--- a/cdt/cdt_6_0_x/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.ui/plugin.properties	Wed Nov 11 16:36:23 2009 -0600
+++ b/cdt/cdt_6_0_x/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.ui/plugin.properties	Thu Nov 12 07:54:56 2009 -0600
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@
 
 StaleData.background.label=Stale data background color 
 StaleData.background.description=This color is used to indicate that a given element of data in a view is stale.  User should refresh the view to see current data.  The background color is used only when the view is in no-columns mode. 
+
+editorTextHover.label=Debugger
+editorTextHover.description=Shows formatted value in debugger hover
\ No newline at end of file

--- a/cdt/cdt_6_0_x/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.ui/plugin.xml	Wed Nov 11 16:36:23 2009 -0600
+++ b/cdt/cdt_6_0_x/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.ui/plugin.xml	Thu Nov 12 07:54:56 2009 -0600
@@ -651,6 +651,15 @@
          </description>
       </colorDefinition>
    </extension>
+   <extension
+         point="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.textHovers">
+      <hover
+            label="%editorTextHover.label"
+            description="%editorTextHover.description"
+            class="org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.ui.DsfDebugTextHover"
+            id="org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.ui.DsfDebugTextHover">
+      </hover>
+   </extension>
 
 
 </plugin>

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/cdt/cdt_6_0_x/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/debug/ui/DsfDebugTextHover.java	Thu Nov 12 07:54:56 2009 -0600
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Ericsson and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ * 
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Ericsson - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.debug.ui;
+
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of AbstractDebugTextHover using DSF services.
+ * 
+ * @since 2.1
+ */
+public class DsfDebugTextHover extends AbstractDsfDebugTextHover {
+
+    /*
+     * Not needed for the default DSF hover
+     */
+	@Override
+    protected String getModelId() { return null; }
+    
+	@Override
+	protected boolean canEvaluate() {
+	    if (getFrame() != null) {
+	        return true;
+	    }
+	    return false;
+	}
+}