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Re: Stepping off breakpoints in non-stop debugging mode (resubmit)
> From: Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:49:35 +0100
>
> How about this?
>
> @kindex maint set can-use-displaced-stepping
> @kindex maint show can-use-displaced-stepping
> @cindex displaced stepping support
> @item maint set can-use-displaced-stepping
> @itemx maint show can-use-displaced-stepping
> Control whether or not @value{GDBN} will do displaced stepping if the
> target supports it. The default is on. Displaced stepping is a way
> to single-step over breakpoints without removing them from the
> inferior, by executing an out-of-line copy of the instruction under
> the breakpoint. It is also known as out-of-line single-stepping.
This is okay, but instead of ``under the breakpoint'' I'd suggest to
say ``at the breakpoint location''.
> +Displays the current state of displaying @value{GDBN} displaced stepping
> +debugging info.
This is fine, but I think this is even better:
+Displays the current state of displaying @value{GDBN} debugging
+info related to displaced stepping.
> A couple of typos were also fixed in comments. Updated
> patch attached.
Thanks, approved, with the above gotchas.