related to breakpoints and single stepping into SIGTRAP so gdb(1) knows
why the remote target has stopped. In particular, gdb(1) needs to know
if the reason is something of its own doing.
backend improves over the old GDB support in the following ways:
o Unified implementation with minimal MD code.
o A simple interface for devices to register themselves as debug
ports, ala consoles.
o Compression by using run-length encoding.
o Implements GDB threading support.