Re: dwarf2 debug dependent upon GAS?

[Brian Ford <ford@vss.fsi.com>]

On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Robert Lipe wrote:

> Hi, Jim.
> 
> Thanx for the reply.
> 
> > It works with GNU as and SGI Irix6 as.  Those are the only dwarf2 aware
> > assemblers that I know about.
> 
> The native compiler and debugger on SVR5 munch dwarf2 by default.  I
> don't know how aware of dwarf the assembler really is.
> 
> > The latter, sort of.  The dwarf2 standard says that some fields are offsets
> > relative to the address of the final linked section.  This means that we can't
> > compute these offsets until link time.
> 
> Is there some sort of tool that a human can use to help read these
> tables?  I can examine the output of 'main(){}' compiled with a native
> compiler using -g, but the tables are complex enough that I can't
> readily parse them in my head to see how this issue is sidestepped on
> the native tools.
> 
I'm not exactly sure what you are asking for, but would dwarfdump do the
trick?

> 
> I've asked the SCO tool dudes to offer hints.
> 
> Thanx,
> RJL
> 

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