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Re: [PATCH 5/5] set/show code-cache NEWS and doc


> From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:27:35 +0800
> 
> --- a/gdb/NEWS
> +++ b/gdb/NEWS
> @@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ set range-stepping
>  show range-stepping
>    Control whether target-assisted range stepping is enabled.
>  
> +set code-cache
> +show code-cache
> +  Use more aggressive caching for accesses to the code.  This improves
> +  performance of remote debugging (particularly disassemble) without
> +  affecting correctness.

Thanks.  However, this (and even more importantly, the manual) should
explain what is "code" in this context.  "Code" is too general a word
to hope that the reader will immediately understand what you mean.

Also, the last sentence above should be in the manual; it's not good
that the manual has less details than NEWS.


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