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Re: [rfc] Fix problem with (maybe) non-relocated .opd section on powerpc64-linux

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
To: Ulrich Weigand <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>
Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:42:24 -0400
Subject: Re: [rfc] Fix problem with (maybe) non-relocated .opd section on powerpc64-linux
References: <20080515182133.GA12681@caradoc.them.org> <200805162035.m4GKZE6E025581@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com>

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:35:14PM +0200, Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> Thinking about this, it seems this would mean that function descriptors
> cannot work in kernel modules even today: add-symbol-file solely adds
> an objfile (with obj_sections and so on); it does not modify the target
> and its section table.  Right?

Sounds like you're right.  I have never tried it, though many of our
customers use KGDB; perhaps not the ones who use PPC64.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

References:
- Re: [rfc] Fix problem with (maybe) non-relocated .opd section on powerpc64-linux
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz
- Re: [rfc] Fix problem with (maybe) non-relocated .opd section on powerpc64-linux
  - From: Ulrich Weigand

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