add support for `S´ augmentation in dwarf2 debug info

Alexandre Oliva aoliva@redhat.com
Tue Mar 7 14:21:00 GMT 2006


On Mar  4, 2006, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 12:18:43PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> This patch introduces code to recognize and take advantage of the "S"
>> augmentation, but makes no effort to remove existing machine-specific
>> code.  The testcase probably already worked without the change, but
>> it's good to have it there to avoid regressions when someone decides
>> to experiment with taking code out.

> Is that enough justification for such a nasty testcase?  And it's going
> to need more work over time; for instance, old assemblers or libgccs
> will fail to build it, producing a noisy ERROR.

If the code changes are fine without the testcase, I'll be more than
happy to check them in as such.  Are they?

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