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Re: PATCH: Extend .zdebug section support to binutils and ld


On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Daniel Jacobowitz
<dan@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 09:54:43AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> 2. .zdebug sections with relocations are handled properly.
>
> What is "properly"? ?If you ask me, compressing a section that you

At least, binutils programs can understand them.

> then have to apply relocations to is kind of crazy. ?And such objects
> should definitely be marked in a way that other tools will refuse to
> process them.
>

Sure. As I said in my submission:

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This patch doesn't do

....
2. It doesn't address SHF_OS_NONCONFORMING nor any new SHT_*/SHF_* bits
for the current .zdebug section support.  It is a separate issue and
should be addressed in another thread.
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H.J.


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