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HW breakpoint on Linux x86 native
- From: Michael Eager <eager at eagerm dot com>
- To: "gdb at sourceware dot org" <gdb at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:39:35 -0700
- Subject: HW breakpoint on Linux x86 native
Hi --
I noticed that the FSF version of gdb builds without hw
break support for x86 native. The version of gdb distributed
by RedHat includes a patch to turn this feature on, with a
comment about gdb-6.6 compatibility.
Can someone tell me why hw bp is not enabled by default
for native x86?
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Michael Eager eager@eagercon.com
1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077