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

	* NEWS: Mention "set trust-readonly-sections" command.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
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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>
 

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
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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