* RFA: Remove .not section from x86 assembler
@ 2015-05-01 0:12 H.J. Lu
2015-05-01 14:38 ` H.J. Lu
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: H.J. Lu @ 2015-05-01 0:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Binutils, GDB, Alan Modra, cagney
This x86 assembler patch:
https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2001-11/msg00344.html
generates a .note section for .arch directive so that gdb can
tell which architecture an i386 binary belongs:
https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2001-11/msg00271.html
However, x86 assembly code can have any instructions.
A .note section doesn't help. Is GDB using the .note section
today? If not, I'd like to remove it.
--
H.J.
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* Re: RFA: Remove .not section from x86 assembler
2015-05-01 0:12 RFA: Remove .not section from x86 assembler H.J. Lu
@ 2015-05-01 14:38 ` H.J. Lu
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: H.J. Lu @ 2015-05-01 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Binutils, GDB, Alan Modra, cagney
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 5:12 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> This x86 assembler patch:
>
> https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2001-11/msg00344.html
>
> generates a .note section for .arch directive so that gdb can
> tell which architecture an i386 binary belongs:
>
> https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2001-11/msg00271.html
>
> However, x86 assembly code can have any instructions.
> A .note section doesn't help. Is GDB using the .note section
> today? If not, I'd like to remove it.
>
I will remove it.
--
H.J.
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