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author | Philippe Waroquiers <philippe@sourceware.org> | 2011-07-26 20:57:54 +0000 |
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committer | Philippe Waroquiers <philippe@sourceware.org> | 2011-07-26 20:57:54 +0000 |
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2011-07-26 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* remote.c (remote_region_ok_for_hw_watchpoint): New function.
(remote_hw_watchpoint_length_limit): New variable.
(_initialize_remote) add set,show cmds for this new variable.
* gdb.texinfo: document these new commands.
* NEWS: Mention these new commands.
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@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ *** Changes since GDB 7.3 +* GDB has two new commands: "set remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit" + and "show remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit". These allows to + set or show the maximum length limit (in bytes) of a remote + target hardware watchpoint. + + This allows e.g. to use "unlimited" hardware watchpoints with the + gdbserver integrated in Valgrind version >= 3.7.0. Such Valgrind + watchpoints are slower than real hardware watchpoints but are + significantly faster than gdb software watchpoints. + * Python scripting ** The "maint set python print-stack on|off" command has been |