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Re: importing symbols from unsupported BFD target
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Tavis Ormandy <taviso at sdf dot lonestar dot org>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:17:47 -0400
- Subject: Re: importing symbols from unsupported BFD target
- References: <gemini.km29uh00uogsw08ad.taviso@sdf.lonestar.org>
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 06:59:06PM +0200, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
> This basically works, `info address symname`, `b symname`, `x/i symname` all
> work, but `info symbol address` fails, and stacktraces, info breakpoints,
> etc, etc are not symbolised.
>
> Can anyone suggest what I might be missing?
I think you're going to have to create sections in the file; this
sounds like it's going to be specific to ABS symbols. A NOBITS
(bss) section is probably fine though it may need to be marked
executable too.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery