15:10:19 2017 (r51145) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-07-2017-09.xml Thu Oct 26 00:35:49 2017 (r51146) @@ -254,4 +254,61 @@ <task>Add support for the CCP (Crypto Co-Processor).</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='bin'> + <title>Updates to GDB</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>John</given> + <common>Baldwin</common> + </name> + <email>jhb@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + + <person> + <name> + <given>Luca</given> + <common>Pizzamiglio</common> + </name> + <email>pizzamig@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <body> + <p>The port has been updated to GDB 8.0.</p> + + <p>Support for &os;/aarch64 userland binaries has been committed + upstream. These patches, along with support for debugging + &os;/aarch64 kernels, have been committed to the port.</p> + + <p>Upstream patches adding improved support for &os;/arm userland + binaries are currently in review. &os; 12 has recently grown + support for debugging VFP registers via <tt>ptrace()</tt> and + core dumps as part of this work. Support for &os;/arm kernels + will be added to the port after the upstream patches are added + to the port.</p> + + <p>Support for <tt>$_siginfo</tt> has been committed upstream. + This uses the recently added NT_LWPINFO note to extract + signal information from process cores.</p> + + <p>Hangs that occured when GDB's <tt>kill</tt> command was used + were fixed in &os; in r313992.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task>Figure out why the powerpc <tt>kgdb</tt> targets are not able to + unwind the stack past the initial frame.</task> + + <task>Test support for sparc64 binaries and kernels.</task> + + <task>Add support for debugging powerpc vector registers.</task> + + <task>Implement <tt>info proc</tt> commands.</task> + + <task>Implement <tt>info os</tt> commands.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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