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authorMaciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>2012-05-18 23:46:39 +0000
committerMaciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>2012-05-18 23:46:39 +0000
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* NEWS: Add microMIPS support and "set mips compression", "show mips compression" commands. * mips-tdep.h (mips_isa): New enum. (gdbarch_tdep): Add mips_isa. (mips_pc_is_mips16): Update prototype. (mips_pc_is_mips, mips_pc_is_micromips): New prototypes. * mips-tdep.c (mips_compression_mips16): New variable. (mips_compression_micromips): Likewise. (mips_compression_strings): Likewise. (mips_compression_string): Likewise. (is_mips16_isa, is_micromips_isa): New functions. (is_mips16_addr): Rename to... (is_compact_addr): ... this. (unmake_mips16_addr): Likewise to... (unmake_compact_addr): ... this. (make_mips16_addr): Likewise to... (make_compact_addr): ... this. (is_mips_addr, is_mips16_addr, is_micromips_addr): New functions. (mips_elf_make_msymbol_special): Handle microMIPS code. (msymbol_is_special): Rename to... (msymbol_is_mips16): ... this. (mips_make_symbol_special, mips_pc_is_mips16): Update accordingly. (msymbol_is_mips, msymbol_is_micromips): New functions. (mips16_to_32_reg): Rename to... (mips_reg3_to_reg): ... this. (mips_pc_is_mips, mips_pc_is_micromips): New functions. (mips_pc_isa): Likewise. (mips_read_pc, mips_unwind_pc, mips_write_pc): Handle microMIPS code. (mips_fetch_instruction): Pass return status instead of printing an error message if requested. Handle microMIPS code. Bail out on an invalid ISA. (micromips_op): New macro. (b0s4_imm, b0s5_imm, b0s5_reg, b0s7_imm, b0s10_imm): Likewise. (b1s9_imm, b2s3_cc, b4s2_regl, b5s5_op, b5s5_reg): Likewise. (b6s4_op, b7s3_reg): Likewise. (b0s6_op, b0s11_op, b0s12_imm, b0s16_imm, b0s26_imm): Likewise. (b6s10_ext, b11s5_reg, b12s4_op): Likewise. (mips_insn_size): New function. (mips32_next_pc): Update mips_fetch_instruction call. (micromips_relative_offset7): New function. (micromips_relative_offset10): Likewise. (micromips_relative_offset16): Likewise. (micromips_pc_insn_size): Likewise. (micromips_bc1_pc): Likewise. (micromips_next_pc): Likewise. (unpack_mips16): Update mips_fetch_instruction call. (extended_mips16_next_pc): Update according to change to mips16_to_32_reg. (mips_next_pc): Update mips_pc_is_mips16 call. Handle microMIPS code. (mips16_scan_prologue): Update mips_fetch_instruction call. Update according to change to mips16_to_32_reg. (mips_insn16_frame_sniffer): Update mips_pc_is_mips16 call. (mips_insn16_frame_base_sniffer): Likewise. (micromips_decode_imm9): New function. (micromips_scan_prologue): Likewise. (mips_micro_frame_cache): Likewise. (mips_micro_frame_this_id): Likewise. (mips_micro_frame_prev_register): Likewise. (mips_micro_frame_sniffer): Likewise. (mips_micro_frame_unwind): New variable. (mips_micro_frame_base_address): New function. (mips_micro_frame_base): New variable. (mips_micro_frame_base_sniffer): New function. (mips32_scan_prologue): Update mips_fetch_instruction call. (mips_insn32_frame_sniffer): Check for the standard MIPS ISA rather than for MIPS16. (mips_insn32_frame_base_sniffer): Likewise. (mips_addr_bits_remove): Handle microMIPS code. (deal_with_atomic_sequence): Rename to... (mips_deal_with_atomic_sequence): ... this. Update the type of the variable used to hold an instruction. Remove the ISA bit check. Update mips_fetch_instruction call. (micromips_deal_with_atomic_sequence): New function. (deal_with_atomic_sequence): Likewise. (mips_about_to_return): Handle microMIPS code. Update mips_fetch_instruction call. (heuristic_proc_start): Check for the standard MIPS ISA rather than for MIPS16. Update mips_pc_is_mips16 and mips_fetch_instruction calls. Handle microMIPS code. (mips_push_dummy_code): Handle microMIPS code. (mips_eabi_push_dummy_call): Likewise. (mips_o32_return_value): Update mips_pc_is_mips16 call. (mips_o64_push_dummy_call): Handle microMIPS code. (mips_o64_return_value): Update mips_pc_is_mips16 call. (is_delayed): Remove function. (mips_single_step_through_delay): Replace the call to is_delayed with mips32_instruction_has_delay_slot. Correct MIPS16 handling. Handle microMIPS code. (mips_skip_prologue): Update mips_pc_is_mips16 call. Handle microMIPS code. (mips32_in_function_epilogue_p): Update mips_fetch_instruction call. (micromips_in_function_epilogue_p): New function. (mips16_in_function_epilogue_p): Update mips_fetch_instruction call. (mips_in_function_epilogue_p): Update mips_pc_is_mips16 call. Handle microMIPS. (gdb_print_insn_mips): Likewise. (mips_breakpoint_from_pc): Likewise. (mips_remote_breakpoint_from_pc): New function. (mips32_instruction_has_delay_slot): Simplify making use of the updated mips_fetch_instruction interface. (micromips_instruction_has_delay_slot): New function. (mips16_instruction_has_delay_slot): Simplify making use of the updated mips_fetch_instruction interface. (mips_adjust_breakpoint_address): Check for the standard MIPS ISA rather than for MIPS16 ISA. Update for unmake_compact_addr calls. Handle microMIPS code. (mips_get_mips16_fn_stub_pc): Update mips_fetch_instruction call. (mips_skip_trampoline_code): Handle microMIPS code. (global_mips_compression): New function. (mips_gdbarch_init): Handle the compressed ISA setting from ELF file flags. Register the microMIPS remote breakpoint handler and heuristic frame unwinder. (show_mips_compression): New function. (_initialize_mips_tdep): Add the "set mips compression" and "show mips compression" commands. gdb/doc/ * gdb.texinfo (MIPS): Document "set mips compression" and "show mips compression". (MIPS Breakpoint Kinds): New subsubsection.
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@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
*** Changes since GDB 7.4
+* GDB now supports debugging microMIPS binaries.
+
* The "info os" command on GNU/Linux can now display information on
several new classes of objects managed by the operating system:
"info os procgroups" lists process groups
@@ -166,6 +168,14 @@ HP OpenVMS ia64 ia64-hp-openvms*
* New options
+set mips compression
+show mips compression
+ Select the compressed ISA encoding used in functions that have no symbol
+ information available. The encoding can be set to either of:
+ mips16
+ micromips
+ and is updated automatically from ELF file flags if available.
+
set breakpoint condition-evaluation
show breakpoint condition-evaluation
Control whether breakpoint conditions are evaluated by GDB ("host") or by