Re: [avr-libc-dev] (Fwd) elf/dwarf support in WinAVR

[E. Weddington]

On 26 Apr 2004 at 17:46, Joerg Wunsch wrote:

> As E. Weddington wrote:
> 
> > > ./configure --target=avr --with-dwarf2
> 
> > Thanks! I didn't know it was so easy....
> 
> Didn't know that until recently either. ;-)
> 
> > > IIRC, it has the side effect to make DWARF2 the default debugging
> > > format though (i. e. the one chosen if only -g is specified).
> > > stabs debugging can always be requested by using -gstabs.
> 
> > That shouldn't be an issue, should it?
> 
> IMHO, AVR-GDB currently only understands stabs.

What would it take to teach AVR-GDB DWARF? 


> It probably means we need to extend Mfile accordingly, to allow
> choosing either stabs (+ perhaps COFF), or DWARF2.

Yeah, that would probably be a good idea.

Eric