* still using stabs debug format? @ 2007-08-17 13:17 Kumar Gala 2007-08-18 0:54 ` Segher Boessenkool 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Kumar Gala @ 2007-08-17 13:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org list; +Cc: Ed Swarthout Is anyone really still using the stabs format for kernel debug? can we kill off the .stabs references? - k ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: still using stabs debug format? 2007-08-17 13:17 still using stabs debug format? Kumar Gala @ 2007-08-18 0:54 ` Segher Boessenkool 2007-08-18 16:33 ` Kumar Gala 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Segher Boessenkool @ 2007-08-18 0:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Kumar Gala; +Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org list, Ed Swarthout > Is anyone really still using the stabs format for kernel debug? > > can we kill off the .stabs references? What, you want to replace them with dwarf markup? Or just get rid of the debug info completely? Segher ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: still using stabs debug format? 2007-08-18 0:54 ` Segher Boessenkool @ 2007-08-18 16:33 ` Kumar Gala 2007-09-12 16:00 ` Kumar Gala 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Kumar Gala @ 2007-08-18 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Segher Boessenkool; +Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org list, Ed Swarthout On Aug 17, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Segher Boessenkool wrote: >> Is anyone really still using the stabs format for kernel debug? >> >> can we kill off the .stabs references? > > What, you want to replace them with dwarf markup? Or just > get rid of the debug info completely? There are two users today: * N_SO for file information we can easily make into .file * N_FUN used in _GLOBAL() that marks it a 'function' is a bit misleading since we use this for both functions and data. Not sure what to do about that one, any suggestions? - k ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: still using stabs debug format? 2007-08-18 16:33 ` Kumar Gala @ 2007-09-12 16:00 ` Kumar Gala 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Kumar Gala @ 2007-09-12 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: bje, Ulrich Weigand Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org list, Paul Mackerras, Ed Swarthout Ben, Uli Paul/BenH suggested that you might be able to help with my question. > On Aug 17, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > >>> Is anyone really still using the stabs format for kernel debug? >>> >>> can we kill off the .stabs references? >> >> What, you want to replace them with dwarf markup? Or just >> get rid of the debug info completely? > > There are two users today: > > * N_SO for file information we can easily make into .file > * N_FUN used in _GLOBAL() that marks it a 'function' is a bit > misleading since we use this for both functions and data. Not sure > what to do about that one, any suggestions? #define _GLOBAL(n) \ .text; \ .stabs __stringify(n:F-1),N_FUN,0,0,n;\ .globl n; \ n: this is the .stabs reference I'm trying to figure out what the dwarf equiv would be. - k ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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