Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:51:47 +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: r47971 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201601091851.u09IplYI085423@repo.freebsd.org>
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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.)</p> </body> </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> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://github.com/bsdjhb/gdb/tree/FreeBSD-threads">New 1:1-only thread target for &os;</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>The KGDB option is now on by default in the devel/gdb + port.</p> + + <p>The changes to support cross-debugging of crashdumps in + libkvm were committed to HEAD in r291406.</p> + + <p>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 + <tt>ptrace(2)</tt> directly rather than <tt>libthread_db</tt> 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 <tt>libthread_db</tt>-based target.</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Add a port option for the new 1:1-only thread target.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Test the new 1:1-only thread target.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Figure out why the powerpc kgdb targets are not able to + unwind the stack past the initial frame.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Add support for more platforms (arm, mips, aarch64) to + upstream <tt>gdb</tt> for both userland and <tt>kgdb</tt>.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Add support for debugging powerpc vector registers.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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