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[doc] Mention accelerated watchpoint conditions in the gdb manual
- From: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman at br dot ibm dot com>
- To: gdb-patches ml <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:40:39 -0300
- Subject: [doc] Mention accelerated watchpoint conditions in the gdb manual
Hi,
I mentioned this feature in the NEWS file but I just realized that it
would be useful to mention in the manual too. Ok to apply? For the
branch too?
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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center
2010-08-17 Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@br.ibm.com>
* gdb.texinfo (PowerPC Embedded): Mention support for the DVC register.
Index: gdb.git/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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--- gdb.git.orig/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2010-08-17 12:22:56.000000000 -0300
+++ gdb.git/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2010-08-17 12:30:34.000000000 -0300
@@ -18472,6 +18472,17 @@ Set suspend trace mode.
@node PowerPC Embedded
@subsection PowerPC Embedded
+@value{GDBN} supports using the DVC (Data Value Compare) register to
+implement in hardware simple hardware watchpoint conditions of the form:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) watch @var{ADDRESS|VARIABLE} if @var{ADDRESS|VARIABLE} == @var{CONSTANT EXPRESSION}
+@end smallexample
+
+The DVC register will be automatically used whenever @value{GDBN} detects
+such pattern in a condition expression. This feature is available in native
+@value{GDBN} running on a Linux kernel version 2.6.34 or newer.
+
@value{GDBN} provides the following PowerPC-specific commands:
@table @code