[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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