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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 08d6c8c..424f5c2 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2011-03-31 Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com> + Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com> + + Implement support for PowerPC BookE ranged breakpoints. + * gdb.texinfo (PowerPC Embedded): Document ranged breakpoints. + 2011-03-28 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Set Tracepoints): Fix typo. @@ -9,7 +15,7 @@ 2011-03-18 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> - PR python/12149 + PR python/12149 * gdb.texinfo (Basic Python): Update gdb.write and flush text. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index a4e976f..e72a305 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -18742,9 +18742,27 @@ region using one of the following commands (@pxref{Expressions}): (@value{GDBP}) watch @{char[@var{length}]@} @var{address} @end smallexample +@cindex ranged breakpoint +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}, +use the @code{break-range} command. + @value{GDBN} provides the following PowerPC-specific commands: @table @code +@kindex break-range +@item break-range @var{start-location}, @var{end-location} +Set a breakpoint for an address range. +@var{start-location} and @var{end-location} can specify a function name, +a line number, an offset of lines from the current line or from the start +location, or an address of an instruction (see @ref{Specify Location}, +for a list of all the possible ways to specify a @var{location}.) +The breakpoint will stop execution of the inferior whenever it +executes an instruction at any address within the specified range, +(including @var{start-location} and @var{end-location}.) + @kindex set powerpc @item set powerpc soft-float @itemx show powerpc soft-float |