Re: Mention non-stop mode in NEWS.

[Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>]

On Sunday 04 October 2009 16:51:25, Pedro Alves wrote:
> Non-stop mode isn't described in the NEWS yet.
> 
> Okay for main trunk and branch?
> 
> Very sorry for the delay in getting to this...
> 

> +  to implement the non-stop mode remote protocol extensions, as
> +  described in "Remote Non-Stop" section.  The GDB remote stub,

Bah, sorry, "section" of what?

Updated patch below.

-- 
Pedro Alves

2009-10-04  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>

	* NEWS: Mention non-stop mode.

---
 gdb/NEWS |   14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

Index: src/gdb/NEWS
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/NEWS	2009-10-04 15:56:42.000000000 +0100
+++ src/gdb/NEWS	2009-10-04 16:56:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -232,6 +232,20 @@ Cell/B.E. debugging, you need to configu
 powerpc-linux or powerpc64-linux and the spu-elf targets, using the
 --enable-targets configure option.
 
+* Non-stop mode debugging.
+
+  For some targets, GDB supports an optional mode of operation in
+  which you can examine stopped threads while other threads continue
+  to execute freely.  This is referred to as non-stop mode, with the
+  old mode referred to as all-stop mode.  See the "Non-Stop Mode"
+  section in the user manual for more information.
+
+  To be able to support remote non-stop debugging, a remote stub needs
+  to implement the non-stop mode remote protocol extensions, as
+  described in "Remote Non-Stop" section of the user manual.  The GDB
+  remote stub, gdbserver, has been adjusted to supports these
+  extensions on linux targets.
+
 * New commands (for set/show, see "New options" below)
 
 catch syscall [NAME(S) | NUMBER(S)]