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[NEWS] Mention signal info inspection support


Eli, does this look OK?

-- 
Pedro Alves


2009-02-06  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>

	* NEWS: Mention inspecting extra signal information, $_siginfo,
	and the qXfer:siginfo:read and qXfer:siginfo:write packets.

---
 gdb/NEWS |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Index: src/gdb/NEWS
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/NEWS	2009-02-06 23:13:17.000000000 +0000
+++ src/gdb/NEWS	2009-02-06 23:28:25.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ completions will be "f1" and "f2".
 operators when expanding macros.  It also supports variable-arity
 macros.
 
+* GDB now supports inspecting extra signal information, exported by
+  the new $_siginfo convenience variable.  The feature is currently
+  implemented on linux ARM, i386 and amd64.
+
 * New remote packets
 
 qSearch:memory:
@@ -39,6 +43,10 @@ QStartNoAckMode
 qXfer:osdata:read
   Obtains additional operating system information
 
+qXfer:siginfo:read
+qXfer:siginfo:write
+  Read or write additional signal information.
+
 * Removed remote protocol undocumented extension
 
   An undocumented extension to the remote protocol's `S' stop reply


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