Using gcc.2.95.2 and creating stabs

[Tim Michals <Tim dot Michals at Cygnetinc dot com>]

> All,
> 
> Using gcc 2.95.2 cross compiler for mips-elf on NT using cygwin.  Built
> gcc using the following options: 
> 
> $ /src/gcc/gcc-2.95.2/configure --target=mips-elf --prefix=/tools
> --exec-prefix
> =/tools/H-i686-pc-cygwin --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-stabs
> --with-newlib
>  -v 2>&1 | tee configure.out
> 
> The issue is creating an executable with stabs.  Here is the gcc options
> used to compile mips-elf-gcc -EB -mgp32 -mips2 -msoft-float
> -DTURN_CACHE_OFF=1 -c -o boot.o  -gstabs+
> 
> 
> Using mips-elf-objdump -g <file> and it reports that there is not debug
> information.  I compile using the -gstabs+ option.  Here is a dump with
> mips-elf-readelf -a <file>
> 
> Section Headers:
>   [Nr] Name              Type            Addr     Off    Size   ES Flg Lk
> Inf Al
>   [ 0]                   NULL            00000000 000000 000000 00      0
> 0  0
>   [ 1] .rom_vectors      PROGBITS        80000000 001000 000800 00  AX  0
> 0  1
>   [ 2] .text             PROGBITS        80000800 001800 01269c 00  AX  0
> 0 16
>   [ 3] .fini             PROGBITS        80012e9c 016fbc 000000 00   W  0
> 0  1
>   [ 4] .ctors            PROGBITS        80012e9c 013e9c 000034 00  WA  0
> 0  4
>   [ 5] .dtors            PROGBITS        80012ed0 013ed0 000024 00  WA  0
> 0  4
>   [ 6] .rodata           PROGBITS        80012ef4 013ef4 001e10 00   A  0
> 0  8
>   [ 7] .rodata1          PROGBITS        80014d04 016fbc 000000 00   W  0
> 0  1
>   [ 8] .fixup            PROGBITS        80014d04 016fbc 000000 00   W  0
> 0  1
>   [ 9] .gcc_except_table PROGBITS        80014d10 016fbc 000000 00   W  0
> 0  1
>   [10] .data             PROGBITS        80014d10 015d10 0012ac 00  WA  0
> 0  8
>   [11] .bss              NOBITS          80015fbc 016fbc 808d64 00  WA  0
> 0 16
>   [12] .reginfo          MIPS_REGINFO    00000000 016fbc 000018 01      0
> 0  4
>   [13] .mdebug           MIPS_DEBUG      00000000 016fd4 0af584 01      0
> 0  4
>   [14] .shstrtab         STRTAB          00000000 0c6558 000088 00      0
> 0  1
>   [15] .symtab           SYMTAB          00000000 0c6888 003cc0 10     16
> 1c0  4
>   [16] .strtab           STRTAB          00000000 0ca548 003d17 00      0
> 0  1
> 
> notice there is no .stabs section?  What I'm doing wrong?