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Re: dwarf2 and linker relaxation problem

On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 01:09:27PM -0400, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> Seems like a clue that the assembler didn't emit relocations
> where it must, for linker relaxation.

There are no relocations possible here.  The linker will have to
completely parse and re-emit the .debug_line section, the 
.debug_frame section, and the .eh_frame section.

Which is why several targets do *not* delete instructions during
relaxation, and instead only replace with nops.


r~
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