From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29709 invoked by alias); 16 Jul 2012 16:39:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 29558 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Jul 2012 16:39:48 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from shell4.bayarea.net (HELO shell4.bayarea.net) (209.128.82.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:39:36 +0000 Received: (qmail 31585 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2012 09:39:35 -0700 Received: from c-76-102-3-160.hsd1.ca.comcast.net (HELO redwood.eagercon.com) (76.102.3.160) by shell4.bayarea.net with SMTP; 16 Jul 2012 09:39:35 -0700 Message-ID: <500443C7.5040707@eagerm.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:39:00 -0000 From: Michael Eager User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120605 Thunderbird/13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: HW breakpoint on Linux x86 native Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-07/txt/msg00035.txt.bz2 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? -- Michael Eager eager@eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077