[lldb] [llvm] [lldb] Add release note for SymStore and generate settings docs (PR #209469)

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Author: Nerixyz (Nerixyz)

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We didn't have a release note for the symstore symbol locator and the settings weren't included on https://lldb.llvm.org/use/settings.html. The second part is probably because both were landing at the same time, so I missed the JSON output there.



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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/209469.diff


2 Files Affected:

- (modified) lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolLocator/SymStore/CMakeLists.txt (+4) 
- (modified) llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.md (+4) 


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diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolLocator/SymStore/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolLocator/SymStore/CMakeLists.txt
index 66a3d8640816f..1676cb017969b 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolLocator/SymStore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolLocator/SymStore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ lldb_tablegen(SymbolLocatorSymStorePropertiesEnum.inc -gen-lldb-property-enum-de
   SOURCE SymbolLocatorSymStoreProperties.td
   TARGET LLDBPluginSymbolLocatorSymStorePropertiesEnumGen)
 
+lldb_tablegen(SymbolLocatorSymStoreProperties.json -dump-json
+  SOURCE SymbolLocatorSymStoreProperties.td
+  TARGET LLDBPluginSymbolLocatorSymStorePropertiesJsonGen)
+
 add_lldb_library(lldbPluginSymbolLocatorSymStore PLUGIN
   SymbolLocatorSymStore.cpp
 
diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.md b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
index b186fbefb9e87..6a99272a0e4ad 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -485,6 +485,10 @@ Makes programs 10x faster by doing Special New Thing.
   from the command-line and in the output window when using lldb-dap.
 * LLDB now uses `lldb-server.exe` to launch and manage the program being debugged,
   instead of running it within LLDB's own process. To revert to the previous behavior, set the environment variable `LLDB_USE_LLDB_SERVER=0`.
+* Support for PDB symbol servers has been added. By default, no symbol servers are used.
+  You can control this either through the [`_NT_SYMBOL_PATH`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/symbol-path)
+  environment variable or by setting `plugin.symbol-locator.symstore.urls`
+  (see [`plugin.symbol-locator.symstore`](https://lldb.llvm.org/use/settings.html#symstore) for more info).
 
 
 ### Changes to BOLT

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/209469