From: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: "Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@mailo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs/system: rewrite gdb breakpoint and watchpoint explanation
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:54:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f320d7bf-de2d-449f-be40-c79be30f15ec@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260629105837.71103-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
On 6/29/2026 3:58 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> There are a couple of gotchas we should point out:
>
> - software breakpoints can fail on early boot
> - TCG treats all breakpoints as "hardware" breakpoints
>
> Rewrite the text to explain this more clearly and call out the gotchas
> in a note and warning sections.
>
> Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/3596
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
>
> ---
> v2
> - made the soft breakpoint section a warning
> - moved discussion about TCG's unlimited break and watchpoints to a
> new note
> ---
> docs/system/gdb.rst | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
I'll let you pull this as part of gdbstub system.
Reviewed-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-29 15:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-29 10:58 [PATCH v2] docs/system: rewrite gdb breakpoint and watchpoint explanation Alex Bennée
2026-06-29 15:31 ` Peter Maydell
2026-06-29 15:54 ` Pierrick Bouvier [this message]
2026-07-01 21:13 ` Alex Bennée
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