RFA/mips: Use ".pdr" sections generated by GAS

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 10:49:07AM -0700, Paul Hilfinger wrote:
> 
>  > > According to its documentation, exc_unwind on IRIX 6.5 currently uses
>  > > .debug_frame information for unwinding purposes (and its native
>  > > assembler now does not produce PDR sections there).  I am not familiar
>  > > with the set of all MIPS platforms, so I am moved to ask whether it
>  > > would (1) be a good idea if or (2) be unnecessary for GDB to do the
>  > > same thing.  
>  > 
>  > Did the IRIX 6.5 assembler ever produce PDR sections?  I was unaware of
>  > this.
> 
> Sorry for the confusing wording.  I should have said simply that the
> IRIX assembler no longer produces PDR information.  (To be honest, I
> really haven't followed the evolution of this software enough to know
> when last the SGI tool chain DID produce this information, but am
> piecing together scraps of historical data by reading out-of-date
> comments on current #include files and historical hints in current
> man pages.)

Let me clarify my response too, then... did any IRIX assembler ever
produce PDR sections?  I've been unable to find any evidence of this,
but I haven't spent great effort searching.

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Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
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