* gdbint.texinfo (TARGET_RANGE_PROFITABLE_FOR_HW_WATCHPOINT):
authorJim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:26:48 +0000 (22:26 +0000)
committerJim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:26:48 +0000 (22:26 +0000)
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-11-21  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>
+
+       * gdbint.texinfo (TARGET_RANGE_PROFITABLE_FOR_HW_WATCHPOINT):
+       Delete documentation; this macro has been removed from the
+       sources.
+
 2001-11-13  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>
 
        * gdbint.texinfo (COERCE_FLOAT_TO_DOUBLE): Clarify.
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@@ -446,15 +446,6 @@ used, e.g., on HP-UX which provides operations to disable and enable
 the page-level memory protection that implements hardware watchpoints
 on that platform.
 
-@findex TARGET_RANGE_PROFITABLE_FOR_HW_WATCHPOINT
-@item TARGET_RANGE_PROFITABLE_FOR_HW_WATCHPOINT (@var{pid},@var{start},@var{len})
-Some addresses may not be profitable to use hardware to watch, or may
-be difficult to understand when the addressed object is out of scope,
-and hence should not be watched with hardware watchpoints.  On some
-targets, this may have severe performance penalties, such that we
-might as well use regular watchpoints, and save (possibly precious)
-hardware watchpoints for other locations.
-
 @findex target_insert_watchpoint
 @findex target_remove_watchpoint
 @item target_insert_watchpoint (@var{addr}, @var{len}, @var{type})