diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/files/ignore_whitespace_changes.patch b/meta/packages/gdb/files/ignore_whitespace_changes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 80480f2800..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/gdb/files/ignore_whitespace_changes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-gdb configure checks CFLAGS haven't changed. Sadly if CFLAGS have a double 
-space in, this gets lost somewhere and convinces gdb the flags have changed.
-Wipe out the test for now...
-
-RP - 23/11/2007
----
- gdb/gdbserver/configure |    7 -------
- gdb/testsuite/configure |    7 -------
- 2 files changed, 14 deletions(-)
-
-Index: gdb-6.6/gdb/testsuite/configure
-===================================================================
---- gdb-6.6.orig/gdb/testsuite/configure	2007-11-23 10:25:08.000000000 +0000
-+++ gdb-6.6/gdb/testsuite/configure	2007-11-23 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
-@@ -1271,13 +1271,6 @@ echo "$as_me:   current value: $ac_new_v
-     esac
-   fi
- done
--if $ac_cache_corrupted; then
--  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: changes in the environment can compromise the build" >&5
--echo "$as_me: error: changes in the environment can compromise the build" >&2;}
--  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: run \`make distclean' and/or \`rm $cache_file' and start over" >&5
--echo "$as_me: error: run \`make distclean' and/or \`rm $cache_file' and start over" >&2;}
--   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
--fi
- 
- ac_ext=c
- ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-Index: gdb-6.6/gdb/gdbserver/configure
-===================================================================
---- gdb-6.6.orig/gdb/gdbserver/configure	2007-11-23 10:29:06.000000000 +0000
-+++ gdb-6.6/gdb/gdbserver/configure	2007-11-23 10:29:20.000000000 +0000
-@@ -1262,13 +1262,6 @@ echo "$as_me:   current value: $ac_new_v
-     esac
-   fi
- done
--if $ac_cache_corrupted; then
--  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: changes in the environment can compromise the build" >&5
--echo "$as_me: error: changes in the environment can compromise the build" >&2;}
--  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: run \`make distclean' and/or \`rm $cache_file' and start over" >&5
--echo "$as_me: error: run \`make distclean' and/or \`rm $cache_file' and start over" >&2;}
--   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
--fi
- 
- ac_ext=c
- ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-common.inc b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-common.inc
index ef7d43b153..fcd911ab0a 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-common.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-common.inc
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/"
 LICENSE="GPLv3+"
 SECTION = "devel"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-DEPENDS = "ncurses readline"
+DEPENDS = "ncurses readline elfutils"
 
 inherit autotools
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gdb/gdb-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://no-werror.patch;patch=1"
+           file://no-werror.patch"
 
 export CC_FOR_BUILD = "${BUILD_CC}"
 export CXX_FOR_BUILD = "${BUILD_CXX}"
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = "'SUBDIRS=intl mmalloc libiberty opcodes bfd sim gdb etc utils'"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-gdbtk --disable-tui --disable-x \
                 --with-curses --disable-multilib --with-readline --disable-sim \
-                ${GDBPROPREFIX}"
+                ${GDBPROPREFIX} --with-libelf=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}"
 GDBPROPREFIX = "--program-prefix=''"
 
 do_configure () {
 	# override this function to avoid the autoconf/automake/aclocal/autoheader
 	# calls for now
 	(cd ${S} && gnu-configize) || die "failure in running gnu-configize"
-        oe_runconf
+	oe_runconf
 }
 
 RRECOMMENDS_gdb_append_linux = " glibc-thread-db "
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian_6.8.bb b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian_7.1.bb
similarity index 93%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian_6.8.bb
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian_7.1.bb
index eab1dde1cb..7a677540e2 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian_6.8.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross-canadian_7.1.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ DEPENDS = "ncurses-nativesdk expat-nativesdk gettext-nativesdk"
 
 inherit cross-canadian
 
-PR = "r10"
+PR = "r0"
 
 GDBPROPREFIX = "--program-prefix='${TARGET_PREFIX}'"
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_6.8.bb b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_7.1.bb
similarity index 88%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_6.8.bb
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_7.1.bb
index 19c2da23f8..b0d0ab87c2 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_6.8.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb-cross_7.1.bb
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ require gdb-cross.inc
 
