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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 8c85c5a..f94df68 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -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 |