Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 02:07:38 +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: r49817 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201701100207.v0A27cpQ010680@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Tue Jan 10 02:07:38 2017 New Revision: 49817 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49817 Log: Add gdb entry from jhb Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Tue Jan 10 01:01:53 2017 (r49816) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Tue Jan 10 02:07:38 2017 (r49817) @@ -388,4 +388,57 @@ Microsoft </sponsor> </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>luca.pizzamiglio@gmail.com</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <body> + <p>The port has been updated to GDB 7.12.</p> + + <p>7.12 includes additional fixes related to tracing + <tt>vfork()</tt>s. Some of these fixes depend on changes to + <tt>ptrace()</tt> in the kernel to report a new ptrace stop when + the parent of a <tt>vfork()</tt> resumes.</p> + + <p>Support for &os;/mips userland binaries has been committed + upstream. These patches, along with support for debugging + &os;/mips kernels, should be added to the port soon.</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>Add support for more platforms (arm, aarch64) to upstream + <tt>gdb</tt> for both userland and <tt>kgdb</tt>.</task> + + <task>Add support for debugging powerpc vector registers.</task> + + <task>Add support for <tt>$_siginfo</tt>.</task> + + <task>Implement 'info proc' commands.</task> + + <task>Implement 'info os' commands.</task> + + <task>Debug <tt>gdb</tt> hangs related to the 'kill' command.</task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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