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From: Frederic Weisbecker on 25 Feb 2010 19:00
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 03:22:01PM -0600, Jason Wessel wrote:
> It is not possible to use the hw_breakpoint.c API prior to mm_init(),
> but it is possible to use hardware breakpoints with the kernel
> debugger.
>
> Prior to smp_init() it is possible to simply write to the dr registers
> of the boot cpu directly. This can be used up until the
> kgdb_arch_late() is invoked, at which point the standard hw_breakpoint.c
> API will get used.
>
> CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec(a)gmail.com>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel(a)windriver.com>
> ---


That looks good to me at a quick glance.

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