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authorMichael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com>2002-01-31 03:57:42 +0000
committerMichael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com>2002-01-31 03:57:42 +0000
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2002-01-30 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention "set trust-readonly-sections" command.
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*** Changes since GDB 5.1:
+* New command "set trust-readonly-sections on[off]".
+
+This command is a hint that tells gdb that read-only sections
+really are read-only (ie. that their contents will not change).
+In this mode, gdb will go to the object file rather than the
+target to read memory from read-only sections (such as ".text").
+This can be a significant performance improvement on some
+(notably embedded) targets.
+
* New command "generate-core-file" (or "gcore").
This new gdb command allows the user to drop a core file of the