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Debug in Depth
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B.10.3 Data Aborts
When a Data Abort occurs on a watchpointed access, the ARM7TDMI core enters
debug state in abort mode. The watchpoint, therefore, has higher priority than the abort,
but the ARM7TDMI core remembers that the abort happened.