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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2004-01-24 11:37:29 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2004-01-24 11:37:29 +0000
commit5f19a6187b40ac007e58f2ecd539e915f1353863 (patch)
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downloadgdb-5f19a6187b40ac007e58f2ecd539e915f1353863.tar.gz
* gdb.texinfo (KOD): Document "show os". Add index entries for
"set/show os" and "info cisco" commands.
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo15
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index ef9dc9286e7..2ddf21ad3c2 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-01-24 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (KOD): Document "show os". Add index entries for
+ "set/show os" and "info cisco" commands.
+
2004-01-21 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* Makefile.in (install-info): Prepend $(DESTDIR) to $(infodir).
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 4e04afe05d2..c99dcad7a59 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -10632,9 +10632,7 @@ configuration of @value{GDBN}; use @code{help target} to list them.
@node KOD
@section Kernel Object Display
-
@cindex kernel object display
-@cindex kernel object
@cindex KOD
Some targets support kernel object display. Using this facility,
@@ -10643,6 +10641,7 @@ and can display information about operating system-level objects such as
mutexes and other synchronization objects. Exactly which objects can be
displayed is determined on a per-OS basis.
+@kindex set os
Use the @code{set os} command to set the operating system. This tells
@value{GDBN} which kernel object display module to initialize:
@@ -10650,11 +10649,17 @@ Use the @code{set os} command to set the operating system. This tells
(@value{GDBP}) set os cisco
@end smallexample
+@kindex show os
+The associated command @code{show os} displays the operating system
+set with the @code{set os} command; if no operating system has been
+set, @code{show os} will display an empty string @samp{""}.
+
If @code{set os} succeeds, @value{GDBN} will display some information
about the operating system, and will create a new @code{info} command
which can be used to query the target. The @code{info} command is named
after the operating system:
+@kindex info cisco
@smallexample
(@value{GDBP}) info cisco
List of Cisco Kernel Objects
@@ -10665,8 +10670,10 @@ any Any and all objects
Further subcommands can be used to query about particular objects known
by the kernel.
-There is currently no way to determine whether a given operating system
-is supported other than to try it.
+There is currently no way to determine whether a given operating
+system is supported other than to try setting it with @kbd{set os
+@var{name}}, where @var{name} is the name of the operating system you
+want to try.
@node Remote Debugging