From 6e2d11625b991b4094c9f2cc04e30f8d00f711a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Wielaard Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:22:59 +0200 Subject: NEWS: Better gcc 4.5 DWARF support (kernel module deps, DW_AT_const_value). --- NEWS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f0187614..b8a42305 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ - ftrace(msg:string) tapset function to send strings to the system-wide ftrace ring-buffer (if any). +- Better support for richer DWARF debuginfo output from GCC 4.5 + (variable tracking assignments). Kernel modules are now always resolved + against all their dependencies to find any info referring to missing + symbols. DW_AT_const_value is now supported when no DW_AT_location + is available. + * What's new in verson 1.0 - process().mark() probes now use an enabling semaphore to reduce the -- cgit