[PATCH] ARM Disassembler fix

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Thu Dec 31 11:55:00 GMT 2009


Hi Daniel,

> The attached patch fixes a bug that causes the disassembler to dump code 
> when it should dump data.

This looks wrong to me.  Why should the disassembler assume that, in the 
absence of mapping symbols to guide it, the .text section contains data 
rather than instructions ?  Surely it is more likely to contain 
instructions and it is merely that the mapping symbols are absent ?

Cheers
   Nick



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