>>> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 12:31:23 -0400 >>> From: Andrew Cagney >>> Cc: Daniel Jacobowitz , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com >>> >> >>>> > I'm not sure the mere presence of DR_* automatically means that >>>> > hardware watchpoints are supported at run time. I'd prefer to hear >>>> > that from Mark or someone else who could tell for sure. >>>> > >>>> > In any case, if the above is true, then there should be no problem to >>>> > write an Autoconf test that would replace >>>> > TARGET_HAS_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS. As soon as that is posted here, I >>>> > will withdraw all my objections to removing the old macro in favor of >>>> > the new mechanism. >> >>> >>> This assumes that we've access to machines to test it on, and the code >>> being modified is even being used / worth retaining. Resolving both of >>> those takes this from a no-problem task to something best handled >>> separatly, and something that should not block this current patch. I've committed this part of my change: > - core GDB no longer refers to TARGET_HAS_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS > At one stage target.h had definitions dependant on this macro, but no more. This patch removes the no-longer-needed defintion from configurations, such as GNU/Linux. w.r.t., > Sorry, the person who wants to submit a patch for inclusion should do > the necessary reasearch required to verify that the patch is doing > TRT. That was done. To have anyone do more is a waste of effort. Anyway, this is all have been beaten to death in this thread, we are just reiterating the same issues again and again. Andrew