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Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] Support software breakpoints for ARM linux in GDBServer.
- From: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- To: Antoine Tremblay <antoine dot tremblay at ericsson dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:33:46 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] Support software breakpoints for ARM linux in GDBServer.
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On 10/15/2015 07:23 PM, Antoine Tremblay wrote:
>
>
> On 10/15/2015 12:07 PM, Pedro Alves wrote:
>> On 10/05/2015 05:44 PM, Antoine Tremblay wrote:
>>
>>> --- a/gdb/NEWS
>>> +++ b/gdb/NEWS
>>> @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
>>>
>>> *** Changes since GDB 7.10
>>>
>>> +* Support for software breakpoints on ARM linux was added in GDBServer.
>>
>> Putting a user hat on, what does this mean? Why is it news worthy?
>>
>
> Humm I had not thought about it this way would saying something like :
>
> * Support for software breakpoints on ARM linux was added in GDBServer.
> Users can now call break to set a breakpoint with GDBServer on ARM linux.
When I read this I'm left confused and wonder what's new, because
it suggests users couldn't already call break and set breakpoints before,
but, they obviously could.
Thanks,
Pedro Alves