 SRC_URI += "file://sim-install-6.6.patch;patch=1"
 
-PR = "r3"
+PR = "r0"
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb.inc b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb.inc
index fbfb9ad561..0ddd90b191 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb.inc
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ require gdb-common.inc
 
 inherit gettext
 
-SRC_URI += "file://kill_arm_map_symbols.patch;patch=1 \
-            file://gdbserver-cflags-last.diff;patch=1;pnum=0 \
-            file://ignore_whitespace_changes.patch;patch=1 "
-
+SRC_URI += "file://kill_arm_map_symbols.patch \
+            file://gdbserver-cflags-last.diff;striplevel=0 "
 #LDFLAGS_append = " -s"
 #export CFLAGS_append=" -L${STAGING_LIBDIR}"
 
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/files/gdbserver-cflags-last.diff b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb/gdbserver-cflags-last.diff
similarity index 50%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/files/gdbserver-cflags-last.diff
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb/gdbserver-cflags-last.diff
index 42bd740a7c..41395f936e 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gdb/files/gdbserver-cflags-last.diff
+++ b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb/gdbserver-cflags-last.diff
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
---- gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in.orig	2004-10-05 18:52:56.298419032 +0200
-+++ gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in	2004-10-05 18:53:10.442268840 +0200
-@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@
+Index: gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in.orig
++++ gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
+@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ WARN_CFLAGS = -Wall
  CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
  
  # INTERNAL_CFLAGS is the aggregate of all other *CFLAGS macros.
 -INTERNAL_CFLAGS =  $(WARN_CFLAGS) ${CFLAGS} ${GLOBAL_CFLAGS} \
--	${PROFILE_CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_CFLAGS} ${BFD_CFLAGS}
+-	${PROFILE_CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_CFLAGS}
 +INTERNAL_CFLAGS =  $(WARN_CFLAGS) ${GLOBAL_CFLAGS} \
-+	${PROFILE_CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_CFLAGS} ${BFD_CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}
++	${PROFILE_CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}
  
  # LDFLAGS is specifically reserved for setting from the command line
  # when running make.
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/files/kill_arm_map_symbols.patch b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb/kill_arm_map_symbols.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/files/kill_arm_map_symbols.patch
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb/kill_arm_map_symbols.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/files/libiberty-cross.patch b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb/libiberty-cross.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/files/libiberty-cross.patch
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb/libiberty-cross.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/files/no-werror.patch b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb/no-werror.patch
similarity index 54%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/files/no-werror.patch
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb/no-werror.patch
index 0a9faa2d1d..0926073721 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gdb/files/no-werror.patch
+++ b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb/no-werror.patch
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  gdb/configure.ac |    8 ++------
  4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 
---- gdb-6.8.orig/bfd/warning.m4
-+++ gdb-6.8/bfd/warning.m4
-@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ case "${host}" in
-   *) ;;
- esac
+Index: gdb-7.1/bfd/warning.m4
+===================================================================
+--- gdb-7.1.orig/bfd/warning.m4
++++ gdb-7.1/bfd/warning.m4
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ esac
  
  # Enable -Werror by default when using gcc
  if test "${GCC}" = yes -a -z "${ERROR_ON_WARNING}" ; then
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@
  fi
  
