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*** Changes since GDB 7.3
+* GDB has two new commands: "set remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit"
+ and "show remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit". These allows to
+ set or show the maximum length limit (in bytes) of a remote
+ target hardware watchpoint.
+
+ This allows e.g. to use "unlimited" hardware watchpoints with the
+ gdbserver integrated in Valgrind version >= 3.7.0. Such Valgrind
+ watchpoints are slower than real hardware watchpoints but are
+ significantly faster than gdb software watchpoints.
+
* Python scripting
** The "maint set python print-stack on|off" command has been