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Re: PATCH: Generate compressed DWARF debug info in .debug* sections

From: Cary Coutant <ccoutant at google dot com>
To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
Cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:22:30 -0700
Subject: Re: PATCH: Generate compressed DWARF debug info in .debug* sections
References: <20100720233856.GA31534@intel.com> <20100721143036.GA24894@intel.com> <20100721144859.GB4815@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> <AANLkTil2ZBEl5f4se0iAwCpIPZu0cxKlu3DsT1gSH4mB@mail.gmail.com>

> OK. ?Can the new .zdebug sections can be either compressed or
> uncompressed?

No, the "z" means that the section is compressed. The canonical name
means that the section is uncompressed. In gold, we mark a compressed
input section as compressed and rename it to its canonical name early
on. When we compress output sections, we then rename them by adding
the "z".

-cary

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- PATCH: Generate compressed DWARF debug info in .debug* sections
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