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| author | H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> | 2000-09-06 15:23:04 +0000 |
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| committer | H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> | 2000-09-06 15:23:04 +0000 |
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2000-09-06 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
* TODO: Add hardware watchpint problems on x86 OSes for 5.1.
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 4b28f5b..9154e42 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2000-09-06 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> + + * TODO: Add hardware watchpint problems on x86 OSes for 5.1. + 2000-09-06 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> * ia64-tdep.c (examine_prologue): Add rotating register rename @@ -12,6 +12,26 @@ cycle. People hope to have these problems fixed in 5.1. -- +Hardware watchpint problems on x86 OSes, including Linux: + +1. Delete/disable hardware watchpoints should free hardware debug +registers. +2. Watch for different values on a viariable with one hardware debug +register. + +According to Eli Zaretskii <eliz@delorie.com>: + +These are not GDB/ia32 issues per se: the above features are all +implemented in the DJGPP port of GDB and work in v5.0. Every +x86-based target should be able to lift the relevant parts of +go32-nat.c and use them almost verbatim. You get debug register +sharing through reference counts, and the ability to watch large +regions (up to 16 bytes) using multiple registers. (The required +infrastructure in high-level GDB application code, mostly in +breakpoint.c, is also working since v5.0.) + +-- + RFD: infrun.c: No bpstat_stop_status call after proceed over break? http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00665.html |