Re: [patch/rfc] Eliminate TARGET_HAS_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS

Eli Zaretskii
2004-09-06T18:47:21Z

> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 10:05:02 -0400
> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
>
> I'll clarify the comments so that it is clear that:
>
> - it is native only
>
> - in all likelyhood all applicable current systems support this
> mechanism so no autoconf test is needed (someone needs to do a proper
> analysis)
>
> - its a configuration change, possibly involving an autoconf test

Sorry, I'm confused: what will a non-native port do to support both
targets that have hardware watchpoints and those which do not? Or are
you saying that _all_ targets have hardware watchpoint support now
(which I think is not true)?

> > In any case, I'd like to see the suggested Autoconf replacement for
> > this before we deprecate the feature.
>
> This is neither deprecating a feature, nor deprecating a system.

``The feature'' in question is TARGET_HAS_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS. It is
being deprecated/removed, isn't it?