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Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 14:35:00 -0000
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: x86 hardware breakpoint question
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On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 06:47:52PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>    cygwin that completely relies on win32 API calls does not support
>> hardware breakpoint (nor watchpoints)
>> because there is no API call to set a hardware trap.
>
>I think this is just because no one implemented Cygwin support for the
>new facilities on i386-nat.c.  When this was discussed a few months
>ago, someone, I think DJ Delorie, posted a list of Win32 API entries
>that support hardware watchpoints and breakpoints.

I can't find this, Eli.  Can you provide any clues on what to look for?
I'd like to have hardware brekpoints into cygwin if I can.

cgf