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>cdl_option CYGDBG_INFRA_DEBUG_TRACE_MESSAGE {
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All trace calls within eCos contain a text message
which should give some information about the circumstances.
These text messages will end up being embedded in the
application image and hence there is a significant penalty
in terms of image size.
It is possible to suppress the use of these messages by
disabling this option.
This results in smaller code size, but there is less
human-readable information available in the trace output,
possibly only filenames and line numbers."
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