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Re: mips n32 vs gdb


On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 09:14:59AM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> Richard Henderson wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 08:42:25AM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > > Please don't do so. Otherwise I will have to introduce it again
> > > when I add the framework for n32 support.
> > 
> > Of course you will have to do it again.  You cannot
> > leave n32 broken while you work on this.
> 
> I'm somewhat surprised that n32 seems to work for you. :-)
> I don't know the requirements of gdb, but gas still can't create
> conforming n32, and ld can't handle it fully.

Certainly.  But GDB can; GDB works with binaries produced by non-GNU
linkers and assemblers.  That uses BFD too.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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