Regarding the gerneation of .da file

[Nathan Sidwell]

ravi wrote:
> Hi,
> I wanted to know how the .da file will be generated ?
> 
> Please explain this with an example saying how the .bb , .bbg and .da
> files are generated and how they store the information and how the gcov
> tool uses all these information to  create .c.gcov file .
these files are obsolete, gcc 3.4 and later use a redesigned format
which is documented in its header file (gcov-io.h).

> And I also wanted to know is there any other way to create .da file for
> the kernel related files ?
libgcov contains the relevant io routines, and it plugs into libc. I'm
sure it could be reworked to plug into someother low level io library.


> Please give us the steps related to this .
> I want these things in detail with an example .
> Please do reply to this mail .
Please mail the gcc list. That will archive the mail, so someone else
can use the information too.

nathan

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