* NEWS: Add an entry regarding the improvement of the next/step

        operation on Alpha Tru64 multi-processor machines.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index b82715b..5309af6 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-21  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@gnat.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Add an entry regarding the improvement of the next/step
+       operation on Alpha Tru64 multi-processor machines.
+
 2002-08-21  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
 
        * Makefile.in: Update dependencies for mi/ cli/ and tui/

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 7901f24..33e33f5 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ These commands allow data to be copied from target memory
 to a bfd-format or binary file (dump and append), and back
 from a file into memory (restore).
 
+* Improved "next/step" support on multi-processor Alpha Tru64.
+
+The previous single-step mechanism could cause unpredictable problems,
+including the random appearance of SIGSEGV or SIGTRAP signals. The use
+of a software single-step mechanism prevents this.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 5.2.1:
 
 * New targets.