[1/7] NEWS entry about aarch64-linux record/replay support

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Omair Javaid June 4, 2014, 4:21 p.m. UTC
  gdb:

2014-06-04  Omair Javaid  <omair.javaid@linaro.org>

	* NEWS: Add a note on process record-replay support on aarch64*-linux*
	targets.

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 gdb/NEWS | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
  

Comments

Eli Zaretskii June 4, 2014, 4:24 p.m. UTC | #1
> From: Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org>
> Cc: Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org>
> Date: Wed,  4 Jun 2014 21:21:05 +0500
> 
>  *** Changes since GDB 7.7
>  
> +* Support for process record-replay and reverse debugging on aarch64*-linux*
> +  targets has been added.  GDB now supports recording of A64 instruction set
> +  including advance simd instructions.

OK, but please spell "SIMD" in all caps.
  
Yao Qi Aug. 30, 2014, 2:36 a.m. UTC | #2
Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org> writes:

> +* Support for process record-replay and reverse debugging on aarch64*-linux*
> +  targets has been added.  GDB now supports recording of A64 instruction set
                                                            ^^^
s/A64/AArch64/?

> +  including advance simd instructions.
  
Marcus Shawcroft Sept. 1, 2014, 2:51 p.m. UTC | #3
On 30 August 2014 03:36, Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org> writes:
>
>> +* Support for process record-replay and reverse debugging on aarch64*-linux*
>> +  targets has been added.  GDB now supports recording of A64 instruction set
>                                                             ^^^
> s/A64/AArch64/?
>

A64 is the name of the instruction set currently defined within the
AArch64 execution state. Therefore, in this context, I think the use
of A64 is appropriate.

/Marcus
  
Yao Qi Sept. 2, 2014, 12:56 a.m. UTC | #4
Marcus Shawcroft <marcus.shawcroft@gmail.com> writes:

> A64 is the name of the instruction set currently defined within the
> AArch64 execution state. Therefore, in this context, I think the use
> of A64 is appropriate.

OK, I have no question then.
  

Patch

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 1397e8b..55d3df7 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ 
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.7
 
+* Support for process record-replay and reverse debugging on aarch64*-linux*
+  targets has been added.  GDB now supports recording of A64 instruction set
+  including advance simd instructions.
+
 * New command line options
 
 -D data-directory