  NO_WERROR=
- if test "${ERROR_ON_WARNING}" = yes ; then
-     GCC_WARN_CFLAGS="$GCC_WARN_CFLAGS -Werror"
---- gdb-6.8.orig/configure.ac
-+++ gdb-6.8/configure.ac
-@@ -2739,11 +2739,11 @@ AC_SUBST(stage1_checking)
- 
- # Enable -Werror in bootstrap stage2 and later.
+Index: gdb-7.1/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- gdb-7.1.orig/configure.ac
++++ gdb-7.1/configure.ac
+@@ -3371,7 +3371,7 @@ AC_SUBST(stage1_checking)
  AC_ARG_ENABLE(werror,
  [  --enable-werror         enable -Werror in bootstrap stage2 and later], [],
  [if test -d ${srcdir}/gcc && test x"`cat $srcdir/gcc/DEV-PHASE`" = xexperimental; then
@@ -33,13 +31,11 @@
  else
    enable_werror=no
  fi])
- case ${enable_werror} in
-   yes) stage2_werror_flag="--enable-werror-always" ;;
---- gdb-6.8.orig/gdb/Makefile.in
-+++ gdb-6.8/gdb/Makefile.in
-@@ -140,13 +140,13 @@ READLINE_CFLAGS = @READLINE_CFLAGS@
- 
- # Where is expat?  This will be empty if expat was not available.
+Index: gdb-7.1/gdb/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- gdb-7.1.orig/gdb/Makefile.in
++++ gdb-7.1/gdb/Makefile.in
+@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ READLINE_CFLAGS = @READLINE_CFLAGS@
  LIBEXPAT = @LIBEXPAT@
  
  WARN_CFLAGS = @WARN_CFLAGS@
@@ -51,15 +47,13 @@
  
  GDB_WARN_CFLAGS_NO_FORMAT = `echo " $(GDB_WARN_CFLAGS) " | sed "s/ -Wformat-nonliteral / /g"`
  
- # Where is the INTL library?  Typically in ../intl.
- INTL = @LIBINTL@
---- gdb-6.8.orig/gdb/configure.ac
-+++ gdb-6.8/gdb/configure.ac
-@@ -1292,24 +1292,21 @@ AC_SUBST(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT)
- AC_SUBST(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT_DEFINE)
- 
+Index: gdb-7.1/gdb/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- gdb-7.1.orig/gdb/configure.ac
++++ gdb-7.1/gdb/configure.ac
+@@ -1525,15 +1525,12 @@ GDB_AC_WITH_DIR(SYSTEM_GDBINIT, system-g
  AC_ARG_ENABLE(werror,
-   [  --enable-werror    treat compile warnings as errors],
+   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-werror], [treat compile warnings as errors]),
    [case "${enableval}" in
 -     yes | y) ERROR_ON_WARNING="yes" ;;
 +     yes | y) ERROR_ON_WARNING="no" ;;
@@ -67,12 +61,6 @@
       *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-werror) ;;
     esac])
  
- # Enable -Werror by default when using gcc
- if test "${GCC}" = yes -a -z "${ERROR_ON_WARNING}" ; then
--    ERROR_ON_WARNING=yes
-+    ERROR_ON_WARNING=no
- fi
- 
  WERROR_CFLAGS=""
 -if test "${ERROR_ON_WARNING}" = yes ; then
 -    WERROR_CFLAGS="-Werror"
@@ -80,11 +68,7 @@
  
  # The entries after -Wno-pointer-sign are disabled warnings which may
  # be enabled in the future, which can not currently be used to build
- # GDB.
- # NOTE: If you change this list, remember to update
-@@ -1352,11 +1349,10 @@ then
-     AC_MSG_CHECKING(compiler warning flags)
-     # Separate out the -Werror flag as some files just cannot be
+@@ -1587,7 +1584,6 @@ then
      # compiled with it enabled.
      for w in ${build_warnings}; do
  	case $w in
@@ -92,5 +76,3 @@
  	*) # Check that GCC accepts it
  	    saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
  	    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $w"
- 	    AC_TRY_COMPILE([],[],WARN_CFLAGS="${WARN_CFLAGS} $w",)
- 	    CFLAGS="$saved_CFLAGS"
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/files/sim-install-6.6.patch b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb/sim-install-6.6.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/files/sim-install-6.6.patch
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb/sim-install-6.6.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/files/sim-install.patch b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb/sim-install.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/files/sim-install.patch
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb/sim-install.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/files/uclibc.patch b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb/uclibc.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/files/uclibc.patch
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb/uclibc.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb_6.8.bb b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb_7.1.bb
similarity index 62%
rename from meta/packages/gdb/gdb_6.8.bb
rename to meta/packages/gdb/gdb_7.1.bb
index 6495d6cdca..ec413a1397 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gdb/gdb_6.8.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/gdb/gdb_7.1.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 require gdb.inc
 
-PR = "r7"
+PR = "r0"