gdb-5.3: how to avoid soft breakpoints?

[Heiko Panther]

 >> Can I have gdb totally avoid
>>soft breakpoints?

> I recently posted a patch that tries to use h/w breakpoints when s/w
> breakpoints fail. It worked for me in pretty much the same situation as
> you seem to be in, but I didn't get any feedback on it. See:
> 
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-01/msg00343.html

Just tried it out, and it works nicely. Worthwile putting this into 
mainline IMHO, if there's no broader approach being worked on currently.

Thanks!

Heiko