dwarf debug information support for ELF targets in the assembler

[Tristan Gingold]

On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Ramana wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> For an ELF target, while debugging the hand written assembly code, I
> couldn't see the file local & global symbols defined in the assembly
> files in the debugger symbols list. But then I realized that there is
> no debug information in the final executable file for those symbols.
> 
> Is it possible to specify (define) and/or generate dwarf debug
> information for the hand written assembly code from the assembler?

Yes, assemble with -g.

Tristan.

> 
> Are there any existing mechanisms (assembler directives etc) to enable
> this support for ELF targets? If yes, any reference port available in
> the binutils mainline?
> 
> How difficult would it be if the support has to be enabled from the scratch?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ram