From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Sat Jan 9 18:51:48 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FD3DA68FBE; Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:51:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F8CB18A6; Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:51:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u09IplEd085424; Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:51:47 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u09IplYI085423; Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:51:47 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201601091851.u09IplYI085423@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:51:47 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47971 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:51:48 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Sat Jan 9 18:51:47 2016 New Revision: 47971 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47971 Log: Add gdb report from jhb Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Sat Jan 9 18:47:09 2016 (r47970) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-10-2015-12.xml Sat Jan 9 18:51:47 2016 (r47971) @@ -418,4 +418,63 @@ version comes out.)

+ + + Updates to GDB + + + + + John + Baldwin + + jhb@FreeBSD.org + + + + + New 1:1-only thread target for &os; + + + +

The KGDB option is now on by default in the devel/gdb + port.

+ +

The changes to support cross-debugging of crashdumps in + libkvm were committed to HEAD in r291406.

+ +

A new thread target for &os; that is suitable for merging + upstream has been written and lightly tested. However, it is not + yet available as an option in the port. This thread target uses + ptrace(2) directly rather than libthread_db and + as such supports threads on all ABIs (such as &os;/i386 binaries + on &os;/amd64 and possibly Linux binaries, though that is not yet + tested). It also requires less-invasive changes in the MD targets + in GDB compared to the libthread_db-based target.

+ + + + +

Add a port option for the new 1:1-only thread target.

+ + + +

Test the new 1:1-only thread target.

+ + + +

Figure out why the powerpc kgdb targets are not able to + unwind the stack past the initial frame.

+ + + +

Add support for more platforms (arm, mips, aarch64) to + upstream gdb for both userland and kgdb.

+ + + +

Add support for debugging powerpc vector registers.

+ + +