This is the mail archive of the
gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the GCC project.
Re: [PATCH] Fix stabs debug output for ARM.
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Cc: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at codesourcery dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, wilson at specifixinc dot com, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>, Paul Brook <paul at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 19:13:35 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix stabs debug output for ARM.
- References: <20060706182414.GU2179@lios> <m3mzbm2yma.fsf@dhcp-172-18-108-216.corp.google.com>
On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 02:48:45PM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> It seems to me that the PowerPC has a similar issue, since function
> symbols tend to be the address of descriptors in the data section
> rather than symbols in the text section. How does the PowerPC handle
> it? I suspect that on the PowerPC this works via definitions of
> DBX_OUTPUT_NFUN, DBX_OUTPUT_SOURCE_LINE, DBX_OUTPUT_LBRAC, and
> DBX_OUTPUT_RBRAC; perhaps that would be an appropriate approach for
> ARM?
I might be mistaken... but wouldn't this behavior be right for every
target? i.e. the behavior after Carlos's patch. I suspect it would
eliminate the need for at least two of those macros, if not all of
them, from the rs6000 port.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery