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Re: RFC: Add support for SHF_COMPRESSED
- From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich at suse dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: "Binutils" <binutils at sourceware dot org>,"GDB" <gdb at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:05:13 +0000
- Subject: Re: RFC: Add support for SHF_COMPRESSED
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>>> On 13.03.15 at 16:31, <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am working on SHF_COMPRESSED support:
>
> http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/ch4.sheader.html
>
> We already have .zdebug* sections, which aren't compatible
> with SHF_COMPRESSED scheme due to missing compression
> header. What section names should we use for SHF_COMPRESSED
> debug sections. Using .debug* or .zdebug* will break existing tools.
> I am thinking .zlibdebug* or ..Zdebug*. Any suggestions?
Why would they need to have different names anyway? They're
distinguishable by the flag.
Jan