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Re: [PATCH 2/4] dwarf2read.c: handle alternate dwarf2 debug sections name.

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 09:22:02 -0600
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] dwarf2read.c: handle alternate dwarf2 debug sections name.
References: <1306146544-3925-1-git-send-email-gingold@adacore.com> <1306146544-3925-3-git-send-email-gingold@adacore.com>

>>>>> "Tristan" == Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> writes:

Tristan> Unfortunately, some object file format cannot accept the
Tristan> standard dwarf2 debug section names.  This is in particular the
Tristan> case of XCOFF (aix), which has only 8 chars section names.  In
Tristan> order to support dwarf2 on aix, we need to allow alternate
Tristan> section names.

It seems reasonable to me, but I would like to understand why you took
this route, rather than the section-name-remapping approach taken by
bfd/mach-o.c.

The mach-o approach has the nice quality that it is encapsulated in BFD.

Tom

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH 2/4] dwarf2read.c: handle alternate dwarf2 debug sections name.
  - From: Tristan Gingold

References:
- [RFA] Add dwarf2 support to xcoff (aix)
  - From: Tristan Gingold
- [PATCH 2/4] dwarf2read.c: handle alternate dwarf2 debug sections name.
  - From: Tristan Gingold

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