Information about .debug and .line section in elf files

[Michael Eager]

Oliver Eichler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> as the subjects states I try to find information about the .debug and
> .line section in elf files. My elf files are build with gcc for ARC. The
>  elf man page is quite sparse about these sections. Can anyone give me a
> hint where to find more information? Or where to look within the gcc
> source for stucture definitions.

These sections contain DWARF debugging information.

You can find documentation about DWARF at dwarf.freestandards.org.

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