Linaro GDB

The Linaro GDB project is a branch of FSF GDB to stage new features, patches etc., stabilized for consumption by Linux distributions.

It also features parts of the CodeSourcery patchset.

What is new in this release:

• Linaro GDB 7.6 2013.05 is identical to the FSF GDB 7.6 release, except for the change in version number and Linaro branding, since all Linaro GDB features were already accepted upstream and are included in the FSF release as-is.
• Future releases in the Linaro GDB 7.6 series may include additional ARM-focused bug fixes and enhancements.

What is new in version 7.5 2012.12-1:

• Linaro GDB 7.5 2012.12-1 is identical to the FSF GDB 7.5.1 release, except for the change in version number and Linaro branding, since all Linaro GDB features were already accepted upstream and are included in the FSF release as-is. Future releases in the Linaro GDB 7.5 series may include additional ARM-focused bug fixes and enhancements.

What is new in version 7.5 2012.12:

• Linaro GDB 7.5 2012.12 is identical to the FSF GDB 7.5.1 release, except for the change in version number and Linaro branding, since all Linaro GDB features were already accepted upstream and are included in the FSF release as-is. Future releases in the Linaro GDB 7.5 series may include additional ARM-focused bug fixes and enhancements.

What is new in version 7.4 2012.04:

• gdbserver can now be compiled with Android's toolchain.
• Additional fixes from the GDB 7.4 branch, one of them being that it doesn't require makeinfo to build anymore.

What is new in version 7.3 2011.12:

• Update to GDB 7.3.1 code base
• Support single-stepping atomic operations (LDREX/STREX sequences)

What is new in version 7.3 2011.10:

• Support for disabling address space randomization in gdbserver.
• Fix for GDB crashes on 3.x kernels.
• Fix spurious "CRC mismatch" warnings when using "remote:" sysroot.

What is new in version 7.3 2011.09:

• Support for hardware breakpoints and watchpoints in gdbserver

What is new in version 7.3 2011.08:

• LP: #804401 [remote testsuite] Thread support
• LP: #804387 [remote testsuite] Shared library test problems
• LP: #804392 [remote testsuite] Rebuilt executables not copied
• LP: #804396 [remote testsuite] Spurious failures

What is new in version 7.2 2011.05:

• LP: #615972 Neon registers missing in core files
• LP: #615978 Failure to software single-step into signal handler
• LP: #615996 gdb.cp/templates.exp failures