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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Michael Eager <eager@eagerm.com>
Cc: "gdb@sourceware.org" <gdb@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: HW breakpoint on Linux x86 native
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:32:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN9gPaENkC6J8QhL3emiqy4tvEKd4hTUhHFCUQO_bihNqq8-Sw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <500443C7.5040707@eagerm.com>

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Michael Eager <eager@eagerm.com> wrote:
> Hi --
>
> I noticed that the FSF version of gdb builds without hw
> break support for x86 native.  The version of gdb distributed
> by RedHat includes a patch to turn this feature on, with a
> comment about gdb-6.6 compatibility.
>
> Can someone tell me why hw bp is not enabled by default
> for native x86?

Can you be a little more specific about what is not enabled by
default?  Hardware breakpoints are certainly supported.

-- 
Thanks,
Daniel


  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-16 17:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-16 16:39 Michael Eager
2012-07-16 17:32 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2012-07-16 18:17   ` Michael Eager
2012-07-16 18:43     ` Jan Kratochvil
2012-07-16 18:55       ` Michael Eager

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