Re: RFC: Add support for SHF_COMPRESSED
"H.J. Lu" <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Jan Beulich <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 13.03.15 at 16:31, <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am working on SHF_COMPRESSED support: >> >> http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/ch4.sheader.html >> >> We already have .zdebug* sections, which aren't compatible >> with SHF_COMPRESSED scheme due to missing compression >> header. What section names should we use for SHF_COMPRESSED >> debug sections. Using .debug* or .zdebug* will break existing tools. >> I am thinking .zlibdebug* or ..Zdebug*. Any suggestions? > > Why would they need to have different names anyway? They're > distinguishable by the flag. Won't the exiting tools, like GDB, choke on compressed .debug* sections? -- H.J.