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@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ *** 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 |