[RFC] Target-defined breakpoints (autoload breakpoints) [8/9] target-defined breakpoint sync function doc
Hui Zhu
hui_zhu@mentor.com
Wed Oct 24 15:04:00 GMT 2012
This is the doc for target-defined breakpoint sync function.
Thanks,
Hui
2012-10-24 Hui Zhu <hui_zhu@mentor.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Setting Breakpoints): Add target-defined breakpoints sync function.
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@@ -3811,6 +3811,12 @@ by the program itself through some speci
connects to target, it should handle these existing breakpoints from
remote target. We call these breakpoints @dfn{target-defined-breakpoints}.
+The other use case we want to support in @value{GDBN} is that inferior
+may add/set/delete breakpoints on its own, and remote target gets
+@value{GDBN} notified, and @value{GDBN} can take some actions accordingly.
+We call these asynchronous reports about changes in the remote-side
+breakpoints @pxref{Notification Packets}.
+
This feature can be controlled via the following commands:
@kindex set breakpoint target-defined
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