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Re: Minimal symbols and gdb's two-stage symbol reading
- To: Orjan Friberg <orjan dot friberg at axis dot com>
- Subject: Re: Minimal symbols and gdb's two-stage symbol reading
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 22:23:03 +1100
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <3A1D337B.42ED5B3D@axis.com>
Orjan Friberg wrote:
>
> Would it be safe to rely on an absolute global symbol being read into
> the minimal symbol table with the initial 'file' command (without using
> the '-readnow' option) for an a.out target? From looking at
> read_dbx_symtab it wasn't clear to me what happens.
>
> As discussed in a previous thread, I will use the symbol as an ABI
> indicator, and I'm just wondering if gdb's two-stage symbol reading
> could interfere with my intentions (i.e., the symbol not being there yet
> when I want it to).
If I'm understanding things correct then I think Kevin's suggestion is
preferable to PeterSs.
The arch_init() function shouldn't be relying on global state. Rather
it should only be looking to its immediate parameters for information.
Andrew