gdb: breakpoint when register will have value 0xffaa

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Published on 2010-02-08T17:14:34Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 23:41 UTC
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Can I set the breakpoint/watchpoint/smth else in gdb for register value?

I want to break when $eax will have value 0x0000ffaa.

Is it possible with gdb or dbx or any other unix debugger?

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