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Re: as -gstabs does not work on ia64


> Hi Andreas,
> 
> 
>> How about this:
>> 
>> case OPTION_GSTABS:
>> +#ifdef TC_IA64
>> +	  as_fatal (_("--gstabs is not supported for ia64"));
>> +#else
>> debug_type = DEBUG_STABS;
>> +#endif
>> break;
> 
> 
> I would prefer not to see target specific code enter the generic
> sources like this.  (Even though it has been done elsewhere).  I would
> prefer to see either the IA64 backend detecting that --gstabs had been
> specified and issuing an error message (say during md_parse_args) or
> else have tc-ia64.h define a macro which is then tested in
> parse_args().

Can it be fixed?  Source level assembler debuging is an increasingly 
popular feature in GDB.

Andrew



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