ptrace and debug register?

[Andrew Cagney]

Schneider, Jan (GE51) wrote:
> gdb uses ptrace for accessing the x86 debug register?!. 
> like in i386_linux_dr_set().
> Can I use ptrace for a PPC architecture? 
> There is no member u_debugreg in the struct user in sys/user.h
> Is there something missing in my cross-compiler, or is there no way to use
> ptrace?

For watchpoints?  From memory the PPC Linux kernel lacks that interface.

Andrew