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@@ -247,6 +247,19 @@ annotate.*::
These are in control of addresses, jump function, source code
in lines of assembly code from a specific program.
+ annotate.disassemblers::
+ Choose the disassembler to use: "objdump", "llvm", "capstone",
+ if not specified it will first try, if available, the "llvm" one,
+ then, if it fails, "capstone", and finally the original "objdump"
+ based one.
+
+ Choosing a different one is useful when handling some feature that
+ is known to be best support at some point by one of the options,
+ to compare the output when in doubt about some bug, etc.
+
+ This can be a list, in order of preference, the first one that works
+ finishes the process.
+
annotate.addr2line::
addr2line binary to use for file names and line numbers.