Re: dwarf2 support progress step 4

[Mike Hearn]

On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:16:12 +0200, Raphael wrote:
> We only have to build a correct symt model to get it working perfectly

What exactly will this work allow - will winedbg get better as a result?
At the moment backtraces already give function information...

thanks -mike

dwarf2 support progress step 4

[Lionel Ulmer]

On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 10:22:02AM +0100, Mike Hearn wrote:
> What exactly will this work allow - will winedbg get better as a result?
> At the moment backtraces already give function information...
> From what I know, this will allow to build Wine without the -gstabs+

compilation flag. Ie Wine will understand the new (standard) DWARF2
debugging symbols.

Lionel

dwarf2 support progress step 4

[Raphael]

On Saturday 21 May 2005 11:39, Lionel Ulmer wrote:
> > From what I know, this will allow to build Wine without the -gstabs+
>
> compilation flag. Ie Wine will understand the new (standard) DWARF2
> debugging symbols.

Yes, you are right :)

dwarf2 debug format is the standard format since gcc3 (and dwarf3 format who 
is an dwarf2 extension is already specified so gcc4/5 may use it).

Stabs format (use when -gstabs+ option is used) are only supported (without 
any evolution) for backward compatibility with olders debuggers.

If you want to get maximum debug infos of recent gccs ou must use dwarf2 (and 
prepare future when stabs format will don't be more supported)

Regards,
Raphael

dwarf2 support progress step 4

[Eric Pouech]

Mike Hearn a écrit :
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 23:16:12 +0200, Raphael wrote:
> > We only have to build a correct symt model to get it working perfectly
>
> What exactly will this work allow - will winedbg get better as a result?
> At the moment backtraces already give function information...

it will display information for ELF modules with Dwarf2 debug info (instead of 
the STABS format)
this will raise some day the question of which debug format we use for Wine's 
own  use
A+