gdb can break on __init function ?

[Jun Sun]

I am using gdb/kdb to debug kernel through a serial line.  It mostly
works.  However I notice that I cannot break on any functions declared
as "__init".  If I remove that declaration, everything is fine.

Does anybody know if I am doing something wrong, or if there is some
trick which let me get around, or if that is simply the fact I have to
live with?

I am using gdb on i386/linux host, debugging linux on MIPS - if that
matters.

Thanks.

Jun