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Re: Fix handling of dwarf sections for IRIX 6
- From: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>
- To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:22:22 +0100
- Subject: Re: Fix handling of dwarf sections for IRIX 6
- References: <87smjkqwvi.fsf@redhat.com>
Richard Sandiford wrote:
> gcc's IRIX 6 configuration will emit section statements of the form:
>
> .section .debug_abbrev,0x7000001e,0,0,0
>
> where 0x7000001e == SHT_MIPS_DWARF. This is correct in theory, but as
> explained in the comment below, GAS expects the dwarf sections to have
> type SHT_PROGBITS instead. Any deviation will lead to a warning.
>
> I've been using this patch locally for some time and it's enough to get
> good gcc testresults using GNU as & ld. OK to install?
Ok.
Thiemo