On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 03:05:14PM -0400, Daniel Berlin wrote: > Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com> writes: > > > "H . J . Lu" wrote: > >> > >> What is the better debug format for Linux/mips in the terms of gdb > >> and binutils, stabs or ecoff? I know the future is dwarf2. But I need > >> something stable now. Since Linux/x86 uses stabs, I lean toward to > >> stabs. Any comments? > > > > Go with stabs and ELF. Neither ecoff's base file format nor the debug > > info were particularly well-documented (I remember some of the bits in > > GNU being figured out by reverse engineering!), perpetuating it will > > just make your life more difficult in the long run. It will also be > > easier to move to dwarf2 when the opportunity arises. > > mdebugread is also an evil piece of code. That matches my own experiences. In case you haven't noticed, I have checked in patches to switch Linux/mips to stabs in ELF :-). H.J.
