[PATCH] Support targets that know how to step over breakpoints

[Luis Machado]

Ping?

On 10/04/2012 09:48 AM, Luis Machado wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Most of the targets we deal with need to be told to lift off breakpoints
> from the inferior prior to single-stepping. A few targets are able to
> just step over those breakpoints without being told so.
>
> In the latter case, GDB assumes the target knows how to manage
> breakpoints on its own.
>
> gdbserver does not know how to do this unless we force this mechanism
> into it, but, honestly, i don't see the point. Usually targets that know
> how to step over breakpoints do so via a more low level interface like
> the kernel. Let me know if you think otherwise.