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authorPedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>2022-05-31 12:18:49 +0100
committerPedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>2022-05-31 13:21:52 +0100
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Improve break-range's documentation
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@@ -25470,7 +25470,7 @@ about the @code{mask} argument in @ref{Set Watchpoints}.
PowerPC embedded processors support hardware accelerated
@dfn{ranged breakpoints}. A ranged breakpoint stops execution of
the inferior whenever it executes an instruction at any address within
-the range it specifies. To set a ranged breakpoint in @value{GDBN},
+the range it was set at. To set a ranged breakpoint in @value{GDBN},
use the @code{break-range} command.
@value{GDBN} provides the following PowerPC-specific commands:
@@ -25481,12 +25481,14 @@ use the @code{break-range} command.
Set a breakpoint for an address range given by @var{start-locspec} and
@var{end-locspec}, which are location specs. @xref{Location
Specifications}, for a list of all the possible forms of location
-specs. If either @var{start-locspec} or @var{end-locspec} resolve to
-multiple addresses in the program, then the command aborts with an
-error without creating a breakpoint. The breakpoint will stop
-execution of the inferior whenever it executes an instruction at any
-address within the specified range, including @var{start-locspec} and
-@var{end-locspec}.
+specs. @value{GDBN} resolves both @var{start-locspec} and
+@var{end-locspec}, and uses the addresses of the resolved code
+locations as start and end addresses of the range to break at. The
+breakpoint will stop execution of the inferior whenever it executes an
+instruction at any address between the start and end addresses,
+inclusive. If either @var{start-locspec} or @var{end-locspec} resolve
+to multiple code locations in the program, then the command aborts
+with an error without creating a breakpoint.
@kindex set powerpc
@item set powerpc soft-float