2002-01-30 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>

* NEWS: Mention "set trust-readonly-sections" command.
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2002-01-30 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
* NEWS: Mention generate-core-file command.
* NEWS: Mention "set trust-readonly-sections" command.
Mention generate-core-file command.
2002-01-15 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>

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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