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Re: [RFA] set/show enable-software-singlestep

A Wednesday 25 June 2008 14:34:57, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> I think it should already be auto.  can-use-software-singlestep is
> unintuitive - either do use it, don't use it, or use GDB's best
> judgement.  And if the user selects to use it and it isn't supported,
> that's an error when we next want to singlestep.  WDYT?

Well, not really auto.  If a ARM stub does software singlestepping itself
(say we add it to gdbserver), gdb will still do software
single-stepping (breakpoint dance), wont it?

> I agree with Joel; if we want to have the user knob at all, no gain in
> hiding it.

To be clear, I'm not against the knob, FWIW.

-- 
Pedro Alves
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