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[rfa] NEWS additions for flash
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:18:03 -0400
- Subject: [rfa] NEWS additions for flash
This patch adds news entries for the flash patches I've just checked
in. Is this OK?
The next release is shaping up to be quite an improvement.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
2006-09-21 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
* NEWS: Mention flash support for "load" and new remote packets.
Index: gdb/NEWS
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.197
diff -u -p -r1.197 NEWS
--- gdb/NEWS 16 Aug 2006 20:33:23 -0000 1.197
+++ gdb/NEWS 21 Sep 2006 14:16:05 -0000
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ supported.
* The "set trust-readonly-sections" command works again. This command was
broken in GDB 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5.
+* The "load" command now supports writing to flash memory, when the remote
+stub provides the required support.
+
* New commands
set substitute-path
@@ -52,6 +55,15 @@ qXfer:auxv:read:
Fetch an OS auxilliary vector from the remote stub. This packet is a
more efficient replacement for qPart:auxv:read.
+qXfer:memory-map:read:
+ Fetch a memory map from the remote stub, including information about
+ RAM, ROM, and flash memory devices.
+
+vFlashErase:
+vFlashWrite:
+vFlashDone:
+ Erase and program a flash memory device.
+
* Removed remote packets
qPart:auxv:read: