AIX DWARF debugging sections

Tristan Gingold gingold@adacore.com
Mon Sep 28 13:41:00 GMT 2015


> On 25 Sep 2015, at 16:53, David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Initial AIX support for DWARF did not include location lists, debug
> frame, and macinfo.  Support was added in a later update.
> 
> xcoffread defines most of the sections -- including some that were
> included later and omitting some that were included in the initial
> implementation.
> 
> Does anyone know why pbtyp and mac are not define?

AFAIK, .debug_pubtypes are not read by gdb.

>  I'm not sure if
> AIX .dwamac is macinfo or macro or both.
> 
> Thanks, David

Your patch looks ok to me, but should be approved by
a global maintainer.

Thanks,
Tristan.



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