Add support for ARM hardware breakpoints

Registered by Andrew Stubbs

Take the ARM hardware breakpoint support from upstream, and backport it into the Linaro kernel and debugger.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Michael Hope
Priority:
Low
Drafter:
Andrew Stubbs
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Ulrich Weigand
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for 11.05
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Ulrich Weigand
Completed by
Ulrich Weigand

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Sprints

Whiteboard

2010-07-07, lool: GDB patches posted upstream
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-07/msg00110.html

2010-10-26, wildea01: Kernel patches merged upstream (scheduled for 2.6.37)

2011-02-21, uweigand: GDB patches merged upstream
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-02/msg00425.html

Effort: 1M

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Work Items

Work items:
Merge GDB support upstream: DONE
Backport GDB patches: DONE
Verify Linaro/Natty Kernel support present: DONE

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