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Re: [RFA] enable software single step on alpha-osf
- From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej at wasabisystems dot com>
- To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at ges dot redhat dot com>
- Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at gnat dot com>,gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 06:12:00 -0700
- Subject: Re: [RFA] enable software single step on alpha-osf
- Organization: Wasabi Systems, Inc.
- References: <20020718203205.GB26990@gnat.com> <3D408B66.6010203@ges.redhat.com>
On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 07:36:06PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > 2002-07-18 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>
> >
> > * alpha-osf1-tdep.c (alpha_osf1_init_abi): Unfortunately,
> > procfs appears to be broken when debugging on multi-processor
> > machines. So enable software single stepping in order to avoid
> > using the procfs interface to do next/step operations, using
> > internal breakpoints instead.
>
> Unless Jason Thorpe objects, this part of the change is approved. The
> other alternative would be to select this based on the OS.
No objections from me.
Note that the alpha-netbsd target already uses software single-step.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>