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Re: Mixing 32-bit and 64-bit DWARF2/3 sections

From: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>
To: James E Wilson <wilson at specifixinc dot com>
Cc: Mark Kettenis <mark dot kettenis at xs4all dot nl>, echristo at redhat dot com,gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org,binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 00:37:32 +0100
Subject: Re: Mixing 32-bit and 64-bit DWARF2/3 sections
References: <200411071428.iA7ES7Fx003013@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <418FDD06.9030404@specifixinc.com> <200411082204.iA8M4jws088177@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <1099955006.7589.43.camel@aretha.corp.specifixinc.com>

James E Wilson wrote:
[snip]
> Besides the technical details, you will also need to get political buy
> in from affected parties for an ABI change, which means mainly the
> GNU/Linux mips64 folks.

FWIW, I doubt going back unconditionally to a 32bit format is the right
thing to do for a fully 64bit ABI. Applications tend to grow further,
as does the accompanying debug info, so the 32bit limit comes closer.

Thiemo

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Mixing 32-bit and 64-bit DWARF2/3 sections
  - From: Daniel Berlin
- Re: Mixing 32-bit and 64-bit DWARF2/3 sections
  - From: James E Wilson

References:
- Mixing 32-bit and 64-bit DWARF2/3 sections
  - From: Mark Kettenis
- Re: Mixing 32-bit and 64-bit DWARF2/3 sections
  - From: James E Wilson
- Re: Mixing 32-bit and 64-bit DWARF2/3 sections
  - From: Mark Kettenis
- Re: Mixing 32-bit and 64-bit DWARF2/3 sections
  - From: James E Wilson

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