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author | H.J. Lu <hjl@lucon.org> | 2000-09-06 15:23:04 +0000 |
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committer | H.J. Lu <hjl@lucon.org> | 2000-09-06 15:23:04 +0000 |
commit | ce7c68ac9e973eaf87c59a53bbc53078d56ab764 (patch) | |
tree | ba7c0947488b5e4448f31cc757bee8d7c1fef3c1 /gdb/TODO | |
parent | f750d85473894115735e53b157dec52e0394a57e (diff) | |
download | gdb-ce7c68ac9e973eaf87c59a53bbc53078d56ab764.tar.gz |
2000-09-06 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
* TODO: Add hardware watchpint problems on x86 OSes for 5.1.
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@@ -12,6 +12,26 @@ cycle. People hope to have these problems fixed in 5.1. -- +Hardware watchpint problems on x86 OSes, including Linux: + +1. Delete/disable hardware watchpoints should free hardware debug +registers. +2. Watch for different values on a viariable with one hardware debug +register. + +According to Eli Zaretskii <eliz@delorie.com>: + +These are not GDB/ia32 issues per se: the above features are all +implemented in the DJGPP port of GDB and work in v5.0. Every +x86-based target should be able to lift the relevant parts of +go32-nat.c and use them almost verbatim. You get debug register +sharing through reference counts, and the ability to watch large +regions (up to 16 bytes) using multiple registers. (The required +infrastructure in high-level GDB application code, mostly in +breakpoint.c, is also working since v5.0.) + +-- + RFD: infrun.c: No bpstat_stop_status call after proceed over break? http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00665.html |