Re: [PATCH 1/2] [gdbserver] Rename supports_conditional_breakpoints to supports_hardware_single_step

[Antoine Tremblay <antoine dot tremblay at ericsson dot com>]

On 09/08/2015 10:31 AM, Yao Qi wrote:
> Antoine Tremblay <antoine.tremblay@ericsson.com> writes:
>
> Hi Antoine,
>
> > Could we generalize this even more to supports_single_step like your
> > next patch ?
>
> I am not sure.
>
> > Since I'm working on software single stepping for ARM, if this patch
> > goes in I'll need to implement a supports_software_single_step and
> > enable ConditionalBreakpoints for this case too...
>
> Nowadays, GDBserver only support conditional breakpoint for HW single
> step target.  Whether GDBserver support conditional breakpoint for SW
> single step target is a separate issue, and we can decide this once we
> have SW single step in GDBserver.

Alright then, I'll base my patchset based on your patch and most likely 
add a supports_software_single_step, if it's in by the time I post most 
likely later this week...

> I believe GDBserver can compute the next instruction of $PC for SW
> single step, but GDBserver execution control (target independent part)
> will be more complicated if SW single step is involved in.

Execution control for software single step is already present in 
GDBServer and working fine as far as I know...?