breakpoint extension for remote protocol, take II
Toshiyasu Morita
tm@netcom.com
Mon Jun 14 17:24:00 GMT 1999
>
> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
> Andrew> Have you considered what to do when there is a choice of
> Andrew> software breakpoints? Jim Ingham's pointed out to me that in
> Andrew> the case of the MIPS/MIPS16 and ARM/THUMB the breakpoint might
> Andrew> be 2 bytes or 4 bytes in size (and the value different in each
> Andrew> case).
>
> I was unaware processors with multiple software breakpoints existed.
> I assume that the 2 byte breakpoint instructions have to be inserted
> in "high-density" code segments and 4 byte breakpoints insns have to
> be inserted in "low-density" segments.
Is there a four-byte sequence which is an illegal instruction in both
MIPS16 and MIPS32 modes?
Toshi
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