How do I set a software breakpoint on an ARM processor?

Question

How do I do the equivalent of an x86 software interrupt:

asm( \"int $3\" )

on an ARM processor (specifically a Cortex A8) to generate an event

Answer 1

Using arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe cross compiler, this works great for me (thanks to Igor's answer):

__asm__("BKPT");