Wenn man sich wundert, wie man mit gdb lustig Hardwarebreakpoints setzen kann, obwohl x86 eigentlich nur vier unterstützt: Die Manual klärt auf.
Since they depend on hardware resources, hardware breakpoints may be limited in number; when the user asks for more, GDB will start trying to set software breakpoints. (On some architectures, notably the 32-bit x86 platforms, GDB cannot always know whether there's enough hardware resources to insert all the hardware breakpoints and watchpoints. On those platforms, GDB prints an error message only when the program being debugged is continued.)
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