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Re: memory region documentation
>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@delorie.com> writes:
Eli> For gdb.texinfo, it looks like it should be a section in the
Eli> "Examining Data" chapter (node name "Data"), either as a section
Eli> after "Memory", or as a subsection of "Memory". I'm puzzled why
Eli> did you think it didn't fit into the "Data" chapter.
Thanks. I've got it in a separate file now, I'll merge it into one of
those places.
The reason I didn't think it fit in the Data chapter was the not yet
implemented breakpoint attribute. GDB needs to insert breakpoints for
step, next, continue, etc.; but it can't do it if the memory region is
protected (ie, image is running out of ROM, FLASH, etc.). So there
needs to be a mechanism to tell GDB to use hardware breakpoints for
those internal breakpoints. This part of the feature isn't really
"data" related.
--jtc
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J.T. Conklin
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