debug registers

From: Wendy E. McCaughrin (wemccaug_at_bluestem.prairienet.org)
Date: 04/29/04

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    Can the debug registers (DR0...DR3 for breakpoint, D6,D7) be used to
    monitor another program for a certain instruction to execute? E.g.,
    say I wanted a program to monitor a child process for execution of
    a LIDT instruction: I can do that without the debug regs easily
    enough, but is there a more efficient way with them?

    Thanks!

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