Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:55:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45776 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201410102055.s9AKtam4094346@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Fri Oct 10 20:55:35 2014 New Revision: 45776 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45776 Log: Add LLDB report. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Fri Oct 10 20:48:02 2014 (r45775) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-07-2014-09.xml Fri Oct 10 20:55:35 2014 (r45776) @@ -1617,4 +1617,96 @@ </task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='bin'> + <title>LLDB Debugger Port</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Ed</given> + <common>Maste</common> + </name> + <email>emaste@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/lldb"/> + </links> + + <body> + <p>LLDB is the debugger project associated with Clang/LLVM. It + supports the Mac OS X, Linux, and &os; platforms, with Windows + support under development. It builds on existing components + in the larger LLVM project, for example using Clang's + expression parser and LLVM's disassembler.</p> + + <p>Work over the last three months consisted mainly of + maintenance, ensuring that the upstream &os; port continues to + build and that testsuite failures are promptly addressed.</p> + + <p>I plan to import a new LLDB snapshot after the base system + Clang is updated to 3.5. Some upstream improvements that will + be in that import include:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Ability to specify a count to thread step-* + operations.</li> + + <li>Ongoing AArch64 development.</li> + + <li>Significant progress on the lldb-gdbserver debug + stub.</li> + + <li>I/O handling improvements.</li> + + <li>A much faster C++ name demangler for most symbols.</li> + </ul> + + <p>A proof-of-concept implementation of kernel debugging support + for amd64 was completed as part of Google Summer of Code. It + is not ready to be committed, but will form the basis for + upcoming kernel debugging support.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor>DARP/AFRL</sponsor> + + <sponsor>SRI International</sponsor> + + <sponsor>University of Cambridge</sponsor> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Port remote debug stub (lldb-gdbserver) from Linux to + FreeBSD.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Add support for local and core file kernel debugging.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Implement, fix or test support on all non-amd64 + architectures.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Verify cross-debugging.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Investigate and fix test suite failures.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Package LLDB as a port.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Enable by default in the base system for working + architectures.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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