[patch] Dwarf3 CIE format
Nick Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Thu May 13 15:15:00 GMT 2004
Hi Paul,
>>There is one other point. There is a comment in bfd/elf-eh-frame.c just
>>above the patched code:
>>
>> /* Note - in DWARF2 the return address column is an unsigned byte.
>> In DWARF3 it is a ULEB128. We are following DWARF3. For most
>> ports this will not matter as the value will be less than 128.
>> For the others (eg FRV, SH, MMIX, IA64) they need a fixed GCC
>> which conforms to the DWARF3 standard. */
>>
>>Does this comment still apply ?
>>
>>
>
>No. It should be removed. The field type (ubyte vs uleb128) is now deduced
>from the version number.
>
>
Good - that is what I was hoping you would say. In which case I will
apply update your patch to remove the comment as well.
Cheers
Nick
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