RE: DWARF debug information with GAS

["sonal sharma" <sonalsharma at acmet dot com>]

Hi Nick,

Thanx for the reply.

I have downloaded source code for version 2.15 from "
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/";. I wanted to build the executable for
windows OS. Can you guide me for that?

Regards,
Sonal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Clifton [mailto:nickc@redhat.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 01 September, 2004 20:57 PM
> To: sonal sharma
> Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com; asm19a2@acmet.com; acmet@vsnl.net
> Subject: Re: DWARF debug information with GAS
>
> Hi Sonal,
>
> > I wanted to know if GNU assembler generates DWARF 2.0 debug
information
> > in the output file.
> >
> > I am using GNU assembler version 2.8 for TX19 architecture.
>
> Yes and no.  Yes GAS can produce DWARF 2.0 debug information, but you
> will need at least version 2.10 for this, and preferably the latest
> version: 2.15.
>
> I am not sure however about this TX19 architecture that you refer to.
> Is this a MIPS variant ?  You may find that the 2.8 sources that you
> have were specially modified to added support for the TX19 and that
> these modifications are not present in the current binutils sources.
> If so you should contact whomever supplied you with this toolchain and
> ask them for a more recent version.
>
> Cheers
>    Nick
>
>